Little-Known Uses Of Baking Soda For Making You Look Gorgeous

You ladies will be surprised to know that without spending loads of cash on beauty products, you can achieve stunning looms right in the comfort of your home. One of the home ingredients that can help you achieve your beauty goals is Baking Soda.

Today we present to our female readers some little known uses of baking soda for making you look gorgeous.

Whitening the teeth

You can make homemade toothpaste for teeth whitening by mixing activated charcoal with baking soda. For this, you will need the following ingredients.

Baking soda; 1 tbsp
Coconut oil; 6 tbsp
Bentonite clay; 4 tbsp
Activated charcoal; 2 tbsp
Essential oils; few drops

Put all these ingredients in a blender and blend them well to make toothpaste. You can also add in lemon juice for taste and added effect on teeth whitening.

Homemade deodorant

Baking soda has been used by housewives around the world to get rid of funny smells in the kitchens. The reason for this odor suppressing property of baking soda is that it can neutralize both bases and acids. This ability of baking soda can be put to use to make homemade deodorant. For making homemade deodorant, you need the following ingredients.

Baking soda; 1 tbsp
Water; 1 tsp
Coconut oil; 1 tsp

Mix all these ingredients well enough to make a thick paste. Store it in a fridge and afterward apply it in little amounts as an underarm deodorant to keep the funky smells at bay. You can also add in a few drops of essential oils to add certain scent to it.

Removing blackheads

You can make a blackhead removing mask right in the comfort of your home with these simple ingredients.

Gelatin powder; 2 tbsp
Milk; 1 tbsp
Lemon juice; 1 tbsp
Baking soda; 3 tbsp

Mix all these ingredients thoroughly and then heat them in a microwave for 4 seconds. After that apply it gently over the blackhead affected area and let it sit for 30 minutes. Afterward, peel the mask off gently and rinse with cold water.

Removing yellow stains from nails

Women really love to have healthy and long nails but are often plagued with yellow stains on their nails. Well, baking soda also has a beauty tip for making these yellow stains disappear as well as promote healthy growth of nails. For this, you will need the following ingredients.

Baking soda; 3 tbsp
Hydrogen peroxide; 1 tbsp
Lemon juice; 1 tbsp

Blend all these ingredients to make a viscous paste and apply a thick layer of the paste over the nails carefully. Let the paste sit in for a few minutes before rinsing it off with lukewarm water. The nails will appear whiter and shinier than before.

In order to have better nail growth, try adding in lemon juice in this paste and apply the paste in a similar manner.

Relief from skin rash and sunburns

For providing relief from conditions like sunburns and eczema, you can make a remedy from the following ingredients with baking soda as the primary ingredient.

Some water
Baking soda; 2 tbsp

There are two ways of treating skin conditions. One way is to mix baking soda in water to make a paste and apply it over the affected skin. The other is to add 2 to 3 tbsp of baking soda in a tub of warm water and lying in it for half an hour.

The remedy is effective to treat chickenpox itch in kids.

Softening the calluses

If you re someone who suffers from calluses on their feet and hands that have become hard and painful, the following baking soda remedy can help provide relief as well as decrease these calluses.

Baking soda; 4 tbsp
Warm water
Brown sugar; 2 tbsp

Mix the brown sugar and baking soda in warm water inside a big basin and dip your feet or hands in it for 5 minutes. You can also exfoliate it with a soft piece of cloth to soften the calluses.

Another way is to mix all these ingredients and make a paste. Apply this paste over the calluses and let it sit for a few minutes before rinsing it off with warm water.