A Homemade Face Mask Recipe To Restore That Youthful Glow

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This is the best DIY face mask recipe I’ve made so far. It’s packed with lovely ingredients and will leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and help renew it on a cellular level.

I’ve done plenty of research on the different ingredients I’ve included in the final recipe, which I detail below. But the combination of two high-performance clays, along with the allantoin powder are the real heroes of this DIY face mask.

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A homemade face mask packed with high-performance clay

Introduction

I can’t help but invite the girlfriends around for some wine and face masks. That’s the beauty of this kind of regenerative recipe. Because they’re ‘treatments’ (something that isn’t part of your daily skincare routine) they’re a kind of fun ritual or event that you can share with others.

The Dry Ingredients For A Face Mask Recipe

French Green Clay

Green Clay can help to remove all the built-up impurities from our skin. Although it’s suitable for all skin types it’s particularly good for aging skin as it can stimulate circulation to encourage new cell growth.

Green clay also has a tightening effect on the skin, making it feel fresher and more toned after using it, which is great for oily skin.

Rhassoul / Red Moroccan Clay

Rhassoul / Red Moroccan Clay is great for improving the skin’s suppleness. It’s suitable for all skin types including sensitive and dry skin, as it gently removes dirt from the pores whilst cleansing.

Recent research suggests that due to its unusual combination of minerals, Rhassoul clay holds some wonderfully unique healing properties that can clean and reduce puffiness without stripping the skin of its natural oils.

Allantoin Powder

Allantoin Powder is often included in various anti-aging products due to its ability to increase the renewal of dead skin cells whilst increasing moisture for dry skin.

Allantoin is second to none in soothing inflamed skin and helping with damaged areas including eczema patches and rashes. 

dry ingredients for a DIY face mask recipe transfered to a sterile container

The Liquid Ingredients For A Face Mask Recipe

Green Tea Extract

Green tea extract is an excellent antioxidant, which helps to protect your skin from external environmental pollutants.

Along with being a great little anti-inflammatory, green tea can help stimulate skin cell renewal and reduce the signs of aging.  

Glycerine

Glycerine is a great humectant, which means that it will help retain moisture in the skin. Its wonderful moisturizing properties with wrinkles and damaged skin.

Rose Hydrosol

Rose hydrosol has a beautiful calming aroma It’s mild and gentle on the skin, yet it’s packed full of rejuvenating qualities making it the perfect choice for dry, sensitive, and mature skin.

Chamomile Hydrosol

Chamomile hydrosol is very soothing and is particularly good for aging or dry skin. It can help reduce red or puffiness around the eyes.

liquid ingredients for a homemade face mask

Important Note

Clay is extremely difficult to preserve so we’ve chosen to make this face mask recipe up as a two-stage set to be mixed as needed. However, the water part will still need a preservative if you plan on storing it for longer than a week.

If you plan on using all 4 applications immediately as a pamper session for you and your friends, no preservative is necessary. If you are giving this as a gift you may want to consider adding a small mixing bowl and application brush to make it extra special!

homemade face mask

How To Make A Face Mask For Glowing Skin

This DIY face mask recipe is packed with high-performance clay & other quality ingredients, it will leave your skin feeling soft, smooth, & renewed.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 Applications
Difficulty Level: Easy
Author: Angela Wills

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Ingredients

Liquids ingredients

Equipment

Instructions

  • To make sure your equipment is sterile, give your containers and utensils a wipe around with rubbing alcohol. Bearing in mind you will need the container that’s going to be holding all the dry ingredients to be completely dry before adding them.
    Weigh the clays, place them into a small container and mix until they are well combined. Add the Allantoin and mix again before transferring into your prepared sterile jar.
    25 g French Green Clay, 32 g Rhassoul Clay, 1 g Allantoin Powder
    Combining your dry ingredients and then transfer to a sterile container
  • Weigh the hydrosols out into a beaker.
    24 g Rose Hydrosol, 19 g Chamomile Hydrosol
    Weigh the hydrosols out into your glass beaker
  • Add the glycerine.
    5 g Glycerine
    Add the glycerine
  • Add the green tea extract and stir until well combined.
    1.5 g Green Tea Extract
    Add the green tea extract. Stir until well combined.
  • Mix in the preservative. Keep in mind that if you intend to use up all of the product immediately, you don’t need to add a preservative. I sometimes do this when I have friends round and we all want to try out the DIY face mask.
    0.5 g Preservative
    Mix in the preservative.
  • Transfer to a clean glass/PET bottle or container.
    Transfer to a clean glass/PET bottle with a screw lid.

Notes

Homemade face masks will last for 1 week without a preservative and 6 months with a preservative, but it must be stored in airtight containers
 
Category: DIY Skincare
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Difficulty: Easy

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How To Use The DIY Face Mask

how to use a DIY face mask
  1. For one application, take one tablespoon of the dry clay mix and mix it with a little of the hydrosol/ tea water until you have a nice creamy consistency.
  2. Apply to your face using a brush or the tips of your fingers, avoiding the eyes and mouth area. Leave to dry (usually around 15 minutes) 
  3. Once the masque has dried there isn’t much benefit to leaving it on any longer as its only active whilst it’s still moist. However, you can prolong it for a few minutes before rinsing, by giving the it a quick spritz with the readymade hydrosol water in the recipe. I’ve added a little extra in the recipe above to allow for this. 
  4. Finally, rinse with warm water, then pat dry with a clean towel.

Final Thoughts

So there we have it, a DIY face mask recipe that will not only leave your skin feeling soft and smooth, but also help renew your skin on a cellular level.

This is such a feel-good product. Even just applying it puts me in a relaxed mood. I just love to cut some little cucumber slices to go on my eyes. It feel like a little spa trip right in my own home.

When I compare this to my other face masks like the first clay face masks I made or the gel masks, I think this might be my new favorite. It’s just so simple to do, and the ingredients are readily available online or at your local beauty supply store.

Discussion (6 Comments)

    • HI Julia,

      Not necessary for this one. I don’t ever premix mine, so the liquid and solid are always apart until I want to make a single application. So therefore the only thing to really test would be the hydrosol (which should be fine).

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