Home Remedies Easy as 1, 2, 3: Mix, Apply, Wait, Rinse.
Dry skin needs pampering? No matter what the season, it’s always a great time to use home remedies to baby your skin. So get cozy and relax while improving your skin tone with home remedies. Light candles and add background music and have some fun with one or more of the following recipes for face masks that you can use in the privacy of your own home. (Most take 20 minutes or less.) Your supple skin will love you back!
Face Masks to Moisturize Dry Skin
Orange Juice Mask
Mix Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment and orange juice. Stir in honey and let the "pudding" simmer until thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and cool. Spread the mixture over your face and neck and let dry for 20 minutes. Rinse off gently with cool water.
Lustrous Garden Mask
1/2 papaya
1/2 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
1 teaspoon honey
1 tbsp. Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment
Mash papaya; blend the ingredients together. Apply to clean face, leave on for 10-15 minutes; rinse off gently with cool water.
Strawberry Mask
1/2 cup very ripe strawberries
Enough water to make paste, (if needed) Mix strawberries and Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment together to make a paste and apply it to your face, Leave on for 30 minutes, then rinse off gently with cool water.
Avocado Moisture Mask for Excessively Dry Skin
1 ripe avocado
4 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 tbsp. Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment
Puree avocado and blend with yogurt and Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment. Apply mixture to face. Leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse gently with cool water.
More Face, Hand and Full Body Masks for Dry Skin
Moisturizing Paraffin Bath for Hands
4 ounces paraffin
1/4 cup wheat germ
extra-virgin olive oil or almond oil
In a small saucepan, heat the first 2 ingredients together until liquid. Mix in Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment until well-blended. Cool to comfortably warm and "paint" each hand or dip both hands at once into the mixture. Wrap in plastic wrap. Leave on 10 minutes; then peel off.
Full Body Mask
2 tablespoons Lustrous Henna® Orange Peel Powder
5 tablespoons Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment
2 tablespoons honey
¼- ½ cup hot water (enough to make paste)
Mix all ingredients to form a paste. Slather on (especially on back and chest areas) and leave for 15-20 minutes. Gently rinse off.
Glow Mask for Dry Skin
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon warm milk
1 teaspoon honey
2 tbsp. Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment
Mix together. Apply to face and throat, hands or feet. Leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
Softening Emollient Mask
2 tbsp. Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment
1 egg yolk
1/3 cup avocado, peeled and mashed
1/3 cup milk
Pour Lustrous Henna® Face and Body Skin Treatment in small container. Beat the egg yolk until fluffy, then add and mix. Add milk and avocado, mixing thoroughly with the yolk-powder mixture. Apply to face and leave on for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water to remove. Re-rinse to close pores with cool water. Gently pat dry.
Whether face masks or body masks:
If you prefer a very basic "recipe", you can always mix any of the powders with plain water. However, to step your home remedies up a notch, try using different recipes for different areas of body. Be creative!
Important Note: The amount of ingredients contained in the above home remedies are approximately enough to do smaller areas of the body (enough for face and neck area –except where noted). It's perfectly okay to add a little more or use a little less of any ingredient. To use for hands and feet, you will need to increase recipe proportionately with the area you want to cover. Please avoid contact with area around the eye, if doing a face mask. Also for both face masks and body masks, do a small patch test to make sure you are not allergic to any ingredients, prior to applying mask to entire area.
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Author: L.J. O'Neal, writer and researcher. (L.J. is also a Lustrous Henna® user.)
©2011. L.J. O’Neal. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Do not copy or reprint this article without the consent of the author or Saba Botanical of USA.
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*Even though our herbal ingredients have been used in natural medicine for centuries, we must add the following disclaimer: The herbs, formulas, and recipes contained within this web site are not to be considered substitutes for proper medical and health care. As with any other medicine, if you are sick, you should consult a physician to find out if the herbal preparations listed here are right for you. Saba Botanical does not make any medical claims nor warranties regarding the use of the products listed on this site. No matter how natural a product is, it may have a potential of causing side effects and allergic reaction on certain individuals. You should consult your physician before taking any medication.
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