Sunday, July 25, 2010

How do you make a facial mask at home?

Preferably one that will help get rid of blemishes, and that doesn't use too many ingredients.How do you make a facial mask at home?
A simple acne mask would be baking soda and oatmeal add honey and water until pastey than apply for 20 min





For use 1-2 times a week.





Baking Soda-Bran Pack


Mix 1/4 cup bran or oatmeal with 2 tsp baking soda.


Add enough water to make a thick paste.


Apply liberally all over face, avoiding eyes.


Leave on 15-20 minutes.


Rinse gently with warm water.





Garlic Mask


Peel and crush eight cloves of fresh garlic.


Apply to face, avoiding eye area.


Leave on 10-15 minutes.


Wash off with a warm cloth.





Tomato-Honey Mask


Mix 1/2 tsp camphor lotion, 1/2 tsp tomato juice, and 1/2 tsp honey.


Apply paste to face, avoiding eye area.


Leave on 15 minutes.


Wash with luke-warm water, then rinse with cold.





Milk-Lime Peel


Boil 1/4 cup whole milk.


Mix in juice of one fresh lime, and 1 tsp glycerin.


Apply to face, avoiding eye area.


When dry, peel or wash off with warm water.





Bay Clay Facial Mask


(for acne prone skin)


4 tablespoons French clay


5 dried bay leaves


1 cup distilled water


Place the bay leaves into a cup of boiled water, let cool. Strain but keep the liquid. Slowly add the bay liquid to the clay until it is a fairly thick mixture. Dab onto your skin then allow to dry for about 15 - 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.





Apple Zinger Facial Mask


(oily skin that is acne prone)


1 medium size apple (grated)


5 tablespoons of honey


Mix the grated apple and mix with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin then let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.





Carrot Top Facial Mask


(normal - oily skin)


2-3 large carrots


4 1/2 tablespoons honey


Cook carrots, then mash. Mix with honey. Apply gently to the skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.





Sweet Strawberry Facial Mask


(oily skin)


8 - 9 whole strawberries


3 tablespoons honey


Using a fork mash strawberries into a pulp, add honey. Mix. Don't over blend or it will be runny. Apply directly to the skin, let sit for a few minutes then rinse off.





Blackhead Mask


1/2 cup of lemon juice


4 drops of lavendar oil


1 tsp.olive oil or coconut oil


1/2 cup of crushed oats


1 Tbsp.baking soda


4 Tbsp. of grated apple


Mix it all together and apply evenly over your skin, leave to dry then wash off throughly. Amazing stuff, give it a try. You'll LOVE the result! (It also works wonders all over your body)How do you make a facial mask at home?
use man creme
The following is a great, quick little mask you can do at home.





It cleans %26amp; clears the skin. If you have quite a few blemishes (not just blackheads, active acne) follow up with an good moisturizer such as Cetaphyl or Purpose.





';The aspirin mask is a homemade BHA mask available to each and everyone of us, totally inexpensive and highly efficient, made of salicylic acid or tablets of aspirin. BHA is known to help tremendously with cleaning pores from deep inside and therefore contribute to keeping our skin blemish-free. BHAs are efficient on existing blemishes as well, by helping them heal faster and keeping pores clean afterwards.';





This mask is good for all skin types, especially normal to oily and combination skin, acne-prone and clogged skin.





';Basic preparation: 1/4 tsp. salicylic acid (ask for it at pharmacy, if you cannot find it, then crush 3-5 tablets of plain aspirin instead), distilled water. Mix the powder with the water until it becomes of a creamy consistence, apply on clean dry skin (focus on T-zone and sides of the nose). Keep it on until completely dry. Take a small cotton pad, wet it lightly and begin scrubbing the areas covered with the mask, making small circles. Finally, rinse with plenty of water. It would be excellent to apply a calming mask or a hydrating mask first, followed by your regular moisturizer. Skin will be left completely smooth and even.';





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Hope you found this helpful,





Good luck,


LR
get some dead sea mud

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