Face Cleanser

Cleanse and Rejuvenate Your Skin With these Easy to Make Facial Exfoliant Recipes
By Biljana Drake

Do you have five minutes a week you could spare? Then, try out these facial exfoliant recipes. All of them are extremely effective and affordable.

Not only do they cleanse your skin, slough off dead skin cells, and penetrate the clogged pores, they contain other ingredients to help your skin look and feel better.

An egg white will help firm the skin, and honey will act as an anti-inflammatory agent that prevents further infections and inflammations.

Milk will add its enzymes and leave your skin smooth and soft.

Lemon juice will remove the excess oil and help reduce the large pores on your face.

Corn flour based facial scrub

When used as a base to make facial masks, corn flour is an excellent ingredient if you're dealing with oily skin. Corn flour picks up oil from the skin and traps it, leaving the skin moisturized but with diminished oiliness and shine free.

This mask is extremely easy to make.

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons of corn flour

1 egg white

Mix this two and apply on the face. Wash off after 15 minutes or until dry. While washing, use circular motion so that you can exfoliate the skin and help the circulation of its deeper layers. First apply warm and then cold water.

Yogurt based Face Cleanser

Ingredients:

About 7oz of yogurt

1 tablepoon of lemon juice

1 tablespoon of honey

Mix, apply to face and rinse off using a washcloth.

Yogurt based Kosher Salt Face Exfoliant

This is an easy and inexpensive way to perform pore cleansing and remove the dead skin cells off your face.

Ingredients:

Kosher salt

3 teaspoons of coconut oil

Yogurt

Milk

Add salt and coconut oil until a paste forms. Put the paste on the face. Be careful not to scratch yourself, don't press to hard. When you are done, rinse off with luke warm water.

Mix a bit of yogurt and milk and apply to face. After exfoliating it with salt, milk will provide nourishment and softening your face needs.

Honey Based Face Scrub

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon of honey

2 teaspoons of finely ground almonds (not salted ones, just regular)

1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice

Gently rub the face, don't press too hard, you'll scratch yourself :)

Biljana Drake is an avid collector of homemade skin care recipes. For more great skin care tips, facial masks recipes, homemade remedies, visit her website http://www.skin-care-recipes-and-remedies.com