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Homemade Mask Recipes from: ivillage.com
Strawberry-and-Buttermilk Facial
Skin-Firming Flower Mask with Orange Flowers
Mineral Mud Treatment
Mineral-rich muds, collected from therapeutic thermal waters, are infused with nourishing vitamins and minerals. Massaged onto the face and body, these muds exfoliate, cleanse impurities and rehydrate, leaving skin satiny smooth.
Grapefruit-and-Fennel Facial Steam
<!-- End: byline -->Ginger Face Mask for Oily Skin
Mix thoroughly 1 1/2 tablespoons buckwheat (soba) flour, 1 1/2 tablespoons spring water, 1 drop essential oil of ginger and 3 drops essential oil of sandalwood. Massage gently onto the face. After a few minutes, rinse and pat dry. Apply a light moisturizer. (Do not apply a facial mask immediately after a waxing or plucking since those areas will be extra sensitive.) Buckwheat is an astringent cleanser and purifier. Ginger warms the skin, leaving it feeling tingly and stimulated (try this formula without ginger if skin is extra sensitive).
Flower Petal Facial
Mix ingredients together. Lightly pat mixture onto face and rinse after 20 minutes. Rose water revives fatigued skin and eyes, lavender helps speed cell renewal and yogurt is a gentle cleanser high in calcium and proteins.
Banana-and-Honey Mask
Strawberry-and-Buttermilk Facial
- 4 to 6 mashed strawberries
- 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons rose water
- 1 tablespoon powdered rose hips
Skin-Firming Flower Mask with Orange Flowers
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped orange flowers or scented geranium leaves
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 1 teaspoon clay (green, white or bentonite)
Mineral Mud Treatment
- 3/4 cup powdered mud or clay (bentonite or green, available at health food stores)
- 3/4 cup noncarbonated mineral water
- 2 tablespoons powdered seaweed (Irish moss)
Mineral-rich muds, collected from therapeutic thermal waters, are infused with nourishing vitamins and minerals. Massaged onto the face and body, these muds exfoliate, cleanse impurities and rehydrate, leaving skin satiny smooth.
Grapefruit-and-Fennel Facial Steam
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
- 1/2 teaspoon grated grapefruit rind
- 1 cup coarsely chopped, fresh fennel stalks and leaves
<!-- End: byline -->Ginger Face Mask for Oily Skin
Mix thoroughly 1 1/2 tablespoons buckwheat (soba) flour, 1 1/2 tablespoons spring water, 1 drop essential oil of ginger and 3 drops essential oil of sandalwood. Massage gently onto the face. After a few minutes, rinse and pat dry. Apply a light moisturizer. (Do not apply a facial mask immediately after a waxing or plucking since those areas will be extra sensitive.) Buckwheat is an astringent cleanser and purifier. Ginger warms the skin, leaving it feeling tingly and stimulated (try this formula without ginger if skin is extra sensitive).
Flower Petal Facial
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- 2 teaspoons rose water
- 1 tablespoon lavender honey
- 2 tablespoons dried, lightly shredded rose petals and lavender flowers
Mix ingredients together. Lightly pat mixture onto face and rinse after 20 minutes. Rose water revives fatigued skin and eyes, lavender helps speed cell renewal and yogurt is a gentle cleanser high in calcium and proteins.
Banana-and-Honey Mask
- 1/2 mashed banana
- 1/4 cup oatmeal, cooked with milk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tablespoon honey