Create your own face mask at home

Missing your regular facial at your favourite Spa? Try a homemade yoghurt, honey and oats face mask, created by our Spa team at Bushmans Kloof.

It takes around 15 - 20 minutes to prepare a simple face mask and you will find all the ingredients you need in your own kitchen! This face mask is suitable for all skin types and can be applied once a week for maximum benefits.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oatmeal, finely ground
• 1 tbsp live, organic yoghurt (skip the flavoured stuff)
• A few drops of honey

Preparation

• Add the yoghurt to the oatmeal in a small bowl and mix together.
• Warm a few drops of honey. To do this, warm a spoon under hot water for a minute, and then add a few drops of honey to the spoon.
• Stir the honey into the yoghurt and oatmeal mixture.
• Apply the mask to the face. Relax for 10 - 15 minutes, then rinse off with several splashes of warm water. Follow with a warm washcloth.
• Apply moisturiser.

Benefits of these ingredients

 

Yoghurt has been used as a skin remedy since ancient times. In India, applying yoghurt to the skin is still valued as a great way to clear acne and pimples while in ancient Egypt, Cleopatra was famous for taking daily milk baths to keep her skin glowing and youthful.

Yoghurt contains:

• Lactic acid 
• Calcium
• Vitamin B
• Zinc

It has been claimed that yoghurt can:

• Lightens blemishes and moles 
• Tightens skin pores 
• Clears acne
• Anti-ageing properties
• Some ingredients in honey may kill certain bacteria and fungi.
• It provides vital nutrients that speed up the healing process for damaged or wounded skin; in addition, honey also serves as a barrier to moisture and keeps the skin from sticking to dressings

Honey contains:

• Calcium 
• Iron 
• Magnesium  

It has been claimed that honey can:

• Hydrate skin, locking-in moisture
• Have anti-bacterial and anti-ageing effects 

Oats make a great breakfast and have also been claimed as an excellent product for a variety of skin conditions such as itchy, dry or flaky skin.

Oats contain:

• Omega 3 Fatty Acids  
• Iron 

It has been claimed that oats can:

• Be used as a remedy for acne
• Calm dry and irritated skin
• Soothe sunburned skin