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BIZARRE (AND CHEAP) BEAUTY SECRETS!
I've road tested all these tricks, so I know they work - and highly reccomend them.
You don't always have to spend a fortune to glam up. Some of the best beauty products are where you'd least expect 'em...
AHHH, EXFOLIATION!
Many products supposedly made for exfoliating the face (eg. St. Ives apricot scrub) are waaay too abrasive. This just further damages skin, causing more probloms. So forget spending $10.00 on harsh products. Your gentle, scrubbed clean glow is just a kitchen and medicine cabinet away!
BAKING SODA/ASPIRIN/HONEY MASK >>
Crush 2 aspirins. Mix with 3 spoonfuls of baking soda, and 3 spoonfuls of honey. Mix into a paste, then apply to the face. Leave on for a minute or so, then wash off. The aspirin clams skin, the baking soda is a very gentle exfoliant, and baking soda and honey alike are anti-microbial, so they help kill acne causing germs.
OILY/COMBINATION/ACNE PRONE SKINS BEST FRIEND!
I had SUPER SENSITIVE, acne prone combination skin, with acne scars and enlarged pores to prove it. For years they didn't go away. Then one day I discovered............... MILK OF MAGNESIA (yes, the laxative), and it's literally erased years of damage from my skin. SWEAR. TO. GOD. It's laser in a bottle - thats under $5.00!
After removing your makeup, apply milk of magnesia to the face before going to bed (it turns a chalky white, hence you shouldn't wear it when you're out). Rinse off the next day. Do this daily for a few weeks and you should see awesome results. Then continue use as desired.
Milk of magnesia:
* tightened my pores
* reduced excessive oiliness
* decreased by breakouts
* reduced redness / helped even out my skin tone
* made my skin smoother
UNDER EYE BAGS BE GONE!
Who doesn't hate puffiness caused by a lack of sleep? Kick it to the curb with PREPARATION H - the hemmeroid cream! It reduces swelling, so it works by de-puffing eye tissue.
KILLER ZIT CREAM!
Not all oils cause greasiness. Clove oil is a VERY powerful drying agent. You've heard of toothpaste applied to zits I'm sure. I give 'em an extra kick by using CLOVE TOOTHPASTE, which you can get at any health food/natural grocery store.
Apply overnight, then rinse off the next morning. Use a sparing amount, and apply only to the zit itself. Make sure to exfoliate asap too (clove will dry the zit out, but if you don't exfolite, that dried skin will in turn clog your pores, causing more breakouts).
INSTANT HAIR BODY!
After a day at the beach, salt water gives your hair more body, texture, and a subtle, wind blown like volume. You can easily replicate this at home!
SALT WATER HAIR SPRITZ >>
Mix 8 spoonfuls of salt with 8 oz. of water (1 spoonful per oz.). Pour into a spray bottle. Shake well, spritz away, then blow dry for a few seconds.
It's like Bumble & Bumble 'surf spray', only free.
TAMING HAIR GREASINESS!
Apply CORNSTARCH to your hair, rub it in, then brush/shake it out. The corn starch will absorb the excess oil and carry it away.
CHEAP YET AMAZING MAKEUP PRIMER!
The good folks at Monistat invented an ANTI-CHAFING GEL, for obese people whos thighs get inflamed when rubbing together too much : P.
It actually makes a killer makeup primer thats on par with Smashboxes photo finish, if not better. And it's only $7.00!
THE ULTIMATE HAIR GROWTH ENHANCER
Back to monistat we go, for.......... YEAST INFECTION CREAM. Yeast infection cream contains miconazole nitrate, an anti-fungal. Fungus clogs pores and inhibits hair growth. So, a lil' yeast infection cream applied to the scalp encourages hair to grow longer, thicker, and faster (insert 'thats what she said' joke here).
But, seriously......
Apply it to the scalp only - it'll make your hair look greasy otherwise. Leave it in for a day or two, wash, and repeat as often as you'd like.
You can use other brands of yeast infection cream as well - so long as they contain miconazole nitrate but DON'T contain mineral oil or petrolium - which clog pores, therefore defeating the purpose.
NEOSPORIN and FOOT POWDER containing miconazole nitrate have a similar effect too : ).
MAKE THAT HAIR HEALTHY!
Laxatives once again gets the glory. CASTOR OIL is better than any deep conditioning treatment out there. I apply it liberally to my hair, let it set for several hours, then cleanse my hair as usual. It isn't a pain to wash out at all, and makes my hair stronger, shinier, and less brittle. Applied to fingernails, it makes them less brittle as well.
PS - Excessive hair extension bond remover getting you down? Extension bond removers contain lanolin oil and/or mineral oil, both of which like to linger. But remember this....... oil is dissolved BY oil. Castor oil is one of those good oils; apply it to hair burdened by leftover bond remover, and it'll wash out much easier.
I wonder if you can cancel a backorder? 
