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make at home!
My niece Heather
Bradford Utter
got me started
using a homemade sugar
and olive oil scrub for the
whole body. I use raw sugar
for this. It’s a great way to
pamper oneself using common
kitchen ingredients, although
Heather adds a glamorous
touch: several drops of essential
oil, eucalyptus or tangerine.
(She says it is cheaper if you
purchase the oil through a
wholesale store.)
I use white vinegar for
bug bites, sunburns and as
a hair rinse, as well as to
clean my shower of soap scum.
And I began to wonder if
there were any other home
beauty secrets that women
would share with us, perhaps
passed down from mother to
daughter.
Photographer Allison
Breiner Potter and I canvassed
the ladies at the Azalea
Garden Party for these beauty
tips. Enjoy! — Pat Bradford
Sandy Spiers / “My momma
used to take egg whites; you mix
it up and put it on your face. It
tightens your pores, but it smells
badly. Stir but don’t froth the egg
whites.”
Heather French Henry,
2011 Azalea Queen / “My
grandmother did say use egg
whites on your face. When I got
older, I traded that for the clay
masks that I did once a week.”
Tracy Pope Conlon &
Kelly Vernon / “Our grandmother
taught us to use olive oil
to moisturize the face.
Use as good a brand
as you use to cook
with. You can use it
on the skin all over;
even clean your ears with it.”
Dana Reason / “I believe in
cucumbers and tea bags on the
eyes. Get a tea bag and wet it
and lay it on the eyes. It must
be caffeinated tea. This relieves
inflammation. Lipton ice tea
bags, caffeinated.”
April McDavid / “When I am
between hair color appointments,
I use peroxide in a spray
bottle.”
Jamie Hinnant / “I use olive
oil for a hair treatment. Warm
the olive oil in a microwave and
put it onto dry hair. Leave it on
10-15 minutes. Wash it out. It
leaves hair shiny. Mayonnaise
also works.”
Michelle Clark / “My motherin
law told me if your feet are
sweaty and smelly soak them
in tea bags steeped in water.
You have to repeat the process
for several days. Don’t change
the tea bag. Use Lipton tea, not
herbal.”
Keri Holman / “I use a brown
sugar and honey scrub for my
feet. I went to Belize and had a
brown sugar and honey pedicure
there and now I mix it up at
home myself.”
Tonya Pellham / “On my
hands and feet I use a sugar and
olive oil scrub. Just mix it up in a
bowl. After you rinse it off, wear
socks. It holds in the moisture.”
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