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3 Super Moisturizing Homemade Avocado Face Masks

By Tiffany Moore

When avocado fruit is mentioned, guacamole usually comes to mind. But did you know that the alligator pear is generously bestowed with an ample supply of natural skin-hydrating nutrients that can genuinely help improve a range of common aesthetic conditions of dry skin?

This highly nutritious creamy fruit yields a very rich heavy oil – avocado oil – that is a treasure chest packed with powerful antioxidants Vitamins (A, C and E), minerals and omega-3 fatty acids, all of these will help keep your skin in tip top condition – exquisitely supple with a healthy dewy glow.

Take Vitamin E for example, it has huge beautifying effects on dry mature skin. It protects the skin from the sun’s damaging UV rays while fighting free radicals that cause skin ageing such as wrinkles, age spots and dry leathery skin. Furthermore, Vitamin E is also shown to soften skin roughness and restore moisture to dehydrated skin, leaving it feeling adequately mositurized and renewed.

Vitamin C, as you may have already known from a multitude of advertisements for beauty products, is one of the best and most popular anti-aging ingredients that help turn back the clock. This skin-rejuvenating Vitamin not only helps keep wrinkles and fine lines off your face, but also helps brighten uneven skin tone and lighten skin pigmentation that can occur with increasing age.

Vitamin A promotes healthy skin growth and a defciency can lead to a wrinkly or dry flaky complexion. Additionally, it works wonders as a spot-buster to clear up pimples and acne.

What’s really interesting about the avocado oil is, it penetrates the skin deeper than any other plant oil, thus making it a highly sought after ingredient in a wide variety of skin and body care products, particularly those that are specially formulated for mature skin type and for treating chronic dry skin problems like eczema and psorasis.

And since the fruit also contains high concentration of sterolins (plant sterols), using avocado on face regularly will have positive effects on dark spots, acne scars and chickenpox marks. The reason is sterolins improve skin metabolism and stimulate your skin to produce more collagen. Collagen helps skin cells to regenerate and damaged tissues to heal and repair themeslves at a faster rate.

Although ready made avocado oil is not used in these DIY home facials, you might want to consider getting a bottle. You can use avocado oil to nourish and encourage hair growth, as an effective weapon to combat celluite, or even to remove makeup. Just in case you cannot find good quality avocado oil for natural skin care, try this at-home method to manually extract avocado oil from the fruit. Purchase a few fresh organic avocados from your local grocery store, cut flesh into cubes and then allow to dehydrate (food dehydrator 125˚F to 135˚F, 4-10 hours) or naturally dry up. After that, press to extract avocado oil using an expeller press.

Avocado Facial Mask Recipes for Dry Skin

Whether you are looking to diminish the appearance of fine lines, or to naturally fade acne scars, or to quench your skin’s thirst, give any of these homemade avocado face masks a go. They are specially created to hydrate, balance and restore long-term vibrancy to dry or mature skin. Your facial complexion will look instantly brighter and feel a whole lot softer to touch.

Homemade Avocado and Wheat Germ Oil Face Mask

The oil extracted from wheat germ promotes skin renewal, and is excellent for moisturizing and nourishing any kind of dry, mature or dehydrated skin. When paired with fresh double cream, this Vitamin E enriched DIY face mask leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth while treating skin problems such as psoriasis and eczema.

Ingredients:

½ very ripe avocado
2 tablespoons fresh double cream
1 tablespoon wheat germ oil

How to make avocado wheat germ facial:

1. Mash the avocado flesh with the back of a fork.

2. Stir in double cream and wheat germ oil. Mix everything well.

3. Apply the homemade face pack evenly to your cleaned face and neck. Relax and leave it on for about 20-25 minutes.

4. Rinse off completely with lukewarm water and pat dry. Follow up with your favorite toner and moisturizer.

Avocado and Sweet Almond Oil Home Facial

Sweet almond oil not only contains mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids, it is also high in Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, D, and E. When applied onto the skin, sweet almond oil improves dry complexion, hydrates and softens aged skin. It is also a good emollient that soothes chapped and irritated skin.

Ingredients:

1 avocado
3-4 drops sweet almond oil

How to make avocado and sweet almond facial:

1. Mash up avocado flesh.

2. Add sweet almond oil and mix both ingredients well.

3. Spread the avocado facial mask evenly on your clean face, avoiding the eyes.

4. Let its nourishing and softening properties work on your face for about 20-30 minutes before you rinse off with lukewarm water.

DIY Avocado and Apple Cider Vinegar Face Pack

Since apple cider vinegar is very antibacterial and alkalizing, it provides an effective relief for people with dry flaky or itchy skin. The alpha-hydroxy and amino acids found in apple cider help to brighten dull complexion by dissolving dead skin cells.

Olive oil is a good home remedy for tight facial skin or even scaly skin. It nurtures stressed skin by restoring natural moisture to the skin.

Ingredients:

1 avocado
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 egg white, beaten
3 teaspoons olive oil

How to make avocado and vinegar facial:

1. Mash the avocado flesh with the back of a fork.

2. Add apple cider vinegar, egg white and olive oil. Whip all ingredients well.

3. Clean your face before applying your DIY dry skin face mask. Wash off with lukewarm water after 20-25 minutes.

An avocado facial mask, applied twice weekly, will leave your skin silky smooth and soft.

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