Acne sometimes makes life impossible because it mainly affects the face. Fortunately, there are recipes for natural masks to make the skin on these pimples. Simply dip into your kitchen to find an effective acne response with these natural ingredients. Discover our recipes for effective masks and scrubs to treat oily skin.
What is acne?
It affects skin accumulating oily areas plus pimples all over the face. These buttons are rounded, red or sometimes, with a white tip. What happened to this face? Usually, sebum is secreted to form a protective barrier. When the production gets carried away, the skin becomes oily and thicker. The pores of these skins become blocked due to the accumulation of cells and sebum. This mixture oxidizes on contact with air and changes color. These are the black dots. Clogged pores are the ideal conditions for the development of bacteria. The latter causes inflammation and the famous buttons. To treat the skin, several actions are necessary: calm inflammation, absorb excess sebum and make scrubs to refine the skin. Excess is also the enemy of the good and certain products, such as scrubs, should not be used too often during the week to avoid the rebound effect. In the home, certain natural ingredients, to be applied to the skin, have very interesting properties to fight acne. They are just as effective on the scalp to treat oily hair. Because this hair also suffers from an excess of sebum. Rediscover the pleasure of natural care with these 4 mask recipes, a facial scrub to discover and make at home.
With banana
Why does it work?
Bananas are rich in interesting ingredients for oily skin. Provitamin A promotes cell renewal to cleanse the pores. It helps reduce blackheads and pimples. Vitamin C reduces marks on the skin. Applied as a mask, bananas are a formidable beauty treatment to reduce acne.
Recipe :
- Peel a banana.
- Keep the skin and apply it directly on the buttons (pulp side) for ten minutes. To increase the hydration of the skin, place a tablespoon of yogurt on the face just before the banana.
- If it is in the evening, after removing the skin, keep the banana pulp overnight. In the morning, rinse your face with water before applying your usual beauty product.
Good to know
Yogurt has humectants that hold water in the skin, but not sebum. It also contains lactic acid which stimulates cell renewal like a natural enzymatic scrub. It is increasingly present in skincare or masks. Finally, the yogurt is not greasy and has a very appreciable fresh effect on the face.
With honey
Why does it work?
Honey has formidable antibacterial properties on the bacteria responsible for acne. It helps the skin to heal and hydrate without overloading it with sebum. This is why it is present in many treatments or products for the body, face or hair.
Recipe :
- In a bowl, place two teaspoons of honey.
- Mix the honey with two teaspoons of milk.
- Apply this creamy mask (it should not be as liquid as a soup and look like a paste) on the face.
- Leave on for 10 minutes, then rinse off with water.
Good to know
If milk, as a drink, is not recommended when you have acne, there are only benefits applied directly to the skin. Milk gently hydrates. And thanks to its lysosyme content, it purifies the skin.
With clay
Why does it work?
Clay is well known to problem skin. Its absorption power helps regulate excess sebum. It is an effective response to neutralize excess fat and blackheads. It is used as a mask to give it time to act. All terrain, clay is also an excellent purifying treatment for oily hair. As a bonus, it has mineralizing properties for the skin.
Recipe :
- Put a tablespoon of green clay in a bowl.
- Add a teaspoon of neem powder, 3 tablespoons of jojoba vegetable oil and 3 tablespoons of water.
- Mix everything so as to obtain a homogeneous paste.
- Apply this mask on the face and leave on for 10 minutes.
- Rinse the treatment thoroughly with water.
Good to know
Neem powder is known for its astringent properties. It reduces the size of pores. It also regulates the overproduction of sebum. On the hair, we like it in washing or treating treatments for its anti-dandruff properties.
Natural Green Clay, 150g for € 6.95, Cosmarom. Available on natureetdecouvertes.com.
Organic Neem powder, 100g for € 1.90, Aroma-zone. Available on aroma-zone.com.
Organic Jojoba Vegetable Oil, 50ml for € 7.90, Pranarôm. Available on easyparapharmacie.com.
With egg
Why does it work?
A true grandmother's recipe, egg white is the best answer for regulating excess sebum. In fact, egg white has interesting properties for oily skin. It contains lysozyme. This protein is anti bacterial. Egg white tightens pores, reduces blackheads and hydrates the skin without leaving a greasy film.
Recipe :
- Crack an egg and pour the white in a bowl.
- Add a few drops of lemon and ½ tablespoon of honey.
- Mix all the ingredients to get a paste.
- Apply the mask then leave on for 10 minutes.
- Then rinse with water and put your usual care.
Good to know
Lemon is a classic of natural masks because it is famous for its purifying action and just a few drops are enough. Thanks to its citric acid content, it prevents the development of the bacteria responsible for pimples. Lemon juice reduces pore size and refines skin texture. It also perfumes care with its energizing smell.
With coffee
Why does it work?
Coffee powder is a natural exfoliant. It’s an excellent scrub. Coffee cleanses the skin and rids the pores of dead cells. It smoothes the face, stimulates microcirculation and even has an anti-aging action. It is one of the most effective homemade ingredients as it can replace many classic beauty products. For scrubs, coffee powder is used once a week and with gentle movements without rubbing the skin. Ideally, follow up with a mask or moisturizer to preserve the skin's water reserves.
Recipe :
- Take two small spoons of coffee grounds.
- Mix it with two teaspoons of olive oil to create a soft paste.
- Apply then, massage this exfoliation in circular movements on the whole face while insisting a little more on the T zone (forehead, nose and chin).
- Then rinse off the scrub.
Good to know
Olive oil is very nutritious thanks to its many essential fatty acids. This is why it is recommended to use it in small doses. It improves the healing of button marks. Olive oil is a common ingredient in skincare such as scrubs to compensate for the abrasive aspect of exfoliation.
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