Homemade Face Masks for Acne and Oily Skin

If you suffer from breakouts or have sun-damaged, check out these natural face masks remedy.

Yogurt and Honey Mask

This homemade mask is beneficial for acne-prone skin types. This wonderful and refreshing treatment will revitalize tired skin. Yogurt fights skin infections and acne, as well as fades blemishes.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons Manuka honey
  • 1 ripe banana

Directions

  1. Mix all the above ingredients in a small-sized bowl.
  2. Apply to a clean face; leave on for about 15 minutes.
  3. Wash your face with lukewarm water; pat dry

Manuka and Parsley Mask

This homemade mask is beneficial for oily and acne-prone skin types. Honey can help moisturize and fight bacteria. Parsley has skin lightening properties so it will help to fade acne scars.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon raw honey
  • 2 teaspoons kaolin

Directions

  1. Put the parsley, lemon juice and honey into your food processor or a blender. Blend until uniform and smooth.
  2. Add the kaolin, a little at a time, until you have a spreadable paste.
  3. Apply to a clean face; leave on for about 15 minutes.
  4. Wash your face with lukewarm water; pat dry
  5. For the best results, use this mask once per week.

 

Face Mask for Acne Scars

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons Manuka honey
  • 4 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 3 teaspoons plain yogurt
  • 1 egg white

Directions

  1. Prepare a glass mixing bowl, mix all of the above ingredients.
  2. Stir with a fork until everything is well mixed.
  3. Dip a clean rag into the mixture. Place the rag over your face for about fifteen minutes.
  4. Rinse your face with lukewarm water. Enjoy!

Get glowing skin – Blackberries

This facial mask is great for sun damaged skin. Use the ingredients from your kitchen and nourish your skin from the inside and out. The consumption of blackberries maintains the elasticity of your skin. Blackberries are rich in Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Blackberries are loaded with antioxidants so they are great for reducing damage from some environmental factors.

Ingredient

  •  10 blackberries

Directions

  1. Rinse your blackberries; mash them in a small-sized bowl using a fork.
  2. Apply to a clean face; leave on for about 15 minutes.
  3. Wash your face with lukewarm water; pat dry

Soothing Face Mask – Rose Petals

This mask is beneficial for all skin types, especially sensitive, overexposed, and sun-damaged skin.

Ingredients and tools

  • 1/3 small-sized cucumber
  • 1/4 cup fresh rose petals
  • 1 teaspoon grapeseed oil
  • A blender, knife, cutting board

Directions

  1.  Cut the cucumber into small chunks and remove any excess water.
  2.  Then, add cucumber to your blender, together with rose petals. Blend for 1 minute and add the grapeseed oil.
  3.  To use, add a thick layer of your mask to a clean skin. Leave on skin approximately 20 minutes; rinse off with lukewarm water.

Green Tea Mask

An easy to make face mask for sun-damaged skin.

 Ingredients

  • 2 green tea bags
  • 1 tablespoon of honey

 Directions

  1. Prepare a bowl, mix the green tea with honey.
  2. Now apply to the skin. Leave on for 20 minutes; rinse with lukewarm water.

 

Triple-Berry Blast

These berries are rich in essential fatty acids that helps nourish, soothe, and repair skin cells. This mask works great to improve sun damaged or maturing skin and is also beneficial for normal, dry, oily, or combination skin types as well.

Triple-Berry Blast

Ingredients

  • 1 strawberry
  • 2 blueberries
  • 1 raspberry
  • 12 teaspoon raw honey
  • 1 teaspoon coconut flour

Directions

  1. Prepare a mixing bowl, put in the berries and mash with the fork. Add honey and stir to mix.
  2. Add coconut flour a little at a time, stirring to moisten the powder until you have a thin, not drippy, spreadable paste.
  3. Use immediately.