Turmeric & Greek yogurt Calming Mask

 

 

Skin has never been an issue for me, I have always had clear blemish free skin until 4 months ago. It was almost over night I went from beautiful clear skin to acne covered face caused by stress. Red inflamed pimply skin is never pretty and can be extremely embarrassing, there is only so much make up can hide so I went looking for some natural treatments to help calm my acne. I came across a young Indian lady on YouTube who had a recipe that I have fallen in love with.   

Turmeric & Greek yogurt calming  mask. Turmeric is used a lot in India as a cooking spice as well as a traditional beauty product. Turmeric has natural antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties which is great not just for acne prone skin as it helps kill all those nasty bacteria's that cause acne but for ageing, sensitive, pigmentation, dry and just about every other type of skin out there. Greek yogurt contains lactic-acid and enzymes that naturally cleanses and repairs skin cells.

So it just makes sense to use Turmeric and Greek yogurt together, they are a match made in kitchen beauty heaven.

This mask is wonderful because it can double as a exfoliant  as well. After making your mask cleanse your face twice to really make sure you have no makeup or dirt on your skin to get in the way of letting the mask penetrate into your skin. Spread mask all over your face, neck and you can bring it down to your décolletage (upper chest) if you like, Be careful to avoid your eyes and mouth (it might be natural but it tastes nasty). Leave the mask on your 15 - 20 mins to let it dry and really get in your skin and do its thing.

If you would like to use it as a exfoliator as well before you wash it off just wet your face until mask is damp again and massage around face in little circular motions for a couple of minutes then rinse, tone and moisturise.
Turmeric is great for an exfoliant as it has a gentle grainy texture when mixed with the Greek yogurt so its not harsh on delicate sensitive skin.                

You will need :

• Turmeric
• Greek Yogurt
• Tiny mixing bowl
• tablespoon
• Brush

How to :

 

Mix 1/2 Tblsp of Turmeric with 1 1/2 Tblsp of Greek yogurt.

Yep its just that easy... This will be more than enough to do your face and neck. I always like to make a tad extra so I can bring it down onto my décolletage (upper chest)

 

You can use this twice a week. If you have any questions please comment and I'm happy to help.  

Enjoy your beautiful, calm, acne free skin.
Josie. Xx

D.I.Y Coffee Scrub

Lately I've been seeing a lot of hype about the FRANK BODY COFFEE SCRUB its suppose to reduces the appearance of cellulite and stretch marks. I was on their website having a look around and I seen the list of ingredients and they looked way to simple to be paying all that money for their product. So I done a little research and found an extremely quick and simple recipe that will give you the same amazing results as the FRANK BODY COFFEE SCRUB without the price tag and all the products you need are in your kitchen.  
                                                               
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp instant coffee
- 2 tbsp raw sugar
- olive oil, almond oil or jojoba oil

Method
Mix Coffee and sugar in bowl and add 1 tablespoon of oil to start, keep adding a little bit at a time until mixture is combined to your preferred consistency, I like mine just damp enough to spread. This mixture will be enough for one or two applications. Keep in an air tight container.

 If you have fresh ground coffee i recommend using that you can even use used ones after making your coffee. Fresh coffee grinds are suppose to contain more antioxidants and all those good things that are going to help your skin. I used Nescafe Blend 43 as that's what i had in my kitchen but any type of coffee you have is going to work as they all contain caffeine and antioxidants that are going to smooth out those lumps and bumps and reduce stretch marks.


Its best to wash your body with your everyday body wash to remove all the dirt from your skin so the coffee can be absorbed straight into your skin. Let the scrub absorb into your skin for around 5mins so it has time to do its thing. I recommend staying in your shower for those 5mins as it can get very messy as you can see from the picture of my shower floor. Be very gentle if applying to your face, my skin is very sensitive so i just patted it on and be sure to avoid your eyes. I highly suggest tying your hair up before applying your scrub especially if you have blonde hair as its getting messy.

