Beauty Benefits of Salt Water

Kim Navarro in Beauty & Fashion

Dec 10, 2020 • 2 min Read

Acne is the most common problem of teenagers or even in those early to mid-20. But have you ever heard that salt water can cure acne? Well, that is just one of the many benefits of salt water and there are still countless benefits.

Salt water rejuvenates and repairs the appearance of the skin, scalp, and hair.

Here are some of the other benefits of salt water:

Treats Skin Conditions 

Seawater sucks up toxins out of your skin. It also has healing materials such as potassium, magnesium, and calcium thus regularly washing with it treats skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and excessive dryness.

Eliminates Acne

If you have spent thousands of pesos for moisturizers, face washes, and other skin treatment products, say no more because it turns out that this salt water can get rid of acne as it naturally absorbs bacteria in your skin. It also tightens the pores in your skin preventing pore-clogging oil in pores.  This reduces the current breakout and prevents more in the future.

Treats greasy scalps

For those who have greasy scalps, salt water can be used as a de-oiling shampoo for it strips heavy oil out of greasy scalps.

Restore damaged hair

Consistently using of hair blower, flat iron, curling wand along with other hair chemicals such as bleach, hair color – these can damage your hair. With salt water, your damaged hair can be restored to its natural and healthy appearance. It will add volume to your hair and will give you a healthy scalp, free from a toxic build-up of chemicals.

Great facial toner

Salt water can shrink pores and remove oil from your skin just like any other toner. The good thing is salt water does not cost much. To use it, just pour pure salt water into a spray bottle. Apply salt water in your face every time you wash your face and before you apply any make up.

Can be used as Exfoliant

Salt can sloughs off dead skin cells. It can also brighten, tighten, soften, and rejuvenate your skin so it is considered an excellent natural exfoliant.  To make one for yourself, just mix pure salt with a small amount of water to form a damp, solid paste. Add a few drops of any scented essentials oil to this paste. Massage your skin and use it for a few minutes.

To sum it up, salt water is much easier and cheaper to obtain than any creams and treatments that can exactly do the same to your hair, scalp, and skin.  Adding and replacing this to your daily beauty products can lessen your expenses.