At Home Beauty Treatment for Radiant Skin

As young girls who have crossed the threshold into our teenage years we regularly drop by the local mall to check out the latest cosmetic product for treating overactive sebaceous glands resulting from blossoming hormones. Leisurely summer days spent lying in the backyard or at the beach, inadequate sleep, stress and the unavoidable signs of aging like wrinkles, puffy eyes and droopy skin make sure we continue the weekly mall trips once our teenage years have slipped away.

Our vanity, fuelled mostly by a desire to find and keep Mr. Right, has resulted in millions of dollars being spent each year on face products meant to cleanse, whiten, soften and enhance skin tone. Cosmetic counters are not our only resource for recapturing the soft and supple skin we entered the world with. Health and beauty spas offering an assortment of facial mask treatments are conveniently located throughout the country.

Unfortunately, weekly visits to the spa are a luxury most can't afford. Luckily, our vanity has planned for such an obstacle and offers a less expensive alternative, at-home facial treatments. At-home facial treatments, which can be made from ingredients already sitting in most refrigerator and kitchen cabinets, take only minutes to prepare and come at a fraction of the cost for professional facial mask treatments at the local spa.

Simple ingredients such as yogurt, egg whites, lemon juice, honey, avocados, brewer's yeast, oatmeal, strawberries, milk of magnesia, tomato puree, powdered milk, and even cream are worthy allies for a healthy, radiant, glowing face. Once you've applied your at-home mask, a piece muslin, cheesecloth or gauze, which has first had eye and mouth holes cut out, can be laid on top to help the face mask adhere to the skin better, especially with thin preparations that may want to drip to the chin if you intend to walk about the house.