12 Beauty Uses For Baking Soda and 1 You Should Never Try

That old wives' tale about using baking soda to relieve skin irritation is actually true! The powder can help cool down a burn, take the redness out of a sunburn, and relieve itchy skin from a bug bite or poison ivy. You can get all-over relief by adding the baking soda to a bath. Spot treating with a sodium bicarbonate and water paste is also an option.