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Face masks made by yourself
Face masks are easy to make yourself. You should prepare the masks fresh and leave them in the fridge for a maximum of one day. The colder it is outside, the richer the mask can be, but in summer, moisture is the most important factor.
Which mask for which skin?
Our skin is exposed to a variety of stresses. In winter, the dry heating air and the cold outside are particularly difficult for her. In summer, they put a strain on heat and air conditioning. Normal skin is fine-pored even without creams and masks. The main thing here is to provide them with additional moisture or to remove dead cells with a mask peeling. Oily skin is about slowing down sebum production. Masks with salicylic acid (willow bark) or clay or healing earth are particularly suitable for this (clay may be called healing earth if it meets certain legal purity requirements, for example, to be used internally).
Dry skin needs fat and moisture. For sensitive skin, check whether a mask contains substances to which your skin reacts sensitively. If the skin is impure, the masks should have a pH-neutral, antibacterial and relaxing effect. This applies particularly to fruit acids (lemon, apple, pomegranate, berries etc.) and salicylic acid. Greasy masks are then unsuitable.
The ingredients
For a face mask, use household ingredients: yogurt, cream, milk, buttermilk and curd provide moisture, as do vegetable oils such as rapeseed or olive oil. Fruits and vegetables such as lemons, strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries, bananas and cucumbers contain valuable vitamins and minerals. Sea salt, banana peels or sugar are suitable if the mask is associated with an exfoliation. Honey not only moisturizes and has the right substance for a skin mask, it also has an antioxidant effect and slows down the aging of the skin. Egg keeps the paste stable and provides us with proteins.
Preparation
Before you apply a face mask, you should cleanse the skin until adhering fats are removed. Then you can best absorb the ingredients of the mask and the effect lasts the longest. Ideally, give the face a light peel beforehand to remove dead skin and open the pores. To do this, simply mix a little coffee grounds with vegetable oil and massage the paste into the facial skin.
How long should a mask work?
Regardless of the type of mask, let it soak for about 15 to 20 minutes, with some masks ten minutes are enough. If the mask has hardened in the meantime, you can remove the remains with a warm towel and wash them off.
Anti-wrinkle honey
Honey contains antioxidants, counteracts bacteria and inflammation, for example for acne or eczema. It also stores a lot of moisture and works well to tighten small wrinkles.
You take a teaspoon of honey, 50 grams of barley flour and an egg white. Beat the egg whites with snow and mix them with the flour and honey, apply the paste to the cleansed face, let it soak in for 20 minutes and then wash it off.
Pumpkin against blemished skin
Pumpkin meat contains zinc and vitamins A and C. Together with honey, it makes a good mask to care for blemished skin. You take about two teaspoons of boiled pumpkin pulp, a little milk and half a teaspoon of honey, mix everything and apply it. Then let it soak in for about 15 minutes and clean the face at the end.
Guacamole for dry skin
Avocado is not only a healthy food, the unsaturated fatty acids it contains as well as vitamins A, B and E also stimulate the formation of new cells, slow down the aging of the skin and make dry skin supple. To do this, whisk a protein until stiff, mix in the pureed meat of half an avocado and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Then apply the mass to the face, leave it on for about 15 minutes and then remove it.
Tea tree oil for fat
If you suffer from oily skin, a mask with tea tree oil is the first choice because it contracts the pores and soothes the skin. You take four drops of tea tree oil, a protein and a dash of lemon. Then whisk the egg whites, add the lemon juice, mix the two and add the tea tree oil at the end. Apply the foam to the face, leave it on for 15 minutes and wash it off.
Cucumber mask
The best known is the cucumber mask with curd cheese - as cheap as it is simple. You need half a cucumber and three tablespoons of curd. Chop the cucumber into pieces and chop them in the blender. Mix the escaping cucumber juice with the curd and apply everything to the skin. You can also put two cucumber slices on the eyes. This cucumber mask moisturizes and cleanses the skin.
Flour and yogurt
A mask made of six tablespoons of yoghurt and just as much wheat flour is also extremely simple. Mix the two, apply the mass to the face and let everything soak in for about 25 minutes. Then wash the face off with clear water. A flour-yogurt mask is an old home remedy for large pores.
