Home Baked Beauty: face mask with oat, turmeric and green tea

Hello again lovelies!

I am sitting at home on a chilly Autumn night in my flannel pyjamas with a bowl of pasta and a glass of red wine. I am feeling homely and cosy, which in turn provoked thoughts about lazy Sundays and hot cups of Milo and patchwork quilts and … home-baked beauty. I love a pampering face mask and have many store-bought versions, but there is nothing quite like making one yourself, even if you very rarely do it.  So welcome to my beauty book – its pages will eventually become filled with home-baked beauty recipes.

I will start with a face mask recipe I found a while ago in British Vogue. I have tweaked the recipe slightly (as all good cooks do) and I love it – the combination of ingredients really makes my skin glow so I highly recommend it.  As with all homemade recipes you need to use pure ingredients – nothing with additives, flavour enhancers etc.

Vogue’s face mask with oat, turmeric and green tea powder.

Serves 1:

Half cup oats (pure oats, no preservatives or additional flavours)

Half teaspoon ground turmeric powder

1 tablespoon green tea powder (if you cannot find any you can also use a teabag of pure green tea)

1 teaspoon of Flax oil

Dash of full cream milk, to moisten mixture as needed. Milk powder or pure yoghurt can also be used.

Method:

Grind the oats in a coffee grinder or blender. Pour into a small bowl and add turmeric and  green tea. Blend ingredients evenly. Add Flax oil and milk. Note: more or less oil and milk may be needed so drizzle them in bit by bit – you do not want a wet, runny mixture or it will not stay on the skin. Make sure all ingredients are evenly blended by gently folding them together with a spoon. The texture should be thick enough to adhere to the skin, but not too thick – if it is too thick it will also be difficult to adhere to the skin.

Apply to a freshly cleansed, slightly damp face and neck. Leave on for 20 minutes and dream of being beautiful. After 20 minutes, remove all traces of mask with warm water and a soft wash cloth. The turmeric will not stain the skin – but don’t leave it on overnight!

After the mask has been removed, gently moisturise face with a light moisturiser.

Voila – instant, home baked-beauty.

I would love to hear from you and your home-baked beauty recipes so please share them. If you fill out the form below, with your name and state/postcode I will post them here and credit the cook – you can even include a photo of you and your creation if you so desire. xx

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