Harness the power of nature from leading beauty experts, celebrities and consumers. We asked them to reveal their top beauty tips, all drawn from the natural world.
Use natural avocado as a face mask
Diana Daniell
For a deep cleanse with added moisture use hot milk instead of hot water to steam your face
Ruby Hammer, makeup artist
Drink lots of water
Jason Orange, Take That
Lots of sleep
Alicia Dixon
Olive Oil in the hair
Duffy
Rub salt and honey onto the back of your hands for nourishing exfoliation
Marian Newman, manicurist to the stars
Tea and honey for sore throats to warm up vocals
Lady Gaga and Co.
Vinegar on mozzie bites
Gabrielle Cilmi
Salt Crystal to a pop sock and use as an exfoliator
Armand Beesley
Drink lots of water and use lots of moisturizer
Alexandra Burke
Drink hot water and lemons
Emma Willis (Griffiths)
Push your nails into a lime wedge to whiten and remove grime
Marian Newman, manicurist to the stars
Manuka Honey on spots/apply a tiny amount and your pimple will disappear
Elsa McAlonon, Daily Mail
Keep half a lemon that you squeeze into a glass of warm water to drink first thing in the morning then use the lemon on the hands after washing up
Robina Dam, BMI Voyager
Olive Oil in the hair to tame and condition Olive oil for everything
Verite Reily Collins, freelance journalist
Use filtered water to rinse conditioner out of your hair
Angela Davis Deacon, makeup artist
To calm inflammation and sunburn soak a flannel in full fat cold milk and lavender essential oil and apply
Alexandra Friend, freelance journalist
For super soft skin put porridge oats in a pop sock and tie around the bath tap and water runs through it milky soft skin and natural exfoliation
Tricia Woolston, Prima
Keep a lemon by the sink to whiten nail tips beautiful nails
Sylvia Terry, freelance journalist
Rinse hair in cider vinegar for a great shine
Louise Dartford, makeup artist
Mash avocado and apply to my face is great for dry skin baby soft in 15 mins
Tricia Woolston, Prima
Coarse Sea Salt rub onto skin for great exfoliation
Theo Raymond, freelance journalist
Massage olive oil into cuticles and nail plates
Marian Newman, manicurist to the stars
Use cool tea bags on puffy eyes
Annabel Callum, makeup artist
Body Brushing – more effective than any anti-cellulite cream
Kathleen Baird Murray, Free
Gargle salt to cure sore throats and tooth ache
Polly Vernon, Observer Woman
To soothe the heat of sun burn use some chilled cucumber or some aloe vera oil.
Sara McLean
Brew up a strong brew of chamomile tea to use as a brightener for blonde hair. Leave it to cool then pour on, wrap in clingfilm and leave for a while then rinse out. A cold rinse really brings out the shine.
Emma Christie
For a soothing and skin firming natural face pack try pouring boiling water onto chamomile tea bags ( to sterilize them) then, when they are cool place on your face, especially under the eyes. They are refreshing and help to do away with any laughter lines.
Cynthia Price
Use olive oil to soften my cuticles.
Jacqueline Chneour
Aloe Vera gel is great as an aftersun treatment to cool and soothe hot inflamed skin.
Lisa Aveyard
1 tsp of honey and 1 tbsp of natural yogurt mixed together to create a cream - and then evenly spread on face in morning wait for 10-15min before washing off with cool water.
Afshan Anwar
Use ground almonds as an exfoliator.
Claire Chater
Put egg white on your face. for 30mins for tired skin.
Rose Milne
For shiny hair use mashed avocado or mayonnaise to condition before rinsing!
Brigitte Leprince
Cucumber juice for acne, honey and milk to nourish the face.
Lucia Ayeni
Pump up your lips by gently brushing them with your tooth brush leaves them wonderfully soft!
Natasha Supple
Place two pieces of cold cucumber on your eyes to freshen them up and take down any swelling.
Debbie Milner
Use sugar as a face scrub.
Kym Lyons
Mash up one small banana and an avocado in a bowl, apply onto face. Leave on and relax. Wash off after half an hour and feel your super soft and nourished skin.
Holly Sheard
Use egg white instead of conditioner for natural shiny hair.
Angelica Stewart
After having a hot shower turn the temperature to freezing and stand under it for a few minutes. It makes hair shiny and gives skin a glow.
Hayli Chidgey
Use natural aloe Vera off a plant on spots & blemishes.
Nicola Jones
Lemon juice rubbed into the skin gets rid of fake-tan marks.
Camilla Cramsie
After cleansing & toning your face splash face with cold water to close pores.
Lynn McAuley
Lavender oil for any skin complaint especially spots and scars. Apply neat.
Marcia Peterson
I use a lot of cold water on my skin after a shower, it helps to close pores and tighten the skin
Janet Tyrrell
Olive oil is a good, moisturiser when I run out of hand cream
Marylou Marshall
Cold teabags over the eyes help reduce puffiness
Joanna Cugley
Eating Blueberries! Delicious and good for the skin
Amy Smith
Almond oil and sand make a great foot scrub
Hannah Burgess
For tired eyes use sliced cucumber on top of the eyes. For a fresh look on the face I find mashed up avocado with a drop of lemon juice does the trick.
Suraiya Bibi
If you`ve run out of body scrub, just mix a handful of salt into your shower gel.
Julie Gough
Moisturise your feet and then put socks on when you wake up you will have smooth feet.
Kara Bartholomew


