OUR BEAUTY HACKS
Here we offer innovative solutions to natural beauty problems. These quick easy natural hacks will place the power to accomplish your simplest or most daunting skin, hair, nail and body concerns to rest.
01
The Power of Lemon
Lemon juice is one of our favorite beauty products, it's a natural brightener and lightener and performs wonders on acne scars, darks spots and discoloration. I love the non greasy glow it provides my skin when I wear it as my facial serum. You can also simply spot treat areas of concern, but I love to wear it all over my face with just my SPF Moisturizer to finish my look. Please note: If you have any open wounds on the skin or have recently agitated it with a loofah etc., it will burn when applied for a few minutes. It can be paired with Aloe Vera Gel as a way to mitigate this irritation. We recommend spot testing before using over your entire face to ensure it interacts with your unique body chemistry well.
Lemon juice is one of our favorite beauty products, it's a natural brightener and lightener and performs wonders on acne scars, darks spots and discoloration. I love the non greasy glow it provides my skin when I wear it as my facial serum. You can also simply spot treat areas of concern, but I love to wear it all over my face with just my SPF Moisturizer to finish my look. Please note: If you have any open wounds on the skin or have recently agitated it with a loofah etc., it will burn when applied for a few minutes. It can be paired with Aloe Vera Gel as a way to mitigate this irritation. We recommend spot testing before using over your entire face to ensure it interacts with your unique body chemistry well.
02
Soften Your Body with Loofah's
Using a Loofah is a wonderful way to keep your skin looking youthful, to reduce the visibility of imperfections in the skin. But the most wonderful benefit of using a loofah is how incredibly soft your skin will look and feel. Loofah's help to slough off dead skin, and in so doing activating collagen production which is one of the major components in young supple skin. Collagen production is thought to diminish with age, so this is a great way to keep it stimulated and active. I personally use a loofah on my face and body daily. Linked are my favorite loofahs: Body Loofah and Face Loofah.
I have used several variations over the years and these are by far my favorites, they last a very long time too!
Using a Loofah is a wonderful way to keep your skin looking youthful, to reduce the visibility of imperfections in the skin. But the most wonderful benefit of using a loofah is how incredibly soft your skin will look and feel. Loofah's help to slough off dead skin, and in so doing activating collagen production which is one of the major components in young supple skin. Collagen production is thought to diminish with age, so this is a great way to keep it stimulated and active. I personally use a loofah on my face and body daily. Linked are my favorite loofahs: Body Loofah and Face Loofah.
I have used several variations over the years and these are by far my favorites, they last a very long time too!
03
Nourish Your Ends
Nourish Your Ends
Regardless of hair type, whether it's thick and curly or thin and straight or something in between, one of the tried and true methods to retain length and overall hair health is to nourish your ends. When my hair is in its natural state, I like "Black Jamaican Castor Oil" for this job for my dry prone hair, this is the exact kind I use: Majestic Pure Jamaican Black Castor Oil I have made the mistake of buying one cut with other oils and its wasn't nearly as effective.
I also really like Cantu's Grow Strong Treatment; it smells amazing and has more of a leave in conditioner texture. When it is straightened, I really like Melaluca's Sei Bella's Hair Oil - Nourishing and Strengthening. Melaluca is a invitation only shoppers club dedicated to elevating health and wellness. It has a wide range of amazing products that I use. Click the Melaluca tab to submit your information to receive your exclusive invite!
04
GROW YOUR NAILS
GROW YOUR NAILS
Nails are an area of our beauty regimens that we enjoy lots of self expression. I have found that adding a multi-vitamin and mineral makes my nails grow faster and stronger. I have tried dedicated Hair, Skin and Nails vitamins but have not experienced anything like the growth or strength provided by a complete women's vitamin and mineral.
My favorite for years has been Living Green Women's. Externally I have found after much trial and error for maintaining long nails SNS (dipping powder) is most effective. Gel polish is fine for shorter nails but breaks too easily after any length is gained on natural nails. The trial and error for me has been with how to maintain the continuity of my nails with the soaking off or drilling required to remove SNS.
I have eliminated soaking off all together and when not possible ask for the aluminum foil/cotton ball method vs full submersion. What works even better is to have them use the drill or file to remove all but the bottom layer of SNS, this protects your natural nails from coming in contact with the drill. It does limit your color selection because the bottom layer will affect any additional layers. I mitigate this by beginning with clear and working my way down the color spectrum over the course of the year.
I get my nails done every 3 weeks so once a month usually, and as long as I keep going darker it doesn't really matter. Alternatively you could swap out color every quarter or any other denomination of time that suits you and it would still drastically reduce the amount of wear on your nails. BBH is perfecting our own all natural dip powder, so be sure to subscribe to emails and texts so you can be alerted when it's finally released!
Regardless of hair type, whether it's thick and curly or thin and straight or something in between, one of the tried and true methods to retain length and overall hair health is to nourish your ends. When my hair is in its natural state, I like "Black Jamaican Castor Oil" for this job for my dry prone hair, this is the exact kind I use: Majestic Pure Jamaican Black Castor Oil I have made the mistake of buying one cut with other oils and its wasn't nearly as effective.
I also really like Cantu's Grow Strong Treatment; it smells amazing and has more of a leave in conditioner texture. When it is straightened, I really like Melaluca's Sei Bella's Hair Oil - Nourishing and Strengthening. Melaluca is a invitation only shoppers club dedicated to elevating health and wellness. It has a wide range of amazing products that I use. Click the Melaluca tab to submit your information to receive your exclusive invite!
Nails are an area of our beauty regimens that we enjoy lots of self expression. I have found that adding a multi-vitamin and mineral makes my nails grow faster and stronger. I have tried dedicated Hair, Skin and Nails vitamins but have not experienced anything like the growth or strength provided by a complete women's vitamin and mineral.
My favorite for years has been Living Green Women's. Externally I have found after much trial and error for maintaining long nails SNS (dipping powder) is most effective. Gel polish is fine for shorter nails but breaks too easily after any length is gained on natural nails. The trial and error for me has been with how to maintain the continuity of my nails with the soaking off or drilling required to remove SNS.
I have eliminated soaking off all together and when not possible ask for the aluminum foil/cotton ball method vs full submersion. What works even better is to have them use the drill or file to remove all but the bottom layer of SNS, this protects your natural nails from coming in contact with the drill. It does limit your color selection because the bottom layer will affect any additional layers. I mitigate this by beginning with clear and working my way down the color spectrum over the course of the year.
I get my nails done every 3 weeks so once a month usually, and as long as I keep going darker it doesn't really matter. Alternatively you could swap out color every quarter or any other denomination of time that suits you and it would still drastically reduce the amount of wear on your nails. BBH is perfecting our own all natural dip powder, so be sure to subscribe to emails and texts so you can be alerted when it's finally released!