DIY BEAUTY

Unleash your inner chemist and solve some beauty woes with these clever pantry recipes from your favourite celebrities and the Woman’s Day team!

The scalp cleanser

For a detoxifying scalp scrub, mix ¼ cup Himalayan salt with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon coconut oil (melted), 1 teaspoon honey and 5 drops peppermint oil. Apply a teaspoon at a time onto damp hair and gently massage into nto the scalp. Leave for 5 minutes tes before rinsing with warm water and then continue with your everyday shampoo and conditioner. tioner. Huda Kattan, an, Founder of Huda Beautyauty Beauty

The smile brightener

Before eating or drinking, put 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in your mouth. Swish around for 10 to 20 seconds and spit out in a paper towel and place in the bin (don’t on t spit in the sink or toilet as it will clog the drains). Rachael Finch, model

Thepoutthepout perfecter

A touch of ol olive oil mixed with brown or raw sugar is al all I use to gently exfoliate my lips so li lipstick sits better and balm is better absorbed. I usually freestyle the ra ratios until I get a thick paste.

Gabriella Gabrie Del Grande, Woman’s Woma Day Lifestyle Editor

The glow mask The body zinger

My monthly ritual is to use coffee grounds to exfoliate my skin. I mix them with coconut oil and scrub my whole body, avoiding my face! The coffee helps buff away deead dead skin and the caffeinee caffeine stimulates blood circulationon, circulation, while th the oil leavees leaves the skin soft aafterward afterwards. Janinee Janine Donovdonovan, Woman’san’s Woma Day

Fashionion Fashi Edieditor

To tighten, smooth and soothe my skin

I apply my DIY turmeric mask. Mix 1½ teaspoons turmeric with 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon oat milk until you get a smooth, thin consistency. Either use your fingers or an old makeup brush and apply evenly to your face. Wash off with warm water after 20 minutes. Don’t leave it any longer you’ll end up looking like an oompa loompa!” Shanina Shaik, model

The calm down fix

Oatmeal contains betaglucan, a soluble fibre that creates a thin film on the skin to help retain moisture, so it’s great for when your skin is freaking out! A really easy mask to help brighten the skin uses yogurt as the key ingredient. Just mix equal parts of yogurt and oatmeal (about 1 to 2 tablespoons each) with turmeric (about

1 to 2 teaspoons). Mix, apply, leave for half an hour and wash off with lukewarm water.

Priyanka Chopra, actress

The Theskinsmoother skin smoother

Baking soda is my secret to smooth skin. Simply wet a cotton pad and place some cleanser on top as well as a little baking soda. Then exfoliate the skin using gentle, circular motions and wash it off for baby-soft skin.

Markeeta, Markeeta Woman’s Day Lifestyle L Dire Director

The e soft soft-all-over all over habit

I dry-brush my body and add a bit of whatever oil

I have available. The result is incredibly smooth skin with a beautiful glow.

Aimee ee Bruce, Woman’s Day Beauty Writer

The shine booster

When my hair is feeling a little fried from too much heat styling g and needs a wash, sh,

I firstly coat it in whatever coconut oil I have in the house and wrap it up in a bun and leave it to marinate for a couple of hou hours and sometimes ove overnight. The result is so soft, shiny hair!

Elise El Wilson, Woman’s Day

Beauty Editor