Homemade Remedies: Healthy Skin

We all know that skincare is important, especially in the summer time. Your skin is the "base" of your makeup so you want it to be as smooth, clean and healthy as possible. Now, I've done my research and I've found homemade remedies/treatments you can make yourself at home! Skincare is very important to me so expect a post on my favorite skin care products.

Oily Skin:

Strawberry Exfoliating Scrub~

4 strwaberries

2 tbsp brown sugar

Mash the strawberries in a bowl and mix in the brown sugar to make a scrub for exfoliating oily skin. 

Lemon and Hot water face wash~ 

1/2 a cup lemon juice

1 cup hot water

A mix of lemon juice and hot water does the trick for oily skin, the acidic nature of the lemon will clear away oil and dirt from pores.

Peppermint Facial Toner~

1 peppermint tea bag

2 tbsp witch hazel 

1 t. lime juice 

1 t. lemon juice

1 cup of boiling water

 After taking the peppermint tea bag out of the boiling water allow to cool for 10 minutes. Then, the rest of the ingredients should be thoroughly mixed in well and refrigerated. 

Dry Skin:

Honey face wash for dry skin~

2 t. of honey

2 t.of almond oil

1/4 cup whole milk
Mix all ingredients to make face wash 
Cucumber Honey Facial Toner~
1 cucumber
1/2 t. honey
Peel cucumber and blend or food process. Strain only extracting the juice, mix in honey and store.
Avocado Honey Mask~ 
1 Avocado
3 t. honey
1 t. of lemon juice
½ t. of milk
Mash avocado until completely smooth, mix in honey and lemon thoroughly. 

These remedies are definitely easy to make using only a few items each that you most likely have in your kitchen! Here is where I found these awesome natural remedies! Look forward to Combination and acne prone skin natural remedies post as well as a favorite skin care products post in the near future!
- Kim