Our Highly Effective Quarantine Face Mask
Using ingredients that we have in our home can create an effective face mask. Knowing all that goes into our skincare products is hard, in addition to many new agents that we are not familiar with.
To give our skin a natural detox, this face mask contains very few ingredients, and is beneficial as an exfoliant while achieving a natural glow.
All you’ll need is baking soda, honey, olive oil, lemon and brown sugar.
1 tsp of lemon
1 tsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of brown sugar
1 tbsp of baking soda
Melt the honey for 10 seconds in the microwave, then add the olive oil and baking soda and stir together. Continue to add the rest of the ingredients while leaving the brown sugar until last to prevent it from breaking down too much.
We used a lemon-infused olive oil for our mask. This is an effective option as it will carry a more fluid, even amount of highly concentrated freshly pressed lemon in high quantity. With that, this mask can only be used once a week and left on the skin for 10 minutes max with this amount lemon extract. It resulted in a highly effective mask at stripping away all dead skin and leaving skin extremely radiant - so we recommend this route for our skin mask lovers.
Baking soda is a safe product for skin use as it is a natural compound which is extracted from specific minerals. It boasts as a powerful exfoliant that carries various bleaching agents, also known to slightly shrinks the size of pores; crucial when preventing the build-up of bacteria and dirt.
Brown sugar is an ingredient we now look for when buying new face masks, so it was a no-brainer to incorporate it into our own. The abrasiveness of brown sugar grains in particular cleans away dry and dead skin cells, making skin smoother and more radiant, and is also one of the few ingredients we can trust as a skin polisher. Brown sugar leaves skin with a delicious smell - similar to some of the other ingredients we’ve combined.
In addition to its other skin perfecting agents, honey allows for the mask to be applied evenly and effectively to the skin. The antioxidant compounds help to fight premature signs of aging while also uncloging pores and preventing bacteria. After left on the skin for just a few minutes, you will be left with a soft-to-the-touch glow that lasts for days.
Lemon is an ingredient in this face mask that makes it a more ‘serious’ topical for your face. While there are some side effects that can occur if products with lemon are used too frequently especially with sun exposure, its skin purifying compounds make it a magical ingredient in this mask. Lemon is particularly good for those with dry skin and cases of eczema as it is said to alleviate skin patches brought about by dry skin cells. Lemon can also aid in the development of collagen levels as Vitamin C helps to prevent free radicals which damage collagen cells. This mask can be made without the lemon and still product amazing results while being gentle enough for daily use. If you decide to include lemon, we recommend this as a weekly mask.