10 Best Budget Beauty Tips

10 Best Budget Beauty Tips

How to use household items (even leftovers!) to look gorgeous on the cheap

Does your tight budget make even drugstore beauty products a luxury? Don’t fret. These bargain beauty tips will show you how to turn kitchen leftovers and more into everything you need to look great. Bonus: these tips all use natural ingredients — good for you, good for the earth! See tips

Peachy Keen Sugar Body Scrub

This Recipe was shared by Alyssa(one of the Glowing Diva members, she also has a shop on Etsy, click here to visit her Etsy shop). Thanks Alyssa for sharing this wonderful recipe:)

This is what you need
1 very large ripe peach- pitted, sliced and blended in the blender
1 Tbs Sweet Almond Oil (or any other oil you can spare, but almond oil is the best for this recipe)
1/2 White Sugar
1/3 Brown Sugar  Read more... (127 words, 1 image, estimated 30 secs reading time)

Kiwi Chantilly Body Mousse

Kiwi Chantilly Body Mousse Recipe, sounds too fancy? Well, it’s a simple recipe and is just a variation to your regular Chantilly Cream. Hmmm, what’s this desert doing on a Beauty Blog? Apart from being a common dessert, this recipe also works for body. I tried this recipe last week and instantly fell in love with it.

Just a little twist and you get a wonderful recipe to pamper your body. You will need:

One Cup Chantilly Cream
3 Tbsp. Kiwi Juice
1 Tsp. Honey

Chantilly Cream Recipe-  Read more... (178 words, 1 image, estimated 43 secs reading time)

Yummy Chocolate Body Scrub Recipe

How about some Chocolate Body Scrub to slough off dead skin cells and reveal a healthy skin? Exfoliate and Rejuvenate your Skin with this Chocolate Body Scrub. For this recipe you will need:

1 Cup Demerara Sugar
3 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder
1/4th Cup Oatmeal Powder
3 Tbsp. Honey
Olive Oil

Mix Demerara Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Oatmeal and Honey. Now add enough Olive Oil to make a thick paste. Your Yummy Chocolate Sugar Body Scrub is ready. You can package it in a Plastic Jar and use it whenever you need to pamper your body. Use this scrub on wet skin.  Read more... (138 words, 1 image, estimated 33 secs reading time)

Soothing And Hydrating Lavender Cream

Making your own Creams and Lotions at home is really easy. For this recipe you will need:

1/2 oz. Beeswax
1 oz.Organic Lavender Hydrosol
1 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
1 Vitamin E Gel Caplet
2-3 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
3 Drops Grapefruit Seed Extract(Optional)

Melt Beeswax and Sweet Almond Oil in a microwave safe bowl. Once it is melted pour in Lavender Hydrosol and stir until it becomes creamy. Now add Vitamin E Gel Caplet(pierce and use),Lavender Essential Oil and Grapefruit Seed Extract and mix well. Store in a dark glass bottle.  Read more... (144 words, 1 image, estimated 35 secs reading time)

Sea Kelp Powder And Coffee Scrub- Anti-Cellulite Home Treatment

Sea Kelp Powder is a wonderful detoxifier which helps reduce cellulites. Besides this, it offers loads of other benefits to our skin. It helps fight Acne, Wrinkles, Lightens Dark Spots and heals sunburn.

Sea Kelp /Marine Algae/Seaweed is a type of plant/algae found in sea . Sea Kelp’s been widely used in face/body firming and anti-cellulite products.

You can make your own anti-cellulite body scrub at home. For this recipe you will need-

1 oz.(30gms) Cup Sea Kelp Powder(or from any health food store)
1 oz(30gms) Cup Sugar(Preferably Demerara)
1 oz.(30gms) Freshly Ground Coffee Powder
1 Tbsp Honey
Fresh Cucumber Juice and Apple Juice to make soft paste.  Read more... (175 words, 2 images, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Relaxing And Soothing Foot Soak Recipe

We all want to relax once we get back home after a long,tiring day, don’t we? Here’s a relaxing and soothing Foot Soak Recipe.

Ingredients:

One large bowl of warm water(Mixed with 3 Cups Raw Milk)
6 Tbsp Honey
5-6 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
2-3 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
1/2 Cup Epsom Salt

Mix these ingredients in a large bowl, dip your feet into it and relax for about 30 minutes.

You’ll feel really good and its an excellent cure for Insomnia. People suffering from Insomnia can do this every night before going to bed to get a good night’s sleep.  Read more... (121 words, 2 images, estimated 29 secs reading time)

Banana And Avocado Hydrating Pack For Dry And Rough Hands

Wish You All A Very Happy New Year!!!

Do you think your hands are becoming dry and rough these days? Its a very obvious sign of Winter Dehydration. There’s nothing to worry about because all you need to do is keep your hands well moisturized. Today I am sharing a Hydrating Pack Specially for Dry and Rough Hands. For this pack you’ll need,

1 Ripe Banana
1 Ripe Avocado
2-3 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
2 Tbsp Almond Oil
1 Tsp Honey  Read more... (162 words, 3 images, estimated 39 secs reading time)

Strawberry Sugar Body Scrub

Strawberry’s always been one of my favorite fruits. I love its color, flavor, taste and its amazing properties which are good for Hair and Skin. Strawberry makes a good body pack, hair mask, exfoliator, rejuvenator, anti-acne pack, anti- wrinkle pack and the list goes on. Today I’m sharing a very simple yet effective Recipe. Strawberry Sugar Body Scrub. For this recipe you will need-

1 Cup Sugar
12-15 Fresh Strawberries
1 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
6 Tbsp Instant Oatmeal  Read more... (163 words, 2 images, estimated 39 secs reading time)

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