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Exfoliating Face Mask with Oats for different skin types

With simple ingredients and few minutes of your time, you can make a quick and gentle exfoliating mask to give a skin a boost in term of overall appearance. Oats have always been my favorite as exfoliates in facial masks. It is gentle and full of amino acids which are building blocks of our skin. Below I made three exfoliating masks using oats and easy to find ingredients like dried botanicals, honey, yogurt and Aloe. It can be used for normal to dry, normal to oily or sensitive skin. Enjoy!

Rose oats yogurt mask (best for normal, normal to dry or mature skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP     Dried rose petals

1 TSP     Rolled oats

2 TSP     Greek Yogurt

Directions:

Grind rose petals and oats, add yogurt and mix well

Green tea honey mask (Best for normal and normal to oily skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP     Green tea powder

1 TSP     Rolled oats

1 TSP     Honey (Manuka honey UMF 15+ recommended)

Directions:

Grind rolled oats add green tea power and honey, stir well and enjoy.

Chamomile Aloe Mask (Best for normal or sensitive skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP dried Chamomile flowers

1 TSP Dried Oats

1 TSP Aloe Vera Gel

Directions:

Grind Chamomile flowers and oats, add Aloe Vera gel and stir well.

Detoxing Green Tea Clay Face Mask

There is always that time of the year, acne magically made its way to forehead for no obvious reason. As a person with normal to dry skin, I usually skip clay in my usual masks until acne paid its expected visit. Here I would like to share a simple 3 ingredients clay mask recipe to detox and battle acne. You can also add 1-2 drops of tea tree essential oil for extra benefit. Enjoy!

There is always that time of the year, acne magically made its way to forehead for no obvious reason. As a person with normal to dry skin, I usually skip clay in my usual masks until acne paid its expected visit. Here I would like to share a simple 3 ingredients clay mask recipe to detox and battle acne. You can also add 1-2 drops of tea tree essential oil for extra benefit. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

3 TBSP                Aloe Vera Gel

1 TBSP                French Green Clay

1 TBSP                Green Tea Powder

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients well and apply on clean and damp face.

Quick reminder: Never let clay mask become dry on your face, rinse it off while it’s still wet, and of course always test it first if you have never tried French clay before.

Green Tea Sugar Scrub

Drinking tea is one of my favorite activities all year long. Do you know you can make many skincare products by using your tea bags and few minutes of your time? Below I would like to share a green tea sugar scrub recipe with green tea powder, sugar and aloe Vera. Enjoy!

Drinking tea is one of my favorite activities all year long. Do you know you can make many skincare products by using your tea bags and few minutes of your time? Below I would like to share a green tea sugar scrub recipe with green tea powder, sugar and aloe Vera. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 Tea bag         Green Tea Powder

½ Cup            Cane Sugar

2 TBSP            Aloe Vera Gel

Directions:

  1. Mix green tea powder and cane sugar
  2. Add Aloe Vera Gel
  3. Stir well and Enjoy!