Beauty benefits of baking soda

Baking soda is known as kitchen staple for ages but do you know it has a lots of beauty benefits? Womens' Health tells how you can put it to beauty use:

All-natural deodorant

Mix baking soda with a little bit of water to turn it into a moist paste, then apply it under your arms for an all-natural deodorant.

Clarify Hair

Add a small amount of baking soda to your shampoo, then use it as you normally would. It will give your products a fresh slate so they can work the way they’re supposed to again.

Whiten Your Teeth

Mix one tablespoon of baking soda and five drops of hydrogen peroxide in a small container until a consistent paste develops. Add a few drops of water if necessary. Apply the solution to your teeth evenly with a toothbrush, and let it sit for five minutes. Then, brush it off with normal toothpaste and rinse thoroughly with water.

Exfoliant

Baking soda makes a fabulous, all-natural exfoliant. Just mix a little with some water in your palm and scrub it all over your face. Instant dead skin cell remover.

Blackheads

A teaspoon of baking soda mixed with a cup of distilled water makes an excellent solution for blackheads..

At first cleansing and then mixing up the solution and holding your head over a basin of hot water with a towel over your head to help concentrate the heat and steam. Extractions should be done gently with fingers wrapped in cotton and gentle pressure.