Sunday Mask: DIY Pumpkin Mask 2

Welcome back to another Sunday Mask recipe! Hope you’re all enjoying your weekend well. Last day of the weekend to get our pamper on! :P

Pumpkins are not only delicious to eat, they are also very helpful when it comes to beauty. Pumpkins are packed with certain enzymes that will brighten our skin, whether from dullness or pigmented. Furthermore, it is also packed with Vitamin A and C which will soothe and soften the skin, boost collagen level to prevent premature aging. Ya know, to give your skin that firm, bounciness.

So let’s get our mask on!

Sunday Mask: DIY Peel Off Mask

Happy Sunday all! Hope you all had a great weekend. Who's ready for Monday?? :/ Neither am I. Haha.

Another mask recipe today, slightly different, but still very au naturel and DIY. If you haven't noticed, most if not all of my skincare posts are DIYs.

Usually, my recipes are for masks, a few scrubs but today, the first ever recipe on a peel off mask. Blackheads are a serious problem for me, especially on and around my nose and the area around my brows. For quick treatment, I usually use the Biore strips and from time to time, I'd use the Freeman Peel Off Mask. Hardly will I ever make my own peel off mask because in all honesty, they are just so time consuming and messy.

I came across this recipe about a few weeks ago and I have used this recipe every week since. I have seen results so that is why I am sharing it with y'all today.

Egg whites are packed with proteins and nourishment great for the body and for the skin. The egg white will lift and firms the skin, smooths out fine lines and wrinkles. If you ever applied just egg white onto your skin, you'd completely understand what I am talking about. The skin is firm yet soft and baby's bottom soft.

Alrighty, let's get our mask on!

DIY PEEL OFF MASK

What You'll Need:
- 1 Egg White
- 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
- Tissue Paper(s)
- Brush (Optional)

Sunday Mask: DIY Pumpkin Mask 2

Welcome back to another Sunday Mask recipe! Hope you’re all enjoying your weekend well. Last day of the weekend to get our pamper on! :P

This week’s recipe is very seasonal. LOL. One of the ingredient is pumpkin, and we all know how fresh the pumpkins are this time of year.

Pumpkins are not only delicious to eat, they are also very helpful when it comes to beauty. Pumpkins are packed with certain enzymes that will brighten our skin, whether from dullness or pigmented. Furthermore, it is also packed with Vitamin A and C which will soothe and soften the skin, boost collagen level to prevent premature aging. Ya know, to give your skin that firm, bounciness.

So let’s get our mask on!

PUMPKIN MASK 2

What you'll need:
- 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1 Egg

**OPTIONAL ADDITIVE**

- Oily Skin - Teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar OR a splash of Cranberry Juice
- Dry Skin - Teaspoon of Yogurt OR a Teaspoon of Honey

What to do:
- In a small bowl, start by beating up one whole egg
- Add in pumpkin puree and whisk ingredients together
- At this time, go ahead and add in the additive and continue to whisk away until everything is well blended.

How to use it:
– Apply the mask onto a clean, bare face using your clean fingers or a spoon, or a brush if that’s how you like it.
– Leave on for about 15-20 minutes.
– Rinse the mask off in warm water and splash a final splash of cold water to close up the pores.
– Pat to dry with a towel.

As always, test out any new masks recipe onto the back of your hand first to see if it will give you an allergic reaction. If, for whatever reason, the mask does give you an allergic reaction, please do not hesitate and run to rinse the mask off immediately.

If you guys give this mask a go, please do share with me how it went with you. Hope y’all enjoyed this post and enjoy the rest of your day.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please do some back soon. Per usual, tomorrow's post will be manicure related. :)

DISCLAIMER: I found this recipe from an article on PopSugar. I altered the recipe a little to my liking, but if you'd like to see the original post, check the link out.

Sunday Mask: DIY Mask With Food

Sunday greetings to all my lovelies! Hope y'all had a a great weekend! Unfortunately it IS Sunday and the weekend is coming to an end, but let's not allow that to ruin our day!!

