Homemade Skincare Recipes: Here Are Four Natural Ingredients To Be Warry Of
While hunching down at home due to the pandemic, you might just be looking for a fun new ingredient to add to your skincare regimen. Or you might be tempted to try out an all-natural face mask you saw with your favorite Tiktoker. Whatever it is, we don’t blame you- DYI skin care remedies are gaining quite the popularity.
However, some natural ingredients can cause more harm to your skin than good. Below are a few at-home ingredients you might want to approach with caution.
- Lemon
Although a dozen Tiktok hacks will tell you that lemon works well to brighten your skin, specialists would rather you stick to using it in the kitchen.
Lemon juice has a high acid potency and can leave blemishes on your skin.
- Raw Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)
DYI buffs will go on and on about using a concentrated ACV as a skin cleanser or toner. However, it is not a great idea.
Concentrated ACV is extremely irritating to skin tissue and can cause burns or inflammation after just one use.
- Baking Soda
Of course, baking soda can work magic on your hair or hubcaps. Not so much as a skin brightener or acne remover.
In its purest form, baking soda is highly alkaline. Since your skin is rather acidic, using an ingredient with a high alkaline potency can result in rashes, overdrying, or redness.
- Raw Egg
Eggs might be a favorite in some A-list beauty products, but using them directly on your skin can have some pretty galling consequences if you’re not cautious. In fact, a raw egg can give you a salmonella infection. While studies classify this bacterial infection as rare, a quick search online will get you thinking otherwise.
Conclusion
If you take just one thing from this blog, let it be that not all at-home natural ingredients are kind to your skin. Leave the mixing and testing to the pros. Using ingredients from your fridge for skincare can cause infection, damage, or contamination. We both know you deserve much better!
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