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Beauty benefits of Baking Soda

6 April, 2015 - 08:13am by - First Lady | 39 Comments

Article by BR Tabatha

For the bakers among us baking soda is a pantry staple - but did you know it also has amazing uses within your beauty routine?  

If you're a beauty DIY-er then you will never want to be without baking soda again after reading this list!

  1. Dry Shampoo.  Sprinkle a little (very little) baking soda along your part and rub in to refresh your hair between washes.
  2. Deodorant.  Mix 3 tablespoons of baking soda with 4-5 drops of your favourite essential oil or scented oil.  Apply to your underarms with a powder puff.
  3. Toothpaste.  Mix a little baking soda with your toothpaste for a whitening boost.
  4. Mouthwash.  Add a teaspoon to half a glass of water and rinse your mouth out.  Odours will be neutralised.
  5. Teeth Whitener.  Mix baking soda, strawberries and lemon juice into a paste and apply to your teeth for 5 -  10 minutes.  Rinse.
  6. Shampoo.  Baking soda acts as both a clarifying shampoo (to remove build up of product) and a volumising shampoo.  Simple add half a teaspoon to your usual shampoo amount.
  7. Brush cleaner. Mix 3 tablespoons of baking soda in a bowl of hot water and soak your hair brushes to clean them.  Use 1 teaspoon with a cup of water to soak and clean your makeup brushes.
  8. Nail Whitener.  Mix baking soda and water in to a paste and apply to your nails.  Leave for 10 minutes to remove nail polish stains.
  9. Skin Exfoliant.*  Make a paste using 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water and rub in a circular motion on your skin.  Rinse for super soft skin on your face and body.
  10. Pedicure.  Add 3 tablespoons of baking soda to warm water and soak your feet.  Gently scrub with a coarse face cloth to remove hard skin.

*There are many baking soda recipes for use on the skin, but there's some evidence to suggest that for some skin types, when mixed with water, baking soda can be too much for your skin.  This is because when mixed with water it's an alkaline and has a much higher pH than your skin.  Best to do a test patch!

Are you an avid user of baking soda?  What tips do you have to share?  Get chatting below!

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25th April, 2015

PLEASE DO NOT USE BAKING SODA ON YOUR FACE! Dear mods, please read up and remove that point if possible.

Baking soda has a pH of 9, healthy skin has a pH of 4-5.5. Yes, skin is slightly acidic!

If you raise the pH of your skin to 6 or above, you're destroying the acid mantle. The acid mantle kills bacteria and protects your skin from infection.

There are so many other (better) ways to exfoliate your skin. Please, please stay away from baking soda! I tried it when I was an uneducated child and it made my skin red, dry and irritated.

25th April, 2015

HOLY! I never knew there were things you could use baking soda for other than the obvious ways for cooking, I want to try the exfoliating tip

23rd April, 2015

Wow I would never think that you could use if to whiten your nails. Will get it a got.

22nd April, 2015

LOVE THIS! Thanks BR!

21st April, 2015

I have actually used all of the above.... but had to cut back on using it as a toothpaste whitener as it's abrasive and not so good on my caps, I'd hate to wear down my caps or my enamel.

I LOVE!!!! Making a face scrub it really does polish like dermabrasion. It can be harsh tho.

17th April, 2015

Ooooh Im so going to try baking soda in my hair and on my teeth! :)

11th April, 2015

Oh number 7 sounds great for my hair brushes:)

11th April, 2015

Love tip number 8. Nail Whitener. Very useful as red polish makes my nails yellow.

11th April, 2015

I've tried it in my toothpaste and my god it tastes so bad!

10th April, 2015

I have used baking soda to clarify my hair, as a bath soak a couple times, teeth whitener and face scrub. Never used it as a nail whitener before or brush cleaner before, have to try that sometime.

10th April, 2015

I love baking soda, always have it in the pantry. So many different uses :)

10th April, 2015

I did know about the great properties of baking soda but not all of the above, I'm going to try the adding to the shampoo one though, awesome! It's great as a cleaner around the house too :) nice and natural and works really well

10th April, 2015

This is awesome! Thanks.

9th April, 2015

I love baking soda, so many uses, I actually have a big thick book just on the uses of baking soda, might have to bring it out again and see what else its good for, great article BR xx

9th April, 2015

This is interesting, definitely learnt a few things here!

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