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We are doing leftovers for supper, which leaves out any new recipe option, but, in turn, leaves me time for a facial, right?! And going with my latest craze of DIY (Do It Yourself), I wanted to find and share some easy facial scrubs recipes:
Sugar is a preferred exfoliate to salt because it tends not to tear at the skin. When dead skin collects on the surface of skin, it's important to slough it away. This helps clear up clogged pores. When skin isn't exfoliated, it can appear ashy.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp warm water
Preparation:
Stir sugar into warm water so that it melts.
Make sure granules are dissolved, otherwise they could tear your skin.
Apply to the face.
Gently massage around the skin.
Rinse with warm water OR I like to take a warm washcloth that's steamed in the microwave. Make sure the washcloth is not too hot.
Brown sugar is a wonderful natural exfoliate that works for all skin types. I adapted this recipe from one suggested by Lena Korres, founder of Korres Natural Products, and makeup artist Jemima Kidd, in the July 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan. They recommend curing chapped lips by mixing brown sugar with honey and massaging into lips.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tsp (more or less, add drops if you need them) of olive oil or extra virgin coconut oil
Preparation:
Put the brown sugar in your palm
Add the olive or coconut oil
Stir in your palm with your finger, creating a paste.
Add or less as needed
Massage into skin in a circular motion.
Rinse off with warm water.
Press a warm washcloth into face.
Slather your skin in your favorite moisturizer or follow with a moisturizing mask.
Over on Makeupalley.com, aspirin masks are a hot topic. Why? Apparently, aspirin is brilliant at spot-treating pimples, clearing up acne and itchy patches. In fact, the aspirin mask gets more than 2030 reviews -- more than any individual makeup, skincare or hair product -- on Makeupalley so I had to share it with you because 85 percent of these reviews are by women who would "try it again." Keep in mind that I haven't had my own pimple to try this on, so I don't have personal experience with aspirin as a pimple-healer. But here's how it's purported to work.
Prep Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1-3 aspirin
- Coffee cup or glass cup
- Shallow dish
- Warm honey (runny honey), moisturizer made for the face or natural oil such as almond, olive or coconut
Preparation:
- Depending on the amount of coverage needed, use 1-3 aspirin.
- Crush the aspirin into small pieces by rolling a coffee cup or glass cup over them. Place aspirin in a shallow dish.
- Stir in a few drops of water to help the aspirin dissolve into a paste.
- Add warm honey, moisturizer or a bit of oil (almond, olive or coconut works). Stir well.
- Apply as a mask or spot treat the pimple or itchy area. Allow to dry. Wash off after 10 minutes.
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I picked out recipes that I know that I have ingredients for at home. You can find more recipes
here.
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I think I'm going to go with aspirin recipe for tonight. Which one are you going to try?
TJO
