Hilaria Baldwin and Carmen Baldwin are experts when it comes to at-home skincare.
Hilaria, 41, and Carmen, 11, whom she shares with husband Alec Baldwin, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about their new book, Glowing Up: Recipes to Rock Your Natural Beauty, which launched last month. As fans flip through the pages, they’ll easily learn how to create strawberry lip scrubs, coconut facial cleansers and more, all with kitchen ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
“We wrote this book because we felt it fills a need to talk about healthy self-expression, healthy ingredients and a healthy relationship between parent and child as kids enter the tween years,” Hilaria told Us.
She continued, “There can be such a battle between adult[s] and tweens when the skincare and makeup bug bites. As much as some people scold kids who want to experiment in the beauty space, we know that we all did the same thing growing up and that these have been things that children and adults have been interested in for generations.”
Carmen, who has been interested in the beauty world for “years,” also told Us: “I love looking up ingredients online and learning about what vitamins are in them and their benefits. My mom lets me play in the kitchen and experiment, so I’m always creating.” She added that because she’s too young to go to a spa, she decided to make one at home.
One of Carmen’s favorite ingredients is coconut oil, which is featured in the book’s DIY face wash. “It cleanses and moisturizes, and I love the smell!” she gushed.
Unlike Carmen, Hilaria was not as interested in skincare at such a young age. “I was doing handstands and running around,” she joked to Us, noting that she was still making at-home “concoctions” but made out of “sticks and leaves” instead of edible ingredients.
Although she wasn’t stirring up skincare, Hilaria has still taught Carmen to always be herself when it comes to beauty. “There are so many pressures out there, and it’s totally cool to be influenced by my friends, but at the end of the day, I have to feel good being myself,” Carmen told Us.
Carmen also spilled to Us that dad Alec, 67, even gets in on the fun when they mix a new beauty treatment. “When I can get him to let me do a mask on him, he actually likes it,” she said.
Keep scrolling to read a few of the many recipes in Hilaria and Carmen’s beauty book — and purchase Glowing Up: Recipes to Rock Your Natural Beauty for only $30 at Amazon.com.
Hello Coco! Face Cleanser
Ingredients:
1 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions:
1. Mix the coconut oil and apple cider vinegar until well combined. If the coconut oil is solid, warm it until it’s smooth.
2. Apply the mixture to your face in circular motions
3. Let the mixture sit on your skin for 1-2 minutes
4. Rinse off
Strawbabe Lip Scrub
Ingredients:
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp granulated sugar
3 strawberries
Instructions:
1. Pour the honey into a bowl
2. Crush the strawberries with the back of a spoon
3. Combine the strawberries, sugar and honey into a container and stir into a paste
4. Use your finger to massage the scrub into your lips and leave on for 1-2 minutes
5. Wipe off the scrub
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We Turned Dad Orange! Tumeric and Yogurt Face Mask
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp argan oil
2 tbsp plain yogurt (or substitute for rose water or coconut milk)
Instructions:
1. Mix the turmeric powder and argan oil in a small bowl
2. Gradually add yogurt while stirring to form a smooth paste
3. Apply to your face and let it sit for 5-10 minutes
4. Massage your skin and rise off
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