Aspirin Beauty Treatments

Hey there!

Times are tough & regular appointments to the Beauty Therapist

is one of the things we tend to stretch out & try doing at home beauty treatments ourselves..

Here are some great tips & money saving tricks you can do at home

 & you will probably have in your cupboards.

 Aspirin

most of us girls will have aspirin because it's great for period pain,

 but there are alot of other uses for this little headache tablet.

First of all you should know a little about aspirin, it's good for headaches & an anti-inflamatory, it's also a beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) which is a very effective form of salicylic acid. BHA & salicylic acids are found in alot of acne treatments & exfoliating skin care products. It has also been known to help relieve calluses, corns, keratosis, pilaris, psoriasis & warts.

Pedicare (pedicure)

Nothing ever beats having a professional pedicare, the beauty therapist seems to be able to make our feet feel like we're walking on clouds. They even get rid of all that yucky build up of dead skin on the soles of our feet. But unfortunately we can't have a pedicare every time we want to change the colour of our polish.  So between your pedicare appointments when your sitting watching a movie, give this a try:

•  Get 5 or 6 aspirins, Add 1/2 a teaspoon of Lemon juice & 1/2 a teaspoon of water.
• Squash & grind them together to make a paste,Apply the paste to the calluses on your feet.
• Wrap your feet in a warm towel & cover them in a plastic bag, Leave for 10 mins.
• Remove bag & towel, Scrub off dead skin with a foot file or a pumice stone.
• Be sure to moisturise you feet & your done.

You can also add the aspirin & lemon juice in a foot spa or bowl big enough to put your feet in & soak them for 10 mins, this will make your entire feet feel soft & smooth.

Facial Mask

Regular salon facials are an important part of our skin care routine & are a great way to take some time out for ourselves & every now & then our skin needs a good scrub in between visits to our beauty therapist. The aspirin rejuvenates & exfoliates your skin, it can even helps with breakouts.

• Get 4 to 6 Aspirin & a few drops of water.
• Squash & grind them into a paste.
• Spread paste onto your face & leave for 10 mins, it becomes dry & flaky.
• Massage gently with warm water in a circular motion, Rinse off.
• Moisturise & your done.

You can add some honey or natural yogurt to the mix & apply to your face, the honey is very hydrating & the yogurt is refreshing.

Hair Rinse

Summer is coming & this trick will help get rid of the green tinge in blonde hair from chlorinated swimming pools.

• Dissolve 8 aspirin in a glass of water
• Rinse hair with the aspirin solution & massage
• Leave for 10 mins & rinse out
• Wash hair with shampoo & conditioner
• Your done!

We've all had those moments when our hair has become flat & uncooperative by build up from our shampoo, conditioner & styling products.

• Shampoo hair as normal
• Squash & crush 6 to 8 aspirin into some conditioner.
• Massage the mixture through your hair & leave for a few minutes.
• Rinse out & your done.

I hope you give these treatments a try & I'd love to know how they worked out for you.

Bye for now!