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Here, you'll find a collection of beauty and self-care tips. Enjoy...

hair

- To hydrate hair: Apply oil to slightly wet hair. The oil acts as a barrier, also known as an occlusion, to keep moisture (water) sealed into the hair. It's cheaper, healthier and more effective than any hair lotion/emulsion.

My recommendation is organic MCT oil. Keep it in a black glass pump bottle to keep it from spoiling in the heat, light, and air. You can also use the coconut oil for oil pulling! (See: smile) MCT oil is not: a sunscreen, antibacterial, or antifungal. It's oil. So, if you let it sit in your hair too long without it being washed out, you will have spoiled oil in your hair, and that will result in dirt and bacterial film on your scalp.

Luxury shampoo/conditioners are great, but they don't stay in the hair. In the end, they are rinse-out products. A lot of that product ends up quite literally down the drain. There are cheaper options for haircare. I have classic length hair and cheap conditioner (mostly made of plain cetearyl alcohol) is cost-effective and a good hair softener. Let conditioner sit in the hair for a few minutes and then rinse it with cold water. This really works. It helps the hair cuticle lie flat and smooth, resulting in shiny and soft hair.

Are you interested in growing your hair longer? Try snoods, also known as bun covers. Wearing hair in protective styles like buns helps to preserve hair length by protecting hair from breaking off and thus losing length. Snoods will offer another layer of protection for your beautiful hair. Big wide tooth wooden combs for long hair. Wooden combs are a good alternatiae to plastic because the material is higher quality than plastics.

Start combing from the ends of your hair and work your way up to the scalp. Comb to detangle the hair, then secondly, brush your hair. Remember to press the brush against the scalp and move downward if you have thick and dry hair. This is how to distribute oils from the scalp down the length. -

skin

You only need a minimum of skin products. Try a Vitamin C serum, a retinoid, and a sunscreen.

nails

Try glass nail files over emery boards. Massage and oil the nail beds for healthy, shiny nails. All you need is about a drop of oil for each finger. For very clean and pretty fingernails and hands, use a nail brush.

bath & body

Thin cotton bath towels are more effective than thicker bath towels for faster drying. I use a waffle-texture.

You absolutely do need soap for your vagina... Vaginas accumulate dead skin and spoiled oils which are the basis for what we define as dirt. Use a gentle cleanser. I define gentle as PH balanced and thus non-irritating for the acidic climate of the inside of the vagina. I like to use a gentle cleanser that has the PH of water. It's an acidic cleaner with the PH of 5.5. I love rose-scented body wash for my private parts and my skin!

Use an electric trimmer to trim pubic hair. Soften the area with warm water, then go over each area gently for a seconds in a motion downward towards the lips. To get hard-to-reach areas, first trim the area with the electric trimmer and then slowly shave the rest of the area with a good razor for maximum safety.

For smooth, baby soft skin, try Italy towels OR a chemical exfoliant body lotion -- but never both at once, as that would be overly irritating to the skin.

smile

Bleach teeth with hydrogen peroxide strips. To maximize the effect of the whitening gel, absorb saliva in the mouth in order to keep the gel from dissolving by putting a facial tissue in between the lips and the teeth.

Oil pulling emulsifies bacterial film in the mouth and allows it to be rinsed out, like mouthwash.

A tongue cleaner is really effective for manually clearing a lot of bacterial film and bad-breath causing germs from your mouth. Clean the tongue with the tongue cleaner until your tongue turns from greyish white to healthy pink.

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skin

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