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10 September 2009

Treat Yourself to a Homemade Natural Facial Beauty Mask

When it comes to beauty, I think natural is best. I have tried many of the chemical facial masks out in the marketplace, but find them too harsh for my delicate skin.

To solve that problem, I started making my own freshly made masks with natural ingredients. They are just as good, if not better, than store bought facial masks.

Here are a few tips before you get started.

You will want to wash your face with a gentle face cleanser before applying your mask. If you have really sensitive skin, let mask on for 5 minutes to see how your skin reacts to it. These recipes are meant for one-time-use, please discard anything that is left.

Cucumber Facial Mask

1/2 cucumber
1 egg white
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon mint extract

Remove cucumber skin and cut into slices. Using an egg separator, collect your egg white and discard the yolk. Place cucumber slices, egg white, lemon juice and mint extract in a blender container. Purée the ingredients until well blended and then place in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Apply the cucumber mixture to your face. Leave on for 10-15 minutes. Rinse with warm, then cool water. Blot face dry with a soft cotton towel.

Tip: This mask is great for tired looking skin.

Lemon Facial Mask

2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

In a small bowl, combine all 3 ingredients with a wire whisk until blended. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply the mixture to your face. Leave on your face for 10-15 minutes, then wash it off. Blot face dry with a soft cotton towel.

Tip: This mask is great for tired looking and dry skin.

Banana Facial Mask

1 sliced banana, peel removed
1 cup olive oil
2 egg whites

Combine all 3 ingredients in a blender container and blend until smooth. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply mixture to your face. Leave on your face for 10 minutes, then wash it off. Blot face dry with a soft cotton towel.

Tip: This mask is great for dry skin or acne prone skin.

Shelly Hill has been making her own beauty treatments at home since 1993. She believes that natural beauty is best for delicate and sensitive skin. You can visit Shelly online at http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com for free articles and tips for work at home moms or visit Shelly's recipe and cooking blog at http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com

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8 September 2009

Homemade Facial Mask Tutorial Using Nature's Most Moisturizing Ingredients For Skincare

Sometimes when we buy and use commercial facial masks, we tend to get some adverse results if we have sensitive skin. But, you also need facial masks to pamper your skin every week to keep your skin in tip top condition. What is the next best alternative? To create a home made facial treatment mask with natural ingredients of course! You need to feed your face with the right nutrients to nourish it back to beauty. I have just the most pampering homemade facial mask that is au natural. It leaves your skin soft and supple and abundantly moisturized. You will love it as much as I do. Apart from that, the ingredients are really simple and easy to find

Hydrating Oatmeal Mask

This mask is infused with the goodness of oatmeal, honey, wheatgerm oil and yoghurt. All these ingredients are key to your beauty. Plus, it's really simple to make and you probably already have all these ingredients in your own kitchen.

Ingredients:

3 tbs of plain yoghurt

4 tbs of oatmeal

2 tbs of honey or beeswax

2 tsp of wheat germ oil

Directions

Mix all ingredients until you achieve a rich paste. Apply it generously over the face. Do not worry if the mask is runny. The honey will eventually help the mask to stay on the face long enough for the ingredients to do their magic. For best results, keep the mask on for at least 20 mins till when you're ready to wash it off with water(you don't need to use a cleanser). If the mixture is still runny, apply gauze over your face to hold the mask face.

How the ingredients will benefit you?

Yoghurt - Yoghurt is popularly known for its beauty properties. It's very moisturizing and pampering to the skin. Even during Cleopatra's time, she would also soak herself in a bath full of sour milk or in this case, yoghurt as one of her favourite beauty regime.

Honey - Honey is an emollient and leaves skin pampered and moisturized. Also, it helps to adhere mask to skin

Wheat germ oil - Wheat germ oil is rich in Vitamin E, essential to help fight off free radicals that break down the collagen formation on our skin

Oatmeal - Oatmeal is very soothing to the skin. Plus, it helps to purify skin and has a wonderful skin softening property

To optimally pamper your skin, use this facial mask twice every week. In conjunction with eating the right face foods for beauty, a good beauty regime that you adopt religiously and the right facial massage, you will have enviable glowing radiant skin in no time.