Forget Botox, chemical peels, or any other potentially dangerous skin treatment offered by your dermatologist. If you want to improve the overall look and feel of your skin, give yourself a homemade facial. In less than 30 minutes, a facial can nourish your skin, improve its texture, and lessen the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and acne. If you don’t have time or extra money to visit your local salon, it’s possible to concoct your own amazing homemade facial for any skin type with inexpensive products available at your local grocery store or pharmacy. In fact, you may have the ingredients already in your kitchen!
Facial for Dry Skin
If your dry and irritated skin is begging for moisture but you don’t want to spend money on an esthetician, here’s a simple and inexpensive way to create a facial at home:
Melt 1 dark chocolate bar in a microwave-safe bowl. Allow the chocolate to cool before adding one-half cup of whole milk and one tablespoon of raw honey to the bowl. Try not to eat this!
Remove the flesh from a single small avocado. Take out the pit with a spoon, and then scoop out the flesh and mash the avocado with a fork. Add the mashed avocado to the dark chocolate mixture.
Stir the ingredients together and apply a thick layer to your freshly cleansed face. Wait 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing it away with lukewarm water.
Facial for Oily Skin
Oil and acne go hand in hand, and an ideal homemade facial must eliminate the excess sebum without drying out your skin. This is easily accomplished by creating a mixture from safe, natural ingredients:
Peel and boil two large carrots until they are soft. Remove the carrots from the heat and mash them with a fork. Pour the mashed carrots into a large bowl and add one-half cup oatmeal and one-half cup yogurt.
Add one egg white and one-quarter cup of rosewater to the mixture. Stir the ingredients until they’re mixed well.
Before applying the facial, chill the ingredients for 10 to 15 minutes. Apply a thin layer of the facial mask to your clean face and allow it to remain for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the product by gently wiping it away with a moistened washcloth.
Facial for Combination Skin
Creating a homemade facial for combination skin can be tricky, which is why products aimed at treating this skin type are often very expensive. Save your money by creating a simple homemade face mask from cucumber, honey, and rosewater.
Peel and mash one medium cucumber. Place the mashed cucumber in a large bowl and add one-half cup rosewater and two tablespoons raw honey.
Stir the ingredients and add one-quarter cup pumpkin pulp and four tablespoons finely-ground coffee. Mix the ingredients until they’re evenly mixed.
Apply the product to your clean face and allow it to sit for 10 to 15 minutes. To remove, gently wipe away the product with a moistened washcloth or rinse away with lukewarm water. If there’s a lingering coffee smell on your skin, wash your face with a product formulated for combination skin.
Facial for Sensitive Skin
If you suffer from sensitive skin, harsh detergents and strong fragrances can often lead to painful swelling, itching, and burning skin. Create a simple, soothing homemade facial that is ideal for your sensitive skin:
Grind one cup raw rolled oats — not instant — in a blender or food processor until it looks like flour. Combine with one-half cup plain yogurt and two tablespoons rosewater.
Add 10 drops lavender oil and 10 drops chamomile essential oil and mix well.
Wash your face with a product formulated for sensitive skin before applying a small amount of the mask to your forehead or cheeks, avoiding the eye area. If you have a negative reaction, remove the product immediately. If no redness or irritation occurs, cover your face with a thin layer of the facial mask and allow it to remain on your skin for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse the product away with lukewarm water.
No matter what your skin type, there’s an inexpensive, homemade facial mask recipe that will make your face glow. For best results, apply the mask formulated for your skin type at least once a week before bed.
Lindsay Schroeder, professional makeup artist and skincare guru, is the writer of all the content on Acne Skin Site. She has personally dealt with acne all throughout her 20’s and knows firsthand what anyone suffering with acne is going through. She has worked with thousands of clients that suffer with acne and has been able to encourage and educate them on how to get their skin on the road to recovery.
Hi. I just want to ask. After using face scrub and moisturiser at night, should i clean my face using cleanser before bed?
Personally I do cleanser first because it helps to clean out and open my pores. I figure the masks will have more of an effect if my pores are open. Then I will usually do the mask and then any moisturizer after so it stays on to hydrate my skin instead of coming off with the mask.
Oh ya thanks! It’s help me alot..thanks for sharing
This may be a silly question, but is rosewater something I buy in a store or it is literally just rose petals in water?
Don’t worry not a silly question. Rose water is a byproduct of steam distillation, the process that’s used to isolate the plant’s essential oil.Those with dry skin sometimes use rose water as a moisturizer. The idea behind this is that sugars found in rose petals add to rose water’s soothing effect, and its natural oils trap moisture in the skin, helping it feel and look smoother. You can buy this on amazon or create your own, you just gave us a idea for a new blog post!
hey….what if one cannot access rose water,is there another alternative
I want a fair look, my skin colour is dull.