3 Recipes for Home Spa Treatments

Just because a spa is out of your price range doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy home spa treatments.  I found some great recipes for luxurious beauty treatments. You can bet I’m trying these!

1. Chocolate Facial Mask – Fortunately the fattening ingredients will keep me from eating the ingredients. Bet the smell is just torture though!

This decadent mask is actually an excellent moisturizer — it leaves your skin baby soft. Recommended for normal skin.

1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
¼ cup honey
3 tsp. oatmeal
Mix all ingredients together (a bullet blender is ideal) and smooth onto face. Relax for ten 10 minutes, then wash off with warm water.

2. Cucumber Facial Mask – Made from common kitchen staples,this mask will cool and de-stress.

1 tablespoon brewer’s yeast
1 tablespoon finely ground oatmeal
1 whole cucumber
2 tablespoons plain yogurt or sour cream
1 teaspoon honey

Mix together the yeast and oats in a small bowl and set aside.
Peel the cucumber and place it in a small food processor and process until only liquid remains. Add the yogurt and honey and process further to mix.

Add the brewer’s yeast and oats to the cucumber/honey mixture and process to mix fully.
To use, apply to clean face and neck skin and leave on for anywhere from 15 minutes to a half hour. Rinse well and follow with toner and moisturizer.

3. Frozen Egg & Honey Facial Mask – It’s a lot of work but appears to be a popular recipe. It’s especially recommended for dry skin.

1 egg
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted (but not hot)
1 tbs. honey
Step 1:  Beat the egg in a small bowl until frothy and well-mixed.  Slowly add the liquid coconut oil and honey, beating until your mask is the consistency of mayonnaise.

Step 2:  Take an empty toilet tissue roll and set it on end in a clean bowl.  Spoon mixture into the cardboard toilet paper roll (or consider using an empty deoderant container). Place tube, in the bowl, in the freezer overnight.

Step 3:  To use, peel away just the top 1/4 inch of the cardboard roll and smooth the frozen stick over your face (think of it as a push up pop). Leave your mask on for 5 to 10 minutes, then rinse off with warm water.

Return the cream stick covered with plastic wrap and frozen between uses.

Particularly soothing on a sunburn.  Keeps indefinitely.

All recipes compliments of Spa Index.