Yummy Foods That Make You Sexy! ~ Viva La Diva! Entrepreneur Mom

Get a fabulous glow from these double-duty foods, they beautify when eaten and slathered onto your skin. One of our favorite shameless natural beauty tricks to share is the benefits our every day foods have for our skin as well as our nutrition, generally speaking if it's healthy for your body from within, it will also be wonderful for you topically ( unless you have a specific food allergy). Look at our Pioneer Soap Works labels and you will find many of the natural ingredients we list in our articles to be eaten also listed in our product ingredients for topical skin care, from the pure oils, butters, fruit extracts and more.

Strawberries: Strawberries are packed with antioxidants and vitamin C, which grow collagen and fight fine lines and wrinkles. Eat them up! Or, mash and use as a dual exfoliator; the seeds buff away dead skin and the fruit acids nix left over dryness.
NOTE: A strawberry mask is not recommended for persons with sensitive skin or sunburns.
Here is one of Miss Rachel's favorite strawberry masks from her D.I.Y. box:

Take 100 g of strawberries, mash them in a bowl, add 50 g of natural yogurt and 1 teaspoon of honey. Mix all together and apply it on the skin. Leave for 20 minutes and rinse it with cold water.

Coconut Oil: "Cook with this oil the same way you do with olive oil. The healthy fats keep the skin hydrated and gorgeously dewy!" says Cosmopolitan Magazine. Smooth it into parch prone parts. You can even use it on your face, it will not clog your pores like some oils ( castor oil as an example). Coconut oil contains saturated oils that help keep the skin soft and supple, vitamin E which ensures healthy skin growth and repairs the damage caused to skin; and proteins which keep the skin healthy and rejuvenated. Thus the next time you consider extended your youth the natural way, always think of coconut oil.

Greek Yogurt: High protein levels are perfect for keeping your hair and nails growing long and strong, as well as contributing to colon health. When used as a face mask, the active cultures soothe a sensitive complexion. Greek yogurt contains five live and active multibacterial strains, which means that each 100 gram serving of Greek Yogurt contains billions of live and active bacterial bases. These help maintain gut flora and boost immune system functioning and nutrient absorption, all essential to a healthy skin and body.

Yogurt Mask for Dry Skin:
Mix 1 spoon of honey
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. spoon of almond oil
1 spoon yogurt.
Apply the mixture on the face, avoiding eye area. Wash after 10 minutes. Honey stimulates and softness face skin, eggs and almond oil penetrate and hydrate and yogurt softness and close the face skin pores.