Let’s sit back and relax for a bit, maybe while pampering yourself a bit, maybe  with a facial? You don’t need to go far to give your skin a quick-picker-upper, you can easily make a DIY facial with ingredients in your fridge.

Yogurt – cleanse skin, tighten pores, revitalize skin
-1 teaspoon of plain yogurt
-juices from 1/4 slice of orange with some pulp
-1 teaspoon of aloe

Mix everything together thoroughly.
Leave the mask on for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Rinse in warm water.

Lemon – exfoliate, moisturize, brightens
-juice from one whole lemon
-1/4 cup olive oil

With a brush, apply solution to the face.
With the fingers, rub in circular motions.
Leave on for about 3 minutes before rinsing.

Egg – moisturize, firms
Use entire egg for normal skin
Use only the egg yolk for dry skin
Use only the egg white for oily skin

Beat the (part of) egg.
Apply the beaten egg to your face.
Leave it on for 30 minutes before rinsing.

Vinegar – tones skin
-1/4 cup cider vinegar
-1/4 cup water

Apply the solution and let dry before rinsing.

Banana – moisturize, firms

-1/4 cup plain yogurt
-2 tablespoons honey
-1 medium banana

Mash up the banana into a smooth paste before adding the yogurt and honey.
Stir into a smooth paste.
Gently apply it to the face and let it sit for about 20 minutes.
Rinse in cold water.

These are simple do-it-yourselves recipes for a quick and easy face mask. Sometimes life is just too hectic, but never, ever forget to take some time to enjoy yourself, no matter how little time it is. One minute, ten minutes, 3o minutes, go ahead and take anything time gives you.

Enjoy the rest of your day pretties! Have a good day.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please come back tomorrow for another Manicure Monday! :)

Sunday Mask: DIY Mask for Oily Skin

Hi all! I'm back with an old but reliable mask recipe for all the oily skinned girls (or guys) out there. I actually posted this recipe not too far back, but I'll be using this mask today so might as well share 'em with y'all. 

Due to the humidity and all of the fried and oily foods I stuffed my face with yesterday without a care in the world, my skin is paying the price today. This recipe has helped me maintain oil control in the past so hopefully with a couple of uses, my skin will be back to its oily state and not excessively oily like it is now.

No regrets though because I had a BLAST last night. For dinner, we reserved a whole section from the buffet; when we walked in with like 40 people, everyone was looking at us really weird. Haha. Big family FTW! But yeah, caught up with my kid cousins and their first week back from school, caught up with my Aunt that will be leaving to Nebraska in two days and it was especially great to see those who flew in from Pennsylvania. Last time I saw them was probably 14 years ago in Vietnam. Speaking of Vietnam, I wanna go back! Someone come with me?! 

Not everything went peachy though. You know when someone who hasn't seen you in a so long, one of the first questions out of their mouth are "Are you married yet?" followed by "Boyfriend then?"...Ahhh...My aunts and Mom decided to bug and nag me about it for the rest of the night. Like literally nagging me about getting married ASAP. Like seriously...? I don't even have a boyfriend people. Of all the "children", I am the oldest at 24, followed by my brother who is 20, who is also single. This is where double standards kick in full swing, it's not okay for me to still be single or even have the idea of not getting married at all. However, it's totally fine for my brother to still be single or even wanting to hold off marriage for another ten years. Ooooi the headache! WHY AM I STILL SINGLE?!?!?!?!? The struggle is real and getting harder by the day. I'm probably gonna hear an earful of nags on my birthday in two months. "Lucky girls your age are already married with one or two kids, and what are you doing at 25?" Fun...

