Home Made Face Masks

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Mud masks offer many benefits for your skin and health. Beauty mud is full of minerals applied to your skin in mask form exfoliates, moisturized and tones skin leaving your skin beautifully refreshed and glowing.

There are many mud masks on the market available today but you can also make your own masks at home. Many common household items have benefits for your skin and they are natural. Honey, oatmeal, lemons and even baking soda and avacado are great items to make a mud mask at home.

Clay is available from health food stores in powder form and you can create any number of homemade mud mask recipes. Here are some of our favorites:

Homemade Avocado Toning Mud Mask Recipe
1 Tbsp dry clay powder
1 egg yolk
1/4-1/2 mashed avocado
witch hazel to add consistency

Mix all ingredients together adding enough witch hazel to make the mud mask a thick but smooth texture. Apply liberally and let dry 15-20 minutes. Rinse away with lukewarm water, pat dry. This mud mask adds moisture and tones.

Homemade Oatmeal Banana Exfoliating Mud Mask Recipe

1 Tbsp dry clay powder
2 Tsp oatmeal (fine)
1/2 mashed banana
enough water to make smooth

Mix ingredients together to create a thick paste. Apply liberally to face and neck with a "gentle circular motion" to allow the oats to scrub away those dead skin cells. Allow to dry 15-20 minutes, rinse and pat dry. Bananas help to fight wrinkles and the grainy texture of the mud mask gently exfoliates your skin to reveal the beautiful skin beneath.

Homemade Honey and Egg Moisturizing Mud Mask Recipe
1 Tbsp dry clay powder
1 Tbsp honey
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp almond oil
water for consistency

Mix ingredients well and apply liberally to face and neck. Allow to dry for 15 - 20 minutes, rinse well and pat dry. Honey is an age old beauty treatment smoothing and softening skin. Almond oil moisturizes.

With purchased clay powder you can come up with never ending homemade mud mask recipes. Many natural ingredients can be used from oatmeal to honey. Yogurt is a great toner as well as witch hazel. You can use anything to create a mask. Lemon juice lightens blotches and age spots as a bleaching agent. Create your own personalized mud mask recipes for your particular skin type. Start with 1 Tbsp dry clay powder and start adding your ingredients from there.

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