We at Zinn love buzzing about natural beauty and this is what we realized… While we turn to our bathrooms and dressers for our daily beauty fix, most of what we need can be found in our pantry shelves. While you probably won’t substitute your entire beauty regime, these are some natural beauty savers to keep at home for a more healthy and gentle beauty care:

Honey: The best natural hydration you can offer your skin to keep it glowing to its max. Just apply a little to you skin after cleansing, leave it on for 5-7 minutes and then wash off.

Oatmeal: Being soothing and anti-inflammatory, oatmeal has beta glucan, a soluble fiber that creates a thin, moisture-retaining film on the surface of the skin. Try placing a handful of oatmeals in a clean washcloth and immerse in hot water for 5 minutes, then splash the water on your face. Also makes an excellent gentle exfoliator when boiled and mixed with milk and soothes irritated skin especially after sun exposure.

Argan Oil: Abundant unsaturated fatty acids help balance moisture levels for excessively dry skin and hair, and the antioxidant vitamin E protects skin from further damage, and the phytosterols repair by boosting collagen formation. Apply on your skin, face and body daily for healthy glowing skin and strong hair.

Oranges and lemons: We love the vitamins in these citruses but what we love even more is to use them for dead skin exfoliation and scar-free treatments. Make a scrub with granulated sugar, olive oil and orange juice and rub it into your elbows, knees and heels with the orange skin to slough off dead skin. Apply a few drops of lemon juice directly on your scars and pimple marks to let its natural bleaching property fade them away over a period of time.

Eggs: can do more for you than giving you your breakfast protein fix. Separate the yolk and the white and whip the egg white until it is frothy. Apply it to your face and wash off after fifteen minutes to tone down redness and tighten pores. For a hair treatment, whisk together 1 egg, 2 tablespoons coconut oil and 2 tablespoons sesame oil. Apply to your hair and wrap a hot towel around for 5 minutes.

Beer: Pump up and volumize flat hair; the yeast and hop swells the hair shaft and plumps the cuticle adding volume and the acidity removes built up product residue. Pour a can over your hair after your shampoo and rinse with water. Opt for a dark beer with more yeast content to do the trick.

Strawberries: one of the richest sources of antioxidant Vitamin C, this can be used on your skin in many forms. One of our favorites is making a strawberry cleanser. Extract some juice of strawberry and mix it with few drops of rose water and spread the mixture on your face with the help of cotton trying to rub a little. Once you have cleaned the skin just rinse it off with cold water.

Lavender oil: Sprinkle some on your pillow for a night of uninterrupted beauty sleep!!

If you were to look over your vanity, how much would you say you have spent on beauty products? Excessive expenditure on beauty holds true for most of us until we discover that beautiful skin is nature’s gift to women and can be extracted very simply from natural produces, be it from leaves of lavender to cure acne or drops of honey to exude a dewy glow. Looking to nature for skincare dates back to ancient times in many cultures, and a few modern skincare brands now draw upon that knowledge to bring beautiful skin to you in elegant jars and bottles.

More and more people are turning to natural beauty fixes because the best of artificial beauty products today house tons of synthetics, artificial colors and acid compounds….the list can go on with cancer-inducing parabens used as preservatives in cosmetics, and albumins used in anti-wrinkle treatments. Learning to make facial masks and cleansers from you pantry essentials not only save serious money but also help you stay away from harsh artificial ingredients that irritate your skin, and enhances your skin’s radiance naturally the way it was meant to be. Try and green your skincare routine for a change with these clever tricks and feel the difference:

• Try this anti-aging and skin tightening egg white and carrot juice mask that is packed with the collagen building properties of the egg whites and the super anti-aging power of carotenes. Mix together 3 egg whites and 3 Tbsp of carrot juice, apply to your face with a cotton wipe, let it dry on your skin for about 15 minutes and wash it off. (Recipe sourced from Dr. Oz)

• Follow this up with a natural moisturizer. Use100% organic pure certified honey, which acts a natural exfoliant and moisturizer. Apply about a tablespoon over your face; gently rub with fingers to spread it. If the honey is too tight especially in winter, leave the bottle in a tub of hot water to loosen it up. Leave it on for 5 minutes and was away.

• Known to be Cleopatra’s beauty secret, dairy products like milk and yogurt have enzymes that naturally exfoliate dead skin cells. Mix up 2 teaspoons of yogurt with a bit a mashed papaya and apply this pack for 15 minutes a part of your daily cleansing and toning routine. Besides leaving your skin smooth and soft, this routine is beneficial for treating blemishes, pimples and freckles.

• For wrinkles try this pineapple and olive oil mask: mash up 1 cup of pineapple chunks, preferable fresh or rinse off the canned juices, add 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil and apply to your face, neck and chest. Leave on for 20-30 minutes, rinse well and pat dry. This mask will help reduce fine lines, exfoliate dead cells, plump up the skin and is strong enough to break-up and dissolve dead skin cells and dirt and has anti-inflammatory properties to soothe acne. (Recipe sourced from www.naturaloldhomeremedies.com)

There are many more natural skincare routines to choose from but the trick lies in maintaining your skin before damage and aging sets in. And as some skin experts say feed your skin what you would eat. Make sure that what you apply to you skin is pure enough for you to eat.