Posted in Health, Health Recipes | Sunday, September 5th, 2010
I tried this the other day and I’ve decided that I’m going to try to do this weekly. There’s basically 8 parts to this facial. Cleanse, exfoliate, steam, exfoliate again, mask, rinse, tone and moisturize.
1. Cleanse – I wash my face with Black Soap. You can find the kind I use here.
3. Steam – this is the fun part.
6. Rinse – with purified or mineral water
7. Use toner – I take a cotton ball or pad, and dip it in a 50-50 mixture of witch hazel and rosewater (which I keep in a little glass jar wuth a cork on the sink)
8. Moisturize – I love the rosehip oil in this Homemade moisturizer.
I got the idea for the routine and the Sugar Mommy Scrub from *The Green Beauty Guide by Julie Gabriel available in the Savvy Shop here.
(please note that I skip my oil-cleansing routine on the days that I do this facial)
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Savvy, are you using liquid bentonite clay? I did number 3 the other day and it felt AMAZING. I probably should have done 1 and 2 prior to it though. :p
@Shones Nope. I have a big tub of the powder. And that’s what I use. Where did you find the liquid?
I think I bought it @ EarthFare. But with the powder it is probably easier to manipulate the consistency.
Do you find that black soap lightens your skin a bit? The one my parents get from Ghana tends to do that so my mom has me mix it with another solid soap.
Here’s my weekly homemade facial regimen:
-Cleanse with African Black Soap.
-Exfoliate with EVOO/EVCO sugar scrub.
-Apply bentonite clay mask(water and bentonite clay).
-Spritz on toner (water, aloe vera gel, honey).
-Moisturize with a drop of EVCO/EVOO mix.
My skin has been glowing and I love that I got rid of chemicals when it come to my skincare routine.
Mangomadness, how do you preprare the EVCO/EVOO scrub? Do you just use those 3 ingredients? if so how much. Thanks
[...] Whip till creamy, then apply to freshly washed skin. I used this as part of my Homemade Facial Routine, and my skin came out nice and smooth. [...]
Any tips on how to get rid of post-acne, dark marks?
@Tara: I don’t measure…I just mix together some sugar and some of my EVOO/EVCO oil mix.
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