The beauty aisle (or in most cases aisles) in any grocery or drug store are stocked full of impressive looking jars that promise you the moon but in addition to costing a nice portion of your take home pay they also include tons of ingredients that you can’t pronounce and are probably hazardous to your health. And at the end of the day they may not even work.
I have a rule of thumb that I’ve tried to live by for the past few years. If I can’t put it in me, then I probably shouldn’t put it on me. Loosely translated what that means is that because our skin is our biggest organ and we can actually ingest things through our skin as well as expel things (have you ever smelled curry or alcohol leaching from someone’s pores) then we should probably be way more careful than we are with what we put on our skin. Whether I’m putting a topical on for pain relief or looking for a toner to tighten my pores, I’m always reading the labels.
While I was on the search for all natural cures for everyday ailments like sinus infections, athlete’s foot, and diaper rash I was pleasantly surprised that some of the same products that I was using for health purposes could also be used for vanity purposes. And the added bonus of not having to purchase another product and find another spot on an already tight bathroom counter made these double duty darlings a win/win for me.