Olive oil has been made and used for centuries to make some of our world’s most delicious food and food products. Not only is it a versatile and invaluable commodity in the food world, it’s also an amazing additive in many of the world’s top beauty products! Even the smallest amount of olive oil contains plenty of phytosterols, or “plant sterols”, which are commonly used the world over in cosmetics because they benefit the skin with naturally occurring processes. Using olive oil to cleanse and moisturize the skin is a healthy way to keep your face shining and radiant while making sure your pores are clear.
Makeup is one of the most common causes of acne; when you use too much makeup or makeup of a poor quality, it does much more harm to your skin then it helps. Olive oil is a great natural way to get rid of any pesky makeup that may be hiding in your pores, or even in the creases and crannies of your skin like under your nose and just beneath your hair follicles. Not only does it help remove any hidden makeup and makeup residue that might be lurking and waiting to give you whiteheads and blackheads, it is also a great way to restore the natural moisture in your skin that can be dried up by the sun, wind, or mucked up with sweat.
To make a fantastic olive oil face mask:
You’ll need about 1/8 of a cup of olive oil. You’ll also need a tablespoon of raw honey, a couple dashes of rice flour, and about two pinches of unaltered sea salt. (It would be best to mix this in a small glass bowl, to make it easier to apply once you’ve finished mixing it.) Mix the ingredients together with your hands once they’ve become similar consistencies, making sure that you get a drippy sort of paste. After you’ve gotten the mixture to where it looks like runny, discolored goo, add a few more big pinches of sea salt and mix a bit more. The sea salt will help to exfoliate your skin safely, helping any excess oils to wash off along with the dirt, makeup, and harmful oils it picks up.
Let the mixture sit for about one minute after you mix it, and then apply in the usual way, rubbing in small, soft circular patterns to evenly distribute it over your entire face. You can add this mask to the circles below your eyes, but be very careful not to get any in them! Once you’ve got this mask pretty well in, you will actually be able to feel it cleaning your pores! Leave this on for about 10 to 15 minutes and rinse with warm water in the sink or shower. After you’ve rinsed with warm water, pat your skin down with cold water on a wash cloth. Even as you pat dry, you might notice makeup you haven’t seen in weeks coming off of your skin! If you still see residue, dirt or makeup on the washcloth, simply rinse again and you should see it disappear. This is because the olive oil worked so well, that your pores are still emptying out the oil and dirt even after it’s been rinsed off.
Look in the mirror and check out your results! You’ll notice healthier, shinier skin that has a natural glow you could never get without purely natural ingredients! You can enjoy this face mask any time you feel that your skin is becoming wind burned, sun damaged, dry, or blotchy.
Olive oil has been made and used forcenturies to make some of our world’s most delicious food and foodproducts. Not only is it a versatile and invaluable commodity in thefood world, it’s also an amazing additive in many of the world’s topbeauty products! Even the smallest amount of olive oil containsplenty of phytosterols, or “plant sterols”, which are commonlyused the world over in cosmetics because they benefit the skin withnaturally occurring processes. Using olive oil to cleanse andmoisturize the skin is a healthy way to keep your face shining andradiant while making sure your pores are clear.Makeup is one of the most common causesof acne; when you use too much makeup or makeup of a poor quality, itdoes much more harm to your skin then it helps. Olive oil is a greatnatural way to get rid of any pesky makeup that may be hiding in yourpores, or even in the creases and crannies of your skin like underyour nose and just beneath your hair follicles. Not only does ithelp remove any hidden makeup and makeup residue that might belurking and waiting to give you whiteheads and blackheads, it is alsoa great way to restore the natural moisture in your skin that can bedried up by the sun, wind, or mucked up with sweat.
