Beauty & Style
5 ways to use avocado in your beauty routine
The humble avocado. Delicious in salads or smashed onto toast, it’s also a fantastic, budget friendly addition to your beauty routine. Packed with healthy fats, antioxidants, skin-saving vitamins A and K as well as B, C, E and biotin (aka the hair growth vitamin) try these easy ways to add an “avo” to your regime.
- As a make-up remover – The oil present in avocados makes an effective and gentle makeup remover. You don’t even need to mash the flesh. Simply swab a cotton bud over a freshly cut avocado half and use the oil collected to remove makeup.
- As a serum – If you’ve got some left over oil after removing your makeup (or don’t have any makeup to remove to start with) the aforementioned avocado oil makes a potent skin serum. Gently massage into your face and around your eyes for happy, glowing skin.
- As a facemask – If you Google “avocado facemask” you’ll find thousands of different recipes but sometimes simple is best. Mash half an avocado with a tbsp. coconut oil (highly nourishing and soothing), half a tablespoon of raw honey (fantastic antibacterial properties) and one to two teaspoons natural yoghurt (another potent bacteria killer) and apply to a freshly cleansed face.
- Lip scrub – For super smooth, flake-free lips try this easy lip polish. Mix a scoop of avocado flesh with a teaspoon of brown sugar and a drop of peppermint oil (optional). Gently apply to lips before thoroughly rinsing.
- Hair mask – Avocado is packed with biotin, one of the best vitamins for strong hair. Simple mashing a super ripe avocado with some olive oil and applying to your hair for 20 minutes is a great way to restore moisture and shine.