How to: Easy Peasy Green Comfort Face Mask
Lise
Happy August!
Today we're going to mix green things together and put them on our face. Why? Because our skin is going to love it, and these particular green things feel downright comfortable and cozy while they are doing their skin-nourishing magic.
It's green synergy at its best.
Let's make a green comfort face mask!
Ingredients
For this mask, I have combined the following:
Moringa powder
Powdered Pumpkin Seed
Spirulina
French Green Clay (Montmorillonite)
Do you have to use these ingredients? Nope - you can choose any clay and any green powdered botanicals you like.
For the liquid, a green tea and/or matcha infusion makes the entire experience pure green pleasure, but you could also make a fresh cucumber juice, use distilled water or another herbal tea.
Method
Making this mask is simply a question of starting with about 2 tablespoons of liquid and adding the desired powders to the liquid bit by bit until you have a lovely, spreadable consistency.
Super Cool Clay Tip:
Start by adding a teaspoon of green clay and letting the liquid absorb it completely before adding the other green things. This will make for a perfectly lump-free and easily spreadable mixture.
Applying
You can use a small natural bristle brush to apply if you like, but it is also quite do-able to use the back of the spoon you just used to mix everything together with.
Tip: Clay masks should be removed before they are completely dry, so to allow yourself more mask-sitting time, either apply a thick layer or have a hydrosol or other skin mister at hand to moisten the mask as desired. For a thick layer (which is super comfy feeling), I usually layer up 3 or 4 times.
Let the mask sit for 10-15 minutes. This is the perfect time to sit and enjoy the rest of that cup of green tea you just made to use as the liquid.
To Remove the Mask
Soften and remove the mask with a moistened natural sponge (or grab the spoon you used to apply and gently remove the mask by ‘scraping’ it off with the spoon).
Finish with a spritz of skin tonic, hydrosol, and a light layer of face oil if you so desire.
Do Tell
Are you a regular user of face masks? Have you ever applied a mask with the back of a teaspoon? And if you have applied with a teaspoon, did you also remove it with the teaspoon?
Psst: The book below is a beginner friendly guide to cosmetics and has a section with face masks using normal easy-to-get ingredients. Scroll down for the book in Spanish.
