At Home DIY Recipes for healthy looking skin…. Create your own home Spa..

Face and Neck Scrub..

Ingredients:

2 oz of powdered brown sugar

1 small teaspoonful of plain yogurt

1 oz of sesame oil

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients together, into a smooth paste. Store in the fridge.

Use three times weekly at night.

Benefits:

Deep cleansing, pore tightening, exfoliating and retexturizing

Sugar contains natural Alpha Hydroxy Acids that helps to dislodge dead skin cells and refine the skin’s texture.

Sugar is also a very effectual exfoliant.

Yogurt contains Lactic Acid that impacts skin with its cell renewing/whitening and brightening benefits.

Sesame Oil is both nourishing and soothing, while also allowing the scrub to slip across the face and neck in a gentle and effortless manner.

Face Mask

Oatmeal Facial Mask Ingredients:

2 tbsp oatmeal fast cooking oatmeal

½ cup of milk (soy milk, if preferred)

¼ cup of honey + 1 teaspoon

2 ½-inch slices chilled cucumber

Process:

Prepare the oatmeal according to the recipe’s cooking instructions, set aside for a few minutes to thicken and cool.

Stir in milk and ½ cup honey. Apply an even layer on your skin, avoiding tender eye area.

Apply remaining 1 tsp of honey to lips.

Place cucumber slices on eyes.

Relax for about 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Benefits:

Oatmeal: it’s not only great for breakfast!! It’s one of the best natural treatments for dehydrated skin, it helps to relieve dryness, restore natural moisture balance and aids in healing minor skin irritations – also caused by using too many harsh skin care products.

Milk: contains lactic acid, proteins, enzymes, amino acids that exfoliate dead skin cells, hydrating it naturally, helping get rid of dullness and providing a healthy glow.

Honey: is extremely nourishing, contains minerals such as magnesium, potassium and calcium, a lot of vitamin B, has ability to retain water. On cracked or chapped lips, honey has moisturizing qualities as well as antibacterial benefits, for healing and protecting.

Cucumber: Comprised almost entirely of water, cucumber soothes and relieves puffy eyes.

Natural Foot Care recipe

Ingredients:

Soak

½ cup sea salts

5 slices lime

5 drops essential lime oil

10 fresh mint leaves

Warm water

Scrub:

3 limes

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 tablespoon sweet almond oil

15 fresh mint leaves (chopped)

5 drops essential lime oil

Process:

Cut limes into quarters. Pulse in a food processor until it is a chunky pulp. Mix lime pulp and remaining ingredients in a bowl.

Soak each foot five minutes. With a circular motion, apply the scrub. Finish with TruShea Peppermint Shea Butter moisturizer

Useful oils…

Argan Oil for blemishes

Sandlewood for dry skin