Carrot mask
For a carrot mask, take two average carrots, a tablespoon of honey, as much olive oil, and half a lemon. Grate the carrots finely and steam them. Then puree them to a porridge, mix them with honey and olive oil. Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice. It ensures that the skin contracts.
You apply the mask to the cleaned skin and leave it on for about 15 minutes, then carefully remove everything with a piece of paper and wash off the rest with warm water.
Strawberries against aging
For this you need five fresh strawberries, a teaspoon of yogurt and two teaspoons of honey. Crush the strawberries in a bowl, add the yoghurt and honey and mix everything. If your skin is dry, you can use cream instead of yogurt.
You apply the mask to the skin with your fingers, but leave the eye area free. Wash off after about ten minutes.
Parsley for skin redness
Parsley contains apigenin. This substance counteracts inflammation. A parsley mask therefore helps against skin redness.
Mix three tablespoons of chopped parsley with 100 milliliters of hot water, add a tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of oatmeal and an egg white. Apply this mask to the skin for 20 minutes. Then wash everything off thoroughly. You should not use this mask on dry skin.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate is full of vitamins and antioxidants, and Iranians swear by pomegranate masks to counteract skin aging. You mix six tablespoons of pomegranate seeds with six tablespoons of sugar and two teaspoons of olive oil and crush the seeds. Massage the mixture into the skin of the face, leave it for ten minutes and then wash the face.
Green tea
Green tea is known for its skin-care substances as well as antioxidants, tannins, polyphenols and enzymes. It accelerates the regeneration of the cells, makes the skin shine and makes it more elastic. For a mask, start with green tea, with a tea bag for 250 milliliters of water. You put the bags in water at about 80 degrees and let them steep for five minutes.
You can now soak a rag with the tea and put it on your face, or mix the tea with flour, yogurt and honey to a paste. You put the rag on your eyes. The mask helps against swollen eyes by constricting the blood vessels there. The vitamin K contained in tea brightens dark circles. If you want to make it easy for yourself, you can also put wet tea bags on your eyes.
Against pimples and acne
Applied to the skin, the tea has an antibacterial effect and therefore also against the bacteria that trigger acne. Its anti-inflammatory effect also relieves the redness caused by acne. To do this, take two green tea leaves that have already been drawn, mix them with two teaspoons of honey and freshly squeezed lemon juice, spread the mixture over the face, leave it all for ten minutes and then rinse off with warm water.
Chocolate - the gold of the Aztecs
In the Aztecs, cocoa was not only a luxury food, but also medicine. Raw cocoa is full of minerals: magnesium, potassium, iron and zinc. To this end, it contains vitamin E to a greater extent, which is just as important for cell formation and cell renewal of the skin as it is for hair growth. In addition, cocoa promotes the release of dopamine and thus creates euphoric feelings. It supports blood flow, muscles, nerves and the exchange of biochemistry. The theobromine also lowers blood pressure.
For a cocoa mask, mix two teaspoons of cocoa powder (from raw cocoa) with a teaspoon of Greek yoghurt or almond oil and about one tablespoon of honey if your skin is dry. Honey gives moisture and yogurt soothes. They mix everything in a bowl with a high rim because the cocoa powder is dusting. Then add the honey, mix it with the powder and at the end the yogurt comes in.
If you mix everything, the consistency of melted chocolate should match. You now apply this paste to your face, but leave your mouth and eyes free. Everything soaks in for 15 minutes, then rinse off (some remove the excess paste beforehand with a spoon to lick it off). (Dr. Utz Anhalt)
Author and source information
This text corresponds to the specifications of the medical literature, medical guidelines and current studies and has been checked by medical doctors.
Dr. phil. Utz Anhalt, Barbara Schindewolf-Lensch
Swell:
- Philip D. Shenefelt "Herbal Treatment for Dermatologic Disorders" in "Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects." 2nd edition, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis; 2011
- Heike Käser "Make natural cosmetics yourself: The manual", Freya Verlag, 2018
- Konrad Herrmann, Ute Trinkkeller, "Dermatology and medical cosmetics: guidelines for cosmetic practice", Springer 2014
