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Strawberries: Kitchen Cupboard Beauty Tips

posted by Cait Johnson Mar 10, 2002 12:26 am
Strawberries: Kitchen Cupboard Beauty Tips
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By Cait Johnson, author of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air (Skylight Paths, 2003).

Have we ever picked a luscious crop of strawberry beauty tips for you! Those pretty little berries do more than just please our palates: they clear up acne and oiliness, make skin younger and smoother, whiten teeth, reduce under-eye puffiness, leave hair glossy and beautifully conditioned, and so much more!

Find out the secrets of strawberry, right here:

Quickest Strawberry Scrub Ever
Strawberry’s main skin-pleasing ingredient is alpha-hydroxy acid, a great little substance that helps us slough off dead skin cells so that new, youthful skin is revealed. Here’s a ridiculously easy way to get some of strawberry’s benefits in a New York minute: just cut a berry in half, rub it over your face, and let it sit there for a few minutes, then rinse. Instantly softer, smoother skin!

Sweet Strawberry and Cream Mask
This recipe is so delicious–with berries, cream, and honey–that you might be tempted to eat it instead of putting on your face, but give it a try. It will leave your skin so soft and beautiful: strawberries and cream mask.

Strawberry Foot Scrub
Feet can use a little help in summer, when sandals expose rough dead skin for all to see. This easy scrub helps slough it all away:

INGREDIENTS
8 strawberries
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoons kosher salt

Mix ingredients into a paste, massage well into feet, then rinse and dry.

Puffy Eye Remedy
Just place a few strawberry slices under your eyes and relax for 10 minutes, then remove the slices and moisturize.

Berry Good Acne Remedy
Many of us older women are learning the hard way that you don’t have to be a teen to have acne! But whatever your age, if you get occasional blemishes, this formula is for you:

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup sliced strawberries
1 tablespoon sour cream

Mash well to combine, then apply this mixture to your face and allow to stay for 10 minutes or so. Rinse thoroughly.

Strawberry Mask for Oily Skin
Mix equal parts fresh strawberries and plain unsweetened yogurt, mashing to combine. Apply to face, allowing to stay on for around 10 minutes, Rinse.

Strawberry Tooth-Whitener
Simply rub crushed fresh strawberry pulp directly on your teeth to clean and gently remove stains.

Strawberry Hair Conditioner
If you want glossy, silky hair, this one’s for you:

INGREDIENTS
8 fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Mash ingredients thoroughly and massage into damp hair. Cover with a shower cap and a warm towel. Allow to stay on hair for at least 10 minutes, then shampoo as usual.

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Rachel Simon

The foot scrub and puffy eye remedy seem interesting. I've tried the teeth whitener and it's amazing.

Robin Adler

Does this go for raspberry's too? I just bought some for a fruit salad and they turned out to be too mushy! I saved some for a face scrub...can't wait to try it!

Racheal Limpus

Wow, i had no idea strawberries could whiten teeth! lol its funny because when we were little, my siblings and I used to always say "lets just slice the strawberries up and suck on them so our teeth dont Get stained."
Now i can let them know to start scrubbin' away! lol

Thanks alot for sharing!
-Racheal

Raine Plouai

Yes, strawberries are amazing berries. I have found that this article works wonderfully, and look forward to using these recipies often. :)

Margaret Ledger

The teeth whitener is absolutely amazing I can't wait to try some some of the other beauty tips

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