January 25, 2007

Recipe News: Cool cucumber homemade spa recipes

"While we all know that cucumbers are great for reducing puffy eyes, their beauty benefits far exceed this simple remedy. Used in facial, hair and skin remedies this hydrates and nourishes both internally and externally.
Cucumber is from the cucumber plant, cucumis sativus, and is a part of the gourd family. They are made up of 90 per cent water, with the remainder containing vitamin B1 and vitamin C. These vitamins are wonderful for treating skin eruptions, pimples, wrinkles and facial dryness. In fact, our skin and cucumbers share the same pH level, and may help restore our skin's protective and natural acid mantle.
Try out these spa recipes to see all the ways that the cucumber can be used to soothe and soften. Your quenched skin and hair will thank you."

includes recipes for:

Cool-as-a-cucumber mask

Soothing scalp saver

Dead sea cucumber scrub

Full article here.