It's been a crazy week and right now I'm in the middle of a potential blizzard! How fun!
If you get stuck in a blizzard and you ran out of face wash, what would you do? Well, I would head straight for the pantry. Yup, you can find everything you need for a lovely face wash in the pantry! It's so fabulous and it saves your skin from all of those chemicals that in the long run will just make it look worse. So open your pantries and let's get started.
Honey-Citrus Face Wash
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup fresh citrus juice (I use grapefruit)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup strong brewed green tea
So here's how this works. Get a bottle, preferably some sort of squirt bottle, but an old shampoo bottle of some sort will work. Add in all of the ingredients and shake.
To use it, squirt onto a washcloth and rub on your face. Let sit for 2-5 minutes and then wash off.
The Science
Honey is anti-bacterial, meaning that it will kill all of that nastiness that is on your face (it is great at preventing acne). The citrus juice is also anti-bacterial, but on top of that it will create a "natural shine" on your face (and this isn't that greasy shine that we all try to avoid).
Like we discussed with the homemade shampoo and conditioner post from last week, the vinegar will help to balance your skin. This means that your skin will produce less oil and therefore less of that greasy shine that we don't want.
I add green tea to mine because of it's soothing effects. Green tea helps to reduce redness of the skin (I happen to have a reasonable red complexion on my face, it doesn't tan it just gets burned).
Overall this homemade product has everything that you need, and it only cost you a couple of dollars to make and you found everything in the pantry! Score! Best of luck everyone, see you next week.
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