4 home-made masks to protect your skin in winter
4 homemade masks, as an invitation to take time, slow down and create your own spa at home! On the programme: delicate scents, comforting textures and treatments full of active ingredients for soothed skin and a peaceful mind.
4 homemade cosmetic masks for every skin type
Rich cocoa mask
Very nourishing, it is the creamy winter care for dry, sensitive and dehydrated skin. Its gentle scent soothes emotions that are close to the skin. The essential oil of Roman chamomile calms redness and minor irritations.
Ingredients for a 100 g jar:
- Organic White Cocoa Butter Lozenges - 30 g
- Water - 60 ml
- Olivem 1000 Emulsifier - 8g
- Organic Roman Chamomile Essential Oil - 12 drops
- Organic red mandarin essential oil - 8 drops
- Cosgard preservative - 20 drops
Recipe:
- Melt the cocoa butter, olivem emulsifier and water in a bowl in a double boiler at 75°C and mix until the ingredients are completely melted.
- Outside the bain-marie, mix with a mini whisk.
- Place your bowl in a container of cold water and continue mixing until the texture thickens.
- Add the essential oils and the preservative and mix again.
- Pour the mixture into your amber glass jar.
Leave on for 10 to 15 minutes on cleansed skin, remove with a cotton pad, leaving a light layer on the skin.
Storage: Your preparation will keep for at least 3 months.
Regenerating mask with argan and rhassoul
A treatment inspired by oriental traditions that brightens the complexion. Ideal for urban skin, blotchy and tired complexions.
Ingredients for one mask:
- Organic Argan Oil - 7 ml
- Ultra-fine Rhassoul Powder - 25 g
- Organic Geranium Hydrosol - 55 ml
Recipe:
Mix the rhassoul and geranium hydrosol until you obtain a homogeneous paste. Then add the argan oil and mix again until you obtain a creamy texture.
Leave on for 5 to 10 minutes on cleansed skin, then rinse with clear water and apply your usual skin care product or a few drops of argan oil or our regenerating fluid.
Relaxing Neroli Mask
Soothing orange blossom, softening marshmallow powder and nourishing wheat germ oil for soft skin and rested features.
Ingredients for one mask:
- Organic Orange Blossom Hydrosol - 25 ml
- Organic marshmallow powder (roots) - 13 g
- Organic wheat germ oil - 3 ml
Recipe:
Mix all the ingredients until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous paste. Leave on for 5 to 10 minutes on cleansed skin, then rinse with clear water and apply your usual skin care product.
The texture of this mask is not homogeneous, this is normal and is due to the marshmallow powder. Don't worry, spread it on your face, it will still be perfectly active, despite the little "lumps"
This recipe is taken from the book "Masques de beauté" by Naturellement Lyla, published by La Plage
Soothing rice powder mask
Rose powder, rice powder and geranium hydrosol to soothe the skin and calm minor redness.
Ingredients for one mask:
- Rice powder - 15 g
- Rose powder - 1 g
- Rose Geranium or Roman Chamomile Hydrosol - 25 m
- Rose hip oil - 2,5ml
Recipe:
Mix all the ingredients until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous paste.
Leave on for 5 to 10 minutes on cleansed skin, then rinse with clear water and apply your usual skin care product.
