10 easy homemade DIY face masks for dry skin

Dry skin is a problem for many people, it consists in a condition where the skin cannot hydrate as it should.  That’s why we are talking about face masks for dry skin. Who suffer from dry skin know how important it is to find products that can rehydrate the skin and nourish it. Just go to any perfumery or pharmacy to find many cosmetics products ready to fight this problem. However, these are products that are almost always rich in chemicals. Who is looking for more natural solutions they can rely on other remedies. Our diet is rich in natural products that can help us against dry skin, with few things we can make face masks capable of helping us in the most natural way possible. So, let’s see together 10 homemade face masks for dry skin.

10 HOMEMADE FACE MASKS FOR DRY SKIN

1. BANANA AND HONEY MASK
2. AVOCADO MASK
3. MASK WITH EGG AND LEMON JUICE
4. MILK MASK
5. YOGURT MASK
6. COFFEE MASK
7. MASK WITH HONEY AND OLIVE OIL
8. BUTTER MASK
9. MASK WITH ALMOND OIL
10. MASK WITH HONEY AND CREAM

1. BANANA AND HONEY MASK

Banana is a very healthy fruit, recommended in the diet especially for its beneficial properties. We are talking about a food rich in magnesium and potassium, two essential elements especially during the summer. However, banana is not only good to eat, its pulp can be used to create truly effective face masks. Banana helps the skin stay young. One recipe to fight against dry skin is to take a banana, mash it with a fork and add two tablespoons of honey.  Once mixed, put it on your face for about 15 minutes and then you can rinse it off.

2. AVOCADO MASK

Avocado is an exotic fruit with a thousand properties. It is not only is it very tasty to eat, but it is rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron and many other vitamins that are very useful for our body. It is used in kitchens all over the world, it is now widespread in Italy and is easy to find in most supermarkets. However, behind its food properties, avocado is useful for helping dry skins that are particularly sensitive or irritated. Avocado then goes well with masks with olive oil, honey and yogurt. First of all, you must peel the avocado and remove all the pulp, using a spoon, removing the central core. Once this is done, you can add two tablespoons of honey, or two tablespoons of yogurt, if you prefer both, and start mixing everything. Once the mixture is well combined, it is spread on the face for about 30 minutes, before rinsing the face.

3. EGG MASK

Egg is a food rich in nutrients, such as iron, phosphorus and calcium. This makes it an important diet food and is also cheap and easy to find. Behind its use in nutrition, egg is versatile as ingredient for homemade masks. Rich in vitamins, the egg can help against aging and manages to give elasticity to the skin.  To realize the mixture take an egg yolk the juice of half a lemon and two tablespoons of olive oil. Once the mixture is combined in a bowl, it can be spread on the face and kept for about 20 minutes. This kind of mask can also be used for hair.

4. MILK MASK

Milk was said to be one of the beauty ingredients used by Cleopatra, the beautiful Egyptian woman in fact relied on natural ingredients to preserve her beauty.  Milk is a food rich in proteins and vitamins, thus managing to be a very useful ingredient in the world of beauty. It fights against dry skin, deeply moisturizes it and is a natural anti-aging. To realize a mask you can combine two spoons of milk and a tablespoon of honey. As an alternative to honey you can use also a banana. In both cases leave for 20 minutes and then rinse gently.

5. YOGURT MASK

Yogurt is a natural antibacterial, it manages to purify the skin and has soothing and moisturizing properties. It is a food that is really useful for dry skin, especially during the summer after a long exposure to the sun.  To realize a yogurt mask it is important to choose it simple, without too many ingredients, as natural as possible. Yogurt is very versatile, in fact excellent masks can be made with yogurt and honey, or yogurt and lemon, even yogurt and cucumbers. In the first two just combine the yogurt to the other ingredient and then make a homogeneous mixture by mixing with spoon. For the yogurt and cucumber mask instead, yogurt and cucumber must be blended. Once the base is made, just spread it on the face and wait 15 minutes before rinsing.

6. COFFEE MASK

Coffee is a drink with a very strong and pleasant aroma, used in a very versatile way in everyday life. Coffee-flavored there are drinks, sweets, ice creams and more. In fact, coffee is also excellent for creating a face mask against dry skin. You must only combine two tablespoons of coffee powder and a tablespoon of honey then spread the mixture on the face and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse gently.

7. MASK WITH HONEY AND OLIVE OIL

Two natural and beneficial ingredients, honey and olive oil are two fundamental components for making excellent face masks for dry skin. The benefits for the skin are too many, they naturally help fight dryness but not only that, they are also anti-aging remedies. Olive oil manages to hydrate the skin, with its many nutritional properties it is a unique ally against dryness. To realize the mask just mix two tablespoons of honey and two of olive oil in a bowl. Once a homogeneous compound has been made, it can be applied to the face. Better still if you wash your face and dry it, leaving the skin a little damp before applying the mask. You can hold it for 15 minutes and then you can rinse it.

8. BUTTER MASK

Butters are foods that are widely used to keep skin deeply hydrated. They are found in different types, such as coconut, shea or even cocoa. To realize the mixture add a tablespoon of coconut butter one of karitè butter and a tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Once the ingredients are combined, spread on the face for 15 minutes. Being a very rich mask it is advisable not to do it more than once or twice a month.

9. ALMOND OIL MASK

With its soothing and nourishing properties, almond oil is the ideal product for fighting dry and red skin. The oil naturally helps to make the skin soft, compact and hydrated. To realize the mask just combine two tablespoons of almond oil and two tablespoons of honey. Then spread the mixture together on the whole face for about 20 minutes and then gently remove with a cotton pad. The result will be excellent.

10. CREAM MASK

Cream is an ingredient not recommended in healthy diets, but which instead can be used to create very effective natural masks. It is a food that helps a lot to hydrate the skin, for those suffering from dry skin it’s a very useful must. Then, cream can be mixed with different ingredients: honey, egg and oil.
As we have already seen, these three ingredients are essential to make masks against dry skin thanks to their nutrients. The important thing is to choose the one we like best. First of all, the cream should be bought liquid and not spray. Then make the mask is simple. Just combine two tablespoon of cream with two tablespoon of the ingredient that we chose and then mix all in homogeneous way.  Once the mixture is spread on the face, wait 15 minutes and then rinse.

CONCLUSIONS

As we have observed, the ingredients to fight dry skins are too many and different, from fruit to oils, to honey, the choice is vast and there is no need to rely to chemical products to fight this nuisance. Nature gives us too many ideas to help us in the most healthy and natural way possible. We just have to try them!

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Written by: Anna Ferro

Translated by: Giusy Nardelli