Some Great Ideas and Recipes To Make Your Own Facial Treats At Home

Facial treatments

Much as I try to ignore all the financial news that goes on around us, I feel its my duty to do my bit to help people save some pennies when it comes to beauty. Saving money doesn't mean that you don't have as many treats - you just have to go about getting them in a different way, which can often be more fun!

Why Should You Make Your Own Facial Treatments Rather Than Buy The Off The Shelf Or Go To A Salon?

There are lots of reasons to make your own face masks and facial treats yourself at home, which are:

  • You know that you are using fresh and natural ingredients with no artificial additives or unknown products to which you could have an allergic reaction. 
  • You are having fun learning about natural products and how they can make your skin more beautiful.
  • Cheaper face masks and facial products purchased off the shelf are more than likely to have the first (and main) ingredient as water, ie the active ingredients within the product will have been pretty much watered down to become ineffective.
  • You will save money, which you can put towards purchasing something else that you have set your heart on buying from that month's pay-packet.

Lets have a look at the different basic sorts of masks to suit different skin types ...

I have Dry Skin - What Sort Of Face Mask Will Suit Me?

Classic Milk and Honey Mask

  • Mix together the following ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon of runny honey
  • 1 tablespoon of mashed avocado
  • 1 teaspoon of aloe vera gel
  • 1 teaspoon of powdered milk

Make sure all the ingredients are well blended and then apply to the face, avoiding the eye area. Relax and leave on for around 15 minutes and then wash off with warm water. You skin should feel soft and moisturised. An even easier version is just to mix honey and avocado into a paste and treat the same as the above face mask mix.

I Have Skin That Is Aging Too Fast - What Can I do To Treat It?

Milk and Almond Facial Scrub

  • Mix together the following ingredients:
  • 1 teaspoon of fine crushed almonds
  • 1 teaspoon of milk

Mix the ingredients into a paste and gently use this over your face to exfoliate your skin by applying in gentle circular movements. Please avoid the eye area as this is delicate skin which may be irritated by the crushed almond, plus you don't want to get it in your eyes. The almonds will exfoliate the dead layers of skin cells on the surface of your skin and the milk contains AHAs (alpha-hydroxy acids), which encourage dead surface skin cells to un-glue themselves from the brighter, newer skin cells hidden beneath.

I Have Oily Skin - How Can I Stop My Face Being So Greasy?

Lemon and Strawberry Face Mask

  • 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
  • 1 small cup of strawberries
  • 3 teaspoons of honey
  • 2 egg whites

Oily skin can be caused by over-active glands which encourage the pores to produce more oil - they then become blocked with a mixture of oil and dead skin cells. The strawberries in this face mask help to unplug the pores by using their acidic properties to leave you with clean and zingy skin, and this is aided by the acidity of the lemon juice. The egg whites will tighten and tone open pores.

Have you any special recipes for facial treatments that may have been passed down in your family? Let us know about them here - its great to try something new!