Yummy Homemade Masque

Colder temps = dry skin = ouch!  I have dry skin anyways, but when winter starts rolling in, I really have to slather on the moisture and take extra care of my delicate skin.  Which is why I rummaged through my pantry and whipped up a moisture saving masque made entirely of ingredients I already had! 

1 cup oatmeal (you can use one pre-packaged regular flavor oatmeal from Quaker Oats, etc)
2 green tea bags
Half lemon
Tbsp or two of honey (add more for consistency)

• Oatmeal is soothing for dry, sensitive skin that may be cracking or peeling.  
• Green tea contains antioxidants which help fight damage caused by free radicals.  
• Lemon is a great antiseptic for breakouts 
• Honey is my favorite with its' hydrating, toning and tightening effects.

In a small blender, blend the oatmeal and green tea into a fine powder.  Add lemon and honey and stir to make up a thick almost chunky consistency masque.  Apply to cleansed face and sit back and relax for 10-15 minutes.  I like to apply a serum under my masque for added benefits.  Remove with warm water or towel.  Apply eye cream and moisturizer and voila!  Beautiful, hydrated and radiant skin from a masque good enough to eat!

Midnight Masqued Avenger

I believe that with the good, comes some bad.  I think it's important to let you know the products I don't particularly like, as well as all the ones I love.

That being said.... I had been fascinated with this jet black Illuminating Mask from Boscia for quite some time now, but hadn't had the time to try it out.  Well, one hour in Sephora later, I skip happily back to my home and slather on my mystery masque.  I didn't realize (because I didn't read the directions) that it was a peel off masque.  I've never been one to especially like peel off masques. I actually LOATHE them.  I feel like I might as well be getting my whole face waxed, because all of my tiny little invisible hairs on my face get ripped out, along with impurities so they say, and end up on the masque. 

Unfortunately, this masque was no different.  It was torture peeling it off!  At one point I sat there with half of it left on my face, trying to pump myself up to rip the other half off.  Finally the madness was over.  I did notice that my pores were a bit smaller, but other than that, the results are just not worth it!  The masque was like James Dean.  Cool, collected and mysterious on the outside, but torture and pain on the inside.  Thank god Sephora offers free samples of everything.  This one gets a big thumbs down.