Natural Recipe {Skin & Hair}: Homemade Scrub & Hair Mask

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Today natural recipe comes from one Naturally Leslie reader and features two delightful mixes. One is for skin and the second is for hair. If you try them out, shoot me an email (naturallyleslie@gmail.com) and tell me about your experience!

Olive Oil/Sugar Exfoliating Mix
Ingredients Needed:

Sugar, EVOO or other oil

Directions:

1. Mix 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar with about 1/4 cup of natural extra virgin olive oil or if you prefer another type of natural oil that is fine too.

2. Apply to face or skin and let it stand for 15-20 minutes.

3. Rinse with cool water.

Moisturizing Hair Mask

Ingredients Needed:

Raw Honey, Buttermilk, olive oil

Directions:
1. Mix raw pure natural honey, buttermilk, olive oil.

2. Put it on your hair...let it sit.

3. Rinse

Natural Recipe {Skin}: Homemade Lip Balm

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Today's natural recipe feature comes from YouTube's DearNaptural85 (click to see her hair channel, Naptural85.) In this video, she is making two flavors of her homemade lip balm.

I chose this video because I really love all the effort she puts in to creating her own all natural products at home. Her recipe vids are super easy to follow and yield amazing stuff without all the chemicals.

Check it out HERE!

Do you make your own lip balms? If you have a recipe and want to share, click the Write for Naturally Leslie tab at the top and submit your recipe using the guidelines provided!

Natural Recipe {Hair}: Shea Coco Mix

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Naturally Leslie reader Trinette sent over this recipe that she loves for her natural hair and I wanted to share with you. Check it out!

Hi-

Here is a recipe that I use on my hair. I like to alternate styling creams and gel.

Sheacoco Mix

You will need:

Shea Butter

Aloe vera gel (liquid)

Coconut Oil

Take shea butter and place in a container (small one is good) heat for 30 seconds to melt the butter(this will make it more soft to stir, not a runny liquid)

Then pour in aloe vera gel (liquid only, I use the aloe vera gel from the website from nature with love), you may find yourself using more aloe than butter. Then pour in (be discreet) coconut oil until a creamy consistency. Then place top on container and let it cool and solidify (this will be very creamy) and apply to hair after shampooing. No need for a leave in condish! The aloe vera, shea butter, coconut oil, is all you need to condish, moisturize, and seal. This left my hair very soft!!! I do not measure I just use my best judgement. For example I may take a regular spoon (use to eat cereal) and scoop out butter, then pour a little of aloe to mix in(like I said you may find yourself using more, because this is your leave in condish!), then add coconut oil.

Mix all together and apply to hair after washing out conditioner. Do twist, braid out, etc.. your hair will be so soft and moisturized. Aloe is a moisturizer for hair. I don't like using this alone, my hair does not like it, but mixed with this recipe my hair loves it!!!

Thanks

Trinette Smith

Thank YOU Trinette!

If you have a homemade recipe for skin or hair that you would like to share with other Naturally Leslie readers, please email me at naturallyleslie@gmail.com and put Natural Recipe in the subject line.

DIY Hair Recipe: Abuela's Avocado & Shea Masque

I saw this recipe over at Latina.com and thought it sounded like a nice treat for curls and kinks.

For the shortened version, keep reading below. To see the entire article, click here. Thanks Abuela!

For this recipe, you’ll need one ripe avocado, two tablespoons of olive oil and a quarter cup of melted shea butter. Then just follow these five easy steps:

1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and blend well until you get a smooth, thick mixture.

2. Shampoo your hair as usual. Apply the hair masque from roots to tips.

3. Cover your hair with a shower cap.

4. Leave the hair masque on for about 30 minutes. For even better results, sit under a hooded dryer.

5. Rinse out the mask with lukewarm water and style as usual.

Scalp Exfoliation Step- By-Step

With all the conditioners, styling aids and other products we slater on our hair, sometimes the scalp can get really dirty with buildup. Of course, if you wash well every few days or so, you should really be fine. But just like the skin on the face and body benefit from a good exfoliation session, so can your scalp. Check out this routine below. You can exfoliate once a week or less depending on your skin's sensitivity.

Remember not to be too rough! Your scalp is delicate and you don't want to irritate it from too much rubbing or scraping with finger nails. I would personally use this step before I do my wash-conditon-oil regimen each week or week and a half.

Overview:

To exfoliate the skin is to remove old, dead skin cells from the surface of the skin to help maintain and rejuvenate the skin. Most people benefit from an occasional exfoliation of the scalp. Besides removing dead skin cells, it relieves scalp itchiness and product build-up, leaving your scalp refreshed. If you use hair products, like mousse, gel and hairspray, exfoliate your scalp once a week.

Step 1

Mix 1 tbsp. of either brown sugar or quinoa with 3 tbsp. of conditioner and a drop or two of your favorite liquid oil. Brown sugar is an inexpensive natural exfoliant and you may already have some.

Step 2

Massage the exfoliant gently into your scalp using a circular motion for about one minute with the pads of your fingers. Make sure to avoid using your nails which can scratch and damage your scalp.

Step 3

Rinse your hair for 10 to 15 minutes while continuing to massage your scalp with lukewarm water. Too hot and you can irritate and dry your scalp!

Step 4

Pour 1/2 cup of vinegar, diluted with 1 cup of water over your hair into a bowl. Pour the vinegar rinse over your hair about 15 more times, using two bowls and switching them. The vinegar removes any remaining build-up or exfoliant. (You can modify this to suit your needs.)

Modified from HERE.

So there you have it! Who out there already implements scalp exfoliation in their regimen? What are your results?

Dry Winter Hair? Fix it with these natural homemade recipes!

The weather outside is frightful...but no reason your hair can't still look and feel delightful! If you're experiencing dryness due to the cold winter air, take a look around your kitchen and try some of these homemade winter hair recipes to get your hair back to moist!

***Avocado and mayonnaise

It may seem a bit strange to apply mayonnaise to your hair all the way to the hair tips, but it is a really good conditioner!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ripe avocado
• 1 small jar of real mayonnaise

Do this:

Mash the avocado and mix with the mayonnaise. Apply to your clean hair and leave it on for 15-20 minutes. You'll get the best effect if you use a shower cap, plastic wrap or warm towel to add some body heat to the process. Rinse off.

Avocado and coconut milk

If you don't like the idea of using mayonnaise, try mixing the avocado with coconut milk.

Ingredients:

• 1 avocado
• Coconut milk

Do this:

Mash the avocado and mix with enough coconut milk to make the conditioner smooth and the right consistency for a hair treatment. Tip: Add the milk slowly so that the conditioner does not become too loose.)Apply it to your hair and leave for some 20 minutes. Rinse off. (Again, it is good to somehow seal the body heat in by using a shower cap or towel for example.)

Avocado and egg yolk

Finally, avocado and egg yolk is also a great conditioner!

Ingredients:

• 1 avocado
• 1 egg yolk

Do this:

Mash the avocado and mix the egg yolk. Apply it to your hair and leave for some 20 minutes. Rinse off.

*** Recipes from HERE