Beauty uses for Epsom Salt #hair_&_beauty

1 - Face cleaner: to clean your face at night, mix a half teaspoon of Epsom salt with your regular cleansing cream. Just massage into skin and rinse with cold water

2 - Homemade skin mask: Puree 1 Egg white, 1/2 Teaspoon Pantothenic acid powder, 1  Teaspoon Aloe Vera gel, 1  Teaspoon Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom salt), 1 Ripe Tomato, chopped, and 2 drops Thyme oil. Apply to face for 15 minutes then rinse off. This is especially good for acne problems.

3 - Foot Soak: Sooth aches, remove odors and soften rough skin with a foot soak. Add 1/2 cup of Epsom salt to a large pan of warm water. Soak feet for as long as it feels right. Rinse and dry. Also helps with toe nail fungus, like athlete’s foot.

4 - Skin exfoliate: Massage handfuls of Epsom salt over your wet skin, starting with your feet and continuing up towards the face. Have a bath to rinse.

5 - Remove excess oil from hair: Epsom salt soaks up excess oil from your hair. Add 9 tablespoons of Epsom salt to 1/2 cup of oily hair shampoo. Apply one tablespoon of the liquid to your hair when dry; rinse with cold water. Pour lemon juice or organic apple cider vinegar through the hair, leave on for 5-10 minutes, then rinse.

6 - Hair volumizer: combine equal parts of deep conditioner and Epsom salt. Warm in a pan. Work the warm mixture through your hair and leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse.

7 - Get rid of blackheads: Here’s a surefire way to dislodge blackheads – Mix 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt and 3 drops Lugol’s Solution liquid iodine in 1/2 cup boiling water. When the mixture cools enough to stick your finger in it, apply it to the blackhead with a cotton ball. Repeat this three to four times, reheating the solution of necessary. Gently remove the blackhead and then dab the area with an alcohol based astringent.

8 - Detox (aka laxative): mix approximately 2 tsp. of Epsom salts in 1 cup of warm water until it dissolves, then drink. Do not repeat this cleanse  more than once per day, and always drink extra water!