DIY Masks

lovepark · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: DIY Masks

Banana Moisture Mask

Bananas provide intense moisture and firms the skin, while honey is soothing and nourishing.

　
Recipe:
one ripe banana
1 Tbs. honey
1 Tbs. plain yogurt
　

Mash the banana with a fork and add the honey and yogurt. Apply to face and leave on for 15 minutes.

Skin-Firming Citrus Mask

Recipe:
2 tsp. orange juice
1/2 tsp. honey (soothing)
1 tsp. grated orange rind (anti-bacterial)
1 tsp. white clay or Egg whites( absorbs dirt and oil)
　

Combine ingredients and apply to face. Leave on until mask dries. Rinse with warm

Oatmeal Facial Mask

The oatmeal acts as a gentle exfoliator and cleanser, the yogurt is a softener and the honey is a humectant (a substance that promotes moisture retention)

　
Recipe:
1 Tbs. honey
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup yogurt
　

Mix all ingredients well.. Gather the mask on the fingertips and sweep across your face in an upward motion. Cover the entire face and leave on for 15 minutes. The mask will feel dry and a little tingly. Rinse your face with warm (not hot) water and follow with a moisturizer.

Egg-White Mask
Good firming & tightening mask for large-pored skin & mature skin

　

Recipe:
5 drops Lemon Juice or white vinegar
20ml Egg White
5ml Oat Flour
5ml Rice Flour
5ml Fuller's Earth
Mix all ingredients to paste and apply on face for 15 minutes, then rinse off
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lovepark · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

Green Tea Cucumber Mask
Cucumber soothes, while green tea and chamomile reduce puffiness, and aloe vera maintains moisture and helps heal sunburned skin.
　
Recipe:
1 cucumber, peeled and grated
2 oz. green tea
2 oz. chamomile
1 oz. aloe vera
　

Mix all ingredients together and apply to face, hands or any skin area that is burned, irritated or dehydrated. It should keep for a week in the refrigerator.

Herbal Spa Wrap
　
Recipe:
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup grapefruit juice
1 tsp. dried thyme
　
Combine ingredients and massage into skin, wrap arm with plastic to lock in body heat. Lay a heating pad over areas for five minutes at a time.

Potato Eye Mask
Helps to reduce dark circles
Recipe:
2 slice potatoes
　
Put potatoes on eyes and relax for 15minutes

Tau Fa Mask
(Taufa is the soya bean curd that is ready to eat with sweet syrup. Don't add the sweet syrup to your mask though.). Bean curd is soothing and good for acne. It is supposed to be safe even for sensitive skin.
　
Recipe:
2 tablespoons Rice flour
2 tablespoons Fresh taufa
　

Mash the taufa well into the rice flour and mix to form a soft paste

Soothing Honey Mask
Honey is a good moisturizing for dry skin
　
Recipe:
10 ml Liquid Honey
10 ml turmeric

Apply mixture to face and neck, wait for 20 minutes then rinse off

Mask for Saggy Skin
A very moisturizing mask for softness & Smoothness face and neck to dry / mature skin

Recipe:
20ml Liquid Honey
10drops Almond Oil
　
Mix all ingredients , Apply to the eye, face, and neck & wait for 30 minutes then rinse off
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lovepark · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject:

i think this is very simply and easy to do....
u can do it during weekend when u are free..
not only for gal gal... i think guy also can do gehh.... Wink

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waiwai · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:46 am Post subject:

yupe, those are easy method but very lazy to mask... Razz

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lovepark · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject:

its very easy to do liao...
then u don use any mask ?.. or buy from outside? Rolling Eyes

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waiwai · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:53 am Post subject:

errr... did i use mask this year?? lemme think... crakcrakcrak... mcm tak ada, mcm ada... Razz

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yipck2003 · PJNet Senior Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 1311

Eh.. better not use food to put on as mask...

One of my chemist friend told me that cannot put fruits on our face. This is because the bacteria will grow on those food and infect our skin. They have study that it actually cause more harm to our skin.
Better use those that are climatologically tested products.

waiwai · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

aiya.. yes ah.. make sense oso...
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lovepark · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

ohhh... is it...
so far i tried those egg white one.. my frend teach me..
use egg white apply on those facial cotton... wait until its dry... then PEEEELLLL.... auchhhWWww....
pain.... hehe.. but can clean those pores Mr. Green

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lovepark · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

yipck2003 · PJNet Senior Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 1311

The bacteria will grow on the decaying food and will spread to our skin... so it will damage our skin.

Galz · PJNet Junior Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 368

hmm i can't remember when is the last time i use a mask also le...