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Forget about drinking your strawberry smoothie! Slather it on your face instead! Because strawberries contain salicylic acid and antioxidants, you can use them to make beneficial and natural face masks at home.
Strawberries contain antioxidants like vitamin C that inhibits the premature aging of your skin. They also have ellagic acid which aids s in preventing wrinkles. Particularly, the salicylic acid present in strawberries is helpful in keeping blemishes and acne away. Overall strawberries lighten your skin color and offer a bright blemish free as well as healthy skin. Therefore, strawberries are mixed with other natural ingredients to bring very beneficial face masks which aid in skin brightening and lightening.
Basic Strawberry Facial Mask
A strawberry face mask will make the skin glow plus look beautiful, and helps to cure acne and acne… This face mask is best for oily skin.
Ingredients:
Ripe strawberries
First, mash enough strawberries (do not overdo it plus make it too watery) till you get enough smooth paste in order to apply to your face. Now spread the paste equally and gently using your fingertips on the clean neck and face; keep your eye area clear. Then lie down, relax and allow the mask on for around 15-20 minutes. After that wash it off using cold water; pat the skin dry with the help of a clean towel.
Cornstarch + Strawberry Facial Mask
The cornstarch present in this face mask will draw out some extra oil plus impurities. This mask is suitable for oily skin.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of ripe strawberries
1/4 cup of cornstarch
Procedure:
First, place the cornstarch and strawberries in a blender and next mix till you have a paste which is consistent enough thus it will stay on the face without running off. Pat this paste gently and equally using your fingertips on the clean face and neck as well; keep your eye area clear. Then lie down, relax and keep the mask on for half an hour. After that wash it off using cold fresh water; pat the skin dry using a clean towel.
Lemon, Egg White, Honey, + Strawberry Facial Mask
This strawberry face mask is best for oily skin. It helps clean, exfoliate, smooth and tighten your skin.
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1/2 cup of sliced strawberries
1/2 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon of organic honey
Mix all ingredients till you have a smooth plus uniform substance. Now smooth this paste gently and equally using your fingertips on the clean neck and face; keep your eye area clear. Then lie down, relax and allow the mask on for around 5-10 minutes. After that wash it off using alternately cold plus warm water and finish with one splash of cold; pat the skin dry using a clean towel.
Milk, Cornstarch, Honey + Strawberry Facial Mask
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of ripe strawberries
1/4 cup of cornstarch
1 tablespoon of organic honey
1/4 cup of low-fat milk
In a food processor, put all the ingredients and next mix them well till you have a uniform and smooth paste that will stick to the face without running off.
Now, smooth the paste equally and gently using your fingertips on the clean neck and face; keep your eye area clear.
Then lie down, relax and allow the mask on for half an hour.
After that, rinse it off using fresh cold water; pat the skin dry with the help of a clean towel.
Brandy, Fuller’s Earth, Oatmeal + Strawberry Facial Mask
This mask is best for oily skin.
Ingredients:
6-7 strawberries
2 tablespoons of Fuller’s earth (multani mitti)
1 tablespoons of oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon of lavender or rose water
1 splash of brandy
First of all, mix the ingredients well till you have a uniform and smooth paste that will stick to the face without running off.
Now, spread this paste gently and equally using a facial mask spatula or brush on your clean neck and face; keep your eye area clear.
Then lie down, relax and allow the mask on for about 20 minutes.
After that, wash it off using alternately cold plus warm water and finish with one splash of cold; pat the skin dry with the help of a clean towel.
- Danielle Lasit