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
Almond Oil
Almond Oil, Prunus dulcis, is cold pressed from the dried kernels of the almond tree. This oil is moisturizing, nourishing easily absorbed into skin leaving it soft and smooth without feeling greasy. It is rich in essential fatty acids as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, and E. It is used for dry, itchy skin and as a hair treatment. It sis an excellent mask addition or serum base for all types of skin but especially oily skins for it’s fast absorption and lack of greasiness.
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 Acne Treatments
Acne is not just annoying, painful and unattractive but can also very stubborn despite the many natural and commercial skin care products currently available. If you've had acne, you've probably already tried using countless facial scrubs, creams lotions, or even medications to eliminate it. Many … [Read more...] about Natural Acne Treatments