•  ¼ cup of cooked or canned pumpkin 
•   ½  teaspoons honey (moisturises the skin and provides antiseptic properties)
•   ¼  teaspoons milk (moisturises and exfoliates)

• For very dry skin: Add ¼ teaspoon heavy whipping cream (moisturises and exfoliates).
• For oily skin: Add a ¼ teaspoon of apple cider (astringent and regulates pH) or cranberry juice (high in antioxidants).

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and use a hand blender to get the right consistency (purée)
• Apply liberally to face and neck
•  Leave for 15 – 20 minutes
•  Rinse off with warm water
•  Apply moisturiser

• 1 ripe avocado (½ for short hair)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons pure coconut/almond/olive oil (whichever you prefer)

• Peel the avocado and remove the pit.        
• Mash the avocado and make sure it’s free of big chunks.
• Mix the coconut/almond/olive oil and raw honey with the avocado.
• Blend the mixture until it turns creamy.
• Apply the mixture from roots to tips onto clean, towel-dried hair.  
• Let the avocado hair mask sit in your hair for 30 minutes.  If you suffer from a dry, flaky scalp, massage the mixture into your scalp.
• Rinse the mixture out with warm water.
• Shampoo and condition as usual.

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•  Exfoliate the area.  This will help to remove any dead skin cells, dirt and oils that might be trapping the ingrown hair.  I suggest using an all-natural sugar scrub!
• Apply a small amount of acne medication; ingrown hair is very similar to a blemish.
• Apply a warm compress for a few minutes to soften the skin and bring the hair to the surface.
• Use a sterile needle or tweezers to gently tease the hair out of the skin.  The warm compress should have brought the hair to the surface.  If it hasn't, do not try to remove the hair.
•  Use a blackhead/comedone extractor.  The comedone extractor is very simple to use.  Just press the tool’s loop on the area around the ingrown hair and press down against the skin.

• Wash the area and apply an antiseptic to provide protection against infection.   

Normally, an ingrown hair corrects itself in its own time.  Try to prevent ingrown hair; by shaving with proper shaving gel/cream, shave with the grain of the hair, use aftershave cream that prevents ingrown hair and exfoliate regularly.  You should also avoid wearing tight clothing on the affected area.

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There are various sugaring recipes; I am going to give you a basic version, one I used myself.

Once the product has cooled, you are ready for hair removal. 

How to use:

Wax is applied warm but sometimes overheated causing a skin burn. Sugar paste is used either lukewarm or at room temperature, so there’s no chance of burning the skin. Some people heat the mixture and remove it with a cloth strip, just like you would use hot wax. However, I suggest using the sugaring mixture at room temperature.

Dip your fingers into the container of sugaring paste and take out a small amount (roughly the size of a quarter). Flatten the paste in your hands until it feels slightly warm. Apply it to the area you wish to epilate. Smooth it along the area until it is approximately ¼ inch thick. You don’t need to use any cloth strips for this method. 

As you probably know, wax is applied with the direction of hair growth, but removed against the grain of hair growth. However, with sugaring, the past is applied against the grain of hair growth and then removed in the same direction of the growth, putting less strain on the skin. This means less pain.

Tips:

• Take a bath/shower beforehand and use a body scrub, this will prepare the skin for epilation.
• Make sure the hairs are about ¼ inch long; you won’t be able to remove hair if it’s too short.
• If you don’t use up all the mixture the first time, you can keep it refrigerated and warm-up/thaw when you want to re-use.
• Sugaring can be done on all body parts. 
• Sugaring is much gentler to the skin than waxing. I suggest you give it a try if you haven’t already.

XOXO

Euphrasie85

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