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1 T Yogurt -
1 T Honey
To Make: Add the two ingredients together and apply to a clean, moist face.
To Use: Pat this mask onto the skin for a moisturizing, penetrating, hydrating, soothing application that will also help to clear up skin problems.
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While at the grocery store last week, I thought, "Gee, a lot of those facial cleaners and masks use plain yogurt, so why don't I get some?" So, I did. I found a simple enough recipe here and began mixing. I'm not going to talk about what this mixture looks like, but I will say that I am incredibly immature and I laughed. Hubby offered a quick "Ewww". I'll let you figure out the rest.
I like that there are only two ingredients here because it makes making the mask quick, easy and inexpensive. I do not like that the recipe calls for a T. Is that a tablespoon or teaspoon? I used tablespoons. The recipe must have meant teaspoons because I ended up with far too much facial mask.
I do not suggest this recipe (or any other recipe that calls for yogurt) unless you enjoy eating yogurt. It seems a waste if you're just going to use a spoonful. Luckily for me, I happen to like yogurt.
I do not suggest this recipe (or any other recipe that calls for yogurt) unless you enjoy eating yogurt. It seems a waste if you're just going to use a spoonful. Luckily for me, I happen to like yogurt.
I set the yogurt out on the counter for about 10 minutes before I made this mask because I have an aversion to all things cold touching my skin. If you want a cooling mask, use the yogurt straight out of the fridge. However, even with the yogurt having sat out a little while, the mask still felt cool while I was applying it and for a short while after. Then it felt sticky and kind of weird, but that's normal as a mask dries.
I can't decide if I liked the smell of this mask or not. Occasionally, I would smell the very pleasant scent of honey, but it would soon be followed by the not as pleasant, slightly sour smell of plain organic yogurt.
By the time you wash this mask off, you won't even be able to see it anymore. You'll feel the stickiness and have a slight shine to your face, but the once questionable looking mix is now ... umm...invisible, I guess. This is good because if the mailman came by with a package (not that he bothers to get out of his truck to see if you're home before just dropping the package off at the apartment office so you have to wait until the next day to get it), he wouldn't wonder just what the heck you were doing before you answered the door.
It wipes off really easily and leaves your face feeling really soft. Hubby did the touch test and he agrees. Don't forget to moisturize after a mask, though, no matter how soft your face feels.
The only things that I don't like about this mask are the possibility of wasted yogurt and the yogurt smell. I wonder how well adding a smushed strawberry to the mix would cover that smell. I'll have to test that once my strawberries are ripe.
I can't make any judgments on how well this mask clears up skin problems since I don't currently have any skin problems. One of the major bonuses to having this blog is that my skin is almost always in great condition thanks to the constant pampering it gets as I try out new things. Although, maybe this mask would help my face recover after that awful Oatmeal/Honey Mask disaster.
Over all, I give this mask 4 out of 5 questionable looking liquids.
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