Hydrosols are exquisite beauty products that have been used since ancient times to beautify facial skin. Learn how to make your own DIY hydrosol face mask below!
Before going onto recipe straightaway, let’s first discover which ingredients exactly make up a face mask. Also find out which hydrosols to use for your particular skin type!
Ingredients Needed for a Face Mask
To make the ideal skin saving face mask, you need three major ingredients: a base ingredient for mixing up the rest of the ingredients into a paste, an exfoliant or solid substance that acts as an exfoliator or absorbent and finally, an extra skin healing ingredient. To give you an idea of what you can use for each of the three ingredients, read below:
Base ingredients – The base ingredient for this DIY face mask will of course be a hydrosol. Pick any of your choice. See the next section for which hydrosol to choose for your skin type.
Exfoliant – This is the ingredient that is there to cleanse skin and soak up excess grime and dirt from deep within the pores. It also exfoliates dead cells and softens skin. Some examples include: colloidal oatmeal, kaolin clay, baking soda, bentonite clay, activated charcoal and ground almonds.
Skin healing ingredient – Here, add in any healing and nourishing ingredient. Choose from raw honey, apple cider vinegar and aloe vera gel.
Which Hydrosol Should I Choose?
There are more than a hundred hydrosols out there. But which ones should you use for your particular skin type? Find out below:
- Acne prone skin – tea tree hydrosol, rosemary hydrosol
- Oily skin – basil hydrosol, tea tree hydrosol, rosemary hydrosol
- Dry skin – lavender hydrosol, rose hydrosol, ylang ylang hydrosol
- Sensitive skin – chamomile hydrosol, neroli hydrosol
- Mature skin – sandalwood hydrosol, helichrysum hydrosol
- Combination skin – geranium hydrosol
DIY Hydrosol Face Mask
What you Need
- 2 tsp kaolin clay (where to get it)
- 1 tsp hydrosol of choice
- 1 tsp aloe vera gel (where to get it)
- Small bowl & spoon
- Face mask applicator brush (where to get it)
Method
- In a small bowl, dump in 2 tsp of kaolin clay. Now add lavender hydrosol and aloe vera gel. Stir well until you get a smooth paste.
- Prepare your face for the face mask by cleansing it and patting dry. It would be much better if you first did facial steaming to open pores and allow the nourishing ingredients to penetrate deeper.
- Now dip in your face mask brush and start applying it all over your face. Avoid the area around your eyes and mouth.
- Let it sit for about 10 minutes.
- Rinse off using warm water until all of the face mask is off.
- Splash your face with cold water.
- Pat dry with a soft towel and apply moisturizer.
Will you make your own DIY hydrosol face mask? Which hydrosols are you interested in using?
