10 ways to incorporate baking soda into your beauty routine

• Though baking soda is a staple in the kitchen, its uses aren't limited to cooking.
• There are many ways you can incorporate baking soda into your beauty routine, from a teeth-whitener to a blackhead treatment.
• INSIDER spoke with natural beauty blogger Katie O’Sullivan to find out 10 ways people can use baking soda for beauty.

Baking soda has a surprising number of uses that aren't limited to cooking and baking recipes. The inexpensive staple can be added to your beauty routine, from a blackhead treatment to a teeth-whitener.

"Being a blogger, I use pretty much everything, but definitely baking soda is a big thing for me," natural beauty blogger Katie O'Sullivan of The Green Product Junkie told INSIDER.

"It's very active," she said. "There are certain things you can use and you're like, oh my gosh, this really works, and baking soda will do that … It's pretty potent."

Scroll down to read about 10 ways you can incorporate baking soda into your beauty routine. Just make sure to be careful when using it, O'Sullivan said.

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You can use baking soda for an at-home pedicure.

If you enjoy doing your own pedicures at home, O'Sullivan suggested adding some baking soda to the water you soak your feet in. Baking soda can also help exfoliate your feet and treat calluses.

If you're in a pinch, baking soda can be used for dry shampoo.

O'Sullivan said baking soda can be used as a dry shampoo.

"If you do need a little volume in your hair and you haven't had time to wash your hair, you can just put a little bit in the palm of your hand and put that all over your hair. That should absorb some of the oil," she said.

Some people use baking soda to make their own deodorant.

Though she doesn't do it herself, O'Sullivan said some people use baking soda to make their own deodorant.

"Some people get a little sensitive to it," she said, so they wouldn't use baking soda. "Other people absolutely love it, because it does work … You could definitely do that."