MASK FOR OILY SKIN

What you'll need:
- 8 ripe strawberries
- 1 teaspoon (plain) yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 egg white

What to do:
- Use a food processor/blender to puree the strawberries OR you can mash them up using a fork, just make sure the final product is lump free
- Add lemon juice and yogurt to the pureed strawberries and give it a quick mix
- Separately, beat the egg white to a foam
- Pour the foamy egg white into the bowl of pureed strawberries, yogurt and lemon juice
- Fold the egg white in and make sure everything is well mixed

How to use it:
- Apply the mask to a clean face
- Leave in for about 15-20 minutes
- Wash off with warm water
- Rinse with cool water
- Pat to dry

If you gave this mask a try, please do let me know how it worked for you. Hopefully all goes well.

Thank you for visiting and thanks a bunches for reading. Please make sure to come back tomorrow for the Manicure Monday! :)

Sunday Mask: DIY Mask for Oily Skin

Happy Sunday everyone! How was your three-day weekend? Did ya'll have a great time celebrating America's birthday?

It was one heck of a weekend for me, parties and gatherings, food and more food. Food galore every gathering, every where, every time; it was great but man...my diet.

Besides my ruined diet, there's also my poor skin. Swimming, long hours in the sun, excessive makeup wearing, salty, greasy, fried foods, everything that took part in my current horrible skin condition. If you keep up with my blog daily, you'd see that I've been doing steams, scrubs, masks, facials like crazy. Just when my skin seems to improve, something comes up and everything just goes south again. 

So that brings us here today, yet another mask recipe, specializing in oily skin. It says that I should do this everyday for a week. And that is what I'll do this next week to see if it'll improve anything.

MASK FOR OILY SKIN

What you'll need:
- 8 ripe strawberries
- 1 teaspoon (plain) yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 egg white

What to do:
- Use a food processor/blender to puree the strawberries OR you can mash them up using a fork, just make sure the final product is lump free
- Add lemon juice and yogurt to the pureed strawberries and give it a quick mix
- Separately, beat the egg white to a foam
- Pour the foamy egg white into the bowl of pureed strawberries, yogurt and lemon juice
- Fold the egg white in and make sure everything is well mixed

How to use it:
- Apply the mask to a clean face
- Leave in for about 15-20 minutes
- Wash off with warm water
- Rinse with cool water
- Pat to dry

This mask seemed to have helped control the oil for the next 4 or 5 hours. I think this might work for me. Please give this mask a try with me if you also suffer from excessive oily skin. Let me know how it went for you if you do give it a try.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. Please come back soon. :)

Facial Friday: DIY With Food

Yay! It is weekend all over again, how awesome is that! Let's sit back and relax for a bit, maybe while pampering yourself a bit, maybe  with a facial? You don't need to go far to give your skin a quick-picker-upper, you can easily make a DIY facial with ingredients in your fridge.

Yogurt - cleanse skin, tighten pores, revitalize skin
-1 teaspoon of plain yogurt
-juices from 1/4 slice of orange with some pulp
-1 teaspoon of aloe

Mix everything together thoroughly.
Leave the mask on for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Rinse in warm water.

Lemon - exfoliate, moisturize, brightens
-juice from one whole lemon
-1/4 cup olive oil

With a brush, apply solution to the face.
With the fingers, rub in circular motions.
Leave on for about 3 minutes before rinsing.

Egg - moisturize, firms
Use entire egg for normal skin
Use only the egg yolk for dry skin
Use only the egg white for oily skin

Beat the (part of) egg.
Apply the beaten egg to your face.
Leave it on for 30 minutes before rinsing.

Vinegar - tones skin
-1/4 cup cider vinegar
-1/4 cup water

Apply the solution and let dry before rinsing.

Banana - moisturize, firms
-1/4 cup plain yogurt
-2 tablespoons honey
-1 medium banana

Mash up the banana into a smooth paste before adding the yogurt and honey.
Stir into a smooth paste.
Gently apply it to the face and let it sit for about 20 minutes.
Rinse in cold water.

These are simple do-it-yourselves recipes for a quick and easy face mask. Sometimes life is just too hectic, but never, ever forget to take some time to enjoy yourself, no matter how little time it is. One minute, ten minutes, 3o minutes, go ahead and take anything time gives you.

Please enjoy your weekend and have a pleasant night. Thank you for reading! :)