5 easy homemade face masks to make

With such a wide range of cosmetic and beauty products on offer, it can sometimes be an impossible task to find the formula that best suits our needs.

Night creams, day creams, facial tonics, serums, eye contours, and countless other items. All of them in different ranges, prices and brands, with active ingredients that we had never heard of, and the latest developments from cutting-edge research in the world of cosmetics.

Among so many products, face masks, a type of ointment with a high concentration of active ingredients and great power to offer benefits in record time, are crowned as one of the treatments par excellence to achieve beautiful skin at home.

The best thing of all is that you don't need to spend a fortune on a facial mask to enjoy its properties: you can create your own homemade mask with simple and easy-to-find base ingredients.

Do you want to know more about how to make homemade masks ? We'll tell you all about it in this article!

What is a face mask for?

Each facial mask can serve a specific purpose : moisturize the skin, exfoliate, remove impurities and oils, leave the skin smoother, eliminate wrinkles, provide luminosity, prepare the skin before makeup...

The main differences are found in the ingredients used to make them. Depending on our facial needs, we will opt for one composition or another.

Although there are mixed masks that can meet different needs, in general, we could classify them into the following groups:

• Moisturizing masks.
• Purifying and oil-reducing masks (to prevent the appearance of acne).
• Soothing masks for sensitive skin.

• Masks with flash effect (with anti-aging active ingredients, reducing expression lines and providing extra luminosity).

5 easy homemade face masks to make

Now that we know what a face mask is and what they are used for exactly, we are going to suggest 5 recipes that you can prepare at home with basic and easy-to-find ingredients.

Strawberry mask for young skin

If you need a mask to help keep your dark circles at bay and as an early prevention against expression lines, you're in luck. This delicious fruit is an excellent ingredient to prepare a homemade mask for young skin.

Strawberries are a source of vitamin E and antioxidants. They will help us keep our skin healthy, free of impurities and glowing. In addition, by providing us with a wealth of antioxidants, they also protect skin cells from free radicals.

As if that weren't enough, they are an excellent remedy for reducing bags and dark circles around the eyes, thanks to their anti-inflammatory properties. Simply place two slices of strawberry on your eyes for 10 minutes.

We suggest a mask made from crushed strawberries and honey. Apply it for 15 minutes twice a week and you will be amazed by the results.

Multi-function oatmeal mask

Oats, in addition to being a superfood that is tremendously beneficial for our health, are also a very powerful ingredient for making a good facial mask.

Depending on the ingredient we add to the oat mixture, we will get one result or another. In this way, we can make the following combinations:

• Oats + milk: will provide us with moisturizing benefits.
• Oatmeal + spoonful of honey: it is excellent for reducing the concentration of fat on our facial surface.
• Oatmeal + lemon + egg: it is a natural remedy to reduce facial shine.
• Oatmeal + sugar + orange: applied once a week, it is an ideal mask to exfoliate the face.

Find out more about the properties of oats and their benefits in this article.

Antibacterial yogurt mask

Surely yogurt is one of those products that is always in your fridge. If so, you already have the main ingredient to prepare a homemade mask with antibacterial and moisturizing properties.

Along these lines, we propose two variants:

• Yogurt and lemon mask: with 3 tablespoons of sugar-free yogurt and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix everything well in a bowl without lumps. Let it sit for 20 minutes (it is important not to let it come into contact with your eyes) and you will have a practically instant toning effect .
• Yogurt and coffee mask: if in addition to the antibacterial properties, we also want to take advantage of the opportunity to exfoliate the skin, coffee can be a great addition to our homemade facial mask.

Discover here other very interesting properties of coffee for your health.

Mask to reduce skin blemishes

If our main problem is spots from sun exposure and acne marks, we can also make a facial mask specially designed to combat these visual effects on our face.

To do this, we only need 3 tablespoons of red wine and 3 tablespoons of honey . We must mix all the ingredients well in a bowl and let it cool in the fridge.

The application time is between 15 and 20 minutes , and because its ingredients are not very aggressive on the skin, you can apply it more than once a week (even 3 or 4 if you see that your face tolerates it well).

In addition to removing facial blemishes, it is also an exfoliating and antioxidant mask. It also helps to eliminate wrinkles and dead cells.

In addition to this, you can combine your facial routine with an anti-blemish cream from those we recommend in this post. They are the best on the market!

Avocado and oil mask for dry skin

Finally, we are going to suggest a homemade mask ideal for dry skin that needs extra hydration.

This ointment is ideal to apply before going to sleep, since the properties of its two main ingredients can act more thoroughly during the night.

To prepare it, you only need one avocado and two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil . Mash the avocado pulp with a fork and add the oil little by little while mixing everything. The result should be a mask with a creamy texture .

The action time is 15 minutes. Afterwards, remove the residue with warm water. To enhance its properties, we recommend applying the night moisturizing cream before going to sleep.

A variant of this mask, especially recommended for very damaged skin, is achieved by adding aloe vera to the mixture.