Aromatic Home facial for acne

Before you start

Wash your hands with soap and water.

Wash all the bowls, whisk, utensils, spoons, cups and whatever equipment you will be using for this facial with soap and water. Sterilize all the equipment. Make sure all surfaces you use for preparing this facial are clean. Remember. For home facials, hygiene and cleanliness is all important.

Cut 2 thin slices of cucumber

Put 1 tablespoon of kaolin and 1 tablespoon of oat flours into a bowl.

Fill a kettle with water and set that to boil.

Wear a hair band or shower cap to keep your hair off your face.

Get ready some cotton pads and a clean towel an 1 tablespoon of skim milk.

Now you are ready for your facial.

The facial

Dip a pair of clean cotton pads into the milk. Use these pads to wipe your makeup off your face. Discard leftover milk.

Wash off the milk with lots of water.

Mix 1 tablespoonful of yogurt with the almond flour. Use that as a scrub to cleanse your face. Discard leftover scrub.

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Wash off the scrub with lots of water.

Dry your face with a clean towel.

Pour boiling water into the bowl. Put 3 drops of pure Palma Rosa oil in the water.

With the towel forming a 'tent' over your head and the bowl, keep your face about 20cm above the bowl. (Caution: Skip this step if you are an asthmatic. The steam could trigger an attack. Skip this step if you have thread veins. The heat could worsen your condition )

Relax and let the steam cleanse your face for 10 minutes.

Mix 1 teaspoonful of honey with 1 tablespoonful of pure kaolin powder and 1 tablespoonful oat flour. add 2 drops of Palma Rosa to it. Add a little distilled water to the mixture to form a thick paste. Apply that on your face as a face pack, avoiding your eye area.

Put 1 cucumber slice over each eye

Relax and wait for the face pack to dry.

Remove the teabags

Wash off the face pack with lots of water.

Dip 2 new cotton pads in rose water and use it as a toner to clean your face further.

Apply pure (99% to 100% pure) Aloe Vera gel on your face as a moisturizer. Note that the area just below the surface of an aloe Vera leaf contains a yellow substance called Aloin. Aloin can cause skin irritation. If you plan to use the gel fresh from the leaf, be careful to use the gel only and avoid aloin totally. Alternatively, you could purchase good quality aloe Vera gel from health stores and use that instead. Fresh aloe Vera gel can keep for only 1 day in the refrigerator.

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