Raw Food Beauty Tips and Secrets

Raw Food Beauty Tips and Secrets

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November 5th, 2008 . by Tonya Zavasta

Here are some delightful beautifying tips that will complement your raw foods diet and your daily beauty regimen.

Hair
You know coconuts are a delicious part of the raw food diet but they are also a beauty supplement! Using the water on your hair and face will make you feel like a Tahitian beauty.
Wet your hair in coconut water. Apply coconut water all over the scalp and massage into roots. Use some of it on your face as well. Put on a cosmetic cap and let it sit for 30 minutes. Then wash and condition as usual. If you do 50-100 strokes to brush you hair before this procedure the effectiveness will greatly increase. If you have my Rolling Bed of Pins you can use it for 10 minutes before applying coconut water. Apply on your hair at least once per week for several months.

Stimulating Pack for the Hair, from Your Right to be Beautiful
2 leaves of collard greens and 1 leaf of mustard greens
2 inches of ginger root
1 avocado

Juice the leaves and ginger root and mix well with avocado. Wash hair as usual, then apply the mixture to towel dried hair. Cover with a shower cap and towel to keep it warm for 20-30 minutes. Rinse well. It stimulates hair growth and adds shine to the hair. Try to apply this pack once a week. Tingling of the scalp will let you know it’s working!

Skin
Every morning, immediately after removing your facial mask and before applying a moisturizer, rub an ice cube over your face to close the pores. The sudden cooling of your skin causes the blood capillaries to constrict, which is followed in 15 to 30 seconds by expansion of the capillaries resulting from the warming of the skin. For more information why it is good for your skin I refer you to my book Quantum Eating.

It is known that coconut water is effective against skin blemishes. Dab coconut water on blemishes and leave for an hour. Use it for at least 15 days.

I do not have age spots. But I had one small mole on my left rib that has been with me since my late twenties. In my new book Quantum Eating I talk about the miraculous properties of Hydrogen Peroxide. I decided to apply 35% food grade on a cotton swab to it every day. And in a month it faded away. The 35% solution will sting and will turn the skin on your fingers white temporarily. Be extra careful and research more before ever using Hydrogen peroxide. It requires an intelligent user.
For a beautiful clear skin take a bath using 1 pint of 35% hydrogen peroxide in a full tub of water and remain at least a ½ hour. Do it regularly at least several times per week.

Lips
The following is the best and easiest home remedy I have found for chapped lips:
Mix ½ teaspoon glycerin, ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice and ½ teaspoon castor oil together and place in a closed glass container. Before going to bed, spread the mixture on your lips and leave it overnight. The mix should be stored in the refrigerator since it contains fresh lemon.

Personally, for myself, every night before retiring to sleep I like to massage my lips with an extra tooth brush (not the same one you brush your teeth with of course!) and then apply plain castor oil to my lips. I believe between the raw foods lifestyle and this simple procedure, chapped lips will be history.

Teeth Whitening
Take dried & powdered bay leaves combined with dried orange peel. Make a paste. It is an excellent teeth whitener.

Nails
Those of you who have read my books know I suggest applying castor oil on your lashes every night. If you find that you have dry and cracking nails, why don’t you use the same oil and start massaging and
rubbing your nails just after you are done with your lashes? You will be very impressed with the results.

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Sure, we have problems with the economy. But no one wants to looked stressed out about it.

Some ideas for keeping your skin, hair and nails in shape without breaking the bank:

FACE STUFF

-Skip the expensive creams.

Janet Luhrs, author of the newsletter "Simple Living" and the book "The Simple Living Guide," used to buy moisturizing cream at the dermatologist's office, spending $108 for a 125-gram (four-ounce) jar. Now she uses 100 per cent jojoba, apricot or avocado oil that she gets for around $4 for the same size container.

-Make your own acne treatment.

Dina Falconi, an herbalist and author of "Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair," offers this recipe: Combine 50 millilitres ( 1/4 cup) of water, 50 ml ( 1/4 cup) of 80-proof liquor, and 20 drops each of sage, grapefruit and lavender essential oils. Apply to the problem area, she said.

-Forget about toner.

If you want that squeaky-clean feeling, that's fine, said Nadine Haobsh, beauty expert and author of "Beauty Confidential." But there's no need to incorporate a toner into your routine, she said.

She recommends simplifying things by using just a cleanser and an SPF 30 cream or serum. At night, use a cream or serum that has retinol and peptides, she said. Dab on pimple cream from the drugstore when you feel a pimple coming. For more problem skin, go to the derm, she said.

