Coffee is one of the best skin exfoliants. It is gentler than salt or sugar crystals and more environmentally friendly than plastic microbeads. Besides, caffeine has anti-cellulite properties, so in addition to polishing your skin, coffee scrubs help to get rid of orange peel skin. Check out these 5 homemade body scrub recipes with affordable and easily accessible ingredients.

Temporary henna tattoos have become quite popular these days. They are made with a natural dye derived from the leaves of the henna plant native to northern Africa, northern Australia and parts of Asia. The dye lasts for about two weeks before starting to fade. If you don’t like the appearance of a faded henna tattoo on your skin, you can try to remove it. Here are several quick and easy ways to get rid of a henna tattoo.

Modern dyes allow to dye your hair almost any color you could imagine, but everything comes with a price. Chemical hair dyes usually contain p-Phenylenediamine, ammonia, resorcinol, hydrogen peroxide, ethanolamine, and other ingredients that may cause irritation, contact dermatitis, brittle hair and other problems. Luckily, there are natural alternatives to permanent hair dyes that you can try.

Coconut oil is considered one of the best natural skin moisturizers. In addition, it has an antibacterial effect and doesn’t clog pores, which makes it a great ingredient in homemade face masks for all skin types. Check out these coconut oil face mask recipes that will help make your skin healthy and glowing.

Chamomile is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants due to its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, soothing and wound healing properties. Chamomile tea (herbal infusion made from dried chamomile flowers) has a number of cosmetic applications. For example, it can be used as a natural face toner or as a hair rinse. Check out these 6 amazing benefits of chamomile tea for your skin and hair.

Sensitive skin can react badly to some ingredients that are widely used in cosmetics, especially fragrances and dyes, and hypoallergenic products can be hard to come by. That’s when oils and other natural products come to rescue. Check out our list of natural products that soothe irritated skin and help keep it soft, supple and hydrated.

Acne is one of the most common skin problems, affecting nearly 90% of people at some point during their life (typically during the adolescence) and about 20% of adults. Some people pick or pop breakouts, which leads to additional problems, such as inflammation and acne scars. These scars can be hard to get rid of, but there are certain products that lighten the skin and make dark spots caused by acne less visible.

Excessive hair loss can be caused by many factors, from over-styling your hair to vitamin deficiency to stress. So, naturally, its treatment will depend on the exact cause of the problem. However, it usually includes remedies that stimulate blood circulation in the scalp and help provide hair follicles with nutrients and oxygen. Here’s a list of natural products that promote hair growth.

Removing makeup is an absolute must; if you go to bed with your makeup on, you will most likely wake up with clogged pores, pimples and dull complexion. You really should invest in a good makeup remover, but for a lot of people, it’s hard to find the product that’s just right for them. In such cases, natural alternatives come to rescue. Here are 4 natural and affordable products that you can use to remove makeup.

In addition to its nutritional properties, honey is highly valued for its cosmetic benefits. Although honey is most commonly used as a skincare product (due to its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and soothing properties), your hair can benefit from using honey, too. Check out these amazing hair benefits of honey.

Honey has long been used around the world as a food, a popular folk treatment for wounds and burns, and an immunity-boosting remedy. Rumor has it that Cleopatra used honey as a beauty product to keep her skin looking youthful and radiant. We will probably never find out whether this is actually true, but honey does have a number of amazing skin benefits.

Some skincare ingredients (mostly harsh ones like AHA or retinol) shouldn’t be mixed together because this will be too much for your skin. Others, on the contrary, work well together and amplify each other’s effect. Here are 5 pairs of skincare ingredients that you can (and should) mix together.

Although there are cosmetic ingredient regulations that ensure you won’t be sold cosmetics with outright toxic or harmful ingredients, a lot of ingredients are in kind of a gray zone. They aren’t harmful per se, but they aren’t good either since they can cause irritation and other adverse effects. Here are 5 ingredients you should avoid in shampoos if you’re concerned about the condition of your hair and scalp.

When you choose skincare products, you probably pay attention to their active ingredients to figure out what this or that product does. But do you know that some of the popular active ingredients should never be mixed together because their combined effect can be bad for your skin? Check out our list of skincare ingredients that shouldn’t be paired together.

Manufacturers try to persuade you that you need as many hair products as your bathroom has space for, threatening that otherwise your hair will be dry, dull, brittle, and lifeless. In reality, however, they just want your money. You can safely do without most of the products they throw at you. Check out our list of hair care products you don’t really need to keep your hair healthy and good-looking.

Does the skin of your body need as much care as the skin of your face? Yes, it does. Do you need to buy dozens of products to provide that care? No, you don’t. In fact, all you need is a few basic products (a shower gel, a moisturizer, a body scrub), but you can safely ditch the rest. Check out our list of 5 body care products that you shouldn’t spend your money on.

According to some ads, your skincare routine must include, like, half a million different products, otherwise your skin will never be flawless. But guess what? Your skin will never be flawless anyway because nothing is perfect. You can, however, make your skin look really good, and you don’t need half a million different products for this. Here’s our list of 5 skincare products you can safely skip.

Back in the day, a lot of women agreed that powder, lipstick and mascara were enough for natural-looking makeup. Today, beauty brands offer an enormous number of makeup products, from primers to highlighters to lip scrubs, trying to convince consumers that they need them all. But guess what? They just want to make more money on you. Here’s our list of 5 makeup products that you don’t actually need.

Hundreds of years ago, using makeup could be dangerous and even lethal because some products contained toxic ingredients, such as white lead. Of course, present-day beauty products can’t contain anything explicitly toxic, but there are plenty of makeup ingredients that can cause various kinds of skin problems, from irritation to blackheads and pimples. Here are 5 ingredients you should avoid in your makeup products.

There is nothing wrong with wearing makeup. Some women do it to conceal imperfections, some because makeup makes them feel more confident, and some just like buying and trying new products. However, there is nothing wrong with not wearing makeup as well. If you feel like putting on makeup is a chore, you may want to consider foregoing it. Here are 5 benefits of not wearing makeup.

A hair serum is a leave-in product that coats the surface of your hair and makes it smoother and shinier, tames frizz and unruly strands, prevents split ends and protects your tresses from the environment. Most hair serums are silicone-based, but it’s possible to make your own hair serums using natural oils. They’re greasier than silicone-based products, but they should work just fine for dry, damaged, and brittle hair.

Using hair serums is a great way to give your hair a boost. Serums can make the hair more manageable, prevent frizz and tangling, add elasticity and flexibility to your hair, give it a healthy shine, and even prevent split ends. Of course, it is important to know how to use hair serums correctly for maximum benefit. Here are a few tips that may come in handy.