Tea Tree Oil: beauty tips and tricks

Ola beauty lovers. I hope you all are having a great weekend. It's a long weekend here in Canada for thanksgiving  so I have lots of eating to do over the next few days. 

I wanted to talk to you quickly about a simple ingredient that many of you already know about but some of you may not know about. That is Tea Tree oil. 

This oil can be used for multiple purposes which makes it great for your house hold and affordable as well. 

Here are just a few things you can use tea tree oil for, to give you an idea of how multi purpose it can be : 

1. Tea tree oil is a great remedy for acne spotting treatment. Using a Qtip dip the Qtip in the oil and dab it gently on the affected break outs on your face or body. This oil will dry up the pimples and deminish the redness. 

2. Tea tree oil is great to use as a toner after you cleanse your face. Take some distilled water, pour it into a small spray bottle and add a few drops of tea tree oil and shake it up. There you have your own home made toner for your face at a cheap alternative :)

3. Tea tree oil also used as an antiseptic for cuts/scrapes, hang nails, and any type of minor skin reaction you may come across. I have ingrown toe nails and when they flare up I use tea tree oil to help ensure my nails do not get infected. Also when I go for pedicures, after I come home from the spa I put some tea tree oil on my toes to ensure I don't get any infections. You just never know how spas keep thier tools clean. I always say I'd rather be safe then sorry. 

4. Tea tree oil can also be used on your hair. When I feel like I need to add a stimulant to my scalp I add a few drops of tea tree oil to my shampoo to get rid of access oils and build up and to stimulate the scalp for better hair growth. Tea tree also is great to keep away lice for those of you with kids in school. Put a fee drops in their shampoo once a week and those little critters should keep thier distance from your kids heads :)

5. Tea tree oil is a disinfectant for non body related items as well. I had tee trea oil in a medium spray bottle and I spray this all over my bed sheets, pillows, carpets, couches etc. This oil is a cleaning disinfectant which works great for those cleaning fanatics. 

A small bottle of tea trea oil is around $8-$12 each. Which is pretty good for it being a multi purposes product. Keep in mind that this is an essential oil therefore when you use it remember a little goes a long way. 

You can find tea tree oil at any drug store or natural food store. Make sure it says 100% pure tea tree oil on the bottle. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this entry

Thanks all for reading!

Until next time beauty lovers ❤️

MacGirl25 

Affordable Healthier Hydrating Deep Hair Mask

Ola Beauty Lovers! My apologies for me disappearing for a while. I have been dealing with some personal relationship issues and I was not in the mood to write. However I am here now so lets get right into it.

I am going to share with you my secret weapon for the best hydrating mask that you can use at home with home ingredients.

I switch up my concauction all the time for my hair masks but, this is the current one I am using at the moment. I know you may get scared because they are all oil based but believe me, once you try this hair mask you will not want to go back to all that processed products after you have experiences all natural ingredients.

Ingredients:
Half a cup of Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
2 Table spoons of Avocado Oil (or even a fresh raw ripe avocado will do)
2 table spoons of Sweet Almond Oil
1 tea spoon of Macadamia nut oil

Take all these ingredients and stir them well into a bowl. Once they are stirred and blended nicely together start applying this mask to your dry hair. Start at the ends of the hair and work your way to the roots and scalp.

Once you have applied the entire mask, place your hair in a bun with a clip and put a cheap clear shower cap over top. Keep in mind the longer you let this mask stay in your hair the better the results will be. I usually leave mine in for a few hours, around 2 to 3 hours sometimes longer. You can also apply the blow dryer to your head while the cap is on to speed up the process if you wish. But I like to do it naturally.

Once you have let the mask soak in your hair for the amount of time that you are comfortable with, its time to shampoo. Remember you need to shampoo at least twice in order to remove all that oil from your hair. Sometimes if I feel I still have some oil left over in my hair I will shampoo a third time so don't  be scared not to do that.

After shampooing, you follow your normal hair care routine. Conditioner is applied afterward, let that sit a couple minutes, if you're in the shower do what else you gotta do and then at the end rinse the conditioner out with cool water. You want to ensure that your hair cuticles are closed by rinsing with cool water so that the moisture and color (if you have colored hair) does not run out from your hair.

Place your hair in a towel to squeeze out the excess water and proceed to add any serums or heat protected spray for blow drying.

Blow Dry and flat iron if you wish too, and your results should be spectacular. You won't even believe that is your hair on your own head!

Leave me a comment below once you have tried this and let me know your results.

Until next time Beauty Lovers❤️
MacGirl25