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Homemade facial treatments - BY KELLY ATKINSON

A great, and inexpensive way, to make your own facial scrub is to put cornmeal in your usual face wash. (Burt's Bees Orange Essence is a great medium and 100% free of preservatives. I love that stuff!) Be careful that the cornmeal isn't too large a grain or you can "rip" your pores. If you find that the cornmeal is too grainy, use a mortar and pestle to grind it to your liking, but not too much. You'll have powder which defeats the purpose. You can also make face masks by grinding rolled oats and mixing it with sour cream or yogurt. Depending on your skin type, possibilities are endless. Sometimes, I use only a little hot water and make a paste. Also, if your a soaper, you can use cornmeal in your melt & pour as an inexpensive alternative to herbs for exfoliation. Be careful to remember to let the soap congeal a little first before you put in the cornmeal or the cornmeal will all sink to the bottom (read "top") of your soap. This I learned the hard way.

Acne Treatment - BY VICTORIA, VIRGINIA

I use a small travel container and mix approximately 1/3 Hydrogen peroxide and 2/3 Witch Hazel (I usually go to Health Store and buy a witch hazel aloe vera liquid). Additionally I add a few drops of tea tree oil. Always shake slightly to allow the mixture to remix prior to each use, apply to cotton ball and tone over face with special attention to any current outbreaks of acne. Hydrogen Peroxide is water and oxygen and simply helps oxygenate the skin and has a disinfecting benefit against bacteria. Tea Tree oil has a strong anti fungal property, a few drop is plenty. Tea Tree also helps with scar healing, It has a medicinal smell and is not something I would apply full strength to sensitive facial skin, so always dilute and remember to shake prior to each application so solution can remix. Aloe and Witch Hazel both have a gentile soothing effect to skin. I am no scientist or chemist but spend a lot of time researching natural alternatives and this was a mixture that seemed to work great for me. I have extremely sensitive skin and even though this has been great for me I advise as a good practice when trying any of these beauty tip suggestions, to do some small test area before you go full fledge because everyone is different. A test for this specific tip might be a dab with the cotton ball on a specific area rather than attempting to tone the whole face.

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