Fun DIY Summer Skincare Recipes
You can probably feel the sun stealing the moisture from your skin every day, which makes these DIY masks and scrubs amazing! Are you ready to learn how to make a variety of recipes to improve the look of your skin and leave it glowing and healthy? The best part: you can find all of these ingredients in your own cupboards! Get ready for some nourishing mixtures that you'll have just as much fun creating as you will using.
1.Chocolate martini mask. If you love happy hour, treat yourself to this delicious mask after a long, stressful day. It's made using unprocessed cocoa, which is full of skin-strengthening antioxidants that leave your skin tighter and more hydrated.
Ingredients
1/4 cup unprocessed cocoa powder
1/4 cup honey or brown sugar
3 tbsp. super-fine oatmeal
2 tbsp. soy milk
To make: Mix all these ingredients together in a blender until everything is smooth and spread the final product onto your face for 20 minutes.
2. Oatmeal mask. Do you usually start your day off with oatmeal for breakfast? I bet you didn't know that this nummy meal is actually soothing for skin. It contains beta-glucans, which help tighten sagging skin you may have noticed. In addition to this, the yogurt exfoliates and moisturizes dry skin, leaving your face fresh and smooth.
Ingredients
1 tbsp. coarse oatmeal
3 tbsp. plain yogurt
1 tbsp. honey
To make: Blend these ingredients together and smooth this creation onto your skin for about five minutes.
3. Green-papaya brightening mask. If you feel like all the time you've been spending sweating under the sun is taking a toll on your complexion, try this fruity mask. Papaya contains papain, an enzyme that breaks down dead skin cells, and is a natural sources of alpha hydroxy acids. You might notice that the mixture feels a little tingly on your skin, which is normal. This just means the exfoliation is working its magic!
Ingredients
1 papaya
1 tbsp. plain yogurt
1 tsp. honey
To make: Cut your papaya in half and dice it into small chunks. Blend everything together using a blender and let it sit on your skin for 5-10 minutes.
4. Potato facial scrub. Bring a healthy, sunny glow to your skin (without spending hours soaking up harmful UV rays under the sun) by scrubbing off dead skin cells with this concoction.
Ingredients
1 part grated potato
1 part loose tea
Olive oil
To make: Mix your ingredients together, using enough olive oil to equal about 1/3 of the amount of the other two ingredients combined. Rub this mixture onto our skin and rinse well.
5. Peach and honey mask. Fresh, ripe peaches - when combined with the naturally antibacterial properties of honey - make a great mask for sloughing off dry skin left behind from sun damage.
Ingredients
1 peach or nectarine
3 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. yogurt
To make: Skin your peach or nectarine and combine it in a bowl with the other ingredients until you have a paste. Let it sit on your face for 10 minutes before rinsing it off.
1.Chocolate martini mask. If you love happy hour, treat yourself to this delicious mask after a long, stressful day. It's made using unprocessed cocoa, which is full of skin-strengthening antioxidants that leave your skin tighter and more hydrated.
Ingredients
1/4 cup unprocessed cocoa powder
1/4 cup honey or brown sugar
3 tbsp. super-fine oatmeal
2 tbsp. soy milk
To make: Mix all these ingredients together in a blender until everything is smooth and spread the final product onto your face for 20 minutes.
2. Oatmeal mask. Do you usually start your day off with oatmeal for breakfast? I bet you didn't know that this nummy meal is actually soothing for skin. It contains beta-glucans, which help tighten sagging skin you may have noticed. In addition to this, the yogurt exfoliates and moisturizes dry skin, leaving your face fresh and smooth.
Ingredients
1 tbsp. coarse oatmeal
3 tbsp. plain yogurt
1 tbsp. honey
To make: Blend these ingredients together and smooth this creation onto your skin for about five minutes.
3. Green-papaya brightening mask. If you feel like all the time you've been spending sweating under the sun is taking a toll on your complexion, try this fruity mask. Papaya contains papain, an enzyme that breaks down dead skin cells, and is a natural sources of alpha hydroxy acids. You might notice that the mixture feels a little tingly on your skin, which is normal. This just means the exfoliation is working its magic!
Ingredients
1 papaya
1 tbsp. plain yogurt
1 tsp. honey
To make: Cut your papaya in half and dice it into small chunks. Blend everything together using a blender and let it sit on your skin for 5-10 minutes.
4. Potato facial scrub. Bring a healthy, sunny glow to your skin (without spending hours soaking up harmful UV rays under the sun) by scrubbing off dead skin cells with this concoction.
Ingredients
1 part grated potato
1 part loose tea
Olive oil
To make: Mix your ingredients together, using enough olive oil to equal about 1/3 of the amount of the other two ingredients combined. Rub this mixture onto our skin and rinse well.
5. Peach and honey mask. Fresh, ripe peaches - when combined with the naturally antibacterial properties of honey - make a great mask for sloughing off dry skin left behind from sun damage.
Ingredients
1 peach or nectarine
3 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. yogurt
To make: Skin your peach or nectarine and combine it in a bowl with the other ingredients until you have a paste. Let it sit on your face for 10 minutes before rinsing it off.