-Grab a lemon or cucumber.

Dip a makeup brush in lemon juice and use it to fade age spots and freckles, said Haobsh. If you are prone to oily skin, soak a cotton ball in lemon juice and rub it on the T-zone. Slice a cucumber and put a slice over each eye to deflate puffy eyes, she said.

MAKEUP

-Hit the drugstore.

Luhrs purchases foundation, eyeshadow and mascara at the local drugstore.

-Cheap and better eyeliner.

Eyeliner at a fancy makeup counter can run you $13, said Luhrs. She lightly moistens her powder eyeshadow with water and then uses a fine brush to line her eyes.

-Don't match eyes to the outfits.

Luhrs finds one or two colours that look great on her, and sticks with them.

HYGIENE

-Here's a secret.

You can make your own deodorant using baking soda, said Falconi - try dusting some under your arms. To get fancy, add one drop of essential oil to the powder before applying, said Falconi.

-Use olive oil to moisturize.

At night, apply olive oil to your hands and feet and then cover them with gloves and socks. You'll wake up to smooth hands and feet, said Marie Scalogna-Watkinson, owner of Spa Chicks On-The-Go, a mobile spa service in New York City.

-A little bit of Crisco never hurt.

If you have super-dry skin, use Crisco as a moisturizer, whether it's the hands, feet or face, said Haobsh. "It's not glamorous, but it works," she said.

Too biscuit like? Try Vaseline, she said.

-Do your own waxes.

Drugstores boast an array of home-waxing kits for the face and body, said Haobsh.

-Use baking soda as toothpaste.

Mix baking soda and hydrogen peroxide to the consistency of toothpaste and use it daily to brush teeth, said New York cosmetic dentists Marc Lowenberg and Gregg Lituchy in an email. This cleans surface stains, kills bacteria and makes teeth appear whiter.

-Try some petroleum jelly.

Another tip from the dentists: If you know you're going to be drinking red wine or coffee, protect teeth from stains by coating them with the jelly, such as Vaseline. The coating acts as a barrier to prevent staining and also helps to keep lipstick off teeth, they said. (Dr. Matthew Messina, spokesperson for the American Dental Association, said he can't see any harm in the practice.)

-Eat your veggies.

Chewing raw crunchy vegetables, such as celery and carrots, helps to remove surface stains, said Lowenberg and Lituchy.

HAIR

-Make your own shampoo.

Falconi's recipe: Mix 175 ml to 250 ml (6 to 8 oz) of an herbal tea, 90 ml (3 oz) of liquid castile soap, which can be purchased at a health-food store, 1 ml ( 1/4 tsp) of vegetable oil and up to 60 drops of an essential oil.

-Grab some condiments.

If you have dry hair, put mayonnaise and olive oil on your hair while it's dry and wrap it in a warm towel or in plastic wrap for 20 minutes before rinsing, said Haobsh. Or rinse your hair with beer in the shower to seal in shine, she said. And if you are out of cream hair moisturizer, use your body moisturizer, she said. Rub it into your hands and run your hands through your hair.

-DIY hair colour.

Modern hair colour kits are pretty much foolproof, said Haobsh. You can even do highlights yourself. Ask your regular hair stylist if he or she can recommend a kit to tide you over between professional treatments, said stylist Peter Ishkhans, host of "Peter Perfect," which debuts a new season in January 2009 on The Style Network.

-Cut your own bangs.

Make sure your hair is dry, said Ishkhans. Cut the bangs flat on your face (don't hold the bangs up and cut) and don't go shorter than your eyebrows, he said.

-Use less.

Only people with finer-textured hair need to shampoo daily because their hair tends to get oilier, said Ishkhans. People with fine hair that has no body generally don't need a conditioner, he said. He suggests adding some water to shampoo and conditioner to make it last longer.

-Skip salon and beauty store products.

The products generally contain the same ingredients as products in a supermarket or drugstore, said Ishkhans. Check the labels and compare.

RELAXATION

-Make your own spa.

Turn the bathroom into a spa, said Scalogna-Watkinson. Carve out some "me" time, put a Do Not Disturb sign on the door, light a candle, add some essential oils to the water and soak. If you want it more spa-like, purchase a remote control massaging bath mat, she said.

NAILS

-Do your own manis and pedis.

It's not about the colour, said Haobsh. "If you keep the cuticles moisturized and keep your nails to a uniform shape, it'll look nice, like you had a manicure done."

Use olive oil on the cuticles and gently push them back. File the nails to the same shape and length. Do this regularly, she said.