Face Foods

Face Foods helps to keep your face fresh and gives a healthy look to your face. In this blog, there are more ideas which you apply on face and the most important is all home made recipes. Choose the recipes which suits your skin type. Here are few home made masks which can be applied easily on face and neck to remove the dull skin and make it fresh and beautiful. Some mask can be applied everyday and some can be applied only once a week.

Gram Flour mask-take two spoon of gram flour, add a pinch of turmeric to it, few drops of lemon juice and mix them together with water or rose water. Apply it on face and neck till it get 3/4 th dry and then scrub and wash it. Apply moisturizer on face afterthat.

Clay pack-this pack is very good for oily skin. Take mud clay powder its easily available in the market, add water or rose water in . make a paste, apply it on the face and wash it when it gets dry.

Sandalwood power pack-its very useful for oily skin or the skin which has blemishes or pimple marks on face. Take a spoon of sandalwood powder, add rose water to it, make a paste and apply it on face and neck. Wash it when dry. It will give the skin a neat and radiant look.

Milk Powder pack-this pack is useful for those who have dry skin. Take a spoonful of milk powder and add a few drops of lemon juice to it. Make a paste and apply on face. Wash away after 20 minutes.

Below these recipes can be used for all types of skin.

1. Take a spoon of gram flour, add a pinch of turmeric powder to it and a few drops of milk or milk cream and make the paste with orange juice. Apply it on face and leave it till it gets dry.
2. Take a spoon of wheat flour, add a pinch of turmeric, few drops of lemon juice to it and make the paste with raw milk. Apply it on face and remove it when half dried as a scrubber. It removes all dirt from face and gives it a luminous look. This pack can be applied all over the body too to remove the dead skin from it.
3. Take a spoon of honey and add few drops of lemon to it apply on face and wash after few minutes. It helps to remove sun tan.
4. Mash a papaya and apply on face. Wash after few minutes.
5. Mash a banana and apply on face and neck. Wash it off after 15 minutes.
6. Take tomato juice and add a pich of turmeric and clay powder to it.
7. Make a paste and apply on face and neck. This pack helps in reducing the size of open pores.
8. Soak some rice grain in water overnight. Then grind them and make a paste. Add little milk in it and apply this pack on face. Scrub it gently when dry. It removes dead skin and black heads from the skin.
9. Dry orange peels in sun and make a powder or them. You can fill and keep this powder in a container for future use. Take a spoonful of this powder, add raw milk to it. Apply it on face and neck. It cleans the skin and whitens the complexion. Same way rather then taking orange peels, you can take lemon peels and make powder of it when dry. Add the same things and make a paste to apply on face and neck.
10. Cucumber is a very good astringent. Cucumber juice and slices can be applied on face and neck.
11. Water melon paste can be applied on sun burnt skin to soothe and cool it.
12. Take tomato juice, orange juice and cucumber juice add a little clay powder or sandalwood powder or gram flour to these juices and apply it on face.

Home Made Natural Face Masks:

Home made face mask for dry skin can be created by mixing 10 ml honey with the yolk of an egg and 5 grams of dried milk powder. The yolk of an egg will provide nourishment for the skin while the honey will help restore the pH balance. Mix the ingredients in a bowl and apply to the face using a flat wide brush. Avoid the eye and lip areas. Clean off with water after 15-20 minutes to find more supple skin which will be hydrated and look much younger.

Make a paste from a little oatmeal and water. Apply to face and allow to dry. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Mash 1/2 banana and add 1 tablespoon honey and 2 tablespoons sour cream. Apply to face and let set for about 10 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Two tablespoons of cornmeal mixed with enough water to make a thick paste makes a great inexpensive facial mask. Gently apply to face and wash off.

In a food processor or blender, combine 1/2 cucumber, 1 tablespoon yogurt, a few strawberries, and 1 teaspoon honey. Apply to face and allow to dry. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Grind 1 tablespoon almonds into a fine meal in a blender or food processor. Mix almond meal together with 1 tablespoon honey and 1 egg white. Apply to face and let set for about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

To loosen blackheads, combine equal parts baking soda and water in your hand and rub gently on your skin for 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Mash half of an avocado and apply to entire face. Let set for about 20 minutes and then gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Soak 1 cup dried apricots in water until softened. Puree in blender or food processor with 2 tablespoons skim milk powder. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Puree 1/2 peeled, sliced cucumber in a blender or food processor and add 1 tablespoon yogurt. Apply to face and let set about 20 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Crush a handful of strawberries and mix well with 1 teaspoon honey. Apply to face and let set for about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 1 small carton plain yogurt. Stir in 1 whipped egg white. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 3-tablespoon yoghurt. Stir in 1 whipped egg white. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.

Make a paste from a little oatmeal and water. Apply to face and let it dry. Then wash off with lukewarm water.

Mash half of an avocado and apply to entire face. Let set for about 20 minutes and then wash off. Mash 1/2 banana and add 1-tablespoon honey and 2 tablespoons sour cream. Apply to face and let set for about 10 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.

Two tablespoons of cornmeal mixed with enough water to make a thick paste makes a great inexpensive facial mask. Gently apply to face and wash off.

Soak 1 cup dried apricots in water until softened. Puree in blender or food processor with 2 tablespoons skim milk powder. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.

