Body & Soul: Achieve Healthy Skin with Homemade Facial Masks

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April/May 2009
By Janice Cox 
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Adapt Your Facial to Your Skin Type

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On the opposite page are some herbal recipes to use during your facial, but feel free to experiment with your favorite herbs and flowers. If you are using a new ingredient for the first time, try a spot test on the inside of your arm or the back of your neck first.

Fresh Herbs for Fresh Faces

These common garden herbs can be added to facial steams, masks and toners to keep your complexion fresh and glowing:

• Chamomile—This is an all-around beauty herb, and is used in just about all facial-care products. It is useful in calming an irritated complexion and treating breakouts. Fresh chamomile tea is an excellent facial toner and a refreshing pick-me-up at the end of a long day.
• Comfrey—A healing and soothing herb that contains allantoin, a protein that speeds up cell renewal. This herb is good for rough and dry skin.
• Hollyhock—Fresh hollyhock leaves are valuable skin soothers. They also are naturally antiseptic (other antiseptic herbs are lavender, geranium and lilac) and are useful in calming sunburns and skin inflammations.
• Lavender—A healing and gentle cleanser for all skin types. The fresh natural scent is relaxing and refreshing.
• Parsley—Fresh parsley is beneficial to dry and sensitive skin, and is naturally soothing and cleansing.
• Rose—A soothing and gentle cleanser that has a refining and softening effect on the skin. Add some fresh rose petals to your facial steam for extra skin softening.
• Rosemary—Rosemary boosts your skin’s circulation and also is a useful and invigorating skin tonic. 
• Sage—This fresh herb will help tighten your pores when added to facial toners and used in facial steams. It also is naturally antiseptic and cleansing.
• Witch hazel—A classic skin astringent that can be found at most drugstores. It does contain alcohol, but is healing and soothing to your skin.

Try These

Don’t have time to whip up our recipes? Ensure your skin gets the TLC it needs with these Herb Companion picks.

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