DIY skincare refers to the practice of creating skincare and haircare products at their own potential.
The modernised culture of DIY activities is emerging every single day. DIY stands for Do-it-yourself. These are the projects that an individual does on their own.
The objectives behind DIY projects are:
- Avoiding Harmful or Harsh Chemicals
- To Promote Sustainability
- To avoid the Expert Advice
- For the Creative Results
- As a Hobby
What is DIY Skin Care and Hair Care?
DIY skincare refers to the practice of creating skincare and haircare products at their own potential. An individual who makes a skincare for own self aims at :
- Zero Toxin Self Care: It refers to zero usage of material or ingredients that can harm the skin.
- Instant Preparation: Many people opt for this activity so that they can avoid the brain strain of purchasing.
- To use products directly from the Kitchen: From ancient times, it is believed that what we can eat, we can apply. And the elder persons of families still believe it, in some households, it has been the culture from ages.
Five items to avoid on Hair and Skin while preparing any DIY
Lime Juice
A very high percentage of people while preparing DIY’s for skin add the juice. As a myth, it is believed to brighten up the skin. The truth is that the pH of lemon ranges between 2 to 3 which is highly acidic and can cause dryness, burns. It may also cause irritating skin by disturbing the natural pH of the skin.
Onion Juice
Many brands and people around us have started believing that onion cures the hair best. Onion juice or onion based products for hair have just been a new trend. It’s a myth. In fact, onion juice is high in sulphur content and can cause itching, red scalp. It as well can lead to head wounds.
Sugar
Sugar is a natural and an easy to find ingredient in every household. Many people add sugar in natural and DIY exfoliating packs. But the crystals of sugar are sharp and jagged. These sugar granules can be very harsh on skin, can lead to skin wounds, blemishes and redness on skin. Sugar in fact can result in premature aging. Sugar may be cheap but can be worse even than the chemicals.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is an alkali and the alkaline nature of it, can disrupt the pH level of both hair and skin. Baking soda is highly used in face masks as a natural tan remover and in hairmasks, it is added for shine.
But the truth is the exact opposite as this ingredient can cause black patchy skin on the area it is applied. It can result in frizzy and lifeless hair.
Tomato
It is the most easily available fruit of the kitchen which has now been a skin brightener. People these days are freezing the tomato purees as cubes and applying it on their skin. This can cause fungus and bacterial growth in skin cells.
