Homemade facial masks can be made with ingredients from the fridge, cupboard or any basic ingredient you may have at home. Greasy or oily skin can benefit from clay or mud masks that draw out impurities and toxins from the skin. Dry or mature skin will love moisture found in honey, milk and essential oils. Homemade masks are easy, inexpensive and have no chemicals or synthetic ingredients. Mix up the ingredients you want and place on the skin for fifteen minutes, sit and relax. Then wash off and enjoy your healthy skin.
Face Mask Typical Ingredients
The natural ingredients are easy to mix and create effective facial masks.these ingedients combine well and are effective for all skin types:
- Lemon+Egg+Honey
- Brown Sugar+Milk
- Apricots+Milk
- Apple+Honey+Oatmeal
- Strawberries+Cream+Honey
- Oatmeal+Olive Oil
- Avocado+Honey
- Banana+Yogurt+Honey
- Egg Yolk+Honey+Olive Oil
- Cucumber+Yogurt+Strawberries+Honey
- Blended Almonds+Honey+Egg White
Yogurt Face Mask
The following Yogurt face mask is suitable for all skin types, especially dry or sunburnt skin. You will need:
1 tbsp of natural yogurt, left to reach room temperature
1 tsp of runny honey
Combine ingredients together, then apply to face, covering the neck but avoiding the delicate eye area. Relax for 15 minutes, then wash off using a hot washcloth, ideally muslin cloth. If the skin is extra dry, another teaspoon of honey can be added. This mask can be adapted for oily skin by adding a few drops of lime juice.
Banana Face Mask
This mask is ideal for oily or greasy skin as it is soothing, oil absorbing and great if you want to get rid of some bananas. You will need: 1 ripe banana, 1 tsp of honey and a few drops of citrus juice such as orange, lime or lemon.Mix the ingredients together and cover the face and neck with the mask. Relax for fifteen minutes and rinse with a hot washcloth.
Homemade Face Mask For Ageing skin
Ageing or mature skin is often thought of as dry but it actually needs more exfoliation to remove the build up of dead skin cells. A natural exfoliator is sugar particularly brown sugar.You will need 2 tbsp of brown sugar and 3 tbsp of warm water. Mix together so that the sugar dissolves completely. Massage onto the skin in gentle circular motions to lift dead skin cells. Rinse with a hot washcloth.
Benefits of Homemade Face Mask
- It’s inexpensive, you can take food from your fridge to make the masks
- It’s natural, you know exactly what is in it
- It’s always available
- They can be more luxurious than brand face masks
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February 7th, 2009 at 8:19 am
The list of combinations above sound fabulous, but no quantities are given – please, please can we have more information on them!?