DIY Beauty: 5 Quick and easy homemade masks

DIY Beauty: 5 Quick and easy homemade masks to try

Natasha Gan

19 Mar 2015

updated the 4 May 2019 à 02:39

You can stop spending your precious dollars on expensive face masks because with our recipes and a handful of ingredients from your kitchen, you can make your own!

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Honey mask for oily skin
What you need:
- 2 tablespoons of honey
- 1 banana, mashed
- 10 drops of lemon juice
Mix all ingredients together and leave on face for 10-15 minutes and rinse.
Honey, like lemons, helps in oil buildup. Meanwhile, bananas are rich in antioxidants and help in acne prevention so your oily complexion doesn't result in a breakout!
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Avocado mask for dry skin
What you need:
- 1/2 ripe avocado, mashed
- 2 tb honey
- 1/2 tsp coconut oil
Mix all ingredients together and leave on face for 10-15 minutes and rinse.

Avocado, coconut oil and honey all have moisturising properties. They help with deep cleansing and prevention of wrinkles.
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Banana mask for dry skin
What you need:
- 1 ripe banana, mashed
Leave paste on face for 10-15 minutes and rinse.

This is as simple as it gets: a one-ingredient mask! Banana, also known as Nature's Botox, hydrates and nourishes the skin. It also helps with premature aging signs and blemishes. The mask will leave your skin feeling dewy and soft.
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Oatmeal mask for acne or problem skin
What you need:
- 1/2 cup of hot water
- 1/3 cup of oatmeal
- 2 tb honey
- 2 tb plain yogurt
Stir oatmeal and hot water together and let sit until it thickens - normally around three minutes. Add honey and yogurt, and mix well. Apply on face for 10-15 minutes and rinse.

Oatmeal is hypoallergenic and gentle on the skin when mixed with other ingredients. In fact, it helps alleviate skin damage. It also absorbs oil, preventing acne breakout.
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Strawberry mask for acne or problem skin
What you need:
- 1/4 cup of strawberries, mashed
- 1 tb honey
- 1 tb yogurt
Mix all ingredients together and leave on face for 10-15 minutes and rinse.

Another good mask for acne or problem skin is this easy strawberry mask. The fruit contains salicylic acid which helps in clearing acne, removing dead skin cells and tightening pores. This is the right mask for you if you're looking to counter dull skin.

In a perfect life, we have perpetually beautiful, problem-free skin like that of a baby. But in reality, with the weather and pollution, our pores get clogged with dirt, our skin flakes because of the dry air, the harmful UV rays leave marks on our faces and… the list goes on. Sometimes the solution even comes with a hefty price tag.

Thankfully, beauty doesn’t always have to be expensive (and full of chemicals) though! In our gallery are five recipes to all-natural facial masks worth incorporating into your beauty regime. Pick a base from five ingredients: honey, avocado, banana, oatmeal and strawberry, according to your skin type. Each mask only requires you to mix a maximum of five ingredients and most of them might even be sitting in your kitchen.

So save your precious dollars you would otherwise spend on expensive masks or facial treatments, and give these natural masks a try. Psst… you can always eat the leftovers!

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