Friday, April 1, 2011

Chocolate Face Mask

A Mask which leaves you looking and feeling on top of the world ! What better way to deep cleanse your skin while relaxing than a chocolate face mask.

Chocolate has had bad press in the past with claims that eating it would cause acne : we now know this is not true. But why is chocolate good for your skin? Chocolate protects the skin by breaking down free radicals and has anti-ageing, anti-oxidant properties. It’s packed full of magnesium which is a stimulant for progesterone, a hormone which drops each month making premenstrual women anxious, grumpy and causing many breakouts in the skin. Magnesium is ideal for controlling hormone breakouts.
Chocolate is also a great mood buster which is why we all like to eat it. Just a mere hint of the smell of chocolate can release good feel endorphins into your system. What more could you want, than a deep cleansing mask which leaves you looking and feeling on top of the world!

Other ingredients in our Chocolate Face Mask are:

Coconut milk - a wonderful gentle cleaner and softener which is enriched with vitamin E

Honey - has healing properties, and attracts and retains water.
Kaolin Face Mask - will draw out impurities and toxins, cleaning the skin of dirt and pollution.

Before Your Chocolate Face Mask

Give your skin a steam facial to open and clean out the pores. Exfoliate your skin, which will remove dead skin cells and ensure a really deep cleanse.

Chocolate Face Mask

The ingredients here are for normal /combination/dry skin. Alternately if you have oily skin, you can use Fullers Earth instead of Kaolin.
Ingredients

3 tablespoons of kaolin
1 teaspoon of honey
1 teaspoon of cocoa powder
A little water or if desired a little coconut milk

Instructions
Warning - the mixture for your chocolate face mask should be fairly thick, verging on a paste. The water should be added drop by drop otherwise the mixture will become too runny to manage. If this happens add more kaolin.
Using a fairly small bowl, measure out the kaolin and cocoa powder and mix together. Add a teaspoon of honey and mix into the powder. Add a small amount of water or coconut milk until you have a paste mixture.
Leave to stand in the bowl for at least 30 minutes before gently spreading over entire face, neck and shoulder area. You only need to apply a thin layer of mask. Leave the mask on for 15 - 30 minutes before rinsing off with warm water. You can leave this mixture to stand overnight if you wish, it does not need to be used immediately although it should be used within 24 hours because the air will dry it out

Why would you want to put strawberries and cream on your face when they are so nice to eat? Orange Face Mask - All citrus fruits are rich in alpha hyroxy. Alpha hyroxy is a natural exfoliate which works by unblocking the pores and easing away dead skin cells on the epidermis.

Cellulite Buster - Want to look good on the beach?

Then try a chocolate mask : it’s a great cellulite buster. Remember to first give your legs a body brush or sugar exfoliation to remove dead skin cells.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons of kaolin
2 teaspoons of honey
2 teaspoons of cocoa powder
A little water or coconut milk

Instructions
Mix the ingredients as above, mixing the water or coconut milk in slowly drop by drop. After body brushing, apply to the back of the legs or any other areas you suffer from cellulite. You only need to apply a thin layer of mask. Leave for at least 15-30 minutes, before rinsing off with warm water in the shower.

http://www.beauty-soap-and-bubbles.com/chocolate-face-mask.html

Fruit Mask

A Fruit Face Mask can help lighten and brighten your skin
A fruit mask will naturally exfoliate your skin with fruit acids. It will also have the effect of lightening and brightening your skin. We have chosen to use grapes and raspberries but you can choose any fruit or even any vegetables for this recipe. Simply use whatever is in season; donÂ’t forget the fruit does not need to be fresh, so you could use frozen fruit just as well. However make sure frozen fruit is thawed before using with this face mask.

Strawberries - for sallow or oily skin
Lettuce - skin softening
Carrots - anti-ageing and full of vitamin A
Grapes - firming and softening
Apples - smoothes and brightens
Cucumber - soothing
Raspberries - exfoliates
Tomato - for blackheads and to brighten dull skin
Peach - softens and unblocks pores
Bananas - moisturises
Oatmeal will help to absorb oil and leave your skin soft
Almonds are used for their healing properties
Fruity Face Mask
- 25g finely ground oatmeal
- 25g finely ground almonds
- 25g grapes
- 25g raspberries
Mix all the ingredients together until the mixture is soft and mushy. Pour in a little cold water to form a paste. If you have added too much water then add a little more oatmeal. Apply to the face and neck area and leave for 25-30 minutes.

http://www.beauty-soap-and-bubbles.com/fruit-face-mask.html

Homemade Facial Masks For Normal Skin

Rose and Honey
honey

Honey and oats are used in the beauty industry to soften and heal the skin tissue and help attract moisture to the skin

1-2 tbs of honey
1 cup porridge oats
1 tbs of rose water

Mix ingrediets together adding more honey if required.

Avocado Face Mask

Choose the ingredients which feel most suitable to your skin today.

half ripe avocado
1 tbsp lemon juice (normal or oily skin)
1 egg yolk (normal to dry skin)
1 tbsp plain yoghurt
1 tsp olive or avocado oil

Peel and mash the avocado half in a bowl

Beat in the remaining ingredients and use immediately.

