Don't discard the skin and pit of avocados, recycle them into beauty products!

The stone and peel of avocados is said to be able to replace some of your beauty products. Photo: AFP

Fighting dry skin, wrinkles, acne... Avocado has a slew of inherent benefits and today, it's an ingredient in a large number of creams, oils and shampoos designed to enhance skin, nails or hair.

Instead of looking to products with lengthy ingredient lists, why not just use the avocado peel and pit – most often destined for the trash anyway – from your salad-making ingredients?