Home Made Facials

What is your skin type? Get a headstart on the road to a dear complexion by understanding the basics:

Oily sin usually has a shiny surface, visible pores and is prone to breakouts.
Dry skin often feels taut, slightly rough and tends to chap and flake.
Combination skin is oily at the T-zone (the forehead, nose and chin) and drier on the cheeks.
Sensitive skin is thin, delicate and easily irritated. It has a red and blotchy.

Natural Masks
Break two large bananas, toss into a blender along with half of the peel and one tablespoon of raw honey. Blend to liquefy, pat on, let dry for 20 minutes.

Mix equal proportions of honey, fresh cream, or oats and almond paste. Pat on, let dry for 20 minutes.
Peel and pit an avocado, liquefy in the blender with one tablespoon of raw honey. Pat on, let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.

Oily Skin Masks
Wash and core two crisp apples, but do not peel, liquefy the whole thing into the blender. Pat on, let dry for 20 minutes. Splash on with cool water.
Wash a big, ripe tomato and liquefy the whole thing in the blender. Pat on, let dry for 20 minutes, splash off with cool water.

Two nourishing masks for all skin types:
Blend two egg yolks, two tablespoons of honey, three drops of almond oil. Pat on, let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.

Grind half a cup of yellow mustard seeds, adding 2 litres of water in it. Also grind in a few rose petals. Apply on skin. Let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse well.

One Clarifying facial mask, good for all skins (to be used occassionally):
This does with gentle natural enzymes what skin-slouching creams, peelers and exfoliating lotions do with chemical – it removes dead, dry skin cells on the surface to expose fresh clear skin.

Peel a ripe banana and puree in the blender. Pat on the fruit, let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.

Two cleansing and bleaching masks (for faded, end of summer tans as well as winter-drab or season-change sallow skin)
Add the juice of two lemons to one cup of buttermilk. blend, pat on, let dry for 20 minutes. Splash off with cool water.

Liquefy one whole lemon (washed, not peeled) and half an orange (washed, not peeled) in the blender, add one cup of plain yoghurt. blend, pat on, let dry for 20 minutes. Rnse off with cool water.

Here are a few more any-time masks
For a glowing skin, cucumber mixed with fresh coconut water gives remarkable results.

Use mashed bananas and strawberries as a pack to freshen up the complexion.

For curing pimples, apply a mixture of haldi (turmeric) and sandalwood on the face.

Pimples can also be cured with a light massage of rose and sevti flowers extract. The extract is easily prepared by distilling a number of flowers in a distilling apparatus. The extract should be applied on the pimples three times a day.