Baking Soda Does Wonders With Your Skin And Hair

Baking soda is great for cleaning purposes for the kitchen, bathroom, and hair. Yes, you read that correctly, baking soda can work wonders for your skin and hair!

Baking soda has been used for many years and many generations in some families as the cleaning must have for their homes. I have to admit, it is a pretty great thing to have in your home. It has so many uses from keeping your food fresh in the fridge to rejuvenating the skin.

Baking soda can be used in a lot of beauty products like body scrub to toothpaste. We’re going to focus on the skin and hair this time. Baking soda is a slightly abrasive ingredient, but it can do wonder’s for the skin and hair. Why don’t you try out some of these things?

1. Face mask: If you mix baking soda with water you will get a mixture that is great for uprooting dead skin cells from the face.

2. Get rid of skin deposits: Try adding baking soda in with your shampoo, this will get rid of layers that are stored in the hair.

3. Clean those brushes: using baking soda to remove hair from your combs and brushes is like using it for shampooing your hair. Boil some water and add baking soda to it, then soak your brush in the water.

4. Soften the cuticles: Mix baking soda with water and apply it to the cuticles and nails. Gently rub the mixture onto the cuticles and you will get rid of the cuticle issue.

5. Foot care: Mix baking soda with heated water and it will relax the skin and your feet will feel totally loose.

6. Get rid of warts: Mixing lemon juice and baking soda together can uproot undesirable warts. Combine the two together and apply it to the wart and then leave it alone for a while. Then, flush the wart with water.

7. Exfoliation: Mix 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water and rub over the skin to get a smooth feel.

8. Dry shampoo: Mix 1/4 cup of arrowroot powder, 1 tbsp baking powder, and 1 drop of lavender essential oil. Then, dip a large wide brush into the mixture and apply it to the roots of the hair. The arrowroot powder will soak up the oil and the baking soda will also absorb oil and odor.

9. Soothe a sunburn: Mix 4 tbsp baking soda into a quart of water and with a wet washcloth, apply the mixture to the burn.