Make a face pack using two tablespoons each of red wine and yogurt and one tablespoon of honey. Mix all the ingredients, apply it to your face and leave it on for 15 minutes. Wash it off with a damp cloth and notice the difference yourself. You can also make a scrub by mixing a few tablespoons of red wine with a natural exfoliator like ground rice, coffee or sugar to make a rough paste.
Two Spa Treatments You Can Make With Red Wine
Red wine is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world, but the ruby red elixir also comes with a number of health benefits, many of them credited to its antioxidants. Apart from drinking it, red wine is also used in a number of luxury facials and spa treatments around the world — you can re-create the effects of these expensive facials at home for a lot less, with just a bottle of red wine and some basic ingredients.
Red wine face pack
Soften heels with a red-wine soak
The resveratrol in red wine helps repair damaged skin while the polyphenols moisturize parched patches along the heels. Infusing the soak with orange slices (their citric acid exfoliates) renews feet even faster. Fill a basin with warm water and add a couple cups of red wine and 5 or 6 orange slices (nothing too expensive). Soak feet for 10 minutes, then rinse.
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