What started out as carving a regular Halloween pumpkin turned into an all out DIY beauty project, My full intention was to carve Joey a Denver Broncos Pumpkin. While sitting there looking at all the left over pumpkin I though to myself, "It would be a shame to just throw all this away. What to do with it all?" So I thought back on a Facial mask I saw a while ago and remembered how great pumpkin is for the skin. So i started there and then it just took off into three different products!
Lets start with the Pumpkin Spice Face Mask.
This is where it began. I started with Pumpkin due to it being so great for the skin. For starters it is rich in a wide set of proteins, anti-oxidants, retinoic acid, betacarotine, and vitamins A,C,&E. As well as being rich in minerals copper, potassium, calcium, phosphorus & vitamins like folate, B-6, & niacin to improve the health of your skin. The vitamins in pumpkins promote beautiful, healthy, soft, and bright skin. It also has exfoliating properties that remove dead skin. * One more fun fact about pumpkins. It can increase hair growth and prevents fall out if mixed in a shampoo and conditioner made into a mask.
See what you may not know yet is i have selected each individual ingredient so that everything in the masque serves a purpose. Each ingredient has a special purpose to help you feel and look beautiful. It is all natural and from the earth. So you know what is going on your skin. I am a health nut so no chemicals for my family!
Next i chose Cinnamon.
Cinnamon has anti-microbial properties and can help purify and clear skin without expensive spa treatments. It rids acne by drying the skin and bringing blood and oxygen to the skin surface, but you don't have to worry about drying with this one. It soothes dry skin and helps restore shine and suppleness to the skin. It also is a complexion enhancer and helps to alleviate fine lines.
I also chose Hazelnut it smells amazing. and has tons of vitamin a&c in it which help delay the aging process.
This next one is a big one and really packs a punch in this mask.
Honey, but not just any honey. Raw honey is preferred. My honey still had bits of the comb in it, that's just how I prefer it. Some might wonder why i picked honey. Well, honey is skin superfood! It prevents acne, fades scars, heals sunburns, moisturizes skin, clears skin, heals wounds, and exfoliates dry skin. It is also an anti-biotic, anti-fungal, anti-septic, anti-bacterial and anti-infalmitory. WOW, that is a mouthful! See what i mean by SUPERFOOD? Honey is a humectant, which means is has the quality of attracting and retaining moisture to give skin a soft glowing complexion.
Last but not least, Grapeseed Oil. This is great for conditioning the skin that may be sensitive and in need of all natural moisture. It protects your skin from premature ageing and is light and odorless so it will not clog your pores. Grapeseed oil is also used as a toner and an astringent.
I chose Orange Essential Oil for this one.
The benifets of this oil are out of this world. Starting with it helps support the entire skin system to help promote more youthful skin. This is one to google you guys because I would be here all day explaining it all.
Recipe for Pumpkin Spice Face Mask
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1Tbsp. Grapeseed Oil
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 Tbsp. Honey
4 drops Young Living Orange Essential Oil
This mask is very similar to the last mask except i added Vanilla Bean. Vanilla not only smells great but it has some pretty powerful skin benefits also. The anti-bacterial properties of Vanilla make it beneficial for the treatment of acne. The anti-bacterial effect helps cleanse your skin, reducing the occurrence of pimples and acne. It can also help reverse and prevent skin damage caused by free radicals. It slows down the sign of aging, like fine lines, wrinkles and age spots and leaves the skin smooth and soft.
Its amazing the things you will learn with just a little research.
A few simple ingredients in my kitchen to make a powerhouse mask fit for any skin type!
I changed up the essential oil also. I went with Tangerine oil. It has a sweeter scent and some amazing properties for the skin. Starting with it is rich in Vitamin C and A, Folate, and beta carotene. It helps support the entire skin system, smooths and brightens skin, as well as removes extra oil.
Recipe for Pumpkin Spice Face Mask
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1Tbsp. Grapeseed Oil
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 Tbsp. Honey
Half of a vanilla bean
4 drops Young Living Tangerine Essential Oil
**update on product**
This mask smells so good your going to have to fight yourself from eating it. It isn't very thick and its kinda cold as it sits which I don't mind at all. After about 5 minutes of sitting you can slightly feel your skin tightening. I left it on for about 10 minutes total. Washing it off was easy since its not thick and my skin was so soft! My small problem areas started to fade threw the day also. All in All i will continue to make these masks and scrubs. Natural is always better!
Here are the two masks side by side.
Saving the best for last. I honestly didn't know what i was doing with this at first. I just went out on a whim. I took about a half of a cup of the Vanilla Pumpkin face mask recipe and mixed it with granulated white sugar and brown sugar. See Sugar itself has all kinds of benefits. It is Alpha-hydroxy rich, which means it is an active substance with exfoliating and emollient properties. It will not clog your pores either. Brown sugar is especially gentle and can be used on the face or on sensitive skin. Sugar scrubs are non abrasive and can be used frequently. When tanning sugar scrubs help remove flaky skin and help give a more even all over tan!
Pumpkin Vanilla Sugar Body Scrub
About 1/2 Cup Pumpkin vanilla face mask ( recipe above)
4 Tblsp Brown Sugar
4Tblsp Granulated White Sugar
Blend all slowly until evenly mixed.
***** Update since i used the product***
This scrub blew my mind. Never in a million years did i think i would like this THIS much. I am going to have to make a supply to keep in stock. The smell OMGSH is like the best pumpkin pie ever with the slight tangerine scent. MHHH perfect for fall! Now to what really matters. The smoothness i was left with was beyond compare. My skin felt so clean and so soft. Not only right after i got out of the shower but hours and hours later. I would pay big bucks for this scrub! Luckily it is simple to make and very quick!
As you may have noticed i mentioned Young Living Essential oils. There is a particular reason for this. Young Living is the highest quality oil out there. They offer the seed to seal guarantee. Which means their oil is 100% all natural therapeutic grade essential oils with no dilution at all!! You can check out a little more about that here if you like (www.seedtoseal.com). Young Living is the only company in the world that offers that. Quality over quantity always! These oils are so pure we even ingest them in my family. Although i do not recommend doing this with any other brand of oil. Young Living is the way to go when it comes to essential oils for my family.
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***ATTENTION*****
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor. This information is not meant to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose any condition. PLEASE NOTE: If you have a question about what an oil can do for an illness/disease I cannot answer, but i encourage you to do a little research as the internet is a plethora of information!! Essential oils can be a great addition to our wellness tools but please if you have a medical issues notify your MD and work with them to find a solution.
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