DIY Skin Care
Skin Cycling is TikTok’s Latest Beauty Trend—Here’s How to Do It
Some TikTok beauty trends may be questionable at best, but other helpful hacks to come from the platform are downright genius. “Skin cycling” is one of the most popular trends (like, 3.5-billion-views popular) to make its way from TikTok to IRL in recent months, and many devotees say it’s totally transformed their skin. What is ...
5-Minute DIY Manuka Honey Face Masks
Whether you’re a regular at the spa or love at-home self-care, face masks are a staple when it comes to luxurious skincare treatment. But you don’t have to spend a pretty penny to achieve a glowy, hydrated, and healthy complexion. In fact, you don’t even need that much time.
How to Upgrade Your Summer Skin Care
Summer rays can be harsh for your skin, but a secret ingredient can help revive you from head to toe: sea salt. This kitchen must-have can help you achieve baby-soft skin in a matter of minutes, and it’s oh-so-easy to whip up treatments with pantry staples—we’ll show you how to make homemade body scrub below. ...
DIY Gua Sha Oil
Hayley Wood, holistic esthetician and founder of Therapeutic Skin Coach, recently shared how to give yourself the best at-home gua sha facial. With these skills now in your arsenal, it’s time to ensure you have the right oils on hand to perfect your practice. Many of these ingredients you may already have—or can easily be ...
How-To: Give Yourself a Gua Sha Facial
Meet your new self-care hero: the at-home gua sha facial. While DIY face masks and baths tend to be the most popular forms of self-care, perhaps facial massage should be added to the ritual routine. The benefits of facial massage—specifically the practice of gua sha—include relieving facial tension, toning facial muscles, boosting circulation, and improving ...
Fill Your Free Time With These Fun and Practical DIYs
Whether out of boredom or necessity, now is a great time to try some DIY projects at home. Mix up a creative cocktail or replenish your hairspray without a trip to the store—these projects are fun, easy, and practical. Try one with your kids, or plan to do one via a virtual happy hour with ...
Notes from the Field: Better Skin Care With Cannabinoids? Prima Explains
Welcome to Notes From the Field, a series of guest posts by brands sold on Thrive Market. While we share many of the same high standards regarding health, quality, and sustainability as our partner brands, all opinions shared in this post reflect the views of the brand, not Thrive Market. In this article, we’re excited ...
Reusable Hydrating Face Mask
Make a date with this moisturizing sheet mask to infuse your skin with all sorts of hydrating ingredients like rosehip oil, witch hazel, and squalane, which delivers antioxidants. It’ll take some DIY action in the form of cutting out a muslin round to fit the shape of your face, but then you can sit back ...
Organic Skin Care Brands
So long, toxins! If you’re looking to clean up your act when it comes to organic skin care, Thrive Market is the place to be. Since what you put on your skin is equally important as what you put in it, we’ve done the leg work to ensure the organic skin care brands we offer ...
Deep Pore Cleansing With Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay
Blackheads, be gone! If you’re looking for a natural and inexpensive way to make DIY spa facials a regular occurrence, look no further than deep pore cleansing. Clearing debris, environmental pollutants, and oil from skin is a great way to keep it looking its best, and we’ve got one ancient beauty secret you have to ...
Best Natural Skin Care Brands of 2019
Making the switch to natural skin care brands can feel like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be! First things first—don’t try to overhaul your entire routine at once. Instead, simply commit to swapping out conventional products with natural options one at a time, as you run out. That way you’ll have plenty ...
Best Ways to Get Rid of Dry, Itchy Skin in Winter
Winter skin can be rough (literally). Just when you’re warming up to the onset of the colder months by donning cozy sweaters and enjoying comforting home-cooked meals, your skin seems decidedly not on board with the sudden change in temperature. Whether you’re dealing with flakiness or itchiness, red patches or tightness (or maybe all of ...
This DIY Seaweed and Essential Oil Bath Bomb Brings the Spa Experience Home
We didn’t know there was anything better than lounging in a hot, steamy tub … until bath bombs came along.
Eye Cream Doesn’t Have to Cost a Fortune—Make Your Own With 3 Simple Ingredients
The delicate skin around the eyes is one of the first places on the face to show signs of aging.
The Easiest 2-Ingredient DIY Face Mask to Brighten Skin and Fight Redness in Minutes
Sometimes the best facial treatments come from your very own kitchen. Consider turmeric—an anti-inflammatory spice we’ve been known to put in both tea lattes and DIY beauty recipes.
A DIY All-Natural Eczema Cream That Won’t Irritate Skin
Eczema, aka dermatitis aka skin inflammation, can leave patches of skin dry, flaky, red, and itchy. Read: the worst.
Wipe Away Even the Most Stubborn Mascara With These DIY Makeup Remover Pads
From waterproof mascara to heavily pigmented shadows and liners, makeup is now formulated to withstand the elements—blistering heat, torrential rain, ugly crying. And while that’s great for hours upon hours of looking glam, removing stubborn cosmetics can be challenging. Sometimes it feels like no amount of tissues or tap water are going to get you ...
Make Your Own Soothing Antibacterial Cream That Really Works—No Chemicals Needed
When you apply Neosporin on a cut, you might be doing more than just speeding up the healing process—you could be exposing yourself to harmful chemicals.
6 Dermatologist-Approved Ways to Soothe and Heal a Sunburn
San Diego, Calif., June 2010. Despite the gray skies, I’m lounging on the beach with three friends. We’re determined to make the most out of a weekend trip—gloomy weather or not.
3 DIYs That Prove Hemp Is the New Holy Grail of Beauty Oils
Believe it or not, there’s a plant that can be used in manufacturing clothing, paper, eco-friendly “concrete,” and biofuel that also makes a dairy-free milk and nutrient-dense smoothie. That would be Cannabis L., aka hemp (which differs from marijuana)—and that’s not even all it can do!
4 Easy DIY Beauty Treatments You Can Do While Baby Takes a Nap
Finally—baby’s asleep. As soon as those little eyes close, the inner dialogue starts: Time to fold the laundry, do the dishes, pay the bills, walk the dog, and did I remember to shower today? Whoa. Take a breath, mom.
Meet the Golden Spice That Takes Skin From Dull to Radiant in 20 Minutes Flat
“No gold, no wedding.” That traditional Indian saying refers to a particular custom, in which brides don gold—on their bodies, heads, and faces—as a symbol of prosperity on their big day. Turns out there’s often another type of “gold” involved that has nothing to do with bling: a head-to-toe tonifying skin mask made with our ...
Don’t Even Think About Sharing These 13 Germ-Filled Personal Care Products
Sharing is caring—in most situations. Letting your little brother play with your favorite teddy bear is the mark of a good sibling. Splitting a creme brulee on a first date can be incredibly romantic. Even trying something new with a friend can be the bonding experience that takes you from acquaintances to best buds.
Healthy Obsession: 5 Surprising Health Benefits of Turmeric
They don’t call turmeric the “superhero spice” for nothing. Its superpower? Curcumin. While this powerful compound is found in other spices, it’s most abundant in turmeric, the thousands-year-old Indian yellow root used to season curries and other dishes around the globe. But, as science is discovering, flavor is just one of the many ways curcumin-packed ...