How to Use Carrots in Homemade Beauty Treatments

They're delicious, plentiful and inexpensive, so we often take the common carrot for granted. However, carrots are full of vitamins, minerals, and beta-carotene. This makes them a beneficial food, but also a great base for home beauty treatments. Carrots are especially effective for dry and damaged skin and hair.

Instructions

1. Treat oily skin to a quick and easy carrot facial. Simply cook 3 carrots in boiling water, and then put them in a blender with 3 tbsp. of pure honey. Blend them until they're smooth, and then spread it evenly over your face and neck. Leave the carrot facial on for 15 to 20 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.

2. Make carrot oil for dry or mature skin. Wash and peel 2 carrots, put them in a glass jar, and pour enough coconut oil over the carrots to cover them. Put the covered glass jar in a sunny window and let the oil infuse for about 2 weeks. Strain the carrots from the oil, and use the oil to moisturize your skin after washing.

3. Enjoy an invigorating carrot and coffee body scrub. Mix 1/2 lb. of freshly ground coffee with 2 tbsp. of corn meal and 1/2 lb. of grated carrots. Massage the mixture into dry areas to moisturize and revitalize. Rinse thoroughly.

4. Nourish neglected and dry hair with a carrot and avocado hair treatment. Grate a carrot, put it in a glass measuring cup, and cover it with olive oil. Put the cup in a saucepan of boiling water, cook it for 1 hour, and strain. Mix the carrot oil with a mashed ripe avocado, apply it to the hair, and leave it for 1 hour before your rinse it off.