Rather than spend money on commercial lightening products, you can make use of the many fruits and vegetables that offer skin lightening properties. Many of these natural ingredients contain proteins, acids or enzymes that help to life dead skin cells and smooth out your skin leaving it naturally … [Read more...] about How to lighten skin and discoloration using natural ingredients
AHAs or alpha hydroxy acids, benefits for skin
Alpha hydroxy acids have been used in skin care for many years to renew skin cells and stimulate collagen production. Use AHA's in natural skin care recipes at home for their gentle exfoliation benefits, lifting off the top dull layer of your skin to reveal a softer smoother complexion.
Most fruits contain some type of acids, citrus fruits, apples and tropical fruit contain the most concentrated amounts of AHA's.
You can make a homemade mask from fruit puree, pulp or juice. Add to this oils, dairy products such as milk or yogurt that contains lactic acid, or brown sugar to make a potent AHA facial exfoliator peel for skin. Try the recipes below or many more wonderful homemade fruit masks for skin in Natural Homemade Skin Care Recipes
Tomato (Lycopene) Antioxidant Face Masks
Tomato is rich in lycopene which is an antioxidant so it's great for skin. You can make tomato masks like the ones below to give your skin a boost: Moisturizing antioxidant skin tomato mask for normal to dry skin 1 ripe tomato pureed 1/2 cup whipped cream, coconut cream, banana or … [Read more...] about Tomato (Lycopene) Antioxidant Face Masks
Moisturizing Honey Face Mask
Honey is a very moisturizing cleanser and moisturizer for dry and dehydrated skin. It also has many other useful benefits as an antimicrobial agent - meaning it has mild bacteria and fungal inhibiting properties. There are of course of other ways to increase your skin's moisture content and … [Read more...] about Moisturizing Honey Face Mask
Oatmeal Face Mask Recipes
Oatmeal is an excellent ingredient for soothing itchy skin. It is also moisturizing and can be used to exfoliate skin in masks and cleansers because of it's fine meal texture. You can use it in a range of masks to compliment other ingredients. A list of excellent ingredients to add to an … [Read more...] about Oatmeal Face Mask Recipes
Natural Homemade Face Masks – Best Ingredients For Great Skin
Natural homemade face masks - ingredients There are many fantastic ingredients to use in natural face masks. There are many benefits in fruits, seeds, nuts, dairy products, herbs and oils including alpha hydroxy acids, essential fatty acids, moisturizing emollients and humectants that draw … [Read more...] about Natural Homemade Face Masks – Best Ingredients For Great Skin