Store cupboard beauty: the kitchen spices that work in your skincare

The natural skin care fads clogging your feed have left you kneeling at the shrine of age-old secrets. The recent ‘Girl Therapy’, self-care trend has seen a surge of people making homemade face creams, and the beauty gurus of TikTok obsessing over cinnamon powder and turmeric, as popularity over Indian spices has taken flight.

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