How Can I Make A Natural Face Pack?

'How Can I Make A Natural Face Pack?'
It's easier than you may think! Using the simple ingredients you can find in your kitchen, you can make your very own natural face packs. You can even make them for your own skin type!

First, a couple of ground rules.
1- Always avoid your eyes. It hurts, it can cause damage, just avoid!
2- NEVER store unused face pack for use later. It will go off and it can harbour some seriously scary bacteria, one of which can cause blindness. Just make enough for one use and put the rest on the compost heap!

Okay, scary stuff aside, lets look at some great base recipes. The method is the same throughout unless stated- mix to the right consistency and slap it on for 5-10 minutes, rinse off well and pat your face dry.

Porridge Chops. Probably the simplest and gentlest is Oats and Milk. Yep. Porridge. Oatmeal is a long-held natural wonder for skin, and when you use it on your face you'll see why. Milk is fabulous to mush it all up and bind it. If you like, you can add Honey and/or brown sugar as well. One heaped tablespoon of dry porridge oats is enough for one face, add the rest of the ingredients until you have a paste. Perfect for sensitive and over-dry skin.

Banana (Wo)Man. As above- start with Porridge Oats, but this time mash half a banana into it along with a squeeze of lemon juice and then your milk etc. Over-ripe banana's are perfect for this! Great for Oily Skin.

Avocado Mash-up. Over-ripe Avocado? No Problem. Mash that bad-boy up, add some natural yogurt and a squeeze of lemon and slather it on. This is good for Combination skin!

Kiwi Ap-Peel. If you want a chemical peel at home, simply take one ripe Kiwi, remove the skin and blitz it in a blender. Spread the resulting runny pulp onto your skin (avoiding the eyes ;) ) and leave for a maximum of 5 minutes. The acids in the Kiwi give you a chemical peel without the scary chemicals. We would not advise this for sensitive skin!

Scrub me Sugar! Need a quick but effective sugar scrub? Simply mix one teaspoon of brown sugar (Demerara works best) with a drizzle of regular Olive Oil and use as a gentle scrub on your face for amazing results. Best done last thing at night to really see the effects the following morning! Perfect for those of us blessed with flaky patches...

I hope you enjoy trying these out! Let us know how you get on...