Glow Up: 6 Homemade Masks for Glowing Skin
Whether you’re preparing for a romantic date, or just wanting to feel more youthful and radiant, you can rejuvenate your face with all natural, homemade masks for glowing skin. Here are the top 6 do-it-yourself masks you can definitely create at home.
Lemon Face Mask: Good for Radiant skin
Lemon essential oil helps brighten the skin overtime, making this mask great for darkened and dulled skin. Lemon oil contains alpha hydroxyl acid and beta hydroxyl acid (AHA and BHA), which AHA helps peel away the skin’s surface to reveal new skin and BHA deeply penetrates the skin’s pores to remove excess sebum, and dead skin cells. Lemon oil; however, may be harsh when used often and could dry the skin. Therefore, make sure to add honey to this mask to provide moisture to the skin. Also, use the mask not more than twice weekly.
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Coffee Scrub: Good For Glow-Boosting
Take a portion of freshly ground coffee beans for a quick brightening boost. Coffee sits many rejuvenating nutrients that gives you an instant wake up. Meanwhile, ground coffee smoothly exfoliates the skin to remove dead skin cells. Best for: glow-boosting.
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Honey and Oatmeal Mask: Good for Exfoliating
Everyone needs to exfoliate occasionally to get rid of dead skin cells that dry up the skin and projects a dull look. However, exfoliating with coarse ingredients can irritate and inflame the skin. Using cooked oatmeal creates a gentle scrub while honey boosts the skin with moisture. You may replace oatmeal with fine granulated or cane sugar for similar effects. Enjoy the smoothening and refreshing feel of this mask two to three a week.
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Turmeric-Yogurt Face Mask: Good for Acne and dark spots
Acne and dark spots are such a nuisance. Clinically tested face masks prove effective sometimes, but may contain unfamiliar and worrying chemicals. Hence, a natural remedy is always great. This turmeric and yogurt face mask improves acne and dark spots. Turmeric is an anti- inflammatory and antioxidant substance that gently brightens the appearance of dark and uneven spots. However, turmeric is an intense colorant and could stain you face giving off a jaundice-like look. Therefore, adding plain yogurt creates a barrier to shield your face from the stain.
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Charcoal Face Mask: Good for Blackheads
Charcoal face masks are heavenly! Charcoal acts as a natural magnet that deeply penetrates the skin’s pores to extract chemicals and excess oils that cause blackheads. A quick-drying mask, which may require peeling when dried. Hence, make sure not to apply it on the sensitive parts of your face if you intend to have it on for long.
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Yogurt and Honey Mask: Good for Skin hydration
Wake yourself up with this mask, which works well anytime of the day. A morning pick-me-up is ideal before your shower to draw in some excitement into your routine. Yogurt and honey are great moisturizers, making this mask excellent for dry weathers and frequent use.
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