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 Honey
Mask
Honey is a lovely mask. Massage it into your skin, and keep adding more and patting it on till your face is very tacky. Rinse it off, and your skin will look fresh and glowing. Honey is antiseptic, hydrating and cleanses the pores. However, if you're prone to odd pimples, don't use this before a big night - sometimes its ability to suck impurities out of the skin means you may get stuck. A beaten egg also makes a great nourishing mask.
Yogurt Mask
Use natural, unflavoured yogurt; you can add honey and/or oatmeal if you like. The gentle acids in the
yogurt are very good to help restore the natural acid balance of the skin.
Fruit Mask
You can also make masks from mashed fruit pulp, alone or mixed with oatmeal and/or honey till you get the right consistency.
Good fruits to try
- Tomato: Astringent and a good blackhead remover. Pulp it up and mix with oatmeal, or slice and lay on the face on its own.
- Apple: Grate an apple and mix with honey to make a mask that soothes and heals acne, and makes your skin look great.
- Strawberry: A good oily skin mask. Pulp it up, smear it on the face, wash off. Makes the skin look soft and fine. A good use for over-ripe or bruised berries.
- Banana: Also a moisturiser.
- Carrot: Grate a carrot, add honey, use as a facial for oily skin. Or you can mash up a cooked one.
- Peach: A nice, good-smelling mask for dry or normal skin.
- Cucumber: On its own, is a cleansing astringent and cooling during hot weather. Juice a cucumber and wipe the juice over the face. It will reduce shine and the appearance of wrinkles.
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