Natural Beauty

Lately I've been trying to be more natural. By this, I mean that along with eating minimally-processed foods, I've been using minimally-processed beauty care products. So here's what I've been doing:

For the face:

• Exfoliation = Baking soda + water
• Toner = 1 part apple cider vinegar to 2 parts water
• Face mask = Baking soda + orange juice, play with proportions until its the right consistency for you, leave on for 10 minutes, then rinse
• Face mask = 1 ripe banana, mashed, with 1 Tbls honey and 1/2 tsp lemon juice. leave on for 15 minutes, then rinse
• Lotion = Coconut oil, melted
• Eye make-up remover = Coconut oil, melted 
• Chapstick = Coconut oil

For the hair:

• Clarifying rinse = 1.5 Tbls apple cider vinegar in 1 cup cold water. Pour over hair after shampooing, then rinse
• Moisturizing hair mask = Coconut oil, melted and combed through hair, left on overnight (put a towel on your pillow first)
• Anti-frizz = a tiny dab of coconut oil rubbed on your hairs and then through your hair

For the body:

• Shaving gel = Coconut oil
• After-shave lotion = coconut oil
• Body scrub = Equal parts coconut oil and sugar, mixed together
• Body scrub = 1/2 cup sea salt, 1/2 cup coconut oil, 1 tsp lemon zest

What you can take from this is: COCONUT OIL IS AMAZING! For everything! I mean seriously, it's good for your face, your hair, and your skin. It's also good for cooking, for your stomach lining/bacteria, for brain functioning. Damn. It's awesome!

And as for a follow-up to the Baked Cabbage from yesterday... what better way to eat cabbage, than with veal bratwurst... Yum!