This easy dry mix of natural ingredients is a snap to make ahead of time and travels well so you can take it with you anywhere.
Yield: 2 applications
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Price Category: 1
Difficulty Level: 1
Shelf Life: Indefinite
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon almond meal (finely powdered almonds)
1 teaspoon kaolin or other clay
1 teaspoon oat powder (finely powdered oats)
1 teaspoon honey powder
1/2 teaspoon borax
3 tablespoons water, tea or hydrosol
Blending Procedure:
1. Combine all ingredients. If planning to use right away, mix them in a small bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of distilled water, your favorite skin-loving herbal tea or the hydrosol of your choice. Mix well. (Sometimes, I substitute 1 tablespoon of whipping cream or milk for the liquid.)
2. If making for use later, combine the ingredients and store in a zip lock plastic bag or other container until ready to use. Add the water, tea or hydrosol when ready to use and stir well to combine. I like to store this mixture in small plastic zip lock bags. When I'm ready to use one, I just put the liquid right in the bag, seal it and mix it in the bag. I dispense the product straight from the bag. What could be more convenient!??
3. Before using Almond Oat Cleansing Meal, allow it to rest for about 5 minutes so the liquid ingredients can be absorbed by the oats, clay and honey powder. Then, massage a generous amount gently across dampened face and neck skin to cleanse. You can leave some on as a mask if you'd like. After it dries (about 5-10 minutes), rinse well with warm water. Pat excess moisture from skin and follow with toner, a spritz of hydrosol and moisturizer.
4. Remember that you can always double, triple, quadruple, etc., each dry ingredient proportion to make more of this mixture.
5. The shelf life of this product is indefinite if the dry ingredients only are mixed together and stored in a tight container. Once water, tea or hydrosol are added, the shelf life decreases significantly and it should be refrigerated between uses and used quickly.
