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Nov 27, 2006

Masks from the refrigerator

by Petra

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Make your own mask, using ingredients from refrigerator. Cosmetic treatments in most expensive saloons and spa centers are composed of the simplest and most available ingredients, like fruits and vegetables.  

Summer on the beach

Ingredients:
coconut milk
honey

Heat coconut milk and add 2 spoons of honey, but do not let it boil.
Massage your face with mixture and leave it on face for 10 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.


Kiwi for oily skin


Ingredients:
1 cup hot water
1 mashed kiwi
1 spoon vodka

Pour hot water over kiwi and leave until it cools (use ceramic bowl). Filtrate mass, add vodka and mix. Apply mask on face and leave 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water, especially if you have sensitive skin. This tonic can be kept in refrigerator for 10 days.

Cold as cucumber


Grate cucumber and apply on face. Leave on face for 15 to 20 minutes.
This mask is perfect face tonic. Regular use prevents acne and blackheads, dark spots and prevents skin drying, but it also slightly brightens your tan.

Vitamin E mask     

Ingredients:
1 yolk
1 capsule of vitamin E

Mix ingredients and apply on face. Leave mask on face for 15 minutes and afterwards rinse with lukewarm water.

Surprise with Strawberry  

Ingredients:
strawberries
banana

Mix banana and strawberries, apply on face and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Deep cleansing     

This mask contains tea tree oil, which has antiseptic features, penetrates deep into skin and draws out all impurities. Thus, this mask is recommendable for people that live in big cities with high level of pollution.

Ingredients:
4 teaspoons of green clays
2 branches fresh mint or 2 spoons of dry mint leaves
2 drops tea tree essential oil

Cover mint with hot water and leave few minutes. Filtrate and pour tea in bowl with green clay. Mix until achieving thick mass (if it is too thick, add some hot water). Add tea tree essential oil and mix.

Apply mask on face and neck while still warm. Leave mask on face until it hardens and then rinse with warm water. Apply hydrating cream.

Fruit mask against wrinkles          

Ingredients:
1 spoon of apple juice
1 spoon of lemon juice
1 spoon of lime juice
2 spoons of butter
1 spoon of rosemary
3 grapes (without seeds)
¼ of pear
2 egg whites

30 seconds mix ingredients in mixer. With cotton apply on face. Leave it dry and then rinse with warm water. Apply mask 3 times weekly. Keep this mask in refrigerator, but not longer than 4 days.    

Lotion with kiwi for normal skin

Ingredients:
kiwi
2 spoons of yogurt
1 spoon almond oil
1 spoon of honey
1 spoon of finely ground almonds
2 drops of orange or some other essential oil

Mash kiwi into liquid. While mixing, add yogurt, oil, ground almonds and essential oil. Apply mask on face, neck and decollete. Leave for 10 minutes and then rinse.

Mask with pineapple

Pineapple contains enzymes that help in skin regeneration and remove dead cells from skin. Pineapple also contains substances that remove inflammation. Olive oil is great source of vitamin E, which helps rebuilding skin. It is recommendable to use unrefined extra virgin olive oil.

In mixer blend 4 spoons fresh pineapple and 3 spoons of olive oil. Apply mask with fingers and leave it work 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Cucumber mask  

This mask is ideal for sensitive skin. Before use cool in refrigerator.

Ingredients:
1 spoon of yeast
1 spoon flour
1 spoon of finely ground oatmeal
cucumber
2 spoons yogurt or sour cream
1 spoon honey

Mix flour and yeast. Peel cucumber and process in juicer. Mix yogurt and honey, and then add oatmeal. Mix all ingredients. Mix until mass becomes smooth.
Apply on clean face and leave it work for 15 minutes to half hour. Rinse and apply tonic or some other preparation for skin softening.

Cucumber mask  

Ingredients:
½ peeled cucumber
yolk
½ spoon of lemon juice
½ spoon of lime juice
1 drop of lime essential oil (or some other citrus oil)

Mix all ingredients (except essential oil) into homogeneous mass. Then add essential oil and mix. Place mask in refrigerator until for few minutes to cool.
Apply mask on face and neck and leave 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
This mask is most effective, if used right after preparation, but it can be kept it in refrigerator for 2 days.  

Watermelon tonic

Ingredients:
2 spoons of fresh watermelon juice
1 spoons of vodka
2 spoons distiled water

Mix all ingredients. Apply tonic on face with cotton. Keep tonic in vacuumed bowl in refrigerator for up to 10 days.

Coffee body peeling

Ingredients:
2 cups of ground coffee
½ cup of sugar or sea salt
2-3 spoons of massaging oil

Mix ingredients. Shower and apply peeling with circular moves. After rinsing, apply body lotion.
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