How about taking advantage of this time of cooler temperatures to dedicate a spa day? Well, the tip is to call some friends, spread incense around the house, even a little sound in the background, and…voilà!
That’s it, you now have your own spa and at a much more friendly price! Without a doubt, a great option for those who want to take care of their beauty in a practical, cheap and, let’s face it, super fun way. So while you’re taking care of yourself, take the opportunity to catch up on gossip and laugh a lot, which is actually a great beauty treatment!
So, paper and pen in hand, write down these super easy homemade beauty treatments, using ingredients you have in your pantry!
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Home Spa Day
So, ready to start your home spa day? Firstly, make sure that the containers that will be used are very clean, without traces of chemical substances, and also be careful with ingredients that could cause stains or burns in contact with the sun, such as lemon or orange.
See too: SPA – Discover the benefits
Hair
Regardless of your hair type, hydration is necessary, it is recommended to take good care of your hair at least once a month, to ensure soft hair, bright and strong. To start, use an anti-residue shampoo to deeply clean your hair and scalp, and prepare your hair to receive the treatment.
See too: Home spa for your hair
You have two options, either use an industrialized cream, or make your own. moisturizer. Regardless of the product you use on your spa day, some tricks enhance hydration and, in general, heat helps moisturizing ingredients penetrate the hair. One tip is to heat a towel with an iron and wrap it around your hair, or make a cap out of aluminum foil, which retains heat.
See too: Homemade recipes to moisturize your hair
1 – Homemade recipe – Avocado Hydration
Ingredients:
- 1 liter of water,
- 1 avocado,
- 1 egg white.
Apply the mixture throughout your hair, massaging carefully. Then, wrap the hair in a damp towel or thermal cap and leave it to act for 20 minutes. Your hair will be more hydrated and soft.
See too: Recipes for your hair to grow fast
2 – Homemade recipe – Grape Hydration (dry strands)
Grapes are present in your spa day because they restore moisture and seal the hair cuticles, increasing shine.
- Blend ten purple grapes in a blender and set aside.
- In a pan, mix a tablespoon of oats and half a glass of water.
- Cook until it has a porridge consistency and let it cool.
- Add the crushed purple grapes to the porridge and a tablespoon of honey.
- Then, with clean and still damp hair, spread the mixture onto dry ends.
- Wrap your head in a warm towel, leaving the mask to act for up to 20 minutes. Rinse well.
While the mixture works on your hair, move on to the next spa day treatments.
See too: 6 homemade tricks and recipes to reduce hair volume
Face
3 – Exfoliation
- Apply an exfoliating soap to your face, using circular movements.
- Rinse and dry well.
- Pour two liters of boiling water into a basin and add five drops of tea tree essential oil (antiseptic and bactericidal).
- Being careful not to burn yourself, direct the steam to your face, cover your head with a towel and leave for 15 minutes to open the pores.
- Moisten two gauze pads in this water, wrap them around your index fingers and press on the skin, removing dead cells and blackheads that came loose with the steam.
- Place a drop of tea tree essential oil on a cotton swab and apply it to the most affected areas.
See too: Brown sugar, a great homemade exfoliant
4 – Lifting
Ingredients:
- 1 egg (only the white)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Beat the egg whites and then add the cornstarch. Mix until smooth and apply to your face 2 to 3 times a week, leaving it to act for 15 minutes.
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Hydration
5 – Moisturizer for normal skin
- 1 ripe banana
- 2 cabbages of honey soup
- 1 tablespoon of natural yogurt
If it’s too thin, add another banana, apply it to your face for 30 minutes and rinse. Just avoid using this spa day recipe if you have acne.
See too: Dermaroller to combat stretch marks, wrinkles and acne scars
6 – Moisturizer for combination skin
- 1/4 of avocado
- 2 strawberries
- 1 tablespoon of orange juice
Apply it over your face and leave it on for 30 minutes. Remove with warm water. Try to apply every 15 days.
See too: Ivo Pitanguy’s homemade facial mask recipe
7 – Moisturizer for dry skin
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 cabbage cha de mel
Leave on your face for 20 minutes and remove with warm water. Do this at least once a week.
See too: Homemade mask recipes for all skin types
8 – Moisturizer for oily skin
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- 3 tablespoons of baby powder
- 1 tablespoon of orange honey
Mix the talcum powder and honey in a bowl and then add the milk little by little, mixing well. Apply to the most oily areas. Leave for 1 hour. Remove with a sponge, rinsing with water.
