Natural Personal Care, from the Kitchen
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In this high-tech postmodern culture of ours, we have the best opportunities, the finest options, and the greatest access to natural personal care items, information, and services. But mother’s (or grandmother’s) natural personal care tricks stand just as strong next to the latest technology.
As we all know, natural personal care for one’s body can be made healthy and done in a healthier way by being made of organic substances. That is, if you can eat it, you can use it in your health care regime. So say people like Carol Merrill, one of the pioneering game show hostesses who made the gifts of Monty Hall’s “Let’s Make a Deal” as beautiful as she.
What natural personal care items that are edible, that are good for the inside, can you use on the outside? I’ll take you back to when I was growing up on the farm:
* Beer—If you want to get pickled from the outside rather than from the inside, beer is also a great shampoo. The hops and other ingredients in beer fortify hair and make it shiny at the same time.
* Eggs—Eggs were the first thing we used as kids. One night as we were stepping into the shower, our mother handed us each an egg. We were a bit perplexed by the contraction of an egg in the bath with us, until she explained and we used them. Eggs, as well as honey, olive oil, and mayonnaise, help fight split ends, make hair rich and shiny…and almost good enough to eat!
* Lemons—After washing with good old soap and water (which was still good then), we would rub a cut lemon on our face and hands. Lemon is a great astringent that smells lovely as well. In addition, it is great for hair—to make it shiny, anyway.
* Other Nuts and Fruits—We likely know that natural personal care has been going on for centuries, and avocado masques, also likely used for centuries, were all the rage a while back. Still great as a facial ingredient, avocados are joined by nuts and herbs and even fruits… like bananas. The oils make for a fine moisturizer. Olives and apricots, too, have natural moisturizing properties. Carol Merrill puts almonds and water in a blender and uses the mixture as an exfoliant (the mildly abrasive compound is enough to scrub but not tear the skin).
* Vinegar--Vinegar works the same way as lemons, as an astringent. And though it doesn’t smell as good (you will feel “pickled”), it is also soothing to sun burns. If anyone gets sun burns any more?
And with the leftover natural personal care foods, you can make a nice meal. Let’s see, avocado omelet, banana nut shake, and…a beer.