6 Weird Mayonnaise Beauty Treatments
Updated: Aug. 06, 2019
Think mayo works best as a sandwich spread or dipping sauce? Think again with these six inexpensive beauty tips that spread new life into skin, hair and nails.
Did You Know?
Mayonnaise is made by slowly adding oil to egg yolks. The condiment is popular around the world, but its uses are hardly limited to the spreadable and edible.
Read on to find out how mayo can soothe your sumburn, satiate your hair, and more!
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1. Condition Your Hair
Hold the mayo… and massage it into your hair and scalp just as you would any fine conditioner! Cover your head with a shower cap, wait several minutes, and shampoo. The mayonnaise will moisturize your hair and give it a lustrous sheen.
2. Give Yourself a Facial
Why waste money on expensive creams when you can treat yourself to a soothing facial with whole-egg mayonnaise from your own refrigerator? Gently spread the mayonnaise over your face and leave it on for about 20 minutes. Then wipe it off and rinse with cool water. Your face will feel clean and smooth.
3. Strengthen Your Fingernails
To add some oomph to your fingernails, just plunge them into a bowl of mayonnaise every so often. Keep them bathed in the mayo for about 5 minutes and then wash with warm water.
4. Relieve Sunburn Pain
Did someone forget to put on sunscreen? To treat dry, sunburned skin, slather mayonnaise liberally over the affected area. The mayonnaise will relieve the pain and moisturize the skin.
5. Remove Dead Skin
Soften and remove dead skin from elbows and feet. Rub mayonnaise over the dry, rough tissue, leave it on for 10 minutes, and wipe it away with a damp cloth.
6. Safe Way to Kill Head Lice
Many dermatologists now recommend using mayonnaise to kill and remove head lice from kids instead of toxic prescription drugs and over-the-counter preparations. What’s more, lice are becoming more resistant to such chemical treatments. To treat head lice with mayonnaise, massage a liberal amount of mayonnaise into the hair and scalp before bedtime. Cover with a shower cap to maximize the effect. Shampoo in the morning and then use a fine-tooth comb to remove any remaining lice and nits. To completely eradicate the infestation, repeat the treatment in 7-10 days.
