Dry skin needs moisture and every little is a bonus, an avocado face mask is one of the very best to use on dry skin. The recipes below are using avocado for its softening properties, honey for its moisturing properties and yoghurt for its exfoliation properties - as dry skin needs gentle exfoliation, yoghurt is ideal.
Dry Skin
can often feel very tight and uncomfortable after washing and even be flaky, and red.
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Avocado and Neroli Face Mask
Avocado will leave your face feeling calm and soft because it's rich in lecithin, vitamin A and D. Yoghurt is a great exfoliate and neroli is well known in the beauty industry for its ability to stimulate the growth of healthy skin cells.
Half a ripe avocado
2 tsp plain yoghurt
5ml neroli oil diluted with sunflower oil.
Mix all the ingredients to a smooth paste and apply to face and neck. Leave on for at least 15-20 minutes, then rinse off with warm water.
Avocado Face Mask
Half a ripe avocado
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp plain yoghurt
1 tsp olive or avocado oil
Mash the avocado to a pulp, then mix in remaining ingredients. Apply to face and neck, leaving for at least 15-20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water.
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Cucumber Mask
This is a great mask for dry and mature skin.
Quarter of a cucumber peeled
1 tsp almond oil
Quarter teaspoon of wheat germ oil
1 egg white
Beat the egg white until it's fluffy. Blend the cucumber to a pulp. Mix all the ingredients together. Apply to face and leave for at least 15-20 minutes before rinsing with warm water.
Chamomile and Honey Mask
The finer the oats the more the ingredients will binds together.
Mix all the ingrediets together adding a little water if a runnier mixture is required. Apply to face and neck area leaving for 15-20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water.
Mature Skin
The secret of maintaining a smooth, healthy complexion : as your skin matures the key to healthy skin is a routine which suits your lifestyle.
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