DIY: Green Tea Exfoliating Mask

Today I have yet another DIY mask to share with you guys or girls. I do this whenever I feel I need some pampering. Because this does get a bit messy, so doing it weekly is a no-no for me.

I learned this on Bubzbeauty's Youtube channel, and I decided to try it out for myself. Scroll down to see her Youtube video if you wish to see how she does it "live"~

Drinking green tea is great for detoxing and boosting the anti oxidants in your body. But did you know, this can be great for your skin too? I also learned from Michelle Phan that you can use Green Tea to create toners too!

Find out more about the benefits of consuming Green Tea here

Green Tea is known to help to soothe and calm irritated skin, and thus helps in the combat of acne issues. Furthermore, it is great for anti-ageing as it contains anti-oxidants - thus saying goodbye to fine lines and wrinkles!

What you'll need:

• Manuka honey or regular honey is fine - this is for moisturising and killing of bacteria
• Green tea bag

Let's start!

First, make yourself a cup of hot green tea and let the tea bag soak for a few minutes. Then remove from the cup, and squeeze it to release the excess water.

Cut open the tea bag, and pour the green tea into a mixing bowl. I am using my regular DIY face mask mixing bowl I bought from Sasa last year. 

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DIY: Nourishing Face Mask

Do It Yourself has been something quite trendy lately.. because with simple materials that can be found in your kitchen you can also make for your skin a delicious treat!

Today I will be sharing a simple DIY mask that I have been doing for the past few years, I do alter this recipe often to incorporate more or less items (when I run out of them!).

This mask is suitable for 

• Dry and flaky skin
• Acne and scars
• Sensitive to Normal skin

If you are interested to see, please keep on reading!

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Full Skin Cleansing Routine

Hello my beauties :)

Today, I'm gonna blog about my skin care routine and the products I use throughout.

1. I always make sure my hands are squeaky clean and after I wash them thoroughly with soap and warm water, I apply a sanitizing gel. This will eliminate commensal skin bacteria and therefore, prevents transfer of these bacteria onto the face.

2. Dilate 2 or 3 cotton discs in warm water and apply eye-make up remover to each one of them.

3. Pull the brow of one eye upwards (gently), apply the disc to the eyelid and leave for 5 seconds. Sweep in an outward motion and repeat until all the makeup is removed.

4. Run under the lower lashes with disc edge to remove any mascara and eye pencil smudges. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other eye with another cotton disc. If mascara is still coming out, apply some more make up remover to a cotton bud and run it over the lashes.

5. To remove lipstick, apply some makeup remover to another cotton disc, hold lips taut from one side and sweep outwards in the opposite direction (if your holding your lips from the left side sweep to the right and vice versa).

6. For cleansing the face, apply a 20 Euro-cent coin-sized dollop of cleanser to one of your palms. Wet the other palm and work the cleanser into a lather. Start by applying it over the neck in upward, circular movements and move on to the centre of the face and continue with outwards circular movements. Pay special attention to the nostril area. Rinse off with warm water and repeat when removing full make up.

7. Apply toner all over the face, omitting the eye area.

8. Apply 20 Euro-cent coin-sized dollop of FACIAL scrub (body scrubs have coarser granules which will be too harsh for the skin on the face) onto your palms and massage on your face using circular motions outwards and upwards from the jaw-line. Leave on for 3 minutes and rinse off with warm water.

9. Apply a thin layer of face mask (for peel-offs apply a thicker layer) all over the face omitting the eye and lip areas. Leave on for 15 - 30 minutes or as long as it is stated on the package. Rinse off with warm water. Steps 8 and 9 should ideally be done twice a week.

10. Apply another application of toner paying special attention to the hair-lines so as to make sure all traces of the mask are removed.

11. Leave the skin to dry.

12. Apply some eye gel or eye cream by gently dabbing with the ring finger around the orbitals.

13. Apply a slick of lip balm.

14. Apply a layer of moisturizer and work in the skin until fully absorbed. In the morning apply sunscreen prior to applying the moisturizer. When I am not going to apply foundation, I use a tinted moisturizer as a make-up base.

- Skin Truth Face Eye Contour Gel

- Nivea Visage Extra Gentle Eye Make-up Remover

- Nivea Visage Refreshing Facial Wash Gel

- Nivea Visage Refreshing Toner

- Nivea Visage Young smooth it! mild exfoliating facial scrub

- Nivea Visage Young control shine! mattifying gel cream

- Nivea Visage Young be beautiful! tinted moisturizer

- Nivea Lip Care Caregloss & Shine

- A range of Montagne Jeunesse face masks and tonics. I always try out different ones suited for my skin.