A DIY honey face mask …!!! That must be too simple, buy a honey bottle, open it, reduced some of it on your face, lay down, and wait 15 minutes to see the magic works and voila !!!!!!
You have baby skin on your face. Don’t forget the two cucumber slices on your eyes and taking some selfies for your favorite social media, right! That mask won’t help except if you have a hamster around, and you are ready to give up those cucumber slices.
Let’s be more serious now and say almost nothing is right for your skin if not used with moderation, with the right quantity and at the right time. In this article, I will guide you through the secrets of one of the best and cheap antiwrinkle masks, a DIY honey face mask.
1.A glimpse of honey’s history
Honey and skincare were an inseparable duo in the beauty field since the dawn of humanity. Women were using the sweet golden fluid in a variety of lotions to help their skin remain shiny and attractive fight wrinkles all over the body. As there was no cosmetic industry at that time, a DIY face mask was the only solution for ladies.
Wrinkles treated with magic, religious practices, herbal remedies, and animal extracted substances. Ancient India people adopted Ayurveda (Ayur: life, Veda: science) as their medical science, believing in the power of nature and human spirit to heal the body. The Greeks were the first to view medicine as a science, considering that diseases result from natural causes. Egyptians trusted in their Gods for healing but also used natural medicine to fight infections.
Many cultures believed that aging and skin wrinkles are a sign of nature rage and God’s curse, but also thought they should find a solution to leave the curse on them, and stay young forever. From Hindu to Islam, almost all religions have made honey a valuable commodity. It’s due to healing power since that started the journey of honey as a God of all medicines.
2.Top five benefits of honey on your skin
It widely believes that the most beneficial honey can achieve by taking it as food; only then will the nectar perform its magic on the body. However, science has shown that applying honey directly on the skin will give it a massive boost of regeneration and rejuvenation. “Honey is a natural healing substance, it has a good ability to treat wounds and promoting collagen-building,” says Dr. Mona Gohara, associate clinical professor and researcher scientist at the dermatology department of Yale.
2.1- Anti-aging booster
The honey countenance of probiotics gives the skin a vast ability to keep hydrated and balance the PH on the surface of our skin. Moreover, probiotics strengthen the skin against natural fermentation occurring on its surface. Also, antioxidants and enzymes packed in honey boost repair of the skin tissues; in fact, the most anti-aging coefficient is the capability of the body to repair its cells.
2.2- Wrinkle reducer
Honey will not prevent the appearance of face wrinkles, but it will help reduce wrinkles by slowing the process of skin shrinking. In fact, the most annoying thing about wrinkles is not wrinkles themselves, but the depth of those wrinkles, honey is a good booster of collagen in the skin, and this will give the skin the ability of keeping water between the cells which give the surface of the skin a less wavy appearance. Also, the variety of nutrients that exist in honey gives the skin the power of healing itself, we speak here about antioxidants, and exactly flavonoids and polyphenols.
2.3- Pore cleanser
The proposed DIY honey face mask will have a powerful antiseptic and antibacterial properties that will help keep pores clean and free of dirty oil, this will cleanse those pores and fight blackheads on your skin’s surface. This process will not dry up the good oil on the skin but will get rid only of microorganisms that use your oily pores to thrive and flourish.
2.4- Natural exfoliator
Aging causes a decrease of speed in cells regeneration process. The body becomes lazier to shed dead skin cells and produce new ones, this means that a pile of dead cells will build up on the surface of the skin making feels rough and dry, and looks dull. Those pile of cells can lead to serious skin conditions like acne. This DIY honey face mask is going to help the skin peel off the dead cell’s piles, leaving room for younger cells to show off and present the shine of your face out. Rubbing your face skin with honey will remove gently the old cells without applying any damage to your fragile hidden cells under the dead ones.
2.5- Scar healer
Our skin is a vast field full of microscopic wounds, we cannot see them, but the body has its proper way to perceive them: inflammation. Our immune system is responsible for dealing with those microscopic wounds and treating them, starting from full protection from infection and finishing by repairing the tissue of the damaged skin area. Our DIY honey face mask will assist the body’s healing process without any side effects; honey is free from any toxic that can harm human tissues.
