Eco-Tip: Keeping Your Hands Fresh Through Winter
by Kara DiCamillo, Newport, Rhode Island on 03.15.07
Last year as spring was beginning we featured a tip on how to soothe those post-winter hands naturally with a recipe that included lemon. This tip features papaya and comes from San Francisco’s Lavande Nail Spa. Papaya is rich in alpha hydroxy acid, which is a natural exfoliant, and will keep our hands smooth and soft through the rest of the winter months.
You’ll need:
1 ripe papaya
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
Plastic bags or gloves
Directions:
Combine the papaya, yogurt, honey and grapeseed oil and apply the mixture to both hands. Slip them into the plastic bags or gloves. After 15 minutes, rinse with water.
Via ::Health
Not very sustainable of you to suggest we all use a ripe tropical fruit in the middle of our winter as a skin-softener. How much fossil fuel is burned to get that papaya to your plastic bag?