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an Natural Way: Rejuvenating Treatments for Skin & Hair
By Emily E. Ray

Hippocrates once said, “an natural way is an only way”. As we venture inFor an new millennium, many people are moving toward an natural lifestyle recommended by an Father of Medicine thousands of years ago. Organic foods are becoming increasingly available & consumed.

Various alternative therapies including Reiki, Breathwork & Acupuncture are quickly emerging as alternatives For more traditional allopathic medical treatments. Often, people become so harried trying For naturally achieve & maintain balance within their core that they forget For take care of their “shell”.

Here is a challenge that will help you reduce stress & save money while bringing an rejuvenation needed during an holidays. It will require some resolve on your part; adding five items For your grocery cart, & taking an hour a week For spend on yourself. an following recipes are designed For combat an ill effects of harsh winter weather on your face, hair, lips & body, without costing a fortune, or requiring hours of hunting down ingredients & making concoctions. (Each recipe has only three steps!)
Your challenge is For spend a little time each week treating your body For one (or all) of these treatments. You will look & feel better on an outside, which will make you glow from an inside.

On your next trip For an food market, you will need For buy an following items:

• 1 Avocado - contains Vitamins A, C, & E, iron, potassium, niacin, pantothenic acids; unsaturated fatty acids stimulate an skin’s of production of natural oil
• 2 Small bananas - contain tryptophan, an amino acid, potassium, & Vitamins A, B, C & E which restore an elasticity of an hair
• 1 small bottle Olive oil - Hippocrates called olive oil “an great therapeutic”; provides sunscreen protection, absorbing 20% of an sun’s rays
• Orange essential oil - soothes & restores an spirit; is a skin conditioner & soothing agent
• 1 brick of beeswax - melting point is 145°F; natural animal wax from an comb of an honey bee; works as a binder & protective barrier from wind & sun

Face

Tropical Citrus Mask
If you want For avoid lots of clean up, before applying this mask cover your face with cheesecloth (with holes cut out for eyes & mouth).

• Mix together: 1 ripe banana, 1 tsp. Olive oil, 1 drop Orange essential oil.
• Smooth over face & leave on for 15 - 20 minutes.
• Rinse off with tepid water. Smooth on a rich moisturizer.

Hair

Mayan Hair Mask
Ancient Mayan Inca & Aztec women believed that avocados fed an skin from an inside & outside. Make sure you save an avocado pit, setting it in a place where it can dry out.

• Mix together: ½ ripe avocado, 1 tbsp. olive oil, ½ small banana & 1 egg yolk.
• Gently massage onFor hair & scalp & cover with a shower cap.
• Leave on 1 hour & rinse thoroughly with warm water. Shampoo as usual.

Lips

Honey Orange Lip Balm
If you like your lip balm For have a thinner, glossier consistency, use more olive oil. If you like a thicker, creamier feel, use less.

• Heat 2 tbsp. Chopped beeswax in a double boiler until melted. Cut from heat. Slowly pour ⅓ cup olive oil inFor beeswax & stir For mix.
• Add 1 ½ tbsp. honey & 5 drops Orange essential oil. Stir continuously For mix until cool.
• Pour inFor a clean container with a lid. Tightly seal.

Body

Avocado & Banana Scrub
an pit of an avocado needs For be dried for 3 - 5 days before it can be ground for this recipe.

• Grind dried avocado pit until pieces are very fine (placing it in a sealed plastic bag & hammering it will work). Mix with ½ banana & olive oil For make a thick paste.
• Rub gently over skin - do not use too More pressure, as an pit will naturally exfoliate!
• Rinse off in a warm shower.