3.DIY Face Mask Ingredients
Now, as we went through the benefit of Honey to your skin and how much it is helpful to use it in a face mask, let’s see the other ingredients of our DIY honey face mask.
3.1- Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a widely used spice, primarily known for its use in sweet foods. It is also known to play a role in health and beauty care in many cultures. The benefits of cinnamon, shall we!
One of the significant benefits of cinnamon in terms of skincare is helping its blood flow to the surface; this will help nutrients reach the top layers of living skin cells and prevent the death of many of them. The skin needs to be continuously flooded with blood to be able to regenerate, thus to rejuvenate and get more elasticity and fewer wrinkles.
Cinnamon is known for its anti-bacterial and antioxidant properties, which make it an excellent healer of skin blemishes and acne.
The bad news about cinnamon is that you should use the right one, not all cinnamon you can buy is reliable for use on your precious face. Many agricultures now tend to grow cinnamon out of its proper land and environment, which may alter the original composition of cinnamon, so try to get the proper one from its unique properties.
3.2- Argan oil
The famous Moroccan oil, one of the expensive natural oil in the world and it’s gaining more and more price every year, the reason for that is it can only plant in Morocco, why is that, it’s still a mystery.
But the thing that is no more a mystery is that local people in Morocco used it for centuries for skincare purposes. It helped; Moroccan women are well known for their natural beauty, especially those living surrounded by Argan trees in a region called Souss-Massa. What is noticeable in Moroccan women is their light brown skin and a lack of wrinkles, especially at ages under 40. Most of them use argan oil as the first cosmetic product, and they get only natural and genuine ones; sometimes, they make it themselves or get it from a reliable supplier.
Now to list the benefits of argan oil, we need a separate article, but to sum up, I will go through the three major ones.
Argan oil is rich with vitamin E, essential for skin care, this is a powerful antioxidant that protects your skin from external attacks such as sun’s UV radiation. Moreover, this vitamin believed to be useful in reducing inflammation of your skin surface, which helps to keep the skin younger and smooth.
The high content of oleic and linoleic acids helps the skin helps moisturize the skin; in fact, almost 80% of the fatty acid content in argan oil are those two acids.
3.3- Chamomile tea
One of the most popular drinks, chamomile tea, is a miracle of ancient and current medicine. Well-known for relaxation properties and anti-stress powers, it was also proven to play a role in skincare remedies and industry. Rich of antioxidants, this magical flower can help your skin cells reproduce and reduce inflammatory conditions on the surface of the skin. It promotes the healing system and boosts the production of collagen which is necessary to tighten the skin and giving its original bright look
4.DIY Honey face mask
The most informative and persuasive part of the article already done. It is time to go through the practice, so bring those chemistry pots and tubes and let’s go.
Now to start preparing the mask, mix in a small bowl one teaspoon of cinnamon with two teaspoons of Honey, the blend must look homogeneous. Note that Honey can turn chunky when stored in cold places, so make sure to heat it under 104°F / 40°C to make it smoother; for your safety, avoid using plastic jars or pots in operation and substitute them with glass utensils. Then, pour about a half teaspoon of argan oil on the blend and mix it well again to end with adding a half teaspoon of hot chamomile tea.
The mixture should be consistent so it can put and stack on the face, so pay attention not to heat honey so much, and if it is summer and the surrounding temperature is high, try to do the opposite, cool it down.
Before using the mask, wash your face first with warm water and your favorite soap, depending on your skin type. Apply a tiny drop of the mixture you have prepared on your hand’s skin to check the sensitivity and allergenicity of the product on your skin, leave it 10 minutes if nothing happens, start applying on the face. It’s preferable if you get help from someone to put the mask on your face. And yeah, you can use those cucumber slices on your eyes, happy now!!!! Lay down for 30 minutes and wash off the mask with warm water, and that’s it, you have got the entire benefits of a DIY honey face mask.
In conclusion, this DIY honey face mask is a perfect and natural way to cleanse your skin and stop wrinkles’ appearance. However, do not abuse using it, once per week is sufficient, your skin gets more benefit from what you daily eat rather than what you apply on it. In our next article, I will be listing the best food for skincare and decelerating the aging process. Until then, I will be happy to receive your feedback on this DIY honey face mask, and how you felt after using it.
