40 Natural beauty secrets from all over the world

Oatmeal is used in a lot of beauty products so perhaps it will come as no surprise that in Brazil it is used to treat sunburn. All you have to do is create a kind of DIY soak for yourself by putting oats in some gauze that you tie up and put in your bath water.

Women in Brazil take advantage of beach sand and use it s an exfoliant. It works! Next time you're at the beach go for a barefoot walk and see how much softer your feet feel afterwards.

In Poland, egg yolk mixed with castor oil and lemon juice is applied to hair and left on for 10 to 15 minutes. It is said to strengthen hair.

In Costa Rica, women use a 50/50 mixture of orange juice and water to minimize the appearance of pores. Basically, dab the mixture on your face with a cotton ball and rinse it off after a few minutes.

In Chile, a handful of grapes are mashed and mixed with a couple of teaspoons of flour, then applied to the face for 10 minutes. Once you rinse it off, you are left with a glowing complexion.

In the Dominican Republic, chopped garlic is added to clear nail polish and left to marinate for about a week and a half and then it is applied to nails to help strengthen them. Yes, you will smell like garlic until the odor dissipates.

In Spain, redheads or strawberry blondes pour a half and half mixture of cranberry juice and water on their hair right before getting out of the shower to bring out any red highlights in their hair. If you want to do the same, remember that once you pour it on your hair you are not supposed to rinse it out.

You've heard of using cucumbers under on your eyes to help with puffiness, right? Well, in Spain sliced potatoes are placed on eyes for about 10 minutes to get rid of dark circles.

Women in Mexico use spoons to curl their lashes to great effect. Basically, they take a teaspoon and put it over their closed eyelids so that it is kind of cupping their eye, making sure that the edge of the spoon is touching the upper lash line. Then they use their thumb to gently press their lashes against the edge of the spoon while slowing pushing the edge of the spoon toward the ends of their lashes. If you try this at home, be careful not to press so hard that you end up severing your lashes.

In India, as in many other parts of the world, coconut oil is used to moisturize hair and skin.

In Morocco, argan oil is used to moisturize skin, as a bath oil and a leave-in conditioner.

In China, women soak rice in water for 20 minutes before straining the rice out. Then they soak a cloth in it and apply the cloth to their faces as a mask for 10 minutes. It helps cleanse skin and prevents premature aging because rice has antioxidants in it.

In China camellia oil is used to get rid of blemishes and to prevent stretch marks.

Matcha is having a moment all over the world, but in Japan it has a long history. When ingested as a tea, it boosts energy and is said to help burn fat. You can also use it as a mask to deal with acne.

In Italy, olive oil is used on skin and lips for moisture and a bit of shine.

Italy isn't the only place that uses olive oil for beauty treatments. Venezuelans use olive oil, honey, and vinegar mixed together and leave it on hair for 15 minutes before rinsing and shampooing to keep straight, long hair smooth and shiny.

In Romania, nails are soaked in warm olive oil with a few drops of vitamin A mixed in so that they are less likely to split or peel.

Agave was used by the Aztecs to treat sunburn and to moisturize hair. It's the gooey part inside the leaves that is applied to skin and hair.

Nopal is another Mexican beauty secret that is used to heal skin. Once the needles are removed, the leaves get soaked in warm water and then split in half. The gooey stuff inside the leaves is applied to skin to hydrate, detoxify and help heal sunburns.

In the Philippines, the good gooey stuff inside of aloe is massaged into the scalp and then rinsed out in order to make hair glossy.

In Peru, papaya is applied to skin because of its exfoliating and anti-aging properties.

In Cuba, a mask made of half a papaya that's been scooped out and blended with 2 tablespoons of oats, a bit of coconut oil and the juice from a quarter of a lemon is applied to the face for 10 minutes to help even out skin tone and fight sun spots and then rinsed off.

Nails are soaked in vinegar for about five minutes and then soaked in a solution of water and baking soda for another five minutes in order to get rid of fungus in Cuba.

In Colombia, lulo fruit is mixed with yogurt, coffee and banana to make a face mask that gets rid of acne and brightens skin.

Mud from Israel's Dead Sea is loaded with all kinds of minerals and used as a cleansing mask for both the face and body.

In Greece, fresh rosemary is boiled in water. Once it is cool and the rosemary has been strained out, the water is poured over hair to deep clean and get rid of buildup.

Another Greek beauty trick is to tightly wrap a scarf around your head and wear it for a few hours to get rid of frizz on humid days.

In Japan, three to four six-ounce glasses of sake are added to bath water because the kojic acid in sake exfoliates and also helps lighten age spots and discoloration.

In Turkey, women with blonde hair or light brown hair boil about one cup of daisies in two cups of water for five minutes. Then when the mixture is cool and the daisies are strained out, they pour it over their hair and let their hair air dry in order to boost the highlights in their hair.

In Sweden most homes have a dry sauna not only to keep them warm, but to help boost circulation and keep complexions looking on point.

French women soak their nails in warm water with lemon in order to get rid of that yellow tinge that red nail polish sometimes leaves behind.

In Jamaica, it is not uncommon to make a paste out of baking soda and water to put on pimples. As the paste dries, it helps absorb dirt and oil from your pores.

Singapore has a lot of humidity, which is why women there use coconut oil on the ends of their hair before going to bed to keep fizz away.

In London the tap water has a lot of lime in it, which can really dry out hair. Women there who want to keep their hair from getting brittle do not wash their hair more than three times a week.

The sun in southern Italy can really do a number on hair. To help protect hair against the sun, two egg whites are whipped until they resemble mousse. It is then applied to wet hair and left on for 10 minutes before shampooing and rinsing with lukewarm water.

Colombians mash strawberries, yogurt, and honey together and then slather it on the face. The mixture is left on for 20 minutes to help hydrate skin and give it a glow.

In Poland, lips are conditioned with honey. You simply rub honey on your lips, leave it on for a few minutes and then lick it off.

When dark-haired beauties want to give their hair some extra shine in Poland, they make of brew of walnut tree leaves and oak bark that they apply to their tresses.

Did you know that artichokes help prevent water retention? In Brazil, women trying to avoid water retention eat artichokes twice a week before going to sleep. Not only are they diuretic, they also help you not feel as hungry.

In Costa Rica, a paste made out of the juice of two lemons mixed with one tablespoon of baking soda are rubbed onto elbows and left there for 20 minutes to get rid of redness or bumps on elbows or armpits.

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