Have you wondered how to perfect your daily skin care routine for bright skin? Many know that it is important to wash their face, hydrate and use SPF daily. It is also a great practice to adjust the season of skin care and care routines to improve you to see you as well as possible. Personally, I think one of the best additions to my skin care routine are homemade facial masks. Facial masks, also known as facial packages, are wonderful ways of taking time for you and relaxing while taking more care to your skin. You will make sure to achieve a beautiful face and a body brightness in a short time!
While leaf masks have become very popular in recent years, they are single-use products and the cost of $ 5-10 per mask. That is not bad for a unique gift, but I like to find reusable, sustainable and natural forms to create beauty treatments that can use regularly. Not only saves a lot of money and prevents additional packaging waste from being landfills, but can obtain results that are so good or simply better than the products ready for simple and clean ingredients that are accessible to climbing.
Why natural homemade skin treatments?
- Natural treatments do not contain additional filling ingredients that can be irritating for their skin and body. Irritated skin can occur at the same time or slowly over time.
- Homemade recipes are easy to use for skin care, they are very few ingredients that are perfect for almost all skin types.
- Natural treatments are Gentile! This is a key part of a beauty routine because it helps preserve the health of your skin.
- They contain nutrients that are often eliminated from conventional, prepared or stable beauty. These nutrients help your skin rebuild and remain healthy.
Personally, I think natural homemade products are some of the best products for bright skin.
Popular ingredients for homemade facial masks
I chose some ingredients that I would like to highlight today. They are a mixture of mask ingredients and ingredients proven and true mask that have become viral and trend in recent years.
Bentonite clay
When you think of masks, maybe you think of the classic green clay mask! This mask is still for a great reason: purifies the skin like no other. Bentonite clay is specialized and easily greedy. We like to use food grade bentonite for masks. Not only does it absorb the impurities of the skin, but it helps to calm irritation and allows the skin to heal with its natural minerals.
Rice water
This beauty ingredient has recently gained popularity in recent years for use as an incredible hair rinse. Did you know that you can also use it to condition and repair the barrier of your skin? This is simple to do, it begins with organic rice that has rinse and drained in the legs. Then add it to a bowl with 1–3 cups or water. Soak the rice for at least 30 minutes, or until the water becomes cloudy. You can also gently stir rice to help release nutrients. Strain the rice water in a jar or clean bowl. Then save this murky water and use rice to cook as usual. Rice is a grain that contains many vitamins and minerals that help calm the skin and repair naturally. The use of rice water frequently also helps the skin to maintain more moisture over time.
Calendula
The beautiful calendula flower is used to heal and calm products, and is a special popular for baby skin care. This flower contains a natural oil that helps to heal skin irritations and protect the skin from environmental damage. Its bright yellow and orange color is thanks to its high concentration of antioxidants, which eliminate skin -free radicals from the skin.
Aloe Vera juice
Possible one of the most moisturizing and soothing substances available for their vitamins, minerals and plant sugars. Aloe Vera juice is not only good for your skin topically, but it is available as a drinkable supplement. For skin care and the end of topical healing, you can use 100% bottled aloe vera juice or buy a complete aloe sheet in the product section of your local supermarket. If you want to buy a fresh sheet, you can check a tutorial like this to buy the internal gel fillet for use as beauty treatment. The vegetable nutrients of Aloe Vera calman their skin and even the tone of the skin.
Watermelon
Watermelon is very popular as an ingredient for skin care lately. The part of the red fruit is excellent as a moisturizing, refreshing and relaxing package. The shell also contains vegetable nutrients that are very popular assets in the trend of sera and moisturizers for skin care. It is full of antioxidants and electrolytes that help replenish hydration and also have properties calmly on the skin. It is a great summer gift especially inside and out!
Rose petals
Rose petals are an ingredient of classic beauty for a reason. They are moisturizing, cooling and smells heavenly. They have an anti -inflammatory property that help soothe irritated skin and attract moisture in the skin, which is a moisturizer Property. They are also extremely exfoliating and contain protective antioxidants.
These are some of my favorite homemade mask recipes.
Recipe 1: Rice water and bentonite clay mask
Have this treatment with skin lighting for polished skin, exfoliated and fresh appearance.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of your favorite organic rice
- 1 cup purified water, ambient temperature
- 1/2 cup of bentonite clay (the degree of food is preferable)
Necessary equipment
- Bowl and spatula (or optional mask application kit, like this)
- Optional reusable silicone mask like this
- Optional facial treatment ice stick
- Sieve
Instructions
- Soak your rice in purified water for about 5 minutes. You can turn the rice with your fingers to shake the sediment
- Using the sieve, drain the rice water in the bowl. You can put aside the rice for cooking purposes.
- Add ½ cup of bentonite clay to rice water and stir
- At this point, you can freeze this mixture in its facial ice cane or apply to the face with an optional mask kit or its fingers.
- Leave on your face for about 20 minutes
- Wash the clay of the face with a wipe and moisturizes as usual
Be sure to use this recipe within 3 days and refrigerate if you don’t use it immediately.
Recipe 2: Aloe’s calendula and facial mask
This soft mask is one of the best wet skin products you can do at home!
Ingredients
- 1 cup or calendula
- 1 cup purified water, ambient temperature
- ½ cup of aloe vera juice
Necessary equipment
- Bowl and spatula (or optional mask application kit, like this)
- Optional reusable silicone mask like this
- Optional facial treatment ice stick
Instructions
- Having a tea with your calendula flowers and water. Save the flowers to add soups or stews (they are edible!) Or discard
- When the tea has cooled, add ½ cup of aloe vera juice to this mixture.
- At this point, you can freeze the mixture on your facial ice stick, or directly, apply to your face with a cotton pad or an optional mask application kit. You can also cover your face with the optional reusable silicone mask.
- Leave for half an hour, rinse and hydrate as usual. Optionally, you can leave this mixture in the face like a toner and a lower moisturizer.
This mixture should last in your refrigerator up to a week. Refrigerate if you don’t use the entire mixture immediately.
Recipe 3: Watermelon and rose mask
With moisturizing watermelon and soothing rose petals, this is a good refreshing face pack.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup of fresh watermelon, cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup of dried rose petals
Necessary equipment
- Blender
- Bowl and spatula (or optional mask application kit, such as this one on Amazon)
- Optional reusable silicone mask like this
- Optional facial treatment ice stick
Instructions
- Place your pieces of watermelon and rose petals in a blender and mix for 15 seconds
- Apply this soft liquid attached to your face as it is, or under a reusable silicone mask
- Wait 20 minutes
- Rinse the face (and the optional reusable mask) and apply the moisturizer to block hydration
This recipe must be good for a single mask, but if you have something left, be sure to refrigerate any extra and use within 3 days. Optionally, you can freeze your mixture in this ice cane and keep it in your freezer for a moisturizing mask of additional DIY. It is perfect as one of the fastest home remedies for dark circles or swollen eyes.
I hope our blog post has helped you create some refreshing and refreshing beauty creations of the best nature offers! Whether you are looking for a brightness reinforcement or the perfect treatment of opaque skin, there are many ways to create relaxing natural treatments that highlight the best of your skin.
As always, leave any questions or comments that may be in the comments section.
Author: Natalie, DIY skin enthusiast
