Home Facials

This would be suitable for most people. Oatmeal is highly absorptive, hypoallergenic, and helps to soften the skin.

3 1/2 cups witch hazel 1/2 cup dried rose petals 5 sprigs of fresh rosemary

Witch hazel is a natural extract from the witch hazel plant. It gently and effectively cleanses the pores deeply to remove the last trace of dirt, oil and make up. It leaves the skin feeling soft, moisturized and refreshed.

Rosemary stimulates the circulation of the skin. It has great astringent properties. It helps clear and revitalize congested or sluggish skin and it smells great to.

The next area we need to look at for home facials is Exfoliators. This is an area you have to be careful with as creating something to abrasive is not good for the face and can cause a lot of damage to the surface epidermis for example facial spider veins.

A Gentle Homemade Facial Scrub Recipe is:

2 Tbsp. ground oats 2 tsp. brown sugar 2 Tbsp. aloe vera 1 tsp. lemon juice

This will be gentle and depending on your skin type depends on how often you do it, so for example if you have a dry skin the once a week, for an oily skin once or twice a month as you do not want to over stimulate the oil glands under the skin.

Mix all ingredients in a clean bowl until you have a smooth paste. Gently massage onto dry skin, getting into all the areas like the nose, cheeks, forehead and chin, Don't forget your neck area. You then rinse off with warm water and can then apply a moisturiser etc.

For home facials, we are now going to look at homemade facial masks. I had particular fun with this at college and we all came into college one day with a homemade recipe and then swaped with each other.

I had the strawberry and cream, but unfortuantley I had a reaction to the strawberries so do watch out that any of these recipes above will not give you an allergic reaction,

2-3 large carrots 4 1/2 tablespoons honey.

You need to cook the carrots and then mash them down until soft. Next mix with the honey. Apply gently to a dry clean skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water. This is suitable for normal skin types.

Apple and Honey Mask

1 medium size apple (grated) 5 tablespoons of honey.

Mix the grated apple and mix with the honey to make a mask. Smooth over a dry clean skin then let it absorb for 10 to 20 minutes then rinse off with warm water. This is good for an oily/ acne skin type.

Now another good idea also if you like, is to have a selection of powder and liquid mask ingrediants, you can buy these online. These are very good to have when you are doing of home facials. They are the basic ingrediants to make a different types of masks and are in a lot of high street products. So the powders are:

• Fine Oatmeal
• Fullers Earth
• Kaolin Powder
• Calamine Powder
• Magnesium Carbonate.

The liquids are:

• Witch Hazel
• Rose Water
• Orange Flower Water
• Eau De Cologne.
• Almond oil

Normal Skin Type

Dry Skin Type

Combination Skin Type

Oily Skin Type

Please be careful with the Fuller's Earth as it is strong and will bring out impurities, so if you have a party to go to wait till after it, or do it a couple of weeks before just to give your skin time to heal. I know as I tried it and it is very strong and does dry the spots out.

So these are just a few beauty recipes for your home facials. I actively agree that we should be turning to more natural products and I myself have noticed a difference with the handmade soap I am using, no more irritation. Getting your self into a good routine and doing regular home facials is so beneficial for you and it is fun to.

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