Love for .... romance
Homemade Pampering: the beauty mask
Mother Nature has everything you need to accentuate your beauty. And,
ingredients
to a beauty treatment may be as close as your kitchen or your
backyard.
Beauty comes from taking care of yourself and loving yourself, and
one way to merge
both is to take time for a facial mask. It's taking time for
pampering. Plus, a
good mask improves the look and tone of your skin.
A mask forms a solid film on your face; hydrating the skin with
a large supply of
water. Masks that dry on the skin promote a rosy glow in the
complexion due to three
things: tightening, stimulation, and increased circulation, each
promoting skin
quality.
When a mask is washed off, it takes dead skin with it, giving the
skin a deep cleansing,
as well as a smooth healthy look. It veritably "unmasks" your natural
beauty. You
feel better about looking better and the ritual itself creates a
sense of well-being.
Good masks are designed to deeply cleanse, remove dead skin cells,
stimulate new
skin, refine and tighten pores, and provide nourishment to the skin.
Here is a
simple recipe that accomplishes all this:
Honey Lavender Rose Mask
One ounce dried rose petals
One ounce dried lavender
Honey
Grind dried rose and lavender flowers into a powder. Mix in
enough honey to make
a paste that will be easily applied to the skin.
Benefits and qualities of each ingredient
Honey.
Honey has powerful, wound-healing abilities; it is a
humectant (draws moisture
from the air to the skin).
Honey is a natural skin rejuvenator and leaves your face feeling
refreshed and invigorated;
it is perfect for all skin types. Honey is also a natural hydrator,
it has the ability
to maintain and restore the normal proportion of water in the
skin. Honey applied
to your skin feels smooth and leaves the skin tight and firm,
feeling light and
clean.
Because honey is acidic, it also helps rid the face of blemishes
and blackheads.
Honey is a great carrier for powders or ground herbs in masks,
as well a perfect
base for masks.
Lavender.
Lavender is used in just about every kind of skin
care product, and all
correctly, because lavender is so balancing. It is perfect
for dry skin, normal
skin, and oily skin. One of lavender's most important uses
is to normalize the oil
flow of the glands. Lavender stimulates the skin, but it is
also universal in calming
and soothing oil.
Rose.
The well known rose has been included in skin care formulations
for centuries
because of its delightful fragrance and its cleansing and
skin-softening abilities.
Sensual aspects behind the ingredients:
Honey.
The Romans believed honey endowed those who ate it
with grace and elegance.
Lavender.
One of Lavenders historic uses has been an aphrodisiac.
It sates both
women and men.
Rose.
No other flower represents romantic love the way the
rose does. Romans used
rose oil lavishly in bathing, and in marriage ceremonies.
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