This book on homemade cosmetics is our Mum's, we're not sure she's ever made anything from it but it has always fascinated us. Some things are way beyond where we would want to go - fancy making your own deodorant? No we didn't either! We did however fancy making our own face-packs, as this is a lovely treat and we often give each other 'facials'.
We looked in this book and online for ideas and had a scoot in the cupboards to see what we could find. We decided to go for oats, honey and yogurt - inexpensive and things most people have in already.
Jeanne Rose's book describes yogurt as 'The Fountain of Youth' due to the beneficial action of certain bacteria in milk. It does say you can use it directly as a moisturizer and it is good for sunburn. You can combine it with essential oils for a cleansing face mask.
Honey (according to the book) is, 'Food of the Gods' and is good for dressing all external skin problems and, again, acts as a moisturizer. (Err... please don't take any of this as medical advice!)
We used a hand food processor to whiz together 4 tablespoons of oats, 2 tablespoons of yogurt and 2 tablespoons of honey. It will, over half an hour, get much thicker - if it's too thick stir in a bit more yogurt, if you think it's too runny (like if it drips straight off your face) then add some more oats. We'd recommend using it pretty much straight away.
I left it on for about 15 minutes, my skin felt really smooth afterwards, however, I would use it in the bath, as the 'take-off' was a bit messy!
Happy relaxing!
Emily x
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