See too: Homemade moisturizer recipe for skin with coconut
9 – Moisturizer for pimpled skin
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 2 tablespoons rosemary extract
- 1 gaze
Mash the parsley and add the extract. Add the mixture and cover with gauze, leaving it to act for 30 minutes. Remove with water and glycerin or neutral soap. Use once a week.
See too: 4 Homemade recipes to get rid of blackheads and whiteheads
Dark circles
10 – Green tea on spa day
To eliminate dark circles:
- After drinking green tea,
- Take the bag and leave it to cool in the fridge for a while.
- Leave the cold package on your eyes for 15 minutes.
See too: 10 things that cause dark circles
11 – Cucumber
Generally, when you put the cucumber on your eyes, it is cold, and this causes vasoconstriction and, therefore, gives the impression that the dark circles have improved, but it is only a temporary effect, because in fact what helps is the contact. with the cold.
See too: Get rid of dark circles and delay aging
12 – Chamomile tea (for dark circles):
Iced tea also helps temporarily due to its calming effect and cooling the area.
Body
Take advantage of your spa day to get the complete treatment, when it comes to fighting cellulite, we’ve already published a great coffee-based recipe here. If you prefer, you can do this:
13 – Homemade recipe to combat cellulite
- 100 ml grape oil
- three drops of rosemary oil
- three drops of lavender oil.
Mix all the ingredients and apply to the desired location, circulating with the help of a massage. For it to be effective, the treatment must be carried out daily.
See too: 10 tips to prevent and treat folliculitis
14 – Exfoliant (can be used on the face too, it is good for eliminating blackheads)
Ingredients:
- 5 tablespoons of sugar
- 5 tablespoons of almond oil
Mix and apply to the face, neck and body 2 to 3 times a week in gentle, circular movements so as not to hurt.
See too: Homemade peeling recipe to lighten your skin
15 – Exfoliating massage
- Caffeine reduces localized fat nodules, so prepare a strong coffee and set aside.
- Mix five tablespoons of the grounds with two tablespoons of brown sugar.
- Massage the body to activate circulation, then rinse gently with cold water.
See too: 8 Homemade Recipes with Baking Soda
16 – Coffee bandage
- Moisten a few strips in the coffee reserved for the exfoliating massage, however, it is essential that it is still warm, as hot as your body allows.
- Bandage the leg with the bandage, without tightening it too much, starting from the ankle to the thigh.
- Repeat the operation on the other leg.
- Lie with your feet up for 15 minutes.
- Remove and rinse well.
See too: Homemade astringent: the 4 best recipes
17 – Lymphatic drainage
Spa day would not be complete without lymphatic drainage.
- Put a few drops of grape seed oil on your hands and massage your feet, pressing lightly.
- Go up to your thigh.
- Return towards the ankle.
- Do eight times, on both legs.
- Massage the abdomen with circular movements (start near the navel and open the circle).
See too: Learn everything about lymphatic drainage
18 – Home treatment for stretch marks
This spa day treatment combines hypogloss cream and skin vitamins, from Dr. Ivo Pitangy, and can be used extensively on the breasts, belly, legs and buttocks.
Ingredients
- 1 Nivea cream (from the blue can)
- 1 tube of hypogloss
- 1 ampoule of arovit (vitamin A)
- 1 glass of almond oil (100 ml)
Mix all the ingredients and place in a clean, closed jar and keep in the refrigerator. This cream should be used daily on all areas affected by stretch marks. The ingredients in this homemade cream for stretch marks deeply hydrate the skin and have regenerating properties, which help to make the skin more beautiful and hydrated. The improvement of stretch marks is progressive, but this and any other home treatment is always more effective on red stretch marks.
See too: Best treatments for stretch marks
19 – Hands
- Remove nail polish
- and apply silicone or solid Vaseline to your hands,
- Then, put on rubber gloves to keep the cream and your hands warm.
- Leave it to act for 30 minutes and remove just the excess silicone. Your hands will be super hydrated.
See too: Homemade hand cream: see 3 recipes
20 – Feet
To end this spa day, when you go to sleep, use this recipe to moisturize your feet and hands:
In addition to moisturizing creams, it is possible to create a homemade moisturizing solution at a very affordable price:
- Mix baby diaper ointment with vitamin E and almond oil,
- Apply the mixture to your feet, and at night, put on a cotton sock to enhance the hydration of your nails and feet.
And to lighten your skin at home, I recommend you check out the digital book How to Lighten Your Skin in an Easy and Natural Way
