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Our Favorite Beauty Tips
Here it is! The eat clean crews favorite beauty tips using only organic food! Say what? Yes, food for healthy glowing skin and hair, we even use food as a makeup remover 
1. Coconut Oil
Yes! Again, we can’t get enough of coconut oil! Here are a few ways we use coconut oil for our body:
- Hair Mask: If you have problems with dandruff or irritated scalp, using 1 Tbls on your scalp will dramatically improve your skin, leave it in for 10 min or over night and then rinse well with shampoo (you might need a few rounds but it is totally worth it) Another way to get healthy hair in stead of using expensive oils from your hairdresser is to apply some coconut oil to the ends of your hair and leave over night. This will leave your hair looking full and fresh.
- Nails, lips & Body: Using coconut oil as a lotion or lip balm is a much healthier choice then using a store bought product because they usually contain so many chemicals that most of the time is only a short time remedy. So get a small container and add some coconut oil and keep it with you everywhere you go A small amount goes a long way, remember that when using it as a moisturizer. The best way is applying it after a shower or before bed so that the skin can soak up the oil without rubbing against your clothes.
- Makeup Remover: Coconut oil is also a safer choice for makeup remover. Just a dab of oil will remove all of your makeup, even a waterproof mascara doesn’t stand a chance! It also leaves your skin glowing!
2. Avocado
- Moisturizer: Use the inside of the skin (make sure it is ripe) and gently rub against the skin leave for about 15 minutes, rinse with luke warm water and pat dry.
3. Organic unrefined Shea Butter
- Perfect as a moisturizer! It is great replacement for anti-age creams, also helps prevent stretchmarks and for healing wounds like diaper rashes. It also has a natural SPF of 5 and can be used as suns protection
Do you guys have any tips for us? If so send us a message on Facebook or here on our blog, we’ll add it to our blog under your name We love hearing from our readers that’s the only way we can grow as a team
Lots of Love
The Eat Clean Crew =)
Banana Ice Cream!
I’ve made all kinds of ice cream recipes throughout the years but it’s time consuming and usually contains LOADS of sugar! There is a simpler and a much healthier way of making homemade ice cream, BANANAS! They make the perfect rich creamy ice cream! Just freeze them then whip them in a blender and voila!! 😀
There are so many things you can do with bananas, they are great and the kids definitely love them, and can even join in, it’s that simple!
What I did here is just the basic recipe, Banana Vanilla Ice Cream.
You’ll need:
- 4 Bananas
- Vanilla bean or extract (organic)
- Peel and cut the bananas into chunks, then place them in the freezer until solid (ca. 1-2 hours).
- When they are completely frozen, put them in a blender on high speed until it has that ice cream texture. You’ll need to scrape down the sides with a spatula when they stick.
- Lastly add the vanilla extract and blend it all together one last time.
If you like it soft served then the ice cream should be perfect now, but you can put it back into the freezer in an airtight container for about 20 minutes and it’ll be hard more like regular ice cream.
Try something else:
You can add all kinds of fruits and berries to the mix for different flavors. Like strawberries, blueberries, lemon, mango’s the list is endless!
Sweeter twist:
- For those of you who love peanut butter ice cream, try getting some creamy organic peanut butter and add 1 full tbsp to the mix, it’s delicious!
- You can also try adding some nut, like: Walnuts, peanuts, almonds, pecan or hazelnuts.
- Dates also work well with this recipe just make sure they are pitted
- Cinnamon, mint or coconut (flakes) all add great flavors.
- 70% (or higher) dark organic chocolate will give you that perfect chocolate flavor. You can cut into chunks, or melt the chocolate and let it cool a bit before adding to the mix (you’ll have to freeze it for 1-2 hours so it will cool completely)
Some of these might be slightly unhealthy but you can always choose organic, non dairy or vegan brands.
The possibilities are endless, make your own and tell us how you made your perfect ice cream