Sunday Mask: DIY Strawberry, Honey Mask

Hello Sunday everyone! Welcome back again for another DIY mask recipe. This week, our main ingredient are strawberries. Mmhmm, yummy. My Mom went to Sprouts Farmers' Market and bought some fresh, juicy, ripe strawberries. I was snacking on this all weekend but there are still some left so I decided to make a mask out of it.

Strawberries are currently in season so this is definitely the best time to do masks as such  because you're totally ensured that you'll get 100% out of the fruit. Strawberries are packed with Vitamin C, salicylic acid, antioxidants, alpha hydroxy acids and ellagic acids. Such properties helps with the immune system if orally ingested and the skin if applied, either with the juice or the whole fruit. Strawberries may help with slight hyper pigmentation, acne, puffiness under the eyes and an overall excellent exfoliant among others.

DIY STRAWBERRY MASK

What you'll need:
- 8 - 9 fresh, ripe Strawberries
- 3 tablespoons of Honey
- 1 tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (optional)
- 1/2 - 1 tablespoon of Lemon Juice (optional)

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. :)

Sunday Mask: DIY Strawberry Mask

Hello Sunday everyone! Welcome back again for another DIY mask recipe. This week, our main ingredient are strawberries. Mmhmm, yummy. My Mom went to Sprouts Farmers' Market and bought some fresh, juicy, ripe strawberries. I was snacking on this all weekend but there are still some left so I decided to make a mask out of it.

Strawberries are currently in season so this is definitely the best time to do masks as such  because you're totally ensured that you'll get 100% out of the fruit. Strawberries are packed with Vitamin C, salicylic acid, antioxidants, alpha hydroxy acids and ellagic acids. Such properties helps with the immune system if orally ingested and the skin if applied, either with the juice or the whole fruit. Strawberries may help with slight hyper pigmentation, acne, puffiness under the eyes and an overall excellent exfoliant among others.

DIY STRAWBERRY MASK

What you'll need:
- 8 - 9 fresh, ripe Strawberries
- 3 tablespoons of Honey
- 1 tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (optional)
- 1/2 - 1 tablespoon of Lemon Juice (optional)

What to do:
- In a clean bowl, smash the ripen strawberries using a fork or spoon.
- When the strawberries are all smashed, add in the honey, then mix well.
-- You can either stop here and apply the mask right now... or add more ingredients.
- Add the olive oil to the mix and continue to stir.
- Lastly, add in the lemon juice. 1/2 tablespoon for dry skin and 1 tablespoon for oily skin
- Mix, mix, mix until everything is well blended.

**A ripe strawberry should be fairly easy to smash, if you cannot smash your strawberry with a fork or spoon, chances are your strawberries are unripened. 

How to use it:
This mask may be a little runny, so be sure to sit or lie down before applying the mask.
- On a clean face, apply the mask using clean fingers or a clean brush.
- Let it sit for about 15 minutes.
- Rinse with warm or cool water.
- Pat dry with a towel.

It's that easy guys, but it'll help your skin so much. Take a little time out to beautify and pamper yourselves to ready you for the next upcoming week. I hope you enjoyed this recipe and please do come back again. Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading! :)