Banana Face Mask

half medium size banana
1 tsp honey
1 tbsp plain yoghurt (oily skin)
1 tbsp cream (normal to dry skin)

Peel and mash the banana in a bowl Beat in the remaining ingredients and use immediately.

Pineapple and Cornmeal

Pineapple is a natural exfoliate.
pineapple is a natural exfoliate

1 slice of pineapple half an inch thick
2 tblsp plain yoghurt
4 tblsp cornmeal

Puree the pineapple. Put the puree in a bowl and mix in the yoghurt and enough cornmeal to make a thick paste. Leave it for 5 minutes before using to let the cornmeal soften. http://www.beauty-soap-and-bubbles.com/homemade-facial-masks.html

Ezekiel Bread – The Legendary Loaf

Thousands of years ago, a bread recipe was inspired, recorded and lives on for our benefit. It’s based on a passage in the Bible, located in a section called the book of Ezekiel (4:9) giving it the name ‘Ezekiel Bread‘.

Designed and prescribed to give the stamina needed for Ezekiel to face warfare during a famine, the passage reads as “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.” (NLT).
Many people eat it as part of a weight loss program, yet the majority are eating it due to it’s nutrients; being packed with fiber and providing a complete source of amino acid, yet low in carbohydrates with around 15 net carbohydrates per slice of bread.
Making it yourself can give you the assurance of it being gluten free, using sprouted grains.
Try this recipe from LIVESTRONG.COM:

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups Wheat Berries (Sprouted)
1 1/2 cups White Spelt Flour
1/2 cup Barley
1/2 cup Millet
1/4 cup Green Lentils
2 tbsp Great Northern Bean – Dry
2 tbsp Kidney Beans, Dry
2 tbsp Beans, Dried Pinto
4 cups Water
1 cup Honey
1/2 cup Extra Light Olive Oil

2 tbsp Premium Imported Instant Brewer’s Yeast
2 tsp Salt

Directions

1. Measure the water, honey, olive oil, and yeast into a large bowl. Let sit for 3 to 5 minutes.

2. Stir all of the grains and beans together until well mixed. Grind in a flour mill. Add fresh milled flour and salt to the yeast mixture; stir until well mixed, about 10 minutes. The dough will be like that of a batter bread. Pour dough into two greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.

3. Let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until dough has reached the top of the pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes, or until loaves are golden brown.
You can find it in the freezer section at some grocery and health food stores. (sprouted grain flours spoil quickly, so it must be stored in the freezer). The most commonly found Ezekiel Bread products are baked by Food for Life Baking Company, with a variety of additional products (bagels, muffins, flat bread, & cereal).
It is very important to live, eat and breathe the concepts of living in high integrity within the body, mind and spirit.
What are your experiences with Ezekiel Bread? Have you made it before, or bought it ready-made? http://www.drjerniganblog.com/articles/healthy-eating/237

Delicious Homemade Ezekiel Bread

Make Your Own Ezekiel Mix

Ingredients:
12 cups Barley

12 cups Rye or Spelt

4 cups dry Lentils (preferably Green Lentils)

4 cups Millet

4 cups dry Pinto Beans

3 cups dry Soy Beans

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients above and mix together thouroghly.

Put in a large, sealable container for later use.

This Ezekiel Mix can also be purchased from Anitra's store.

Ezekiel Bread Baking Directions

Ingredients:
7 cups Wheat Kernels

1 cup Ezekiel Mix

1000 mg. Vitamin C Tablet

5 cups Warm Water

1/2 cup Honey

1/2 cup Butter (slightly softened)

2 tbsp. salt

3 tbsp. Saf Yeast

1/2 cup Vital Wheat Gluten

Directions:
In a WonderMill electric grinder, grind 7 cups wheat kernels, 1 cup Ezekiel Mix, and 1000 mg. of Vitamin C to make the Ezekiel flour.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 5 cups warm water, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup butter, 2 tbsp. salt, and 4 cups of Ezekiel flour. Stir 1 minute. Then add 3 tbsp. Saf Yeast, 1/2 cup Vital Wheat Gluten, and finally, the rest of the Ezekiel flour, adding one cup at a time till well incorporated.

Knead dough on medium speed for 10 minutes, or until dough is soft, smooth, and elastic. Cover dough, and allow it to rise 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 150. Divide dough into 4 even loaves, turn off the oven, and place loaves in prepared bread pans.

Place pans in the oven, and allow to rise again until doubled in bulk. Turn oven to 350 degrees, and bake for 40-45 min. until loaves are golden. Cool completely before storing or slicing.

Enjoy! http://www.thewondermill.com/index.php/module/statics/action/view_listing/page/14

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Friday, April 1, 2011

A Mask which leaves you looking and feeling on top of the world ! What better way to deep cleanse your skin while relaxing than a chocolate face mask.

Other ingredients in our Chocolate Face Mask are:

Before Your Chocolate Face Mask

Chocolate Face Mask

Cellulite Buster - Want to look good on the beach?

Make Your Own Ezekiel Mix

Ingredients:

Directions:

Ezekiel Bread Baking Directions

Ingredients:

Directions:

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