Tired of spending money on fashionable cosmetics, with unpronounceable ingredients, that don't always live up to their marketing? Parabens and other synthetic ingredients in expensive spa skin treatments aren't good for you and they're also bad for the environment.
Honey Face Mask Recipe
Trust the beauties of ages past like Cleopatra and Marie Antoinette. These gorgeous gals were dedicated to their bee-utiful honey beauty routines. For a history of honey's use in beauty products click here.
Mix up these homemade honey mask ingredients, chances are they're already on hand in the pantry. (For basics on how to have a well-stocked, livable pantry click here.)
- 2 egg yolks (save the whites to make the individual cake bites called petits fours, Marie Antoinette would have loved the idea)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup honey, warmed in the microwave
Homemade Honey Facial
Combine honey face mask ingredients until well blended. To add exfoliation to the honey moisturizing treatment, add 1/4 cup of finely ground almonds or 1/4 cup granulated sugar. The almonds and the sugar will act as gentle abrasives, helping to slough off the layers of dead skin that can make your complexion look dull. Get glowing:
- Gently rub honey mask onto dry, cleansed skin.
- For a honey facial, dampen a towel
- Microwave the damp towel on high for a few minutes until it is warm and steamy.
- Place the towel over your face
- Relax for a few minutes while the heat allows the honey to better absorb into the skin.
Honey Hand Cream
Effective honey dry skin treatment is as close as your local supermarket or favorite farmer's market bee keeper's stand. Just buy one of the little plastic honey bears full of golden goodness.
Japanese women have for centuries used honey straight out of the comb as a skin humectant or moisturizer for dry chapped hands.
Honey Body Lotion Recipe
- Warm 1/4 cup of honey in the microwave, add a little almond, lavender, or orange oil (whatever aromatherapy scents you like best)
- Add 1/4 cup cream or milk
- Rub the homemade honey cream into your skin
- Luxuriate in the youthful glow soft, moisturized skin
Honey beauty products can be made at easily at home from ingredients found in the pantry and fridge. There's no need to buy anything special. The secret to smooth, moisturized skin is in the pot of honey you've just been using to sweeten your tea. Imagine how much money you'll save, no longer going to Sephora. Share the good news. Be beautiful with bees.
