Yoghurt & Avocado Nourishing Mask (Naural Beauty Kit)

Yoghurt & Avocado Nourishing Mask (Natural Beauty Kit)

YUMMY! This one is definitely safe to eat!

For: all skin types

What Will It Do: Leave your skin feeling soft, fresh & nourished

From Your Fridge:

1 ripe avocado
1 ripe banana
3 tablespoons plain yoghurt
1/4 teaspoon vitamin E oil
3 tablespoons aloe vera juice

Directions:
1. Mash the avocado and banana to make a paste.
2. Add the yoghurt and vitamin E oil and mix well.
3. Massage the mask gently into your skin, covering your face & throat areas. Avoid your eye area.
4. Soak a piece of gauze in the aloe vera juice
5. Place the gauze over the mask to infuse the ingredients
6. Leave for 10-20 minutes
7. Rinse off
8. Tone & moisturise as normal.

Do you make your own 'yummy home made mask? care to share the main ingredients?

Natural Beauty Kit (part 2) 'Mmmm...minty cleanser'

In our 'Natural Beauty Kit' series we'll serve up tips on turning nature into nurturing skincare products...and you needn't look any futher than your own fridge!

MINTY CLEANSER
The cucumber & the mint cools & soothes while the milk brightens and lightly hydrates your skin. The grapefruit extract acts as a natural preservative so that you can store your cleanser for a week.

Natures ingredient box:
*10cm piece of cucumber
*5 mint leaves
*50ml milk
*2 drops grapefruit seed extract
*muslin cloth
*sterilised bottle

1. peel cucumber & remove mint leaf stalks
2. chop both cucumber & mint leaves roughly
3. then put them in a blender with the milk & whizz until smooth
4. poor this mixture into a pan & heat until simmering over a medium heat
5. simmer for 2 minutes
6. cool then strain through muslin cloth
7. pour liquid into a sterilised bottle
8. add grapefruit extract
9. keep cleanser in fridge & use within a week

10.apply your 'minty cleanser' to your face and throat
11.avoid your eye & mouth areas
12 rinse off with warm water & facecloth
13.tone & moisturise as normal

Future parts to this series will include a 'lavender/rose skin tonic', a 'blackhead blaster' and a 'blemish blaster.'

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