Growing up in Hawaii, food blogger, photographer and author of the Kale & Caramel cookbook, Lily Diamond learned to play with plants and cook with herbs from a young age.
Her use of whole foods in the kitchen is masterful, but when we recently heard her speak on her love of beauty DIYs, we knew we had to learn more. As beauty DIY skeptics, we asked Lily to dish it all out for us: which DIY beauty ingredients are worth dabbling with and which should just stay in the fridge? Here's Lily...
Should you be washing your hair with apple cider vinegar or putting it on your face? Lathering up with egg whites or scrubbing with oatmeal? Can you really apply coconut oil everywhere? And what on earth are you supposed to do with yogurt, besides put it in your mouth?
Healthy, glowing skin is a product of maintaining the epidermis’s natural pH, or what’s called its acid mantle. Most traditional skin cleansers and treatments throw the acid mantle out of whack, resulting in infections and breakouts. Gross. Give me back my mantle. Pure skincare ingredients preserve your skin’s acid mantle, resulting in skin deliciousness year-round. But which pantry products are skincare legit, and which aren’t worth your time?
My mother regularly slathered every edible ingredient in sight on her body, and turned her abundant knowledge of aromatherapy and herbology into a thriving body care business. The family practice of food-as-beauty care left me glowing from avocado, comfrey and aloe — and instilled me with a healthy degree of skepticism for the DIY beauty trends that emerged decades later. Thirty-five years after the publication of my mom’s first book, Living With the Flowers, my book Kale & Caramel: Recipes for Body, Heart, and Table was published, complete with my favorite DIY body and beauty solutions.
In the spirit of practicality, here’s my gut check on the pantry body and beauty care items I love, and those I’d rather keep on my plate.
Remember: Always experiment with your skin, your face, your hair — you know you best. [olists num=1]
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