Food can make us beautiful, and this time, we mean it quite literally because there are foods that, when used in the right way, become true natural beauty secrets.

These foods are packed with vitamins, minerals, acids that improve skin appearance, and nutrients that make your hair silky and soft.

Do you want to find out which ingredients will revolutionize your skincare?

Here’s your shopping list to stick on your fridge, although you probably already have many of these ingredients at home: from eggs to yogurt, here are natural beauty secrets that are accessible to everyone and super effective.

10 Natural Beauty Secrets in Your Home Fridge

Yogurt, for nourishing skin and hair

Yogurt is not only a wonder for restoring gut flora but also serves as an entirely natural cleansing milk.

When used on your face or hair as a mask, it deeply nourishes and purifies both the skin and hair. It can reduce imperfections like blemishes, pimples, and even fine lines.

It’s also great for softening tough skin on areas like elbows, knees, and heels.

Honey, to reduce wrinkles

Honey is an excellent dietary supplement, providing natural sugars, vitamins, and many minerals when ingested. But it’s also a true miracle when applied directly on your skin!

It has a nourishing and emollient effect (the term “emollient” actually comes from the word honey), making it ideal as a base ingredient for face masks and wrinkle-reducing packs.

Its disinfecting and healing power also makes it an excellent ally when fighting pimples, wounds, and cold sores.

Lemon, for purifying skin and scalp

Lemon is a concentrated source of vitamin C that’s great for drinking. But it’s also a top-notch astringent and disinfectant.

It lightens the skin, disinfects it, and reduces inflammation, making it ideal for acne-prone, oily, or impure skin, or even for countering seborrheic dermatitis on the scalp.

To combat the latter, just use a light rub of lemon juice mixed with water and baking soda. Besides being an excellent toner, adding it to skin creams is great because of its purifying effect.

Eggs, for regenerating skin and hair

Nutrient-rich and high in proteins, eggs are a great food to introduce into a balanced diet (without excessive consumption to avoid raising cholesterol levels).

Used as a cosmetic, they can be used for masks and emulsions to apply on the face and hair. Both the yolk and the egg white regenerate hair and skin during high-stress periods.

In autumn, they combat hair loss and asphyxiated skin; in winter, they prevent hair dryness and cheek cracks. And in spring and summer? Even in the hotter seasons, eggs help with cell regeneration.

Beer, for making hair softer and shinier

If you’re a beer lover, know that you don’t have to feel guilty when cracking one open. Beer is good for your bones, prevents cardiovascular diseases, aids sleep, and is a source of natural antioxidants that keep you youthful.

But it’s not just a beverage; a blonde (or even a dark one) is also an excellent cosmetic to apply on skin and hair.

Rich in B-complex vitamins and minerals, if you use it after shampooing, it will soften your hair and enhance its natural color reflections.

On the skin, a few drops of beer are highly soothing.

Dilute dark beer with water and wash your face with this solution. It will be your ultimate cleanser: combat skin texture and have a newfound luminous appearance.

Carrots, for an anti-wrinkle mask

We all know the beneficial effects of carrots as food, from beta-carotene that protects the skin from UVA rays to the contained vitamins.

However, few people are aware of their miraculous properties as a cosmetic product. With mashed cooked carrots, you can make an anti-wrinkle mask that’s both inexpensive and effective.

Carrot juice is an exceptional toner for making the skin firm and improving its complexion.

Turmeric, against imperfections

Turmeric is a spice appreciated for its thermogenic properties: eating a pinch of it daily raises metabolism, burns more calories, and eliminates more fats, increasing body heat.

It’s not just a beauty ingredient to ingest; turmeric is ideal to apply on the face to bid farewell to unwanted hair and acne spots.

Mix a few teaspoons of this vibrant yellow powder with a bit of water and apply the mixture to critical areas.

Let it sit for 15–20 minutes, and you’ll see that after a few applications, your skin will be rejuvenated!

Kiwi, for a super-hydrating mask

Kiwi is a fruit with numerous properties. Packed with vitamins and rich in antioxidants that slow down skin aging, kiwi is a great addition to your healthy diet.

But it should also be part of your beauty routine. When kiwi is too ripe and soft, its pulp becomes particularly acidic, so don’t throw it away.

Instead, spread it on your face, let it sit for 15 minutes, rinse with plenty of lukewarm water, and voilà: your skin will be as smooth as a baby’s cheeks.

The seeds and pulp of this fruit are emollient and moisturizing, making the treated skin very elastic and radiant.

Pumpkin, an anti-aging mask or scrub

Pumpkin is a concentration of antioxidants and vitamins, making it an excellent food for your well-being.

This also holds true as a natural beauty treatment. For a smoothing and moisturizing anti-aging face mask, pumpkin is ideal thanks to its beta-carotene content.

Even the seeds of this vegetable are useful for preparing a gentle scrub. Just chop them, mix them with a bit of pulp, add a bit of olive oil, and spread it gently.

If you have some unused pumpkin, use it as a hair mask. Crush the pulp, mix it with a couple of teaspoons of honey, and spread it on your hair before using your shampoo of choice.

Strawberries, against bags and dark circles

Strawberries are an intoxicating cocktail of antioxidant flavonoids, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, and potassium.

Their content makes them highly diuretic, fat-burning, and wrinkle-smoothing. In short, they are a woman’s best friends.

Strawberries have officially been recognized as natural beauty secrets since they were included among the best anti-aging superfoods in the special ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) ranking compiled by the USDA (the U.S. Department of Agriculture) due to their record content of beneficial antioxidants for health.

But even when used externally, strawberries work wonders, try it to believe it! Blend four or five strawberries and apply the purée under your eyes to get rid of your bags and dark circles.

After 15 minutes, rinse, and… you won’t believe it. Your dark circles will be gone!

This is thanks to the anti-inflammatory power of strawberries. Even by cutting strawberries into slices to place on your face or by applying a cotton pad soaked in their juice to critical areas, you’ll achieve astonishing results.

Antioxidants renew your cells, salicylic acid eliminates skin blemishes, and reduces wrinkles.

Acne, too, is no match for strawberries: crush five strawberries, mix them with a tablespoon of sour cream, and apply to the areas affected by pimples. Leave it on for 10 minutes, repeating the process twice a week.

And when your skin is exposed to direct sunlight, using strawberry pulp as a mask helps protect the epidermis thanks to anthocyanins, the pigments responsible for the characteristic red color of strawberries.

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This article first appeared on grazia.it — Author: Camilla Sernagiotto