Green Goo in the name of beauty!

My precious daughter had this book about fun things to do with your mom. In this book are some really neat ideas and some crazy ideas as well!

Yesterday she had a crazy idea. She wanted to try facials again by making "a cooling cucumber mask." So we made a special trip to the store to get our supplies!

You need half of a cucumber and 2 Tbsp of plain yogurt.
Chop up the cucumber and blend with the yogurt in a blender.
Next let it thicken up a little in the refrigerator. We let our's thicken up while we burned through an episode of "Fuller House".
Then using a make up brush paint the mask on to your face and let it dry for 10 minutes.
This is what I was picturing...
                                      
This was the reality....

Callie kept saying, "Mom it looks like you have broccoli on your face." Newsflash kid, so do you...

After you leave the mask on for 10 minutes wipe off with a warm wash cloth and let your face air dry.

So the verdict...It smells nice, much better than the one we tried last year, see the post here. 

It was positively freezing outside, so a "cooling" mask probably was not the way to go on a snowy day. I can see trying this again, after a hot day in the sun. After we were all cleaned of the green goo, my skin felt much softer and looked less puffy. So I guess it worked!

DIY at home facials

Callie is a little obsessed with all things beauty these days. One day she was flipping through a book and came up with a brilliant idea to have a spa day. This "day" took about 20 minutes and included facials and painting our toes. Not exactly a DAY but it was pretty fun (and a little gross)

We found a few recipes in a book Callie had and took a trip to the kitchen to see what we had available. One of the masks required cucumber and that was what I was planning on eating for lunch this week at school, so I vetoed that. The next one was a strawberry mask. Kellen LOVES strawberries. He made it an entire meal last week. So I couldn't steal my little baby-man's favorite treat and put it on my face.

Next was an oatmeal mask--Jackpot!
You need:
1 cup of oats (any kind will do) we used quick oats
1 whole egg
3 tbsp of honey

Stir that up!

Healthy breakfast? Nope, skin tightening facial.

It smelled just terrible! I don't know what it was, the egg? The honey? The combination of the 2? I let Callie paint it on my face and I painted it on hers. Then we set the timer and let it dry a little while we relaxed and started watching a movie. 

When the timer went off, Callie said, "Oh, thank goodness" and sprinted to the bathroom. Beauty is torture! We rinsed it off with warm water and splashed our faces with cold water, as the book suggested. I have to say that my skin did feel really soft, smooth and tight. Hmmm.

So I guess we won't be doing any more masks with eggs and honey, but we can whip up something else with ingredients from the kitchen!