Make a Facial Peel
A facial peel improves the appearance of the skin by exfoliating or removing dry skin, acne scars and wrinkles. The peel consists of a combination of chemical or natural acids. How you make a facial peel that will benefit you depends on your skin type.
Contents
Steps
- Start with a facial peel that has a lower acidity content to allow your skin to adjust to the treatment. Higher concentrations will increase the risk of side effects that may include burning or scarring of the skin.
- Create a vegetable facial peel. A peel can be organic or non-organic.
- Wash 1 small cucumber and remove the peel and seeds.
- Cut the cucumber into chunks and puree them in blender.
- Pour the puree into a colander or clean cloth to drain the liquid into a bowl.
- Add aloe vera gel, green tea or chamomile tea and unflavored gelatin to the cucumber liquid.
- Cucumber and aloe vera juice have natural astringent that kills bacteria and green and chamomile teas have calming properties.
- Pour the mixture into a saucepan over low heat and stir it to dissolve the gelatin.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 30 minutes or until the mixture becomes thickened.
- Apply the mixture to the facial and neck area for 25 minutes
- Remove the peel by washing your face with warm water.
Pumpkin Peel
- Peel the pumpkin and cut it into chunks.
- Place the chunks, strings and seeds in a dish with 1/4 cup of water.
- Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
- Blend pumpkin, pineapple, oils and oats in blender to form a paste.
- Apply the mixture to your face and neck and let it remain for 20 minutes.
- To remove, rinse your face with soap and water. Apply moisturizer if needed.
Tomato Peel
- Rinse 1 medium ripe tomato.
- Place the tomato into a blender on low speed for a few seconds.
- Rub the puree on your face and let it dry.
- To remove, wash your face with soap and water.
Citrus Peel
- Place 1/2 of a lemon and 1/2 of an orange, 1/2 cup of pineapple and 1/2 cup of papaya and 1-2 tbs. of honey or plain yogurt into blender and puree.
- Rub mixture on face and let set for 25 minutes.
- Glycolic acids, which are created by citrus peels, help reduce wrinkles, hyperpigmentation and oversized pores.
Gelatin and Green Tea Peel Mask
- Put 1 tablespoon of gelatin into a microwave safe cup or bowl.
- Pour 1 tablespoon of boiled water in a cup. You can substitute water for milk for smoother skin, but it will smell a lot worse. Make sure the milk is also very hot.
- Put a green teabag in the water/milk. Let it seep for 10-20 minutes.
- When done, you can either throw out the teabag or cut it open and put it in the water/milk to have in your mask.
- Put the water/milk with the gelatin. Add a teaspoon of honey if you're battling acne, or a teaspoon of lemon juice for added glow to your face when the mask is peeled.
- Microwave for 10-15 seconds only. Any longer will make the mask too hot for your face.
- Take an unused foundation brush or just use your fingers and apply it on your face. For the first time, it is recommended that you do your whole face, but if you've done this before, you can do only the T-Zone or wherever you have blackheads. Avoid your eyebrows, eye area, and above the upper lip.
- Wait 10-20 minutes. Try not to move your face until it's fully hardened.
- Once it's done, move your eyebrows and mouth to loosen it, and peel it off. It will hurt, but it'll be worth it.
- You now have blackhead and whitehead free skin! Use this once or twice a week.
Things You'll Need
- 1 small cucumber
- 1 oz. of aloe vera gel
- 2 oz. of green tea or chamomile tea
- 1 pkg. of unflavored gelatin
- 1 small or miniature pumpkin
- 1 tsp. of milk (whole)
- 1 tbs. of nuts (raw almonds ground)
- 1 tbs. of oats (raw oatmeal ground)
- 1 tsp. of honey (raw or organic)
- 4-to-5 chunks of pineapple
- 1 tsp each of carrot and rose essential oils
- 1 medium ripe tomato
- 1/2 a lemon
- 1/2 an orange
- 1/2 cup of pineapple
- 1/2 cup of papaya
- 1-2 tbs. of honey or plain yogurt
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