Banana Honey and Lemon Mask ♥

Hello, hello! Yesterday I found some time  in between the 4th of July festivities to make a quick and fruity mask that I think you guys will really like! You only need 3 ingredients to make it!

Honey

A lemon

A ripe banana

First, take your banana and cut it into pieces. The hardest part of this mask is the mixing. It takes awhile for the bananas to start getting mushy because they'll be slipping around the bowl. It you want, you can always use a blender or even your hands! I endured through the bananas slipping around and eventually....

That little guy is my frustration of mashing the bananas lol

  It will look like this! Make sure its not too chunky! 

Next, take your honey and add about two tablespoons. Mix it all up!

Last squeeze in some lemon! Don't add TOO much that it becomes watery, but add as much as you'd like! Lemon helps get rid of acne marks and scars and brightens your face!

And you're done! Apply the mask all over you face and wait 15 minutes. Then wash it off with warm water! My skin was instantly so much softer and brighter! This is definitely one of my absolute favorite natural masks.

Bananas have a ton of benefits for not only your health but your skin!

•  Banana is a natural moisturizer for you skin! It has vitamin A that restores lost moisture and repairs damaged skin! 
• Banana contains vitamin C that helps maintain natural glow to your skin!
• All the nutrients in banana helps to fight off wrinkles and keep your skin looking bright and youthful!
• Banana also helps puffy eye bags! The potassium in bananas draws out excess fluid from under the skin and reduces swelling!

Bananas also contain a good amount of fiber which also masks them awesome energy boosters!

If you're allergic to bananas or just plain don't like them, a honey and lemon mask with a different fruit such as strawberries or avocado will work wonders as well!

Try out this mask and tell me how it works for you!

Strawberry, Honey and Lemon Acne Mask ♥

Hi everyone! Today I made a natural face mask using only strawberries, honey and lemon! I think the idea of MAKING your face masks opposed to buying them is pretty neat because you actually know exactly what you are putting onto your face and it feels pretty good when you make something that can improve your skin!

Now, what I really love about this mask is that all the things you put into it are SUPER good for your skin! and here's a spoiler but it REALLY does make you're skin soft and brighter. Anyways here are the good things I read about strawberries, honey and lemons:

"Strawberry – A natural source of salicylic acid. SA is a common anti-acne ingredient used to clean out pores and get rid of blackheads without over drying the skin. Also used as a natural exfoliant.

Honey – The antibacterial properties in honey benefit acne-prone skin by reducing breakouts and healing current flair ups. It’s also a natural humectant so it locks in necessary moisture to keep skin hydrated and soothed.

Lemon – A natural astringent that tightens pores and brightens the complexion (because lemons are packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants).Also an ingredient commonly used to even out skin tone (good for minimizing the appearance of acne scarring)."

Doesn't that sound amazing? And I'm telling you, right away you will feel how smooth the strawberries and honey make your skin and how much brighter it becomes with the lemon!

And here is how to make it!

All you'll need are: 

5 fresh strawberries

Honey

Half a lemon

The website that I read this from says you'll only need a table spoon of honey and 1/4 of a lemon but trust me, more is better. You'll want more honey to make sure it stays on your skin and gives you that tight feeling!~

Take the steams off the strawberries. I suggest just cutting of the tops. Now, I don't have a blender so I used a fork as the website suggest but it was TOO hard! The strawberries were too slippery so I just took my hands and mushed them myself.

Next you'll need your honey. First I only put in one tablespoon-like the website suggested- but it was WAY too watery. I felt like it wouldn't be very effected so I put in AS MUCH as I liked. And I put in a lot LOL.

Next add your lemon. Only half should be good! You really don't need to squeeze the lemon to death, just get a good amount of juice in there were you can mix it all in evenly.

THAT'S IT! You're ready to apply your mask! Don't try getting the pieces of strawberry to stay on your face, the important part is the juice. Just keep taking small amounts and rubbing it in until your face has a nice red tint from all the juice on it. Your face should feel nice and sticky as it dries~ Leave it on for 7-12 (the longer the better) and the rise it off! Make sure you keep your head tilted back a bit while applying it so that lemon juice doesn't get in your eye! >__o 

ALL DONE!

Afterward, you're skin should feel much softer and noticeably brighter! You can this mask 2 times a week which I recommend. Tell me how it worked for you and look forward to my avocado mask! Thank you!