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Refresh yourself! It's time to spend some time on yourself.

After such a long draining summer and endless chlorine and sea side days, your hair may feel dry and briddle.

Ingredients for summer hair repair:

• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons apple-cider vinegar

Add vinegar into the water, add the baking soda, mix, and you’re done.

That’s it.Pour the solution over your hair. Let it simmer on your head for about 10 minutes. Rinse. Wash. WA-Laaa You're Done. The solution will pull the impurities from your hair, leaving it healthy and shiny as new.

Is your skin dehydrated and in need if some extra moisture? Sun rays and Sun screens can dry your skin out extremely fast. Some sunscreen has alcohol content which naturally causing flaky skin.

Use a body scrub during a steamy shower, I recommend: 

Cucumber body scrub

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup white sugar
¾ of a cup chopped cucumber
optional, a few basil leaves
¼ cup of coconut oil

DIRECTIONS:

1. Wash the cucumber and basil and pat dry then toss in the blender, you can pre-chop or slice before blending.  Pour the sugar on top and then add in soft or liquid coconut oil. Whip until the cucumbers have broken down and you’re happy with the consistency; this took about 45 seconds to a minute in our blender. If the cucumber is chilled or cold when it goes in the blender then it may cause the coconut oil to solidify, this happened with mine and wasn’t a problem at all, yours might just look a pinch different from what is shown if the ingredients you use are all room temperature.

2. Pour into a jar that can be sealed and store in the refrigerator until ready to use. This should keep nicely for up to two weeks. Simply plan to take it out of the fridge a little bit before you will use it or you can scoop some out and put it into a shower or bath safe dish when ready to use.  If giving this as a gift, be sure to remind friends that they’ll need to keep it chilled and an eye on the shelf life because of the fresh ingredients.

*Just make sure to take extra care when using oils (like the coconut oil in this) in the bath or shower as they can make surfaces and floors slippery.  

I ran by this recipe on a blog, fell totally in love. It is so easy to make and keeping this jar in the refrigerator makes a refreshing suprise in the warm shower. Cucumber is one of the most hydrating ingredients, plus coconut oil helps moisture penetrate deeper into your skin.

Lather yourself in CeraVe Moisturizing Lotion. This lotion is magic in a bottle.

Dermatologist approved not oily or greasy, leaves no residue.