Frugal Beauty Tips?

[kickchk]

Originally Posted by lucille

I found this recipe yesterday. I need to hunt down the beeswax and possibly the coconut oil, but it is $7 a jar.

I have been making my own lotions for a couple of months now, and have been able to find beeswax pearls at our local healthfood store. Which reminds me...it's time to make more lotions!

[purplefdu]

Originally Posted by lucille

I'm not sure if this really works or not but I have found references to it a number of places. Vick's vaporub can remove skin tags. Supposedly you can apply it to skin tags and it will make them die or dry up and fall off.

I'll have to try that one. I have one that appeared out of nowhere that drives me nuts as its on my neck and I constantly think its acne and scratch at it.

[lucille]

I ran across this tip the other day. DIY Biore strips. Elmers glue or scotch tape. Supposedly scotch tape is what the dermatologist that invented Biore strips used in his office. I tried it and didn't have very good results but I was using generic tape from Target. Maybe 3m tape works better? I tried the Elmers glue thing. Your supposed to put a thin layer on the area in question and let it dry then peel it off. Sort of like when you were a kid and you could peel thin sheets of glue off your fingers after it dried. I tried it and it did work pretty well. I didn't get any sort of weird breakout after either.

I also read somewhere that Suave makes a cheap version of biore strips.

[Dani]

Here's another good one for (larger) skin tags: wrap dental floss around it at the base, tightly, and hold it there for a few minutes, pulling the floss tightly at both ends. The skin tag will fall off!