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Save Your Skin This Summer with These Food-Based Beauty Products

Save you skin this summer — with food! These beauty products use ingredients you can find in your fridge for gorgeous, luminous skin,
By Farrah Shaikh
Scrub away flakey lips with brown sugar. http://www.fresh.com/lipcare/sugar-lip-polish/H00001924.html
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Save you skin this summer — with food! Here are 11 foods commonly found in your fridge that can give you gorgeous, luminous skin and the innovative products taking advantage of their beautifying properties. For more natural beauty products check out these store-bought skin savers that have ingredients from the supermarket.
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Sugar

Scrub away flakey lips with brown sugar. http://www.fresh.com/lipcare/sugar-lip-polish/H00001924.html
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After too much sun, your lips can dry out and become flakey. Scrub away dry skin and get smooth, plump lips with brown sugar. Fresh Sugar Lip Polish gently buffs your lips without stripping moisture as it nourishes with a blend of fine oils. $22.50

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Cucumber

Cool down post sun tanning skin with cooling cucumber.  Nourish and de-puff.  http://www.peterthomasroth.com/p-313-cucumber-gel-mask.aspx
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Spent just a little too much time in the sun? Treat your face with cooling cucumber to delicately soothe irritated skin, add moisture, and reduce inflammation. Cucumbers are great for de-puffing and have a mild smell for those with sensitive noses. Simply cut an organic cucumber into thin slices and apply to the irritated area, or choose a cucumber-based product like this Cucumber Gel Mask from Peter Thomas Roth, that makes all-over application much easier. $45
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Pomegranate

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Pomegranates are a powerful antioxidant and can do wonders for your skin. After running around all day in hot, humid weather, wipe away the day withKorres Pomegranate Cleansing Wipes. These skin-saving wipes remove oil, grease, and reduce pores so you feel refreshed on the go. $15

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Avocado

Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado 
natural source of Amino Acid proteins, Vitamins A, D, E, and potassium. Helps to restore the natural moisture of the skin.
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You love them in salads, you love them as a dip, and now you can love them as a beauty product, too. Avocados are a natural source of amino acid proteins, as well as vitamins A, D, E, and potassium. Give your eyes some love at night after exposure to the sun with Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado. The avocado in this eye cream helps to restore natural moisture to the very delicate skin around even the most sensitive eyes. $28.50

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Walnuts

Walnuts
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Walnuts, jam-packed with omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins, are the perfect on-the-go snack, and great in salads. They might also be the exfoliant you've been searching for. Walnuts act as a mild abrasive to gently scrub away skin impurities and awaken gorgeous, glowing skin. Try OleHenriksen Walnut Complexion Scrub. $16

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Lemon

Lemon
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Pucker up and incorporate more lemons into your beauty return. These tart super fruits are loaded with vitamin C, a powerful natural cleanser, which fades discoloration, strengthen your nails, and can even jump start your metabolism (add a teaspoon of lemon to warm water and drink first thing in the morning for an immediate boost). Combine lemons with natural oils like coconut and almond and add sugar, and you have a refreshing, moisturizing scrub that will leave your skin soft and smooth. For an easy way to add these citrus fruits into your daily regime, try Lalicious Sugar Lemon Blossom Scrub. This deliciously scented body treatment will give your skin a luminous glow from head to toe. $34

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Honey

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Honey and Virgin Coconut Restorative Shampoo gentle for daily use after swimming and sweating.
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The benefits of honey are endless. It is good for digestion, has been known to help eczema and acne, and it is gentle enough to use in hair daily after swimming and sweating. Honey is naturally a humectant, which means that it helps attract and retain moisture, keeping hair soft and shiny. It is also contains antibacterial properties to thoroughly cleanse. Try 100 Percent Pure Honey and Virgin Coconut Restorative Shampoo for a gentle hair cleanser that incorporates this all-around fantastic ingredient. $18

8

Figs

Scrub you body to a shine with fig seeds and shea butter.  http://www.lauramercier.com/store/shop/Fresh%20Fig_Fresh%20Fig%20Scrub_prod250028
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This summer, feel confident bearing those gorgeous stems. Buff your legs and arms with fig seeds to scrub away dull, dead skin and reveal a more moisturized, healthy, and luminous you. Figs are incredibly rich in antioxidants, and can sooth inflamed skin, which is always needed after spending a hot day out at the beach. Try Laura Mercier's Fresh Fig Scrub. It combines the exfoliating powers of figs with the intoxicating smell of shea butter and honey and will make you feel like you spent a day at the spa. $50

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Dragon Fruit

The vitamin C from dragon fruit helps buff and refresh achy feet.  https://www.freemanbeauty.com/product/dragon-fruit-foot-scrub
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This bright, vibrant Superfruit is grown mostly in Asia and has long been revered for its beatifying components. The black seeds in dragon fruit are a great exfoliator and the vitamin C in this scrub helps revitalize dull skin. Freeman Beauty's Dragon Fruit Foot Scrub uses a fragrant combination of dragon fruit, ginger, and tea tree oil to give your feet some much-needed pampering. $3.79

10

Coconut Oil

Sooth sunburns with coconut cream.  http://www.rmsbeauty.com/shop/raw-coconut-cream.html
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Everyone is raving about coconut oil, and for good reason. As an all-around beauty powerhouse, it can act as an intensive hair conditioner, reduce frizz, sooth sunburns, and remove stubborn eye makeup. Many use it as a lip balm, face cream, and a remedy for dried cuticles. So what are you waiting for? Your skin will thank you! RMS Raw Coconut Cream $18
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Yogurt

GREEK YOGHURT COOLING GEL AFTERSUN 
For face & body, soothe summer skin with yogurt, a natural source of lactose, proteins, minerals and vitamins.
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After long summer days in the heat and humidity, give you skin the cooling break it needs with yogurt. This common fridge staple has so much power as a member of your beauty arsenal. Plain Greek yogurt is a natural source of lactose and proteins and can be used as a moisturizer. The lactic acid in yogurt acts as a natural alpha hydroxy acid to help smooth skin, fight acne, and reduce skin discoloration. Yogurt also has a powerful cooling effect, making it an ideal cream to comfort sun burnt skin. Try Korres Greek Yoghurt Cooling Gel Aftersun to soothe your summer skin. $26

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Do It Yourself

Add a Wake-Up Spritz
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For a completely homemade and natural food-based skin remedy, try one of the easy recipes below:


OleHenriksen Face/Body Spa Facial Scrub with Eucalyptus

Ingredients:

2 ounces brown sugar

2 ounces sesame oil

15 drops eucalyptus essential oil

Directions: Mix the ingredients together in a small bowl. Transfer into a Tupperware container and store in your refrigerator. Use three to four times a week at night.

Benefits: Brown sugar deeply cleanses, tightens pores, and improves skin texture. Sesame oil allows the scrub to glide on smoothly and adds hydration. Eucalyptus oil is a natural antiseptic and oxygenates the skin.


OleHenriksen Face/Body Spa At Home Honey Nourishment Mask

Ingredients:

Plain yogurt

Honey

Finely ground oatmeal

(1) Vitamin A and (1) Vitamin E capsule

Lavender essential oil

Directions: Mix the yogurt, honey, oatmeal, and lavender oil together; break open the vitamin capsules and empty into the mixture. Apply paste to clean, dry skin. Leave on for 20 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.

Benefits: After exfoliating, it’s essential to add moisture back into the skin — this mask acts as a natural hydrating and calming treatment.

Recipes Provided by OleHenriksen Face/Body Spa

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