Honey Moisturizing Mask
This homemade mask recipe combines milk and honey to create the perfect balance of ingredients for soft skin in minutes!
2 Tbl honey
1 tsp milk
Mix together 2 tablespoons of honey with 1 teaspoon of milk. Smooth gently over your cleansed face and throat. Leave on for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Here is Chocolate Facial Mask which is now becoming quite popular.
This decadent mask is actually an excellent moisturizer -- it leaves your skin baby soft. Recommended for normal skin.
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
¼ cup honey 3 tsp. oatmeal
Mix all ingredients together (a bullet blender is ideal) and smooth onto face. Relax for ten 10 minutes, then wash off with warm water.

A Mask for all Faces:

Once you’ve prepped your face try one of these great masks depending on your skin type.

Deep Cleansing Masks – Clay or mud based masks are great for oily or combination skin types. These masks purify and deep cleanse, bring impurities to the surface and help to firm up the skin.
To Make a Mud Mask - Combine equal parts of cosmetic clay (available at your local natural food store) and water (or bottled spring water for more minerals), adding a drop of your favourite essential oil before mixing. Mix until it becomes a paste. Apply as needed, leaving on for 10 minutes. Rinse off and pat face dry.

Fruit Masks – These are great for all skin types. Fruit and its extracts are full of AHAs (especially papaya and apple), which when applied help exfoliate the skin and enhance water absorption which softens the skin, easy-to-make fruit masks to try at home!

To Make A Papaya Facial – Mash up a fresh papaya and sieve into a bowl. Pat onto clean skin, leaving on for 10-15 minutes and then rinse with warm water, followed by cold water to close pores. Great for all skin types.

To Make An Apple Facial – Rub a slice of raw apple onto face after cleansing and leave for 10-15 minutes. Rinse with warm and then cold water. Great for normal to oily skin types.

Banana Supreme Facial – It is recommended for all-natural facial for dry skin that is both nourishing and moisturizing. Mash bananas until paste like, add honey if desired (which will nourish skin) and smooth over skin. Let sit for 10 minutes and rinse with cool water

Skin Whitening

To lighten the face color:
Mix multani mitti with rose water and lemon juice into a paste and apply it two to three times a week. Wash it off when it dries.

To make a facial mask, grind few almonds and save in your refrigerator. Take about two spoons of this powder and make a paste with some fresh milk. Apply on your face before going to bed for fifteen minutes. Wash with running water. Use once or twice a week. Regular use will give you a beautiful complexion within few days.

Skin Whitening Mask with Almond & Lemon
Again almond is there for your Natural skin whitening. Take Almond powder about one tea spoon Egg white (whipped) Half tea spoon Lemon juice Mix them well and mask your face for twenty minutes. This is very nourishing mask supported by the cleansing effect of lemon. This will give you fair complexion within days to weeks.

Facial exercises

Here are some facial exercises to help facial skin get toned and young. ·

• In the morning after doing toothbrush, fill some air in your mouth and then leave it slowly, do this practice 4-5 times. Its an easy exercise and can be done by anybody. It keeps the cheeks toned and glowing.
• Close your lips, take your mouth in the left and then in the right. Practice it 3-4 times and you will feel a good stretch on the muscles around your mouth and lips.
• Pull the eyebrows up a down, hold them up for 10 counts and then slowly get them down. It's a relaxing exercise for the eyebrows.
• Twitch the nose and fill the air in it, drop it down and then release the air.
• Breathing should be proper while doing any of the workouts no matter whether it's for whole body or for just the face. ·
• Use your fingers upwards from the lower of your eyes to the sides of the forehead; it relives the stress from the facial muscles. ·
• Move your eyes in circular motions from left to upward, then right and down, practice it at least five times. It makes you feel extremely relaxed on your eyes and whenever you are tired while reading or working on computers for long hours, you can do it and relaxes your eye muscle.
• Hold both your lips inside your mouth, inhale and hold the breath for few seconds and release it. Do it 4-5 times and you will relax the lips and muscle around them.
• Even while doing facial exercise keep the hands clean or the skin might get infection with dirty hands and can break out in acne and pimples. · Tap the face slowly and lightly with the fingertips to increase the blood circulation.
• Chewing gum too is a very good form of exercise. One can even pretend in the mouth as if one is chewing the gum and it stretches the entire facial muscles and helps them to relax.
• Making a smiling face and then holding it for few second and releasing it are as good exercise for the cheeks.
• There are some lightweight, battery operated equipments are available in the market to use for facial exercises.
• On the forehead, put your middle and index fingers on above exactly your eyebrows and put pressure on them. Release it and repeat it for 5-6 times. ·
• Stroke your chin in upward motions using both your thumbs. It helps reducing the double chin.
• Blow off air from mouth as you are filling air in a balloon, it's a helpful exercise in filling the flat cheeks.
• Overall, doing all these facial exercises even for few minutes in a day relaxes facial muscles, tones up them, reduce fine lines from the face and gives you a smooth, flawless skin.
• Even the complexion improves because whatever exercise is done; it improves the blood circulation in that part of the body so it helps to rejuvenate the skin to look and feel better.

Facial exercise help in reducing lines from the face that is the sign of old age. It reduces the forehead lines, lines around the lips and crowfeet, which some people get around eyes. It helps lips become thick and fuller. Saggy and loose cheeks become tight and fuller. It reduces the puffiness which one gets around the eyes. Decrease the wrinkles as it tones up the skin. It increases the vitality and elasticity of the skin. There is hardly any chance to do facial exercise wrong but still if one feels any uneasiness or stress on the face with any of the exercise, one should stop practicing it. Any skin type or age group can follow these exercises to get rid of wrinkles and other early age signs.