Benefits of homemade skin care recipes
Introduction
Your skin is a very fragile organ that requires a lot of care and attention. When selecting a skin care product, you however need to consider your skin type. Different skin care products are manufactured using different recipes in order to meet this need. However, there are certain ingredients that should never lack in your skin care recipe. To ensure that you give your skin the proper attention it deserves, embark on homemade skin care recipes. Simple ingredients such as avocados, onions, honey and olive oil used alone or blended in specific proportions help give your skin the glow of a new born. The best skin care products are found in your kitchen. The following are the benefits of the ingredients used in homemade skin care recipes.
Avocados are natural moisturizers and therefore should be the chief ingredient in any skin care recipe. Eating an avocado as a fruit or applying it on your skin as lotion or cream is the same. The availability of avocados in your skin care products helps create an even and clear complexion. Mix it with a few drops of milk and apply directly on your skin to cleanse it off toxins. Avocados are therefore natural skin toning agents.
Avocado is one of the recommended ingredients for dry skin care recipes. This is because avocados contain hydrocarbon, which is also useful in the soothing of a bruised skin. In addition, this component helps protect your skin from harsh weather conditions such as harmful UV rays and wind. Finally, avocados are known for their anti aging properties. For best results, blend it with papaya, aloe vera, and cucumber. Remember, avocados are not only used in facial recipes, but also in massage oils.
Cucumber slices are often used to shield your eyes when performing a facial. They are useful ingredients for the cleansing of the area around the eyes. Dark circles, freckles and complexion problems can always be removed by cucumbers. Use cucumbers to treat sunburns and clear your skin pores.
Egg white is a complete facial mask on its own. It is used to cleanse the skin and remove dead cells, thus protecting it from premature aging. Egg white also helps make your skin firm and thus giving it the glow of a virgin skin.
Papaya is a common ingredient in skin care recipes. It is associated with skin hydration. You can also use it to exfoliate your skin. For a softer skin, use papaya pulp in your skin care recipes. If you feel like your skin is beginning to sag, use papaya to give it the firm texture of a new born baby’s skin.
Wheat germ is another important skin cleansing agent. When used in skin care products, it helps shed off old dead skin and replaces it with new skin. If you wish to look younger for longer, use skin cleansers with wheat germ.
Honey can be used with all skin care recipes, together with milk. Blend your ingredients well, apply on skin and leave for not more than 10 minutes then rinse off. This is the only way to obtain maximum benefit from these homemade skin care recipes.
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The Benefits of Avocado for Natural Facial Masks
Avocados are an excellent way to care for your skin. I’ve seen a ton of skin care recipes that use avocado and I think I know why. The other day I did a little digging around looking for information on why avocados work so well on the skin as a natural facial mask. But first I wanted to talk a little about your skin so you have a better understanding of its nature.
What is Skin?
Well to put in non techie terms, it’s the largest organ on your body. It’s soft, pliable, strong, waterproof, self-repairing and it holds all of your innards inside the body, otherwise, you would be a pile of squishy stuff. The skin not only holds you together but also provides a protective wrapping, it keeps out germs, while protecting us from bumps and it helps us retain our fluids.
Waxes and oils which are manufactured by the skin, act as your body’s natural protector against germs. Oils make your skin softer; but they can also give you pimples. Certain glands within the skin manufacture sweat. Sweat helps cool the body when its hot and is a nice way to get rid of chemicals it doesn’t need.
How does it do all this?
Skin is alive. It’s made of layers of flat, stacked cells in which you’ll find nerves, blood vessels, hair follicles, glands, and sensory receptors.
Older cells are constantly being pushed to the surface by new cells which grow from below. Sometimes we talk about exfoliating the skin, and what that means is that we are basically scraping the old cells off the surface. In fact, every minute 30,000-40,000 dead skin cells fall from your body! In approximately a month’s time, your body has made a whole new layer of skin cells!
Where does Avocado fit in?
Mother nature has given us an amazing fruit that is full of healthy fats and phytonutrients, giving us remarkable benefits to human skin, it is also high in sterolins (plant steriods) which reduce age spots, sun damage and scars. This sterolin helps soften and moisturize the skin and has been used for hundreds of years by the Mayan as a natural facial mask.
People with dry skin should use avocado as a to nourish the skin and help regenerate skin cells damaged by the sun or climate.
It is also high in sterolins, which are reputed to reduce age spots reduce age spots, help heal sun damage and scars. It is the sterolins (also called plant steroids) in the oil that helps to soften the skin and imparts a superior moisturizing effect.
In a study done at the Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1991, it was found that avocado oil significantly increases the amount of collagen in the skin – which normally is under attack as we grow older
Avocado oil is easily absorbed by the skin and makes it ideal for aging skin. Anyone with eczema or psoriasis, should take note of the nourishing properties found in avocado.
For this reason using avocado as a natural facial mask is a great way to look your best at any age.
3 Key Benefits of Using Honey Masks as a Facial
Honey Masks made from bees
Honey is an amazing medicine for your skin. One would l think that this sweet sticky substance made from bees does anything more than sweeten up you baking recipes. I was surprised to find that honey is an antimicrobial, antioxidant, and hygroscopic which makes it a medicine for your skin care needs.
1. Honey is Hygroscopic
According to Wikipedia hygroscopy is the ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment. Honey has a hygroscopic nature. You can treat open wounds with honey and the hygroscopic properties will help prevent scaring and encourage new skin growth by keeping the skin moist. This makes honey a great additive for any kind of facial mask or skin care recipe you might want to make yourself. Many people call honey a natural “humectant” as it attracts and retains moisture. As a skin care treatment, honey can trap and seal moisture leaving your face soft and smooth and healthy.
2. Honey is Antibacterial
Over the years honey has been used to treat many ailments. During the early part of the 20th century, scientists began to discover its antibacterial properties. In Ayurveda, (an Indian medicine dating over 4000 years) considered honey to positively affect three imbalances in the body. Researchers found out that the antimicrobial agent in honey hinders the growth of certain bacteria. When honey is used on a wound or as a skin enhancer, hydrogen peroxide is produced by dilution of the honey with body fluids. As a result, hydrogen peroxide is released slowly and acts as an antiseptic.
The slow release of hydrogen peroxide also helps treat acne by killing the bacteria that caused the outbreaks and at the same time help heal the scars a common end result of acne breakouts. There is a lot of variation in the antimicrobial potency of honey but someone told me about honey made from the Manuka bush which grows very well in New Zealand and has the highest microbial potency of all.
3. Honey is a Source of Antioxidants
The oxidation of molecules is a process that transfers electrons from one state to another , thus producing free radicals and in this process the free radicals can produce a chain reaction which causes damage to a cell or your skin. The natural antioxidant properties of honey will help destroy those free radicals and help prevent diseases like cancer. According to some studies, Buckwheat honey has the most antioxidants than the lighter varieties. Why not try using honey for treating sunburns, dry skin and other applications like facial masks as they have done for thousands of years.
