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Homemade Face Mask

October 11, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 10 Comments

Got eggs?

Eggs aren’t just for eating.

Egg whites help balance oily-to-normal skin while the creamy yolk adds moisture to dry skin.

As a teenager and even into my twenties and thirties, I had oily oily OILY skin. Now as the magical forces of aging control my life, my skin has turned bone dry and dehydrated. While salon facials are amazing, they don’t quite fit my struggling-writer-plus-two-kids-in-college budget…
So I make my own for pennies.
My favorite at-home facial is made from common pantry items, yet the result is more spa-like than common.
And spa-like is good.
Basic Ingredients. Not pictured: Olive Oil…
Ingredients
Honey-Banana Dry Skin Facial
1 egg yolk
1 teaspooon honey
1 tablespoon banana
1 strawberry, mashed
1 teaspoon olive oil

This makes more than one application, but working with smaller amounts of each ingredient is difficult. It will save in the refrigerator for a week or so, but I wouldn’t apply to your face more frequently than twice a week. Better yet, call your girlfriends over and have a spa day.

Method
Mash banana and strawberry into other ingredients.

smells good enough to eat because it is!

Whisk until fairly smooth. There will be bits of strawberry in the mask—that’s okay.

honey-strawberry scrambled eggs?
Steam open pores with warm hand towel. Spread mask on your face and neck. This is a bit messy so I do this in the bathroom with a towel spread over the sink.

a) thank goodness this is blurry;
b) yes, my fingers look strangely ET-like in this pic; and,
c) please no one pin this to their Halloween board…

Once the mask is on your face, it dries quickly, and you can go about your morning business… Have a cup of coffee. Eat the rest of your banana.

After 20 – 30 minutes, rinse with cool water.

Ahhhh…..
Note about the ingredients: Strawberries help exfoliate and dissolve dead skin. Honey has an antibacterial quality. The egg yolk, olive oil and banana provide moisture. I’m no esthetician—I’m not even sure how to spell the word, but this is a combination that works for me. Before you try this for the first time, test an area of skin behind the ear and wait 24 hours before applying to the face. Some people have an allergic reaction to the ingredients, especially the fruit…

talya

P.S. If you have oily skin, omit the olive oil and substitute an egg white for the yolk. 

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

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