Alongside its amazing health benefits, avocado can be used as a natural way to enhance your beauty. Here are some time-tested ways to use avocado in beauty.
Ways to Use Avocado for Face
Facial Cleanser
Looking for ways to use avocado in beauty? It can be used to make a great facial cleanser. In a medium-sized bowl, beat one egg yolk until it’s light and frothy, add half a cup of milk, and half a peeled avocado, mashed. Blend it all in a blender or beat the mixture with a fork until it has a lotion-like consistency. Apply the mixture to your face using a cotton ball and rinse off with warm water. The formula is perishable, so store in the refrigerator for no more than two days.
Facial Moisturizer
Rich in natural oils, avocado works wonders for dry skin, which makes it an ideal facial moisturizer. Take the peel of an avocado and lightly swipe the inside of it across your face. Rinse after 15 minutes or, if your skin is very dry, leave on overnight.
Eye Treatment
Avocado is a very effective treatment for tired and puffy eyes, even more so than cucumber slices. Cut a ripe avocado in half, slice into crescents and place a slice under each eye. You should leave it on for about 20 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.
Ways to Use Avocado for Skin
Dry Hand Treatment
Wondering about other ways to use avocado in beauty? It can be used to make a rich moisturizer for hands and nails. This formula is a godsend in winter when your hands are chapped and parched. Mash a quarter of an avocado in a small bowl. Add 1 egg white, 2 tablespoons oatmeal and 1 teaspoon lemon juice and mix. Rub the mixture onto your hands and leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water.
Ways to Use Avocado for Hair
Avocado Conditioner
Keen to try other ways to use avocado in beauty? It makes a very effective natural conditioner which moisturizes and fortifies your hair. To make your own avocado conditioner, mash a peeled avocado into a paste, adding enough water to make a paste-like solution.
Avocado Hair Mask
An avocado mask works wonders for severely damaged or dry hair. Mash one avocado in a bowl, add one egg yolk and mix. Add enough water to make a workable paste. Apply the mixture to damp hair and massage into the hair and scalp. Leave on for 20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water.
Take full advantage of these ways to use avocado in beauty, for glowing fresh skin and rich silky hair.
For all formulas, use avocados that are ripe.
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