Like honey or lemon juice, what are some cheaper food items that can also double for beauty uses?

I use honey and lemon juice for both food and beauty purposes.


What are some other ideas along that line - foods (that you eat a good amount of, especially) that double as beauty items? Preferably nothing too expensive at all, please. Thanks!Like honey or lemon juice, what are some cheaper food items that can also double for beauty uses?
Baking soda - can use w/ hydrogen peroxide as a toothpaste to whiten teeth %26amp; to freshen breath.





Crush raspberry %26amp; mix w/ a bit of honey. Use a lip scrub %26amp; rinse off. Raspberry will stain lips a bit.





Ground oatmeal or use cornmeal as a face scrub. Can be mixed w/ water or yogurt.





Yogurt has lactic acid which loosens dead skin cells.





Olive oil - use a base w/ sugar, salt or coffee grounds for scrubs.





Diluted vinegar as a clarifying hair rinse.





Green tea as an ingredient for toner.





Cold tea bags to depuff eyes.





Black tea as a rinse to darken hair.





Veggies like cucumbers, tomatoes %26amp; avocados for facials.





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egg white tightens skin
egg whites make a great tightening mask that also helps get rid of whiteheads and blackheads.





Avocado mashed up makes a great moisturizing mask.





Cucumbers slices on your eyes get rid of bags under your eyes.
oatmeal - put it in a blender for scrubs and masks


Vinegar - the acid is a chemical exfoliant


sugar - use a scrub that doesnt sting like salt


Olive oil - greasy, but great fro really dry skin, hair, etc.


PIneapple - bromolain and acids are exfoliants


Tomato....same deal


carrot - grate and mix with


yogurt as a mask to replenish the skin....
salt. It is used as an exfoliant and gets rid of blackheads
I like to make a sugar and olive oil (or just plain cooking oil) scrubs for my face and hands.


The oil is also a great way to soften feet after a good, hot soak.
Cucumber slices refreshes eyes. Not eyeballs....the eyelids!