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Strawberries, the bright colourful fruit packed with vitamins and antioxidants, are as good on your face as they are on your plate. We haven’t quite escaped the economic crunch yet, and many women are looking for ways to economise. This is where DIY beauty comes in. Using natural ingredients you already have as part of your beauty routine will save you quite a bit of cash, and have you looking as beautiful as nature intended. Worried you’ll be wasting money putting strawberries on your skin? Use berries that are a little too old to eat. Your skin won’t notice the difference.

Strawberry face scrub

Strawberries are full of salicylic acid, a great exfoliant that will help reveal clearer, younger looking skin. This is an incredibly easy tip: just cut a strawberry in half, rub it over your face, and leave for a few minutes before rinsing. Your skin will be instantly softer and smoother.

Strawberries and cream

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This is a delicious DIY beauty treatment that your skin will just love. Honey, combined with cream, nourishes the skin and moisturises, while the strawberries do their exfoliating work. Take 3-4 ripe strawberries, a tablespoon of fresh, heavy cream, and a tablespoon of honey, and combine. Mix it all up in a food processor and apply to your face and neck. Leave it on for ten minutes, and rinse.

A berry good foot scrub

Feet need a little extra care, especially in summer when they’re on display in sandals. Slough that dead skin away with this scrub, combining sea salt, strawberries and olive oil. Mix the ingredients into a paste, and massage liberal amounts into your feet. More salt will make the scrub more abrasive, while adding more olive oil will give you a more moisturising DIY beauty trick.

For more home DIY beauty remedies, visit Natural Home magazine.

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