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Top 10 Beauty Superfoods

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Makeup can enhance our natural beauty but it is always important to keep a healthy diet. Diet just means your eating habits. Beautiful hair and glowing skin truly come from what you put in your body! Even though these are numbered they aren't in any specific order. 1. Blueberries: They have antioxidants to protect you from premature aging. 2. Spinach: Try to eat dark leafy greens instead of that romaine lettuce! Dark greens are rich in nutrients. Spinach specifically is loaded with both nutrients and antioxidants. It is a good source of B, C, E, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids. (Kale is also great but some people don't like the taste.) 3. Tomatoes: They are the best source of the anti-aging antioxidant lycopene. Lycopene is more easily absorbed in your body when the tomatoes have been cooked or processed. 4. Walnuts: Contains omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E which helps you have smooth skin, healthy hair, brighter eyes, and strong bo...

Coconut Oil

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Coconut oil? Yes, it's not only for cooking!  There are so many other ways you can use it.  It is important though that you get 100% pure, virgin coconut oil. Make sure that there is nothing else in there! First of all, I love using this in my hair! This is the main reason I wanted to share with you guys.  It is the ultimate moisturizing product, especially if you bleach your hair or if you regularly use heat to style it! I recently went from really dark to blonde and this is truly what is saving my hair! I use it 2-4 times a week and leave it in for 10-25 minutes. Rub into your scalp too, it stimulates hair growth! I really love it because it is completely natural. Below is a list of other ways that you can use coconut oil. topically to help heal infection or injury faster on lips as a chapstick (I'm actually going to empty my Vaseline lip therapy container and put coconut oil in it!) as an intensive night cream to lighten age spots (rub directly on ...