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7 DIY Beauty Products That Will Make You Swear Off Sephora

We asked one skeptical beauty editor to use nothing but DIY recipes for a week. Here are the homemade treatments you'll want to try, stat

by Cinya Burton

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I've spent too many hours glued to Pinterest, getting inspired by images of metal-studded denim shorts and ombre nail art -- only to spend many more hours ruining my favorite cut-offs with a glue gun. So, while there's a cool DIY beauty recipe that tempts me here and there, I've learned to just say no.

I'm all for natural beauty products. But creating a homemade hair mask can be a complete time suck compared to the two seconds it takes to simply twist open the one I keep in my shower. Plus, there usually aren't a gazillion reviews to tell me if the DIY recipe will be worth my while.

So color me shocked when my co-workers challenged me to find DIY beauty recipes even I could get into. And for me, that means ones that work as well as the brand name products I love so much. Their reasoning? If they could convince me, the biggest skeptic in the office, to find DIY recipes I love, then they'd be good enough for even the biggest beauty snob.

Skip ahead to see the DIY beauty recipes that work as well as brand name beauty products.

Before setting off on my DIY adventure, I decided to set a couple ground rules.

No 1: There would be no tricky recipes. I don't cook, so the instructions had to be simple -- four ingredients, tops.

No. 2: No recipes with a stench (think mayo hair mask). No matter how amazing someone claims the results are, I wasn't going to have my hair smelling like potato salad.

See if I survived this DIY beauty challenge -- and check out the recipes I'm still concocting at home.

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Love the hair oil! cant wait to try some of the others!

by 92jess11 Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 03:36AM Report as inappropriate

i love DIY i love to do at home spa days i will be using these soon :D

by rayshaviolet Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 04:38PM Report as inappropriate

I love DIY

by LittleBunny Monday, January 21, 2013 at 10:34AM Report as inappropriate

I am a true believer of the oil and coconut oil.. I have LONG hair and this always helps me. These are great easy to make recipes.. I can't wait to try them out.

by Joana84 Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 12:28PM Report as inappropriate

love these suggestions! i've heard of the face scrub but can't wait to try the lip balm, orange peel scrub and grapeseed oil.

by jenstar313 Friday, January 11, 2013 at 09:50AM Report as inappropriate

I gave this article 9 stars!! This article is amazing. I think there's something really to be said about making your own beauty products / treatments. You know EXACTLY what goes in them and the fact that all of these DIY recipes are under 5 ingredients makes it even better. The only reason why I took of a star is because most people don't have all the oils in their home. Other than that - spot on article!

by Nikkisuchaqt Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 07:48PM Report as inappropriate

The hair oil sounds super nice!

by schien Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 12:51AM Report as inappropriate

Nice ideas but I'm not really a DIY girl so I'll stick with buying store brands already made. No preparation required.

by EricaC123 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 09:42AM Report as inappropriate

Nice ideas!

by robyne00 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 04:34PM Report as inappropriate

That hair mask looks sounds awesome!

by Only1KimmieD Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 09:52AM Report as inappropriate