HONEY AND BANANA MASK

A combo of honey and mashed banana will leave your skin soft and radiant. Banana face masks help keep skin super soft and smooth and are the perfect homemade beauty treatment for those with dry, oily, and sensitive skin. Bananas are delicious and convenient snacks, but they’re also great for your skin, because they contain nutritious vitamins like A, B, and E. Along with their vitamin content, bananas also contain acids that help exfoliate dead skin. The vitamin C  in bananas which reduces the appearance of brown spots and other types of sun damage. They help boost healthy collagen production which causes firmer skin. They also reduce inflammation and irritation, both of which cause a cascade of damage. Bananas fades post-breakout red and black marks by improving skin’s natural healing response. Lastly they increase the effectiveness of your sunscreens and boosts your skin’s defense against UV exposure. Raw honey can help unclog pores while simultaneously delivering moisture to dry skin. Honey is a natural humectant, meaning that it helps attract and bind moisture to the skin. Keeping skin adequately hydrated promotes a healthy, radiant complexion, and when you're suffering from dry, flaking skin, a honey mask can come to the rescue. Honey has natural antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. These make a honey mask good for preventing and treating acne. Honey is soothing and can help reduce redness caused by inflammation. The antioxidants in honey help it to delay visible signs of aging because of its hydrating and firming effects. Environmental pollutants cause bad skin, and honey acts to widen pores, allowing them to be cleansed and unclogged more easily.

AVOCADO EGG WHITE MASK

Don’t toss your avocados when turn that icky brown—instead, use those leftovers in this moisturizing face mask. Regardless of the color, creamy avocados will help moisturize dry skin. Combine the oil-fighting powers of avocado with the pore-tightening properties in egg whites, and you get one powerful acne-fighting homemade facial mask! This avocado egg white face mask will do wonders for oily skin. Avocado is a super food rich in multivitamins and minerals including vitamin e, healthy fat and natural oils. It nourishes, hydrates and preserves moisture in skin cells. Avocados prevent premature aging by fighting off free radicals that cause wrinkles and fine lines on skin by stealing oxygen from healthy skin cells. Also, they contain anti-inflammatory properties that help heal acne and inflammatory skin conditions. Eggs are rich in protein, multivitamins and minerals, egg whites nourish and hydrate skin. They contain a potent ingredient known as lysozyme which destroys acne causing bacteria by digesting their cell walls. Eggs also tightens skin and shrinks large pores.

PINEAPPLE PAPAYA MASK

This tropical face mask is sure to recall the best moments of summer while busting through dead skin and reducing wrinkles. You might feel a slight tingling sensation on your face with this mask, but don’t worry, it’s just the fruit at work. These two tropical fruits contain enzymes that many skincare specialists use in their treatments. When applied, the fruits naturally work to dissolve and lift away dry, scaly skin that builds up on the outer layer of your face. When the skin debris is removed, it minimizes the appearance of pores and gives off a radiant, natural glow. Papaya contains natural alpha-hydroxy acids and high levels of papain, an enzyme that helps dissolve dead skin cells. Pineapple has lots of the enzyme bromelian, which helps remove the outer layers of skin to reduce age spots and wrinkles. Used together, the enzymes and AHAs in papaya and pineapple naturally exfoliate and lighten skin color.

PUMPKIN MASK

Pumpkin should be a go-to for skincare year round. Pumpkins are full of vitamins, antioxidants and many more skin-loving nutrients. It is a wonderful ingredient for DIY skin care. The fruit is packed with vitamins and enzymes that rejuvenate skin, sweeping away dead skin cells to reveal a radiant complexion. Because of this, pumpkin is great for aiding in dark spot removal. It’s high in vitamin C to protect your skin from free radicals, which means that it can help prevent wrinkles and fine lines. It is also high in magnesium, manganese, iron, copper, and potassium for healthy skin. The zinc in pumpkins helps maintain collagen production and promotes cell turnover for healthier looking skin. The B vitamins in pumpkin help improve circulation in your skin, and niacin can help treat acne.  The folate in pumpkin also improves circulation, which aids in skin cell renewal for healthier looking skin.
Carotenoids, which give pumpkin its bright orange color, can help protect your skin from UV damage and improve the texture of your skin. Lastly, pumpkin has nourishing and moisturizing properties and gets easily absorbed in the skin.