7 Amazing Homemade Face Mask For Dry Skin

Are you looking for an instant, less messy, and effective homemade face mask for dry skin? Winter months make the skin dry and basically, dry skin needs special nourishment and pampering.

So, let’s see how we can nurture dry skin with the best face mask that you can make in the comfort of your home. Because a good homemade facial mask works just as well and sometimes better as those from tubes.

Herbal Homemade Face Mask For Dry Skin In Winter

Homemade face masks are generally herbal natural ingredients since the main ingredients are found in the home kitchen.

Many face masks include ingredients that can be easily obtained in day-to-day life. Moreover, these face masks have no side effects but they get you clean skin.

But having said that, we`ll get more into the cons of using DIY face masks and DIY skincare products later.

Let’s find out more about the 7 amazing and instant homemade face masks for dry skin that will give you a healthy glow.

1.    Gram Flour Milk Cream Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Gram flour is easily available in the market and is mostly present in the home kitchen. It is used to make fried snacks and can be used for an instant face mask recipe too.

Just in case you don`t have gram flour, you can substitute it with a grainy texture of rice flour.

Ingredients

•   Gram flour -1 tablespoon
•    Milk – 1 teaspoon
•   Honey – 1 teaspoon
•   Milk Cream – 1 teaspoon
•   Lemon juice – 2 drops

Procedure

1. Take a small bowl
2. Add all the ingredients to it
3. Mix it well to form a paste
4.  Wash your face and then apply the paste evenly on the face and neck
5. Wash the face with lukewarm water after the mask has dried
6. Pat dry with a soft towel

Health Benefits

Gram flour cleanses dry skin removing dead cells and flaky skin leaving you with that healthy glow. Milk, honey, and milk cream would moisturize the skin while lemon juice would cleanse the skin preventing pimples and other infections.

Regular use of this homemade face mask for dry skin would make the skin soft, glowing skin tone, and moisturized.

2.    Aloe vera Honey Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Aloe vera plant grows commonly in all the home and kitchen gardens. Also, honey is an easily available ingredient in this natural glow homemade face mask recipe.

Ingredients

• Aloe vera – 1 tablespoon
• Honey – 1 teaspoon

Procedure

1. Take a small bowl
2. Add aloe vera and honey to it
3. Mix it well to form a smooth paste
4. Wash the face and then apply the paste
5. Let the mask dry
6. Wash the face with cold water and pat dry with a clean towel.

Health Benefits

Aloe vera works miracles on all skin types and is a very good skin moisturizer. It is an ancient skin-healing agent and this is an easy face mask to make.

Also, honey has been used traditionally for skin tightening, cleansing, and rejuvenating and has anti-inflammatory and antibacterialproperties.

Thus, the homemade face mask for dry skin makes the skin look younger, moisturized, shiny, and tightened.

3.    Turmeric Honey Milk Cream Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Milk cream, turmeric, and honey are always present in the kitchen since they are important cooking ingredients.

Ingredients

• Milk Cream –  1 tablespoon
•  Honey – 1 teaspoon
•  Turmeric powder – 1 pinch

Procedure

1. Take a small bowl
2. Add all the ingredients to it
3. Mix it well
4. Apply the face mask on washed face
5. After drying clean the face with cold water
6. Pat dry with a clean towel

Health Benefits

Turmeric powder is very effective in healing dry skin provided that only 1 pinch is added to the recipe. Milk cream is very nutritious for preventing dryness and honey cleanses it.

This homemade face mask for dry skin heals and cleanses the skin preventing further dryness. (Adding excess turmeric powder would result in a burning sensation)

4.    Sandalwood Saffron Rose Water Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Sandalwood powder and rose water are available in medical shops or cosmetics stores. Saffron is used in many cooking recipes.Click here to get Rosewater.

Ingredients

• Sandalwood Powder – 1 tablespoon
• Saffron – 1 pinch
• Rose Water – 1 tablespoon

Procedure

1. Take a glass bowl
2. Add all the ingredients and mix well
3. Apply the mask to the clean face evenly
4. Wash after dry

Health Benefits of Using Sandalwood Saffron Rose Water

Sandalwood powder and rose water act as cooling and healing agent for all skin types. Saffron is an ancient fairness ingredient.

