Salad face

One thing I love is summer time. How can you not? Bright colors, fun sandals, less clothes, glowing skin and the smell of sunscreen lotion. LOVE IT! All of these things are wonderful when you live in California, however, I live in Massachusetts where instead of looking sexy, I look like a sweaty mess with frizz for hair; not cute! The worse part of it is that people are angry and you are all squished on the train just waiting to get off except that it's the only place you can escape the heat because they have AC.Good thing I have a way to help cure sweaty, gross skin!



"Salad face" is a recipe I found in one of my favorite books by Dian Dincin Buchman. I re-named it because of the cucumber. Like I said, one thing I love about summer is glowing skin all over, but especially on my face because I get to go without make-up for most of the summer. The recipe below is for a wonderful face mask to cure the hot weather blues. It is easy, inexpensive, no use of harsh chemicals AND you can eat the left overs (just don't eat the last two ingredients). So go on, get your Salad face on!

Hot-Weather Cucumber Mask (aka Salad face)

1 ice cube
1 peeled cucumber
1/2 teaspoon of Honey
2 tablespoons of milk (cow's milk)
1/2 tablespoon of powdered milk to thicken the mask (optional)
1/2 teaspoon of witch hazel extract
5 drops of peppermint extract or 2 drops of peppermint oil (either one, not both)*

*you can find peppermint oil and peppermint extract at your local drugstore. Price ranges from $3 to $10.

Steps:
Blend and crush ice cube, cucumber, honey, milk, powdered milk, witch hazel and extract. Pat mask on your face, allow of it to dry for 15 minutes.Wash off with warm water, pat dry. Close pores with ice cold water or your favorite astringent (I prefer witch hazel).

Enjoy and let me know how it goes.