Avocado beauty tips

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Avocado beauty tips that you can use

So today's blog is all about Avocado beauty tips, what does Avocado have to do with beauty? well keep reading to find out.

Avocados are packed with healthy fats, antioxidants, skin-saving vitamins A and K as well as B, C, E and biotin (aka the hair growth vitamin) they're just asking to star in your beauty routine.

Make up remover- You don't even need to sacrifice the flesh for this one: The oil in avocado makes a nourishing and effective makeup remover.  Simply pop a bit of the oil from a freshly cut avocado onto a cotton bud and use the oil collected to remove your make up.

Eye serum- The double bonus is that if you've used avocado as an eye makeup remover, it's a super-nourishing eye treatment too. The oil in avocados is thought to have the highest concentration of the healthy fats and vitamins A and E  so don't wash the residue off afterwards, gently massage it into the skin using your ring fingers and it will be easily absorbed.

Face mask- There are endless variations on the avocado face mask.  The most simple one to try is mixing half a ripe avocado with a teaspoon of raw honey, (a great natural exfoliant and humectant so it helps shed dry skin while boosting hydration levels) and leave it on the face for 10 minutes before washing off. If you have blemish-prone skin, you can try adding a spoon of natural yoghurt to the recipe, the lactic acid helps kill bacteria.

Skin scrub- With a couple more ingredients you can turn your face mask into a pore-polishing scrub. Combine half an avocado and teaspoon of honey with a tablespoon each of olive oil and granulated brown sugar. Blend it well in a bowl and gently buff it over damp skin. Naturally exfoliating, balancing and moisturising, your skin will feel super-smooth after washing it off.

Lip scrub- Keep a spoonful of your skin scrub aside and add in a drop of peppermint oil to make it an invigorating lip scrub. It will brighten your lips and get the blood pumping to them.

Hand mask- To create a luxury hand mask, mash up half a ripe avocado with a small ripe banana (also antioxidant, vitamin and mineral-rich) and cover your mitts in the green gloop.  Put your hands into some sandwich bags to keep mess to a minimum.  When you wash it off after 10 minutes your hands will be softer than when you use hand cream and your nails will be nicely nourished from the vitamins and zinc.

So who knew that there were so many Avocado beauty tips, let us know if you have anymore.