I'd like to share my post about my cheap & simple at-home microdermabrasion.

PS. I am addicted to Burt's Bees lip balm-the one in the tin & my sis has used their baby products on both her kids & they smell even better than babies. If that is possible.

What a lucky coincidence to see this contest of yours. Actually, in all honesty, the kit wouldn't be for me. It would be for my dear little Syl who just a few days back slathered our faces with a mixture of honey + aspirin. I'm not going to lie. It worked and did exactly as we both expected - made our faces super smooth and soft. I'm not too keen on the idea of applying acid to my face again so the Burt's Bees kit would be a much welcomed prize.

You can use those cheap hair condistioners (Suave, V05) as a wonderful shave cream. It's more moisturizing than foam or soap, lasts a long time and cost about $1.00.

Slice up a cucumber and place them on areas that are puffy..eyes,cheeks, etc. They have mild astringent properties and will help these areas.

I have had oily hair since I was little and since it gets oilier the more I wash it I have to be careful. After a period of time I get product build-up in my hair. My grandma's solution, a 3/1 mix of water & white vinegar in the shower before I wash my hair. The solution is stinky, but does a great job of cleaning the hair fibers. Mix up at least a half gallon for long hair and let it just flow through. The shampoo afterwards will remove any odor and your hair will be full of body for several days. I do this about every other month.

For a super-quick and inexpensive acne treatment, I just put a dab of toothpaste on the spot before I go to bed. It dries it out and works wonders! For daytime, women can smear a bit of the clear gel kind on in a very thin layer, and then put on make-up over it.

One of my friend in High School had the most beautiful complexion in the world.

I asked him what his secret was and he told me that he sleeps 8 hours a night.

What kind of secret is that? I said. That's a BS answer!

He told me that I didn't understand. He ALWAYS sleeps 8 hours a night. No matter what is going on the next day he always gets his 8 hours. No homework deadlines, no girl trouble, no worries about the SATs will ever stop him from sleeping those 8 hours.

Even if he has to choose between flunking a final and missing sleep, he would rather flunk the final. His grades were kind of average but he has beautiful complexion.

For the past few weeks I've been applying a thin film of honey to my face before bed. Just a dab of honey (1/4-1/3 a teaspoon or so), with a TINY bit of water to help it spread, has helped my skin lose its redness and blemishes. I started using it because honey is apparently a natural antibacterial agent. If applied sparingly enough and you pull your hair back at night, the honey won't get anything too sticky. Still, you'll probably have to wash your hair each morning.

I know someone already mentioned honey+aspirin, but this is MUCH gentler on the face, and it works for me! :)

Wet tea bags or dry ones?

Carrot juice is good for acne.

mix a little bit of plain yoghurt with porridge and add some lavender in the mixture.
this gives my face a soft touch and it is no longer greasy.
i also have less impurities.
if you want it to exfoliate aswell, add a little table salt or sugar!
i luv burt's bees product, they are sooo cool!

my entry is not only for the contest but also to share this wonderful secret that has served me so well for over a decade...i use it on myself and my children...i would never ever buy anything else to deep condition my hair but this...It is in my oppinion the best deep conditioning hair treatment ever!

i have very long dark hair that occasional gets brittle and drab.
I find if i microwave an 1/8 a cup of cheap olive oil~you might use a few table spoons/my hair is almost down to my waist! (just a few seconds)I then apply it to dry unwashed hair and wrap my hair in a bun with a rubber band (or washable scrunchi) i then procede to pull off big sheets of aluminum foil and cover my head with it...pressing it into place with my hands until i have what look likes a silver cap on my head. then i put a disposable plastic shower cap or a grocery bag on top of that....i then leave it on either 4 hours while i clean the house and cook or during the 8-9 hours i sleep..the longer the better!.afterwards i wash my hair. my hair always appears fuller/softer and a bit darker and richer...i have done this for years...i have a friend who does hair who tells me this sounds similar to those fancy deep conditioning treatments you can have done at a salon....the olive oil is really great for the hair, any extra can be rubbed into my feet prior to putting socks on and into my cuticles and hands..the foil and shower cap creates heat so the oil sinks deeper into the hair strand and the scalp! just remember you could clean them and reuse them to save more money if you wish.

let me also mention everything i used from the oil/the foil/the disposable shower cap even the scrunchi were all bought at the dollar store! for a whole whopping $4 i can get several (normally at least 8) hair treatments which amounts to about 50 cents each..versus the $20 or even $100(per treatment) you could spend at a salon or even a spa for the same exact thing just a bit fancier. (if you have shorter hair, you could get more treatments out of the oil, but you'd have have to reuse or replace the foil.)
at just $4 for 8 treatments at home versus $160-$800 for 8 treatments at a salon or spa (higher number being the spa)that is quite a savings!

Let me also mention i do this at least once month but you can do it twice if you like...and that this is the only hair conditioning treatment i use for my hair because it not only works the best but it is so cheap its humourous.
***Let me also mention i have black/brown hair and my girls have light brown hair...i have no idea if it would darken red or blond hair. just being honost..if you have light hair or dyed hair you may want to try it on a small patch or hair first before doing it everywhere. but the darkeneing is not permenant..it lasts me a month or so...so coincidently i don't have to color my hair either.
I love this hair treatment its amazing how well it works.
also thou i cannot garentee you wont have an allergic reaction...i strongly doubt it... we all have sensitive skin, my youngest daughter even has eczema and none of us have ever had an issue...
***enjoy :)

A couple of times a year, especially before a big event or portraits, I combine a couple teaspoons of baking soda with peroxide and scrub my teeth using my toothbrush. The result is visibly whiter teeth, at a fraction of the cost and way less time. This should be used sparingly - not more than once or twice a year.

if u have a big zit dab teatree oil on it with a Que tip and it will dry it out overnight it works great and is a natural way to get rid of a zit and doesn't scar like some zit creams. also i usally have puffy bags under my eyes and cold wet tea bags really help and they make u feel nice and fresh too. does any1 have any other tips for puffy bags under their eyes?

Just put regular baking soda in your hair when you first shampoo to get rid of product buildup and to be good to your scalp! (Helps drandruff and dry scalp.)

Hydrogen peroxide (in snowball earth, that's what the earth seas WERE) is great for lightening my hair (put it on dirty hair to avoid drying effect) and is also good for minor zits and skin eruptions.

I have also used salad oil on my upper eyelids to moisturize them (there are no oil glands there, so the eye area is always thirsty.)

And when you wash your face, leave it damp before quickly putting on your moisturizer, to help hydrate skin.

Compresses of cold, black tea are the only think that help when my allergy eyes get really BAD. If the skin doesn't swell, then it prevents bags! Also put a dab of witch hazel under your regular eye cream AM & PM to get the benefit of this ingredient of many high-priced eye treatments!