Facial Mask Recipes for DRY SKIN

Facial Mask Recipes for DRY SKIN

If you're skin is dull, lifeless and needs a good pampering, expensive and sometimes harsh beauty products and treatments are not always the best answer.

Give these homemade face packs a try; they're great fun if you're having a girl's night in, they're cost effective and they really work!

FOR DRY SKIN

Milk and Honey Mask (for cleansing and softening parched skin)

All you need is:

2 x tablespoons of honey

2 x teaspoons of milk

Mix the honey and the milk together in a small bowl and smooth over face and throat. Leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

Apricot Mask (for adding much need moisture)

All you need is:

1 x fresh apricot

1 x tablespoon olive oil (slightly warmed)

Mash the apricot in a bowl and mix it with the warm olive oil to form a paste. Apply it to your face and leave it for 10 minutes then rinse off with warm water.

Avocado Mask (for a deep moisturizing treatment)

All you will need is:

1 x ripe avocado

3-4 x tablespoons of orange juice

1 x teaspoon pure honey

Put all the ingredients into a blender, or mash by hand in a bowl. Add extra orange juice if the mixture is too thick. Spread the mask over your face and neck and leave it on for 30-45 minutes. Remove the mask with a warm flannel or muslin cloth - this will help gently exfoliate the skin as well as clean your face. If you don't use all of the mask, it will keep for a day or two in the fridge

Homemade Recipes For Skin Care

Homemade Recipes For Skin Care

Home made recipes are the alternative to skin care products. Not only are they completely natural, but it won't cost the earth. Most of this skin care recipes can be done from the comfort of your own home, mainly with ingredients that we already have in our kitchen.

The only inconvenience about homemade recipes for skin care, is that any leftovers can be kept in the fridge for no longer than twenty four hours, so try to make only the necessary amount and you will be saving some money.

Here is a selection of homemade recipes for skin care.

1- Avocado skin care mask

Avocados are very rich in vitamin e and c, protecting cells from external factors.
Mix half ripe avocado with a spoon of olive oil. Apply it over a clean face, leave it on for twenty five minutes and rinse off with warm water.

2- Lemon juice exfoliator

Lemons are rich in vitamin c, which is a potent antioxidant.
Mix one spoon of sugar with some lemon juice. Rub it gently over the face, avoiding the eye area. Cleanse with warm water. Don't use if you have sensitive areas on your skin.

3- Grapes to diminish sunspots

Grapes contain up to twenty antioxidants, and are a good source of vitamins and minerals.
To diminish sunspots, rub half grape over the skin, before bedtime. Rinse off with warm water the next day. Use sunblock with at least SPF 15 every day.

4- Tomato skin care mask.

Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which are antioxidant red pigments that helps to prevent some forms of cancer. They are also a good source of vitamin c and alpha-lipoic-acid.Tomatoes are effective on blackheads and oily skin. The juice of the tomato has astringent properties that help remove dead skin cells and deep clean the skin's surface.
Mix a mashed ripe tomato with two teaspoons of natural yogurt. Apply it over the face, and leave it on for twenty five minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

5- Strawberry cleansing milk.

Strawberries are a mild astringent very rich in vitamin c and ellagiac acid, which helps to activate the body's natural defences.
Put in the mixer some strawberries with a little bit of milk. Cleanse your face with this mixture and a cotton. Throw away any remaining product.

6- Carrot rejuvenating mask.

This is another great homemade recipe for skin care, that will rejuvenate the skin. Carrots are rich in carotenoids, which give them their orange colour.
Boil two carrots, mash them and add one spoon of honey. Use the carrots while they are still warm. Apply it over a clean face and leave it on for fifteen minutes. Rinse off with warm water.