April 22, 2020

Hello Beautiful,

It's Katie bringing you another week of tips, hints, styles, and trends to help you look and feel your best!

So since I have been couped up in the house when I'm not in the office I find myself baking an awful lot. Just this weekend I made homemade cornbread muffins and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! As I was mixing the cookies I thought, "What else can you really use baking soda for?" Once I popped the cookies in the oven I just had to look into it!

Until next time,
Katie

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*-- Beauty Benefits of Baking Soda --*

Below are some of baking soda for beauty benefits:

For Bright Teeth: Baking soda is a natural bleach for the teeth. In a small dish, mix 1 tbsp. baking soda with some water and a pinch of salt, and use this mixture instead of the regular toothpaste once a day to get bright teeth.

Dry Shampoo: Baking soda can also be dusted on the hair, on a day when you don't want to shampoo but need to get rid of some excessive oil, you can sprinkle this on your hair and it will absorb that extra oil. You need to make sure that you comb it completely through though - especially if you have dark colored hair.

Relaxing Bath: Mix 2-3 cups of baking soda with 1/2 cup corn starch, and keep in an air-tight container. Add 1/4th cup of this mixture to your bathtub to get bubbly bath at home! It will help in soothing the skin, and softening it.

For the Nails: Dip a soft, wet toothbrush into baking soda powder, and use this to scrub around nails. It will remove all dead skin, and soften the cuticle, leaving hands and nails squeaky clean.

Exfoliation: Mix 1 tbsp. of baking soda with 1 tbsp. of water or apple cider vinegar. This is an excellent mild scrub for the skin, and also helps in tightening skin pores (when used with apple cider vinegar).

Skin Brightening and an Even Complexion: Mix 1 tsp. of baking Soda with a 1 tbsp. of lemon juice and a few drops of olive oil. Apply this pack to your cleansed face for 10 minutes, then wash off with cold water.