DIY Dull & Dry Skin Face Mask - Yogurt & Strawberry Mask

Since it’s win­ter time and most of us have the heaters blar­ing, our skin is rebelling with dry patches and flakes. So I want to share with you a DIY skin­care mask that I use often, and it works quickly to nour­ish and repair the skin. In fact, yogurt (which is part of the recipe) was used by my Lithuan­ian grand­mother, who passed the idea down to me. Appar­ently, yogurt and sour cream were pop­u­lar home­made skin treat­ments in East­ern Europe, and some of us were lucky to have that knowl­edge passed down!

So when­ever you skin is act­ing up, take 15 min­utes to make and apply this deli­cious mask.

DIY Dull & Dry Skin Face Mask - Yogurt & Strawberry Mask

{BENEFITS}
Bal­ances skin bac­te­ria for elim­i­nat­ing and pre­vent­ing break­outs, bal­ances oil pro­duc­tion, gen­tly exfo­li­ates, bright­ens com­plex­ion, intensely mois­tur­iz­ing, pro­tects skin from infection.

{INGREDIENTS}
4 organic straw­ber­ries
2 Tbsp. organic, plain yogurt
1 Tbsp. raw honey
2 Tbsp. organic rolled oats or oat bran

{STEP #1}
Mash up the straw­ber­ries by hand using a fork. Doing this on a plate or cut­ting board will be helpful.

{STEP #2}
Put the straw­berry mash in a small bowl. Add yogurt. Add raw honey. Mix well.

{STEP #3}
Put the rolled oats in a cof­fee grinder, food proces­sor, or blender for a few sec­onds just to break up the larger chunks. You want it to be a chunky flour. (Note: skip this if you bought oat bran, since it’s already a nice, finer tex­ture.) Add the oats to the bowl. Mix well. You should end up with a thicker, pasty liq­uid that will stick on your face.

{STEP #4}
Apply the mask with clean hands onto your face, neck, and any dry spots on your body. Leave on for 10 min­utes max­i­mum. Wash off with luke­warm water. Give a final rinse with cool water. Fol­low up with a nat­ural toner (you can even use rose water/hydrosol, lemon water, or cham­pagne) and nat­ural mois­tur­izer (plain jojoba oil also works great).

Mmmm! Fresh, reju­ve­nated, mois­tur­ized skin! Leave a com­ment if you try it and let me know how you like it. :)

Best,
Stephanie

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