Facials: A Remedy for Clean, Smooth, and Healthy Skin

Facials: 

A Remedy for Clean, Smooth, and Healthy Skin

A facial is a skin treatment for the face that cleans, exfoliates and nourishes the skin to promote clear, hydrated, smooth and well balanced skin. Exfoliation removes the oldest dead skin cells on the skin's outermost surface leaving the skin smooth and soft.  Facials deep clean the pores of the skin by extraction. It is sometimes called a "deep-cleansing facial" or  "deep-pore” cleansing.  Extractions remove the blackheads and the whiteheads from inside the pores.  The result is soft, smoothe, and clean skin.

You can make and use your own all natural, herbal facial in minutes and in the comfort of your own home without paying for a pricy skin treatment at your local spa.  Follow these few simple tips for clean, soft and supple skin:

A Homemade Astringent

Make an astringent or skin cleanser out of lemon juice.  

Just dilute 3/4 cup of lemon juice with 1/4 cup of water and wipe off dirt and grime off your skin with a cotton ball.  Rinse your face thoroughly with water. 

Applying Steam to the Face

Apply steam to your face by making a hot compress with a facial towel and 1 tbsp of sea salt in a bowl of hot water.  Continuously dip the towel in the water, squeeze the water out, and drape your face with the towel for 3-5 minutes.  This will open up the pours of your skin to allow dirt and bacteria to be dislodged with the help of a scrub.

Chai-Oatmeal-Olive Oil Facial Scrub

No facial is complete without exfoliating the skin to get rid of dry dead skin, dirt, and bacteria preset inside the pores. A facial scrub does the perfect job.  Prepare a Chai-Oatmeal, Olive Oil Facial Scrub.  To do this you will need:

• 1 cup oat oatmeal
• 1 bag of Chai tea
• 1/4 cup of sea salt
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil
• small mixing bowl

In a coffee grinder, grind the oatmeal very finely.  Add this to the small bowl along with the Chai tea, sea salt, water, and the Olive Oil.  Mix well and apply to the face using a circular motion. Let this mixture dry on the face for 10 minutes.  Rinse off thoroughly and pat your skin dry with a dry, clean towel.