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5 minutes to glowing skin: these fast-acting facials come straight from your kitchen - Bodycare - Brief Article
Natural Health, April, 2003
YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY EXPENSIVE designer exfoliation products to keep your skin looking clean and healthy. Cheap foodstuffs can effectively slough off dead skin cells and leave your skin glowing, says Janice Cox, a Medford, Ore.-based beauty expert and author of Natural Beauty at Home (Owl Books, 2002).
Here's how to do it: Wash your face, and, leaving it damp, gently massage two teaspoons of one of the exfoliating foods (listed in the chart below) into your skin for two minutes. Rinse your face with warm water. If you have normal or oily skin, exfoliate once a week. If you have dry or sensitive skin, do it once every two weeks.
If You Have ... Then Make an Exfoliating Facial with ...
Normal skin Sugar
Oily skin Cornmeal
Dry skin Almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts (ground to a
flourlike consistency)
Sensitive skin Oatmeal (ground to a flourlike consistency)
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