facial recipes

If you have normal skin then it will be easy for you to look after. Normal skin is soft, smooth, supple and has a healthy glow to it. While your skin might be easy to look after it still needs regular care to keep it looking healthy. Practically all it will need to keep it healthy is cleansing and moisturizing. In time, unfortunately, normal skin tends to dry out so make the most of it while you can.

Dry skin consists of mainly delicate, flaky and skin with fine lines. After washing, your face can be left feeling like it is taut and dry. Often washing and rinsing with soap will not make matters any better, in fact it will end up drying out your skin more. Alcohol based skin care products along with long exposure to the sun, wind and air conditioner will take the moisture out of your skin too. Usually what is involved to simply care for dry skin is to cleanse with a gentle cleanser and moisturize regularly. Do you have dry skin?

Oily skin often has a shiny look to it and tends to have open pores. Unfortunately oily skin is prone to acne and blackheads, although it doesn't wrinkle as badly as dry skin does. A deep, gentle and thorough cleansing is excellent for oily skin. On another helpful note, a mild and astringent toner will be useful for your face.

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Ingredients:

2-3 large carrots
4 1/2 tablespoons honey

Instructions:
Cook Carrots until they are quite soft, then mash them thoroughly (with a fork, or even better, a stick blender) and combine with Honey to make a smooth paste. Let it cool before use.

Usage:
Gently smooth over face and wait 10 minutes, then rinse off with some cool water. Pat your face dry.

Did you know:

Carrots - are very high in Vitamin A and are a good source of Vitamin C, Folic acid and potassium.

Honey - is a good natural antiseptic, and has some healing properties. Mainly composed of fructose, glucose and water, honey would not be the best source of vitamins or minerals.

Ingredients:
1 medium sized apple (grated)
5 tablespoons of honey

Instructions:
combine the Apple and Honey to make the mask.

Usage:
Apply to your skin for 10 minutes, then rinse off with cool water

Did You Know
Apples - are a rich source of antioxidants.

Honey - is a good natural antiseptic, and has some healing properties. Mainly composed of fructose, glucose and water, honey would not be the best source of vitamins or minerals.

Ingredients:

½ really ripe mashed banana - moisturizing
2 Tbsp. ground oats - soothing
milk or cream, add as necessary - softening
pinch nutmeg - antiseptic
2 Tbsp. whole wheat flour or ground Oats - antioxidant

Instructions for Ground Oats: put some rolled oats in a blender or coffee grinder and blend until it gets the consistency of a fine powder.

The Instructions:

Mix together the Banana, Oats, Milk/Cream and Nutmeg. Add Flour as necessary to make a smooth paste-like cream consistency

usage:
Smooth over a clean face and leave for 5 - 10 minutes, then rinse it off thoroughly and pat your face dry.

Storage:
Use straight away because this recipe is perishable.

Did you know
Oatmeal - is highly absorptive, hypoallergenic and excellent for softening skin. Out of all the grains, oatmeal is the best source of amino acids (Amino Acid works as a water-binding agent in skin care). Oatmeal is clinically shown to heal dry and itchy skin.
Strangely, in shampoos, dusting powder, moisturizers, cleansing bars and other cosmetics, straw and oatmeal are commonly used.

Bananas - are a good source of Vitamin B, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), and Potassium.

Even More Banana Mask Recipes

www.ehow.com/how_2057636_make-banana-facial-mask.html
(Quick and easy banana mask)

www.grouprecipes.com/71541/the-ripe-banana-mask.html
(Beautiful banana mask)

Ingredients

8 - 9 whole strawberries
3 tablespoons honey

Instructions:
Mash strawberries using a fork (make sure not to over mash them or the mask will be runny) then combine with honey

Usage:
Apply to your skin for about 5 minutes, then rinse off, and pat your face dry.

Did You Know:
strawberries - are high in Vitamin C. Strawberries even have more Vitamin C than citrus fruits.

Honey - is a good natural antiseptic, and has some healing properties. Mainly composed of fructose, glucose and water, honey would not be the best source of vitamins or minerals.

Storage: stores in refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Find More Beautiful Facial Recipes

www.naturalcounselor.com/recipes/recipesarchive.html
(even more facial masks with avocado, papaya, pumpkin and apple)

www.wittyliving.com/recipes/facial-mask-recipes.html
(even more facial masks for your skin type)

New
www.essortment.com/articles/facials_100001.htm
(click on the link to find beautiful fruity facial masks)

More Coming Soon...

Ingredients:

1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 cup of honey
2 tablespoons of heavy cream (sour cream will work as well)
3 teaspoons of oatmeal powder

The Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together until it forms a smooth paste.

usage:
Smooth over a clean face and leave for about 20 minutes, then rinse it off thoroughly and pat your face dry.

Did you know
Oatmeal - is highly absorptive, hypoallergenic and excellent for softening skin. Out of all the grains oatmeal is the best for a source of amino acids (Amino Acid works as a water-binding agent in skin care). Oatmeal is clinically shown to heal dry and itchy skin.
Strangely in shampoos, dusting powder, moisturizers, cleansing bars and other cosmetics straw and oatmeal is commonly used.

Honey- is a good natural antiseptic, and has some healing properties. Mainly composed of Fructose, glucose and water, honey would not be the best source of vitamins or minerals.