Have fun scrubbing away all those lumps bumps and stretch marks while enjoying the yummy smell of coffee. For the best results scrub once or twice a week and don't forget to always moisturise after a good scrub.

Josie Rose. Xx

My no.1 beauty essential

If you gave me the choice of the most luxurious beauty products and Baking soda also known as Bicarb soda I would most likely choose Baking soda almost every time. Its not just a kitchen staple its also one of my most used beauty products. I could probably talk all day about the 101 great uses for this wonderful product that you most likely have in your kitchen but I will just tell you the most handy tips that are guaranteed to leave you wondering why you spent so much money on all those expensive beauty products.

no.1 - Face & Body Exfoliator. I have sensitive skin and most exfoliators are irritating and can burn my skin, except for baking soda. I scrub my face and body every other day. For my face I mix a teaspoon baking soda with half a teaspoon of my usual face cleanser in a bowl and scrub my entire face for roughly 30secs. For my body two heaped tablespoons and one tablespoon of my usual body wash should be plenty. Don't forget you should always moisturise after exfoliating, I use a rejuvenating vitamin E cream.

no. 2 - Teeth Whitener. Stop spending hundreds of dollars on teeth whitening that harm your teeth and start using baking soda. Once a week I dip my tooth brush with my tooth paste on it into baking soda and I brush my teeth as usual. I will admit it doesn't taste that great but it really gives your teeth that extra sparkle and for an extra whitening punch make a paste of lemon juice and baking soda. Its sure to get your teeth nice and white.

no.3 - Hair Deep Cleanser. This is great to give your hair that really deep clean to get rid of hairspray/product build up after an event or just from everyday styling. With your normal Shampoo mix half and half of shampoo and baking soda. If its too think to spread through your hair just add more shampoo. I recommend only doing this once a month as it can strip semi permanent colours out of your hair.

no.4 - Removing Unwanted Colour/Hair dye. To remove unwanted colour from your hair is the same as deep cleanse only use a lot more to really make sure you have every strand of hair covered. Once you have it all lathered through tie or clip your hair up out of the way and put a shower cap on, leave it on for 20 mins at a time. You can repeat once a week until you have your desired result. Make sure you treat your hair to moisturising treatment after each use as it can be very drying.

no.5 - Lip Scrub. This little trick will leave you with soft kissable lips. Mix half a tea spoon of baking soda with warm water into a thick paste. Scrub over lips once or twice a week. After scrub moisturise lips with paw paw ointment or lip balm.  

no.6 - Bath Treat. When treating yourself to a relaxing bath had 1/2 cup of baking soda along with a few drops of your favourite essential oil and its sure to leave your skin beautiful and soft.

If you don't have any Baking soda in your kitchen cupboard you can buy it from any grocery store in the baking isle for around $2 for 500g. I use McKenzie's (in the picture above) but I am sure all the other brands would be just as good. Baking Soda is not only good for your skin but it good for the environment, its Doesn't contain all the horrible chemicals like most other products do. I hope you found these little tricks easy and hopefully they save you money.
Josie Rose. Xx

The begining of great things

Hi everyone,
I wasn't sure what to make my first post about but I thought why not start this new Internet journey off with telling you all a little bit about me and what I hope to achieve with this blog. Well here it goes, My name is Josie I am your average not so average 20yr old Aussie girl and loving girlfriend (cheesy I know). I am a Beauty Therapist/Apprentice Hairdresser but I am currently unable to work due to health issues so that's where my idea to start a blog has come from. Working in the Hair and Beauty industry has made me realise how expensive it is to be a women (guys have no idea how hard it is being us) and I have picked up a few cheap and easy beauty and hair tips along my way along with some natural remedies that I think every girl should know. So I guess I just want to share all the wonderful things I have learnt and am learning. I hope you enjoy and hopefully learn something too.    Josie Rose. Xx