OH Honey!

Well, this week was all about honey. I got my hands on using honey for facial purposes as it has the ability to absorb and retain moisture. Also it’s a natural antioxidant so is coconut oil. Ancient beauties applied milk and honey mix. In a way honey helps to keep the skin young, radiant and smooth. So I guess it’s time to throw out those expensive skin products and start getting back to basics of natural utilization.

Lip Scrub:

My experience – it’s just brilliant and it’s certainly worth a try!

I tried lip scrub as I face a little trouble with my lips, they go dry pretty soon and end up chewing the skin .. ouch!! It does hurt for couple of days. So my eagerness to get rid of the pain made me bump into the BeautyBanter blog.

In order to prepare the Lip Scrub, you’ll need:

-          Pure Coconut Oil

            -          Honey
            -          Brown Sugar
            -          A small mixing bowl
            -          And small jar to store the scrub

Ensure that coconut oil is soft, not to hard or too oily. It should make a good smooth. If it isn’t smooth like mine was too oily, then store it in freezer for couple of minutes and make it smoother in room temperature. Add 1 small spoon of honey and mix well. Add 1 large spoon of brown sugar.

After mixing well, you can add a small spoon of coconut oil again (this time it has to be in form of oil) to make the scrub extra moisturizing. Store it in small jar.

This scrub will last up to 2 weeks when refrigerated. Before using allow the scrub to get to normal temperature, of course because the coconut oil hardens up the scrub when refrigerated. Apply the scrub in small and in circular motions like we do for face scurb, rinse off with a warm washcloth.

PS: Please do not make a mistake of using oven in order to get the scrub to normal temperature. You will end up with melting sugars J.

 Face Pack:

My Experience –I felt really good but silly me to say that it gets sticky. I mean it’s supposed to be sticky. J

This is very easy to make:

        -          Squeeze half a lemon
         -          Add a tablespoon of honey

Mix well and apply onto your face. Be careful of tighten your hairs well as it gets sticky. You can stay it on with the pack for 5mins and clean it with warm washcloth.

Hope you enjoy trying these out.