Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
A vegetable used for it's cooling and astringent properties. Try a couple of slices for your tired eyes.
Ingredients:
- 1 medium Cucumber, peeled and cut up into pieces
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Throughout the year, I like to prepare a fresh Pumpkin Facial Masque, by mixing the following together.
Ingredients:
•1/8 cup cooked pumpkin pulp, cooled
•1 tbsp ground oats
•Pinch of nutmeg
Instructions:
Mix
Oatmeal Mask:
Prepare oatmeal per instructions. Use plain or add other great skin care ingredients like ground almonds (which also mildly exfoliate), clay (kaolin is suitable for all skin types),
Oatmeal Cleanser:
Coarsely grind a teaspoon or two of oatmeal. Moisten with a liquid such as honey, aloe, distilled water, spring water, or milk.
To use as a mild
One of my favorite ingredients to use in homemade skin care is oatmeal. Oatmeal is soothing since it has anti-inflammatory properties (great for irritated skin),
This is a Honey Almond scrub with a Peppermint twist! This product will exfoliate your skin to help make it smoother and softer.
Ingredients:
4 T Almond meal (or Almond flour)
2 T
This herbal vinegar makes for a beautiful natural hair rinse that works very well to rinse out build up and residue, and to control oily hair.
Supplies to have ready:
•Clean Dry
Dry Skin Facial Cleanser Recipe
Enjoy this easy-to-make creamy cleanser, perfect for normal to dry skin. Customize it with your favorite essential oil.
Ingredients:
•1/4 cup Honey
•1 tablespoon liquid Castile soap
•1/4 cup Glycerine
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