3 Super Easy DIY Recipes

Guest Post by Iswarya
Weekend Fun Giveaway July Week 2 Giveaway Entry #19

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Homemade Rose Water

If you don’t want to use ready-made rose water from the stores, you can try this quick easy recipe. All you need to do is pick a bowl full of fresh rose petals. Then take a wide mouthed enamel or glass pot or bowl with a cover or closing lid. Take another heavy bottomed open vessel. You need kitchen gauze or a strainer too. Now place the wide mouthed enamel pot on the gas stove. Keep the gauze inside it and spread the rose petals to it. You can crush the rose petals if you want. Note that the bowl should be heat resistant. For 1 bowl of rose petals add 2 cups of distilled water. Now keep the second open vessel above the gauze and close the lid in an inverted position.
             Light the gas stove and wait for 2 minutes. Once it starts boiling simmer it, keep adding crushed ice and wait for another 15 min. The rose water will condense and fall to the open vessel above. Even a layer of rose essential oil will be formed. If you need oil you have to separate it from water. Once the mixture cools you can store this in old serum bottle and you can refrigerate too. You can carry this to your office too. For people sitting in ac for a long time this might help to overcome the dullness. Spray to your face during regular intervals. You will enjoy this refreshing and moisturizing experience!!


Aspirin Mask for Acne Control

Aspirin masks helps to control acne. Take 4-5 uncoated aspirin tablets (as required) and mix it with little distilled water and make in the form of a paste. Apply this to your face once a week. It should not be used daily because skin may be irritated as it cannot bear sensitivity caused by aspirin.


Pumpkin Face Mask

Pumpkin is excellent for skin. It is rich in vitamins A and Antioxidants and zinc. Take cooked pumpkin (smash it) and mix it with honey and milk. Add egg white to this mixture. Mix well. Egg white helps to bind the mask together. Apply this to your face and see the miracle it does to your skin.

                     Hope you liked these quick DIY Recipes. Which is your favorite own DIY recipe?

Peach Facial Masks for All Skin Types

What do you think of yummy and juicy peach fruits? They are really very yummy in taste and good for overall health and why not, skin health too. They can also be used to make your own skincare recipe to prevent this horrible winter dryness and peeling of the skin. Peaches contain lots of Vitamin A, C and anti oxidants which can help in improving the texture and complexion of your skin. It fight wrinkles, fine lines and clears out blemishes with regular usage. Not only for dry skins, peaches can also be used in oily skin care regimens to improve the skin . A simple tip, next time when you eat peach fruits, just don't throw away the skin of the fruit. Cleanse your face and gently rub this skin over your face in circular motion. Leave on the juice extracts to penetrate deeper and work into your skin. Splash fresh water and wash off! This process rejuvenates skin and brings out a natural glow. Follow the recipes below as per your skin type to enjoy the whole goodness on peaches on your skin.

Rejuvenating Dry Skin Mask

Ingredients

1. Peach
2. 2 teaspoons of Milk cream
3. 1 teaspoon of Olive Oil
4. 1 teaspoon of Honey

Method

• Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix well until a creamy mask is formed.
• Cleanse your face, spread this mask evenly over your face and relax.
• Let the milk cream, honey, olive oil and peach extracts work on your dry skin for 20 minutes. Wash off with clean and cold water. Moisturize! 
• You can touch your skin to feel the instant softness and you will fall in love with this skin recipe for sure. Do this whenever needed to keep your skin nourished.

Nourishing Mask for Oily Skin

Ingredients

1. Peaches
2. Rose water
3. Lemon juice

Method

• Oily skins shouldn't use creamy masks with milk cream or honey so we are gonna add little rose water and melon juice instead of it. If your skin is normal to oily, add a little honey. Blend all the above ingredients till it's smooth. 
• Cleanse your face, apply this mask evenly over the surface of your skin.
• Leave on for 15 minutes and wash off with clean water. Pat dry.
• This pack softens skin, without making it oily. Your skin will feel fresh, oil free and blemish free with regular usage. Twice or thrice a week is suggested.

Anti-wrinkle Peach Facial Mask

Ingredients

1. Peaches
2. Egg white

Method

• This is a very simple procedure. Smash the peaches well to make a smooth paste. Add egg white to it.
• Now cleanse your face, and apply this mask over your face and neck. Leave on till it dries.
• Wash off with clean water, pat dry and moisture.
• This one makes a nice anti-wrinkle face pack with it's egg and peach nutrition. Just keep in mind, dryness may also because for wrinkles. So, moisturize your skin every time after you cleanse to avoid wrinkles and tightness.

Not only the topical application, Eating fresh fruits also helps in bringing out the natural beauty of your skin. So, add fruits to your daily diet and shine with young glow forever! :)

Blemish Clearing Masks for Oily and Dry Skins

Strawberries are excellent sources of Vitamin C and folic acid, which helps to make your skin blemish free. It's antioxidants rejuvenates dull skin to bring out it's original glow. Making your own facial mask at home with fresh and juicy strawberries will be a lovely and yummy nourishment for your skin in all the seasons. Dry, normal or oily, whatever your skin type may be, usage of strawberries in your regular skin care regime, cleanses dirt, removes excess oil and fades blemishes naturally in a faster way. It also gives a really pleasant feel while wearing a strawberry facial mask because it delivers a wonderful flavor unlike other chemical masks which you do in salons and parlors. In this post, we are going to see two main facial mask recipes with strawberries, depending upon your skin type, one for dry and one for oily guys and girls. Normal skin types can use anything with light moisturizing agent like milk cream or honey (Read the note below the recipes). As this is a very natural homemade blemish cure mask, even sensitive and combination skinned people can use this without any fear of side effects :) Lets move on to the recipes!

