Facial mask recipes are a fabulous way to give your skin a moisturizing or repairing boost. Facial masks are so easy to make that it's hard to believe the results many people enjoy from homemade facial masks. By using natural ingredients like milk, yoghurt, coconut cream or avocado - all … [Read more...] about Homemade Facial Mask Recipes To Make At Home
Benefits Of Apple And Apple Masks For Skin
Apples contain vitamins A and C, antioxidants that have many skin benefits. Vitamin A helps repair and maintain skin tissue, preventing skin from becoming dry and flaky. Vitamin C - an antioxidant scavenges harmful free radicals and fights collagen and elastin destructuring to support the structure of skin, helping to prevent signs of skin ageing from spots to wrinkles.
Vitamin C also helps to lighten skin, further helping with sun and age spots that often appear on adults faces.
Apple masks for skin are also great for acne, the acids in apples combat acne bacteria. When combined with other anti-bacterial ingredients like honey, turmeric powder, tea tree oil, neem oil and soothing lavender oil, you can make a potent acne mask to target acne bacteria and help heal acne scars.
Apples are also exfoliating due to their acid content lifting away sea skin cells. Apples are a mild astringent that also benefits acneic skin, contains skin-renewing malic (AHA) acid, safe for sensitive skin.
Apple cider vinegar is another derivative of apples used to relieve skin and scalp itching, balance skin pH, and gently soothe and exfoliate skin.
Try the many recipes in either of these books, one for acne and the other for general skin care. The recipes will show you how to use natural every day ingredients to make user friendly hassle free skin care products at home that are perfectly suited to your skin. Make your own custom made skin care products/treatments from cleansers to masks and serums for a fraction of the cost of commercial products but all the benefits and more…see Natural Homemade Skin Care Recipes. The combinations of ingredients are easily absorbed into skin helping it to utilize the maximum benefit of each substance leaving you with brighter healthier glowing skin.
Or for acneic skin The Complete Acne Book
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