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Sunday, May 24, 2009

7 Green Beauty Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar






Vinegar is a great, green miracle. There are so many uses for vinegar that you could probably fill a book. (I'm sure someone has.) Vinegar's Crab Apple Cove cousin, apple cider vinegar is just as useful, especially in terms of beauty.

Apple cider vinegar can do more than just liven up the old scalp. It's a great little beauty product that can aid the entire body.

Use apple cider vinegar on your scalp. It will remove the dandruff from your noggin and won't pollute the water supply. Use a mixture of 50% water and 50% vinegar to make an invigorating skull wash.

ACV can also help treat lice.

For softer skin, pour one cup of apple cider vinegar into your bath water.

Apple cider vinegar can be used as aftershave.

Apple cider vinegar can also treat oily skin. Mix 50% apple cider vinegar with 50% cool water. The mixture functions as an astringent.

According to folk wisdom, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar before each meal will aid in digestion. It is best to take the vinegar with water. ACV can potentially burn your throat.

Best Home Remedies gives us an ACV facial mask that supposedly clears up acne.
Make a face pack of bran (partly ground wheat) plus baking soda and water. Mix into a paste, apply to the face , leaving on for 15 minutes. Rinse with solution of 1 part apple cider vinegar and 8 parts water.

I won't vouch for this as a cure for acne, but it will, at least, exfoliate your face and remove dead skin cells which is an aid to the acne sufferer.

Friday, May 15, 2009