It’s Monday night, there’s nothing on TV, you’ve caught up with all your friends on Facebook, and there’s no homework left to be done. How do you spend that last hour before bedtime? How about an at-home facial mask! Here are some masks to treat and prevent various skin issues, made with ingredients you probably have in your kitchen right now…
1. Cucumber Mask (for dry skin)
Mash one small cucumber and mix well with one cup of oatmeal and one teaspoon of plain yogurt. Apply in a thick later to your face, then leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse well with warm water, and pat dry.
2. Honey Mask (for all skin types)
Apply a thin layer of room-temperature honey to damp skin, and let stand for five minutes. Rinse well with warm water, the cool water, using a clean washcloth if it’s sticky. Pat dry.
3. Yogurt Mask (for oily skin)
Mix a half-cup of plain yogurt with one teaspoon of brewer’s yeast into a thin paste. Rub into your skin in small circles, let stand for about five minutes, then rinse well with warm water.
4. Banana Mask (to combat wrinkles)
Mash a ripe banana until it’s pretty smooth, then apply to your face in a thin layer. Let stand for ten minutes, then rinse with warm water and pat dry. Your skin will be so soft and smooth!
5. Avocado Mask (for all skin types)
Mash a ripe avocado until it’s smooth and creamy, then apply to your face in a thick layer. Eek! You look like a monster! Might as well add two cold cucumber slices over your eyes while you wait 15 minutes for the mask to dry a little. Rinse off with warm water, then cool water, and pat dry.
Where is the famous aspirin mask? (:
4 tablets of aspirin, few drops of toner and some honey! Wrosk magic.
I love all the ones you’ve listed though. I’ve tried most of them at least once. sometimes natural is best (:
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Amy,
Aspirin mask? Never heard of that one! Is it like a mask for acne or something? Because then I’d try it for sure =)
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ya all of tose masks are great.bt wat is asprin mask?lol
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Ah! So we’re all curious about this Aspirin mask :D
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i like da cucumber mask n lemon!!
^_^
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Right1 The aspirin mask… most acne medications contain salicylic acid, which is just a fancy name of aspirin! Thanks for sharing that idea, Amy! Brilliant!
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Ah! So that’s the aspirin secret. Thanks Jennifer and Amy :)
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Wow….now I know what to do with my ripe bananas, besides making a banana bread….Thanks.
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http://ricebunny.xanga.com/567728185/aspirin–beautiful-skin/
Aspirin mask helps treat acne since it contains salicylic acid!
The honey helps moisturize your skin and make it baby smooth.
I love using it because aspirin is very cheap and I can take it for headaches if the mask doesn’t work on me!
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Only 2 recipes for oily skin but I think I will try the yogurt one :)
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Tavia,
Ah so you’ve been “blessed” with oily skin too?! Ditto. Try it out and let me know ifit worked for ya.
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I might just end up eating most of these before putting them on my face. Haha.
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I loved this post!
I will definitly try the Yogurt Mask for oily skin.
Hopefully it would help.
I love these sort of mixes made by natural ingredients. At least I would know what I’m putting on my face!
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well ive never used a mask b4 but i think ill try the grape one and the yogurt one
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Hey Kayla,
That’s super! Come back and tell us how it worked for you! :)
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