Heighten your attraction to natural products this summer for a sure-fire way to keep your skin, hair, nails and beach bod in tip-top shape.
Natural Highlights: SheKnows.com reports that your kitchen may be the best place to go for getting beachy highlights without spending big bucks at the salon. Lemon, honey, olive oil, chamomile tea, and beer can do the trick. Hint: for the smelly ones (beer, olive oil etc.) add your favorite essential oil to the mix to create a naturally scented treatment.
Henna Dyes: In the event that you’re suffering from some sort of insane sun stroke that causes you to be ‘over’ streaks your hair has been blessed with naturally, at-home henna dyes are superb, like these from LUSH [$22.95]. Hint: Henna bars will also help to even out brassiness, and infiltrate a deep, rich hue to any dark hair colors. Kind of like a gloss, but better (and natural!).
Organic Laundry Detergents: Ok, this is a little outta left field, I know. But, right behind friction & summer heat, harsh soapy laundry detergents will aggravate skin during the summer by drying you out like a bar soap would and by chemically reacting to irritated skin to worsen the problem. Choose an organic, pH balanced formula that uses natural scents and notice the change. Hint: pH balanced products work best! These by ECOS are made with the same pH as skin. I highly recommend the gentle Delicates Wash [$6.99]
