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Apple Cider Vinegar: Kitchen Cupboard Beauty Tips
By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels.
Apple cider vinegar has been the wise woman’s health and beauty ally for centuries.
Now science tells us that it promotes blood circulation in the small blood capillaries that irrigate the skin. It is also antiseptic, combating yeasts, viruses and bacteria that can cause infection.
Apple cider vinegar is rich in alpha-hydroxy acids, helping to dissolve fatty deposits on the skin’s surface and reducing scaly conditions, promoting a softer, smoother appearance. This miracle fluid also regulates the pH of the skin.
You won’t believe how many ways apple cider vinegar can be used to promote healthier skin and hair! Find out some of the couldn’t-be-simpler ways to put it to work for you, below:
1. Hair rinse: Apple cider vinegar gets rid of residue build-up on hair, leaving it soft and shiny. Mix 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar with 1 quart water and use as a final rinse after shampooing.
2. Stain remover: If your hands are stained from chopping berries, dab some straight apple cider vinegar on the stains and they’ll disappear like magic.
3. Tired, swollen hands or feet: Rub a little apple cider vinegar on tired, sore, or swollen hands or feet and feel the soothing difference.
4. Overnight facial: Get rid of blemishes and make your skin more youthful by patting apple cider vinegar on your face before bed. You’ll have softer, smoother skin in the morning!
5. Sunburn bath: If you’ve been singed by the sun, find soothing relief by adding a cupful of apple cider vinegar to your bath and soaking for 10 minutes.
6. Topical skin burns: Apply ice-cold apple cider vinegar to prevent blistering.
7. Lightening age spots: Dab areas with straight apple cider vinegar and leave on overnight.
8. Dandruff fighter: Mix 1 part apple cider vinegar to 3 parts warm water to balance scalp pH and control dandruff. You can also apply undiluted vinegar to the scalp. Allow it to penetrate, then shampoo with a mild shampoo.
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add your comment »You can make an ACV tea of nettles, chamomile, rosemary and sage. Allow it to simmer for about an hour. I usually use a 32oz bottle and pour it right back in the bottle. It keeps in the frige. I use 1/4 c with a qt water. It makes your hair so nice and the smell is much better :)
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You can make an ACV tea of nettles, chamomile, rosemary and sage. Allow it to simmer for about an hour. I usually use a 32oz bottle and pour it right back in the bottle. It keeps in the frige. I use 1/4 c with a qt water. It makes your hair so nice and the smell is much better :)
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Hey Claudia F.
I know you said how you disliked the strong smell once you applied the ACV to your skin, try adding a 5-10 drops of lavender essential oil to the mixture. It knocks the smell right out. You initially smell it, but as you continue to get dressed all you are hit with is the scent of lavender with the same potency and help from the apple cider vinegar. You can probably try other essential oils that you may like as well, that also have healing properties like the lavender
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Hey Claudia F.
I know you said how you disliked the strong smell once you applied the ACV to your skin, try adding a 5-10 drops of lavender essential oil to the mixture. It knocks the smell right out. You initially smell it, but as you continue to get dressed all you are hit with is the scent of lavender with the same potency and help from the apple cider vinegar. You can probably try other essential oils that you may like as well, that also have healing properties like the lavender
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I just startes using acv on my body since I am prone to breakouts, it has worked very well, I put it in a spray bottle half water half acv and spray it on my body after I shower at night and let it dry and leave it over night, maybe 3 times per week and I am very happy with the results. Because of it's acidic content acne causing bacteria can't survive on your skin that is why it is so great I also apply it on my face, the smell is quite strong but the results are worth it :)
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I took the advice and added the apple cider vinegar to my hair and I rinsed it and noticed great results. I didn't dilute it and applied it again the next morning. washed my hair afterwards and for some reason i had this strange aroma on me like a wet dog smell. so i guess my advice is make sure it's completley off or you will smell. i had to wash my hair with dawn dish soap many times to get the smell off me. hair was soft though, i have tried it on my face also. i haven't had any new break outs. it does burn but seems better then every other toner i have used
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Hi Tammie Banks... I only just stumbled upon this site today-- you've probably already bought the ACV and tried it!! How did it go?! I'm pretty confident you'll be happy with the results. I've used ACV after putting olive oil in my hair... I've used it after putting baking soda (as a shampoo) in my hair... and it makes the once matted mess a soft, manageable *knot free* mane!! I love this stuff. Hope it was as good for you!!
I've just henna-ed my hair last night... and it took MANY washes (5 or 6) of shampoo to get it out... to the point where my scalp was a little sensitive. Anyway this morning, my hair is quite oily. Now, I'm not sure whether it's because I put olive oil in my hair to help get it out quicker... (wouldn't the many shampoo rinses have gotten the oil out?!)... or whether it's because I've overwashed my hair (I usually wash 2/3 times per week MAX), thus stripping my scalp of oils and tricking it into secreting more oils.
Either way, I'm trying good old ACV in water... and maybe adding some baking soda to my shampoo first
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Hi, I desperatly need your help. I have long thick curly hair and I left a thick keratin conditioner in my hair all night and day. When I went to rinse it out and my hair was extremely matted. I then put 2,800 I.U. Vitamin E Beauty oil, plus a handful of a thick silk protein hair product. I then wrapped my long hair in a plastic bag and got under a hot hair dryer thinking that I was going to add moisture to my hair to unmatted it. What resulted has been devestating. When I got from under the dryer, my long hair was fist hard and I have not been able to get it to move. You name it, I've used it. The final product that I used was a shampoo by the name of Resolve. It has made the rock hard fist soft, but the build up continues to bind my hair together. I ran across this ad and wanted to know if you thought the ACV will work to release my hair so that I can nurture it back to health. Please help, because I have been loosing my mind. If this has happened to anyone, please inform me because I need you. Everywhere, and everyone that I have talked to has made it seem as if my case is isolated and that I'm the only one in the world who has made this mistake. I need to hear from someone, as I am going to buy some ACV in the morning. Thank you for being here for me. Blessings.
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ACV--are we using the kind found in the supermarket for cooking? Please clarigy. t.y.
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ACV has great health benefits not sure if its as good for applying on the skin because it stings a little..and when applied it smells sooooo bad that a person from 1km can smell it! yukk...maybe applying it if you live alone is better..lol
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