5 ingredients = toning facial + tasty beverage

Chickens are fed, plants are watered, time to do something for me. This afternoon I'm giving myself an exfoliating oatmeal facial and a refreshing drink. My skins been quite oily lately and I get a lot of sun working on the farm. Having finished my monthly waxing routine yesterday, my skin deserves some attention. 

I've chosen these ingredients for my particular skin care needs. Oatmeal to absorb oil and dirt, egg white to firm skin, honey to keep from over drying, lemon juice to break down oil and treat blemishes, green tea for antioxidants. After some internet research, here's the recipe I've used (all measurements approximate):

Oatmeal mask for oily skin

1/2 cup Oatmeal (any kind will do, I've used quick)

1 egg white

1 T honey

1 t lemon juice

green tea for consistency (about 2 T)

mix first 4 ingredients into a paste, add green tea until you get a consistency that will stay on your face. let stand to moisten oatmeal.

Green Tea Angie Palmer (renamed for my delightful friend)

remaining green tea

honey to taste

lemon juice to taste

mix, taste, chill. serve over ice, preferably with a bendy straw.

apply mask to clean skin with fingers. lay back, place teabags on your eyes, drink your drink. allow mask to dry. then rinse.

 

I made the mask, chilled the drink, then took a hot shower to open my pores. I also did a hot conditioning treatment for my hair with my favorite natural conditioner and a shower cap. 

My favorite deep conditioning scalp treatment:

2 T olive oil 

1 t eucalyptus oil

2 capsules borage oil

mix, apply to wet hair focusing on scalp and ends,  put on shower cap and let the hottest water you can stand run over you. i like to rub the extra on my skin. rinse, give your hair a good scrub, soap or shampoo the excess if you like.

Here's why I love these oils: olive oil is a great moisturizer, eucalyptus tingles and helps get rid of flakes (also great if you have congestion) borage oil contains high amounts of GLA an essential amino acid used by skin. I frequently use borage oil when i have dry skin. It eliminates scaly skin, and even brightens my tattoo.

 

SInce i don't use shampoo, my hair can look a bit oily and clumpy after an oil treatment. not such a problem since i have curly hair. I find that rinsing everyday for a week or a light castile soap lather helps.

Those are a few of my special, now and then treatments. I hope they can help you in your pursuit of simplicity and enhancing your natural beauty.

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