RE: Making Your Own Beauty Mask
I have a couple different recipes.
Smoothing and Exfoliating.
Japanese green tea, thyme, white willow bark(if you can find extract) grape seed extract or oil,Green Papaya (important for exfoliating), pineapple juice, honey, vitamin E and Vitamin A (Zinc if you can find it in a gel or liquid or if you're up to grinding), Aloe Vera Gel, Almond or soybean oil (I prefer almond, is scentless and hypoallergenic) essential oils (if you have a preferance use your favorites or use,)Patchouli,manderin,Geranium, and Rosewood.
Green Papaya contains a digestive protien that removes dead skin cells from the surface, may sting a little you can patch test for sensitivity. White willow bark unclogs pores,Green tea is an antioxidant. Thyme helps support collogen, Grape seed oil is an antioxidant. Pinapple juice is a citric acid that disolves dead skin cells, Honey is an antibacterial agent. Aloe Vera is good for everything but really it's soothing, protects skin and is a natural astringent. Soybean oil is high in vitamin e and patchouli stimulates the skin and the scent is said to relax. Almond oil is a great product I mix with essential oils and apply to skin after I scrub in the shower.
Detoxifying Treatment.
Pumpkin puree(no sugar fresh if you can do it) apple juice, soybean oil, vitamin E,Japanese Green Tea, Willow bark extract (if you can find) raw cane sugar (or what you can get your hands on ground finely), Honey, Powdered milk, Lemon Juice, Carrot Juice, Essential oil of your preference. Frankincense and Ginger and Mandarin recommended.
Pumpkin has over 100 minerals that nourish and purify, apple juice purifying, cane sugar promotes cell renewal, green tea antioxidant and anti inflammatory, willow bark unclogs pores and helps reduce break outs. Soybean oil I discussed in previous recipe, carrot juice is high and alpha and beta carotene (vitamin A) and antioxidants, honey also is discussed above and frankincense in a natural astringent and anti inflammatory.
As with the other treatment since this has fruit and citric acids it may sting, so test for sensitivity. I have very sensitive skin and this does not cause problems.
For skin lightening mix milk lemon and or Lime and honey and let sit so the lemon/lime juice absorbs then mix plain yogurt to thicken apply to skin let dry then rinse well. Has to be used regularly to have good results.
A mask of oatmeal and yogurt is also a good face mask.
Avocado honey and dry milk is another.
For a scrub use sea salt or finely granulated sugar mixed with an oil (olive, avocado, almond, soybean jojoba lanolin) or you favorite lotion, you can add your fav essential oil or fresh flowers or herbs.
I recommend getting a good book on aroma therapy and essential oils, so that you know what plants are good for what, and what to stay away from. You can find many of the ingredients at the grocery, health store or farmers market. Oils should be available and health store or a head shop, or online. Try shamanshop.com
As for making the masks measure to however much you want. I never measure of follow directions, unfortunately. I usually make a large batch and give to family and friends as gifts, or have friends come over and make a night of it and split the batch. We also do this with laundry soap when I make my own.
Hope I helped and that it wasn't so long that you fell asleep.
Posted on 08/18/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Your Own Beauty Mask
I was an esthetician at one time, and I didn't always buy our expensive stuff. If you have oily skin, egg withes whipped lightly. If you have dry skin, oatmeal with a bit of milk is great. Don't leave anything on more than ten minutes. If you grow lemon balm, lavender or any other herb with good fragrance you can chop them finely and mix it in, or use essential oils. Use a slice of cucumber on your eyes and you'll look like you came from the spa!
Posted on 08/05/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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