The Efficacy of Baking Soda for Beauty, Can It?

Baking soda or powder known as sodium bicarbonate is a developer that is often used in making cakes. In addition to the useful as an ingredient for making cakes, baking soda also turns out to be efficacious for health as well as to support your appearance.

Baking soda is often used to relieve stomach acid and relieve the stench. This is because the content of alkaline substances on the baking soda quickly reacts to other acids in the vicinity. In the world of beauty, baking soda can also be used to beautify the body from the tip of the hair to toe.

Diverse Benefits of Baking Soda for the body

Here are some benefits of baking soda which you can take advantage of:

·           Beautify hair

Often wearing hair products such as serum, hairspray, mousse, or can make the scalp becomes dirty. To clean out the buildup of such substances, you could add a teaspoon of baking soda in shampoo. And then wash your hair as usual. Afterward, you will have the hair shine and easy to set up.

 In addition, you can also use it as a dry shampoo when you don't have enough time to wash your hair. Simply sprinkle a bit of baking soda to the roots of the hair then comb. Or it could make a mixture of one tablespoon of baking soda and one drop of lavender oil. Then, dip the comb with a wide brush in this mixture. Comb from roots to the ends of the hair. In an instant, drenched hair you will look clean because baking soda can absorb oil and odor.

·           Facial cleanser

Mix three teaspoons of baking soda and a teaspoon of water, mix well until it becomes a paste. Then apply to your face, rub gently with a circular motion. Finally, rinse the face with warm water. A mixture of baking soda and water can cleanse the face like a facial scrub product on the market. But watch out for the owner of the face skin sensitive, because baking soda raises the risk of skin irritation.

·           Whiten teeth

No need to spend millions of dollars just to make teeth look white shine. Just use the natural way to have a charming smile with sprinkled a bit of baking soda to brush your teeth that have been drenched with water. Then brush your teeth as usual, then rinse with water. How can remove stains on teeth and helps fight bacteria in teeth.

·           Smooth skin

Not confident because it has the rough skin and dull? You can use baking soda to get rid of dead skin cells. It's easy, simply mix 3 teaspoons of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of water. After that stir into pasta. You can rub it onto the desired parts of the body. After rinsing with water, you will feel the body skin becomes more smooth. Mix water and baking soda can also be used to help relieve itchy skin and dull after a sunburn.

·           Banish body odor

Baking soda can neutralize the acid and base, two substances that can cause body odor. Unlike deodorant typically, baking soda will not leave a stain on your shirt. Wear deodorant in this way may be very helpful for those who have sensitive skin.

·           Beautifying Nails

Clean your nails with a means of cutting tool wear/pedicure manicure not sterile can trigger the infection. To prevent this, you can use baking soda after caring for the nails. Make a paste Cleanser with a rate of 3 teaspoons of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of water. Dip the brush for nails to a paste and rub it into the nail with a circular motion. Then rinse with warm water.

·           Clean Feet

After a day of wraps the foot with shoes, you can clean them at once relaxes with warm water mixed three tablespoons of baking soda and a few slices of lemon. Soak feet for 15 minutes. After that, you can clear the nails-nail foot with a paste of baking soda, as has been described before.

How, it's easy not beautify yourself with baking soda? So, while it took care of the body, try to browse the contents of your kitchen, who knows there is a bottle of soda that you can take advantage of. But if you feel itching, burning, or irritation after wearing the baking soda, immediately discontinue its use and rinse with running water.

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