Without a doubt, aging and life's stresses can cause skin to appear sallow and even elderly. Also, having aging skin makes you appear older. Thankfully, not every treatment for aging skin requires a trip to the doctor. With just a few items from your pantry and refrigerator, this all-natural carrot mask tightens your skin like Botox without requiring a trip to the doctor. The best part is that you won't even have to pay a small fraction of what you would for a Botox procedure.
First Things First
According to the Mind Body Green website, your skin needs a vitamin-rich diet, especially one with plenty of Vitamin A and beta-carotene, which carrots have in abundance. As we age or are exposed to the wind and weather is that free radicals can take a toll on the skin. The antioxidants in this mask help alleviate the damage done to your skin by those free radicals.
This mask also hydrates the skin, reducing the appearance of wrinkles, gets rid of acne, and has antiseptic properties, which clean up the skin. The carrot mask an all-around good mask for when your skin just looks beat up.
Before you use the mask, make sure that your face is clean. Use a gentle cleanser like oatmeal soap for extra softness.
The Ingredients
- 1 TBSP cornstarch
- 5 TBSP carrot juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 TBSP low-fat sour cream
Instructions for Making the Carrot Mask
Dissolve the cornstarch in a half a glass of water. Use room temperature water for easier mixing.
Whisk the water and cornstarch together.
Take out a small saucepan and add the cornstarch plus another 100 ml of boiling water.
Allow this mixture to thicken.
Let it cool down some.
Then add in the sour cream and the fresh carrot juice.
Mix the three ingredients together thoroughly.
Apply it to the face and leave it on your face for half an hour.
When you’re ready to remove the mask, rinse it off with warm water.
Once you’re done, apply a layer of moisturizer or cream to the face.
Tips for Making and Using the Carrot Mask
- What if you don’t own a juicer to make the carrot juice? No problem. You’ll want to grate the carrots – go for organic for even better results – and drop them in the blender.
- Once you’ve ground them up, strain them through a sieve to create the carrot juice.
- Or of course, if you have a local health food store that sells fresh carrot juice, you can use that, too.
- And if you feel like your skin could use some extra TLC, be sure to use the carrot mask for three days.