This is a mask that is good for EVERYONE, no matter what your skin type.
STRAWBERRY HONEY MASK
5 or 6 strawberries, greens removed
2 tbspns honey
1 teaspoon Olive Oil
Lemon Juice
Mash the Strawberries with a fork and add the honey and olive oil. Drizzle in freshly squeezed Lemon Juice. The oilier your skin, the more lemon juice you can add (up to 1 tablespoon). If you have very dry skin add 1 tablespoon of oatmeal to the mix and let it sit for about a minute or two before applying it to your skin.
Wash your skin thoroughly and gently pat it dry. Apply the mask all over, avoiding your eye area. Let it sit for up to 20 minutes, then rinse off.
The Strawberries are rich in Alpha Hydroxy Acids which helps eliminate dead skin cells and gives you a nice rosey glow.
Honey is a mild anti-microbial AND is a humectant - so it actually increases your skin's water content as it pulls moisture out of the air and into your skin.
Olive oil is a wonderful moisturizer and because it's natural it will not clog your pores.
Lemon juice is loaded with Vitamin C and acids that brighten your skin.
This mask is chock-full of anti-free-radicals as well, so it's a wonderful natural anti-aging mask.
Whenever possible, try to use organic ingredients, but if it's too expensive for you it's still better than the store-brought stuff that's loaded with chemicals.
Try this mask today and give me your feedback!!!
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This is a FANTASTIC treatment. It really does impart a rosy glow (not to be confused with that "rubbed raw" look you get with chemical formulations).
ReplyDeleteI switched out one ingredient, and skipped another:
I skipped the lemon juice. I have skin so sensitive that any kind of vitamin C applied topically is irritating. If you don't have extremely delicate skin, DON'T SKIP THE LEMON JUICE! In addition to its antioxidant properties, it's also a great antibacterial and has lightening and brightening properties.
I also switched the olive oil for neem seed oil. Neem oil replaced the antibacterial I was missing when I skipped the lemon juice, and it also contains Azadirachtin which lightens scars and hyper pigmentation and help with irritation and that itchy tight feeling that comes along with hyper sensitive skin.
Azadirachtin is great for the skin (kinda like the owner of this blog, whose name also starts with "Azad" coincidence? OK maybe) and there are many natural formulations of Neem oil to be found (Ayurvedic medicine has sworn by Neem seed for centuries)
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