How to Make Your Face Smooth at Home Using a Face Mask

Creating your own facial mask is inexpensive.

Making your own facial mask at home is a fun, easy way to cleanse and condition your skin naturally. Ingredients such as aspirin, honey, pineapple and olive oil all serve a specific need in soothing and nourishing your skin. Whether you have dry, oily, combination or problem skin, a mask created at home will leave your skin healthy, soft and smooth. The following two recipes have properties that will lift impurities and smooth your skin.

Things You'll Need

• 3 aspirin
• 1 tsp. honey
• 1/2 tsp. water
• 1/2 cup pineapple
• Olive oil
• Blender
• Towel
• Moisturizer

Instructions

Aspirin Honey Mask

1. Dissolve three aspirin pills in water. Add 1 tsp. of honey, and 1/2 tsp. of water if necessary.

2. Smooth the mixture over your face. This recipe works well for acne-prone or oily skin.

3. Wait 15 minutes. Rinse well and pat dry.

4. Apply moisturizer to replenish your skin after applying any facial mask.

Pineapple Mask

1. Place 1/2 cup canned or fresh mashed pineapple in a blender. Add 2 to 3 tsp. of olive oil. You can add more or less olive oil as needed to ensure the mixture can be applied smoothly to your skin. Blend the mixture until smooth.

2. Apply the pineapple mixture to your face. Wait 15 minutes, then rinse and pat dry. Pineapple contains bromelain, an enzyme that cleanses the pores and exfoliates.

3. Apply your regular moisturizer.

References

• Homemade Face Masks: Homemade Face Masks
• Natural Skin Care; Exfoliating Facial Masks at Home; 2008