Kitchen cosmetics // Oat Face scrub

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Kitchen cosmetics // Facial scrub : rolled oat, honey

Oat facial scrub // My Slow Experience
Oat facial scrub // My Slow Experience

This oat and honey facial scrub could be a part of a daily routine: facial scrub, facial mask and cleanser lotion.

It would be a perfect face exfoliation. This natural scrub helps rid the epidermis of dead cells. It is soft and suitable for dry and sensitive skin.

 

Rolled Oatmeal

Offer a very gentle exfoliationOat is an incredible lightener and brightener to the skin. Oats are also very soothing to the skinIt has amazing healing qualities. Tips : You can use ground oat, or oat flour for an everyday cleansing. This oatmeal cleanser is a great everyday option instead of soap. But if you want to use it more than twice a week :  make sure the oats are ground really fine, or buy oat flour.

Honey: kitchen superhero item for cosmetics

This ingredient acts like a natural antibiotic: it purifies the skin in depth, and remove encrusted bacteria. It is a powerful astringent and an active tensors: the pores are tightened and wrinkles are blurred!
Best friend of oily skin, honey treats the epidermis with a grip but without aggressiveness, with the result a pretty uniform skin that breathes freshness!

You might know that honey has tons of advantages and possible uses to explore. For example you can use it as a shampoo to add a creamy treat to your hair : heat 1 tablespoon of honey in 3 tablespoons of water, until the honey is melt (15 to 30 seconds) and then use it as a shampoo. You may use shortly because it expires very quickly. Honey can last a very long time, but as soon as it is melt with water it expires quickly.

Making oat facial scrub // My Slow Experience
Making oat facial scrub // My Slow Experience

The easy recipe

  1. In a small bowl, mix 2 tbsp finely ground oatmeal and 1 tbsp honey. (If you don’t have ground oatmeal on hand, use a coffee grinder or blender).
  2. Add 1 tbsp warm water and mix thoroughly, so the mixture becomes a paste like consistency.

 How to use your oat and honey facial mask

  1. Apply scrub to entire face with fingertips and massage for one minute, then let sit for 4 minutes.
  2. Rinse off with a washcloth and warm water.

 

Conservation

DO NOT STORE unless you refrigerate the mixture for a day or two at the very most

 

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You can read this article from the Guardian about kitchen cosmetics : Read