Moms have secret superpowers that come in the form of magical, mystical home remedies, some of which are completely bogus (like my mother giving me sips of diet coke to ?cure? my stomachaches, or site director Lauren Caruso?s Italian grandmother telling her to eat marina for her headaches). Other remedies, though, like the following five skincare recipes, are freaking phenomenal?so much so, that we decided to share them with the world.
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We asked our favorite mommy beauty bloggers to share with us their best DIY recipes, from hair masks to body scrubs, all of which are easy, cheap, and totally effective. Plus, they?re fun to make, which is kind of the goal for all beauty recipes, right" Scroll down to see our favorites, then test them out on yourself. We don?t want to say that moms know best, but, well, they almost always do.
 

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DEAD SEA BODY SCRUB
?My favorite DIY beauty recipe is a good salt body scrub,? says Lacey Mackey of Natureal Mom. ?Not only do they cleanse and exfoliate dry skin, but they?re easy to make, and I can play around with scents and the different therapeutic properties of essential oils.?
INGREDIENTS:

2 cups of fine-grain Dead Sea salts

1/2 cup of almond or jojoba oil

8-10 drops of essential oils.
HOW TO:

Combine all of the ingredients in a plastic bowl (glass containers in a slippery shower are a major nope), then gently massage the scrub all over your wet ski...