One of the best ways to save money and still look fabulous is by making your own all natural beauty products. There are many books that offer recipes for natural beauty treatments and give useful tips and advice. There are also dozens of websites that offer articles and tell you which ingredients do what and how different natural ingredients can benefit you. The problem with many of the recipes on offer however, is that they often require exotic and strange ingredients that can be difficult, if not impossible to find.

So when your market doesn't provide you with the exotic herb or plant for you to complete your recipe the best thing is to go local. You may find when making all natural beauty products Melbourne and Perth are probably places where you won't easily find Nori seaweed for a Japanese seaweed body wrap. What you would find there however is yarrow extract. Yarrow extract from the yarrow root has many uses. For one it acts as an anti €" inflammatory and helps sooth the skin. It also long been used by the aboriginal women to prevent stretch marks and as a moisturising agent. Another ingredient that would be easy to obtain in those areas is Australian Avocados. Avocados are one of the best ingredients to use when making natural beauty products as they have a wide range of benefits to both your skin and hair. They are rich in vitamin E which is has moisturizing and hydrating properties. Vitamin E is also excellent for preventing your skin from being damaged by the sun as well as reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles, making your skin look younger and fresher. In terms of health benefits avocado oil is great for treating dermatological problems like eczema and psoriasis, because it gets absorbed quickly and deeply into the skin. Aloe Vera is also a great natural ingredient that is easily found in Australia. Although it is not an indigenous plant, the warm climate means that it grows easily and is not hard to come by. Aloe Vera too has soothing and moisturizing properties like the avocado and extract from the Aloe Vera plant is used in many manufactured cosmetics. Many also attest to the healing powers of the sap of the aloe Vera plant, claiming that it accelerates the healing of open wounds.

Using homemade natural beauty products can be great fun and very beneficial. Even though some recipes can be complicated and ingredients hard to come by, if you take the time to find some local recipes you should be able to create a concoction that is easy to make and won't cost and arm and a leg.