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Homemade face packs that wont ruin your bank balance

What is the benefit of a face pack or mud pack?

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Face packs are designed to give your skin a boost when its feeling like it needs a bit of a pick-me-up. The idea is to use them 1-2 times per week depending on your skin type and the reason why you are using them. You need to apply them to freshly cleansed skin, a plus would be to have exfoliated before to allow the products and ingredients to work deeper into the top layer of the skin.
Face packs are becoming widely used by men as well as women and prove to have massive skin benefits to men due to the stress that can be caused to their skin through shaving.
So ladies...grab a man and get face packing together! 

Store cupboard home ingredients

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Egg white:These have a wonderful astringent property to help draw out block pores and impurities. Mix with a little lemon to add to brightening effect.
Coffee:
Ground coffee is very good at detoxifying the skin. Ideal if you have been partying hard or just feel like your skin needs a pick-me-up. It also helps to improve blood flow which in turn will help to brighten your completion if feeling or looking a little dull. Good with the season change, and when the skin suffers climate changes.
Cucumber:
This is a natural moisturiser as its mainly made up of water so is excellent applied after a night out or after a busy session working in an air com office. Great when added to natural yoghurt as they both work well as a moisturiser and are great at hydrating the skin.
Honey:Honey has great anti-bacterial properties so is particularly beneficial to acne skins or skin with imperfections and pimples or spots. It works well at healing and brightening the skin.
Nutmeg:
Works well if mixed in with other ingredients such as yoghurt or milk as its very good at exfoliating the skin due to its natural properties and the grain effect it has. This would be a quick exfoliation and mask in one! Exfoliation action will increase the blood circulation therefore aiding detoxification.
Milk / powdered milk:
Milk has been a well known beauty regime for hundreds of years. Fantastic at lightening and brightening the skin and has exfoliating properties. It is also good at soothing and calming the skin.
Coconut Oil:Those that know me well know I swear by this product not just in cooking but as part of my daily routine. It has such healing and moisturising benefits. great for sensitive skins to soothe and heal. Particularly good for very dry skins.

So you see, you really don't have to spend out a small fortune to create a wonderful face pack when you probably have some great ingredients already in your store cupboard?

Just a little recipe as its national face pack day coming up in the UK. This one can be enjoyed by all the family and is easy to prepare.

Great for all skin types particularly dry or sensitive


  • 1 cucumber ( save two chopped slices for your eyes)
  • Half a cup of yoghurt
  • 1 Tbsp of powdered milk


Chop the cucumber up into small pieces. Add to the blender. To this then add all the other ingredients and blend until in a paste consistency. Because the cucumber has such a high content of water it will blend really well and allow a nice runny but not too messy application.
Apply to the face and neck, avoiding the eyes and sit back and relax for 15-20 minutes whilst the ingredients do their thing! Remember to add your two cucumber slices to your eyes to give them a treat too.
This mask is NOT a setting mask as it doesn't contain clay.
Wash off and remove all the mask with warm water and/or a flannel and apply your moisturiser in the usual way.

Enjoy experimenting with other ingredients and feeling how amazing they can make your skin feel.
Until next time...
Love & Sparkles
Caroline
www.steppingstonestrainingacademy.co.uk
As always please feel free to leave me a comment.




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