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- Cait Johnson
- December 13, 2005
- 12:33 am
- 19 comments
Autumn can play some nasty tricks on your skin with its winds and chilly weather. But these great treats use pumpkin, the perfect icon of the season, to help nourish your skin beautifully, sloughing off dead cells to reveal the fresh new skin underneath. Pumpkin, after all, contains lots of anti-oxidant vitamins A and C, as well as zinc and beneficial alpha-hydroxy acids.
Find out how to make a nourishing facial mask and a sugar and spice scrub, here:
Pumpkin Facial Mask
2 teaspoons cooked or canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon milk (or whipping cream, if your skin is very dry)
1. Combine ingredients and apply to a clean face with gentle circular motions, avoiding the area around your eyes.
2. Allow mask to remain on skin for 10 to 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water, pat dry, and apply your usual moisturizer.
Pumpkin, Sugar, and Spice Scrub
1/2 cup cooked or canned pumpkin, pureed
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Combine ingredients in a bowl.
2. Stand in a tub or shower stall and use a damp washcloth to scoop some of the mixture up. Apply to body, starting with your feet and working your way up, but avoiding your face. Scrub gently using circular motions.
3. Rinse with warm water and pat dry.
Read more: Beauty, Skin Care, alpha-hydroxy, anti-oxidant, pumpkin facial mask
By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living content.
Cait Johnson
Cait Johnson, MFA, is the author of six books, including Earth, Water, Fire, and Air: Essential Ways of Connecting to Spirit, Witch in the Kitchen, Celebrating the Great Mother and Tarot Games. She has been a counselor for more than 20 years, and teaches workshops on seasonal elemental approaches to self-healing, conscious eating, and soul-nurturing creativity.
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+ add your ownThanks for the article.
I love Caits posts, they are simple but wholesome recipes and they work, thanks!
I would love to mix the leftover scrub with graham crackers and heat it to make a mini pie! Thank you!
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Thank you Cait:)
sounds great! I am always on the lookout for new masks and scrubs. thank you
Do you know how long the scrub would be good for?
I would like to gift it and I don't want it going bad.
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