If you’re battling to find a way to spend quality time with your tween daughter, without her hopping onto her phone or dragging you to a busy shopping mall, why not make these DIY beauty treatments together? They don’t cost a fortune and you’ll find most of the ingredients in your kitchen pantry. Best of all, your tween will have fun making – and using – them.
Face Mask
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of mashed avocado
- 1 tablespoon of plain full-fat yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 50ml of strong Rooibos tea (cooled down)
Tip: Add a teaspoon of lemon juice which will stop the avo from oxidising and turning brown.
Method: Mix all the ingredients together and apply to your skin. Leave on for 15 minutes before rinsing with lukewarm water.
Body Scrub
Ingredients:
- 8-10 tea bags cut open and emptied
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup Coconut oil slightly warmed to melt
Method: Mix all ingredients together and use once a week to remove dry flaky skin.
Hair Rinse
Ingredients:
- 2-3 Rooibos tea bags
- 500ml boiling water
Method:
- Bring water to a boil, add the tea bags, and let the tea steep for 30 minutes.
- Shampoo and condition your hair as you usually would.
- Pour or spray tea over freshly washed and conditioned hair and allow to sit for 20-30 minutes before rinsing.
Body Wrap
Liquidise a papaya with seeds, mix with Rooibos leaves and use as a bodywrap. Wrap with palm leaves or Glad wrap and rinse off with Rooibos water. The enzymes in papaya remove all traces of dry and flaky skin and leave skin hydrated. You can also use it as a face mask. Papaya is rich in vitamin A, which repairs and revitalises the skin.
Rooibos Bath
Ingredients:
- 12 Rooibos tea bags
- A bath of warm water
Method: Add 12 Rooibos tea bags to a warm bath, relax and enjoy! Soaking in a bath of Rooibos tea is ideal for soothing sunburn or inflamed itchy skin, caused by eczema or other skin conditions. The auburn pigment in Rooibos also allows for a natural self-tan.