Strawberry Blemish Clearing Mask for Oily Skin

Ingredients

• Strawberries     - 3 or 4, as much as required
• Fuller's earth     - 1 teaspoon (Don't get confused :P Fuller's earth is just Multani Mitti)
• Lemon Juice     - Few drops
• Rose water       - Required

Method and Application

• Wash strawberries and put them in a blender. Blend till they are smoothly pasted.
• Gather this paste in a small clean bowl, add fullers earth, lemon juice and required rose water. Mix well. This is our face mask.
• Cleanse your face with an oil clear face wash, spread this smooth mask covering all the skin surfaces, including neck and allow it to work on your skin for 15 minutes. Rinse with cold water. 

Strawberry Blemish Clearing Mask for Dry Skin

Ingredients

• Strawberries - 3 or 4
• Milk Cream  - 1 teaspoon
• Honey          - 1 teaspoon
• Glycerin       - 2 drops (Use glycerin only if your skin is extra dry)

Method and Application

• It's a very simple procedure :) Put all the ingredients in a blender. Wait till the mixture forms a creamy paste.
• This is our mask and apply it as said above for oily skins, but remember you should use an hydrating face wash or soap to wash your face before applying this mask hence your skin is dry.
• You can wait for 20 minutes and rinse your face with fresh and cold water. Moisturization after mask is must for dry skins, use a good branded moisturizer.

Note for Normal Skins : Hey don't worry that I didn't give you a facial mask recipe. Your skin is normal, so you can use anything according to your wish. Just rememer onething, if your skin is "normal to dry" you need to add some milk cream or honey to it and if "normal to oily" forget about the milk cream and use lime juice or tomato juice instead, that's the trick :)

Results of this Blemish Clear Facial Masks

However the ingredient list differs according to your skin type, the mask has it own strawberry properties :) So you do get the same wonderful results if followed regularly. I suggest everyone to use this mask at least twice a week to achieve faster results on your skin. You can feel your skin is so much cleared, became blemish free and acne scar free after including this mask in your skincare regime. It removes oil, dirt, dead skin cells and scars to give out a lovely glowing complexion! You can see your skin is lightened, brightened and toned without any blemishes like never before! Enjoy! :D

Avocado Nourishing Face and Hair Mask

Avocados are very rich in Vitamin A and amino acids, which effectively works in removing the dead cells from your skin. Making your own avocado face and hair mask is a very natural and effective beauty regime which your can follow every weekend to keep your skin and hair nourished, especially in winter. Avocados nourishes and moisturizes your skin well to bring out a healthy glow. It also acts as a natural hair conditioner which gives you a smooth, silky and manageable hair in minutes. Finally what I am saying is, add avocados in your skin and hair care regimen to protect and develop your overall beauty, this winter!

AVOCADO NOURISHING FACIAL MASK

INGREDIENTS:

Mashed avocado - 2 teaspoons

Honey - 1 teaspoon

Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon

METHOD:

• Mix all the ingredients to form a thick creamy mask.
• Cleanse your face and spread the mixture all over the surface of your facial skin and neck.
• Allow it to work on your skin for 15 to 20 minutes and wash off with clean, cold water.
• Pat dry and moisturize.

RESULTS:

This is one of the best natural face mask for dry skinned people in winter as it really nourishes your skin well without leaving it dry. If your skin is extra dry, add some milk cream to this pack. Honey and lemon juice has natural skin lightening properties which adds glow to your face. Avocados with honey and lemon juice combination brightens the skin and removes all kind of scars, wrinkles and blemishes with regular use. This mask is suitable for all skin types, use rose water instead of honey if your skin is oily.

AVOCADO NOURISHING HAIR MASK

INGREDIENTS

Avocados - 2 or 3

Yogurt - 5 teaspoons

Lemon juice - 3 teaspoons

METHOD

• Mash avocados, add yogurt and lemon juice to it and blend until the mixture turns creamy.
• With the use of a hair brush or your finger tips apply the creamy mask all over your scalp and hair, if you have split ends, apply the mask on the tips of your hair too.
• After covering your scalp completely with the avocado mask, cover your head with a shower cap.
• Allow this mixture to penetrate and work on your scalp for at least 1 hour.
• After this, rinse your hair with a mild shampoo and plenty of fresh water. Blow dry.

RESULTS

I promise, you will surely experience a smooth, silky and softest hair ever after using this mask :) Avocados nourish the hair, strengthens it and prevents falling out while the lemon juice eliminates dandruff and add a lovely shine. Yogurt is a natural hair conditioner which moisturizes hair and prevents dryness. Say goodbye to dry hair, split ends and other hair problems in winter by using this avocado hair mask at least once in a week. Use after a hot oil massage for better results.