Home Remedies

Flawless glowing skin like Jennifer Lopez.  A bright white smile like Heidi Klum.

We all wish these amazing features came as naturally to us as they seem to come to these beautiful faces.  But my mom always said, “Honey you have to Fake it ‘til you make it!” However, do you really have to admit to faking it if you achieve these traits with home remedies. Omitting magical concoctions created from your bathroom medicine cabinet in your beauty regimen confessionals is totally justifiable.

Several new skincare brands embrace the idea and method of natural beauty with natural products. Brands like Sheaterra and S.S. Soap Company combine new found benefits from natural ingredients along with the tried and true.
You can do the same!

So many amazing products used for generations have been over shadowed by expensive, harsh and unnatural creams and treatments.  So rather than bury these beauty gems away I’m going to pass them on to you. They will be our little secret from my family to yours.

We have all dealt with those horribly timed and placed blemishes. Here is a great way to shorten the life and redness of these unwanted visitors. Mix a little baking soda and Alcohol into a paste and place it right on the blemish. Allow it to sit for about 10 minutes or so.  This will dry up the blemish and help alleviate any bacteria on the surface shortening the length of time you have to live with it.

There is also the blemish you gave a little too much attention to and now it has become quite an issue (swollen and sore) with definite scar potential. To avoid the scar and also speed up the healing process, apply a dollop of A+D ointment. This product works better than any antibiotic or zit cream and seriously reduces the blemishes scar potential.  This treatment heals the blemish amazingly fast, in about 24 hours.  While you’re at it take that same A+D ointment and apply it to your lips before you go to bed.  When you wake up your lips will be soft and moisturized as if you had been drinking that 8 glasses of water your health teacher always told you to drink.

Now that your skin is clear and scar free lets get that bright white smile.  This method may not last for a year like a trip to the dentist but it will get you through date night or girls night out with beautiful pearly whites!  Once again the baking soda is your friend. First, brush your teeth front and back really well with baking soda, then floss. The flossing is important because it gets the blood circulating around the teeth and naturally whitens them a bit. After, rinse your mouth with peroxide. Yes, like the kind you use to treat minor cuts.  Don’t worry, it’s safe you can even read the bottle to be sure. Once you rinse and swish it through your teeth being mindful to really try and get every nook and cranny. Rinse your moth with water and then dry your teeth. After your teeth are good and dry apply a Whitening strip.  Leave the whitening strip on for the instructed time and voila! Beautiful bright white teeth for at least 24 hours!

When asked, “What you are doing differently? Did you get your teeth whitened? New Makeup? Its totally ok to say, Oh nothing really, just taking better care of myself!!