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Homemade Facials and Hair Conditioners

Make your hair shine and your skin glow with these all-natural Skin and Hair Nourishing masks & recipes, that you can whip up with just a few simple, easy-to-find ingredients.

Egg yolks are widely acknowledged as one of nature's best moisturizers. Here are a couple ultra-rich masks to "deep condition" hair and skin.

Egg Yolk & Honey Facial Mask (Best for dry skin types)
Mix Together in equal proportion
• Honey, Egg yolk, Almond oil, Yogurt
Honey stimulates and smoothes, egg and almond oil penetrates and moisturizes, and yogurt refines and tightens pores.

Egg Yolk, Avocado & Mud Facial Mask (Best for oily skin types)
Clay or fuller's earth mud is available in powder form at any Health food store or Nutrition outlets.
Mix Together in equal proportion:
• Dry clay, Egg yolk, Mashed Avocado, Witch hazel
Mud dries excess sebum while the egg yolk and avocado replenish lost moisture. Witch hazel acts as a toner.

Fruitamins Hair Mask
In a blender mix:
• 1/2 Banana, 1/4 Avocado, 1/4 Cantaloupe, 1 tablespoon Wheat germ oil and 1 tablespoon Yogurt.
For extra conditioning, squeeze in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave in hair for 15 - 20 minutes.

Fruitamins Face Mask
In a blender mix:
• Strawberries, Pineapple, Banana
Apply to the face and leave on for 15 - 20 minutes, Wash off to find a glowing face.

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More Homemade Facial Recipes:

These are all natural homemade facial mask recipes, which you can prepare easily within minutes and the best part is: won’t cost you much!

For Normal, combination skin, oily and blemished skin:
Mix one egg white, 1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal, a teaspoon olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice until smooth. Spread on your face and neck, leave on for 15 – 30 min then rinse with lukewarm water. Few drops lemon juice will help to reduce blackheads while egg white will leave your skin feel “tight” after this mask application.

For Dry skin:
Mix one egg yolk, a teaspoon honey and a teaspoon olive oil and some vitamin E oil. Spread over your face and neck, leave on for 15 – 30 min then rinse in lukewarm water. You can add more olive oil if you still feel dry on your skin.

For Dry and spotted skin:
Mix dry oatmeal (you may grind it in a blender), honey and plain yogurt to make a paste. Spread it over your face and neck, leave on 15 – 30 min then rinse with lukewarm water. You may add a little salt and olive oil to make an exfoliating mask or scrub for your bodies dry skin area.

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