As I walk down the beauty aisle and see all the expensive face masks, I often ask myself, Can I make this at home? Of course I can, and so can you. Making face masks at home is quick, easy and so much cheaper than buying one from the store. Here are a few face mask recipes that you can try during one of your study breaks.
Hydrate
Let’s get that skin looking fresh.
Ingredients: Egg, Banana, and Avocado
Supplies: Bowl, fork, knife to cut avocado
Directions: In a bowl, mix 1 egg, 1 mashed banana, and ½ avocado. Mix until smooth. Apply to face for 15 minutes, then rinse.
Benefits: Egg has been proven to tighten and tone skin, but only for a temporary effect. Bananas are a natural exfoliate, and they are gentle on your skin. Avocados are widely known to hydrate skin, but it also helps with exfoliating.
Fight Redness
Tired of covering up those red marks with concealer? Use this face mask to help fight against the redness.
Ingredients: Honey, Milk, Oatmeal, and Water
Supplies: Bowl, pan and spoon
Directions: In a saucepan mix ½ cup of oatmeal, ½ cup water, ½ cup milk, and 1 tablespoon of honey. Cook on medium heat for only 5 minutes, then let it cool down, and apply for 15 minutes.
Benefits: Honey makes skin feel soft. Milk is an anti-inflammatory, and this is why redness is reduced with this mask. Oatmeal is used for exfoliating the skin. Water is just used to thin out the mask a little and gives the mask a more even texture to apply.
Quick Toning
Want your skin to feel more toned? Although it’s only temporary, this one ingredient will make your skin feel tighter and toned.
Ingredients: 1 egg whites
Supplies: Bowl, and fork
Directions: In a bowl, gently mix the egg whites to desired consistency. Apply directly to face for 15 minutes. Rinse. Notice the difference.
Benefits: Egg whites have a temporary toning and tightening effect because of the drying properties in eggs. Be sure to follow up with a light moisturizer.
Moisturizer with two ingredients
Some of us suffer from dried-out skin no matter what time of year it is. With only two ingredients required, this mask is as easy as it is effective.
Ingredients: Coconut oil and cocoa powder
Supplies: Bowl and spoon
Directions: In a bowl, mix together 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder. Apply directly to face for 15 minutes, rinse, and feel that beautiful skin.
Benefits: Coconut oil is a natural moisturizer. The cocoa powder works as the exfoliation. Fight against that dry skin any time with these two simple ingredients.