This homemade face mask is very effective in cooling the skin, thus, preventing dryness, itching, and the formation of dead skin cells.

5.    Coconut Oil Yogurt Honey Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Plain yogurt is available in the kitchen easily, coconut oil and honey are available in the stores.

If you don`t have coconut oil, just melt some cocoa butter lotion

Ingredients

•  Yogurt – 2 tablespoons
• Coconut Oil – 1 teaspoon
•  tablespoon of honey

Procedure

1. Take a glass bowl, medium-size
2. Add all the ingredients in it
3. Apply the mask to the clean face
4. Wash clean after dry
5. Pat dry with a clean towel

Health Benefits

Yogurt has healthy fats and is good for all skin types, especially for preventing dryness of the skin. It has a moisturizing effect, helps protect skin barrier and deep cleanser and removes dead skin from the face.

Coconut oil heals the dry skin to remove dry patches to make it normal and honey acts as a deep cleanser and anti-bacterial.

You can use honey on it`s own to make a honey mask if you have sensitive skin.Simple face masks work so well, you just have to keep going.

6.     Neem Powder Fuller’s Earth Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Fuller’s Earth, neem powder, and rose water are the three ingredients of this homemade face mask for dry skin.

Ingredients

•  Fuller’s Earth – 2 tablespoons
• Rose Water – 1 tablespoon
• Neem Powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Procedure

1. Take a medium-sized bowl
2. Add all the ingredients to it
3. Apply the mask gently on the clean face
4. Wash thoroughly after dry
5. Pat dry with a clean towel

Health Benefits of Neem Powder

Neem powder acts as an antibiotic and antiseptic agent for dry skin preventing pimples, itching, and further damage.

Fuller’s Earth is a well-known ingredient used for skin fairness and moisturizing. Adding rose water to the homemade face mask for dry skin keeps the skin cool and is also rejuvenating.

7.    Olive Oil Aloe vera Vaseline Homemade Face Mask Recipe

Vaseline is generally used in the winter for preventing dryness of the skin. Olive oil is very good for skin health and aloe vera is a wonder-working skin healer in many different ways, if you can`t make any mask, to me, aloe vera face mask is a must.

Ingredients

•  Vaseline – 1 tablespoon
• Olive Oil – 1 teaspoon
• Aloe vera – 1 teaspoon

Procedure

1. Take a small bowl
2. Mix all the ingredients in it
3. Apply the mask evenly on the face and neck
4. Wash the face after the face mask is dried
5. Pat dry with a soft towel

Health Benefits

Vaseline moisturizes the skin, olive oil prevents further dryness and aloe vera works as a wonderful healing agent.

Thus, this homemade face mask for dry skin can be an evergreen face mask that can be used even for those with normal skin.

Pros and cons of DIY skincare

When you create your own DIY skincare, it’s easy to customize it to your skin type and needs, targeting what you want to achieve. It’s not a product made for every top model, it’s a product made specifically just for you!

The best homemade face mask is affordable, and easy to make with simple ingredients but some do not give results that fast or at all.

Remember a homemade facial mask is a trial and luck product especially if you`re just getting started, so they may work on one person but not on the next.

Most DIY skincare products do not have a long “shelf” life. When making your own, make just enough to last you about two months max.

Most DIY only have a shelf life of about 3 months as they are made without preservatives as what you`ll buy in stores.

Preservatives are not always “bad” it`s used in almost all everyday products to prolong the life of products and you do not need this when making your own DIY skincare.

Now having said all that, making your DIY beauty products may sound great, but can you really tell how clean your product is?

DIY beauty products may require antioxidants to keep them stable, I`m really not sure how you`re going to measure this to make sure it’s the correct amount you need.

Some DIY skincare products need caution

Although widely used, and if I`m right any girl out there has at one point or the other tried one of these, you should take care when using any or just avoid them altogether.

• Toothpaste-Causes your skin to dry out
• Lemon juice–pH acidic
• Sugar-damages skin barrier
• Eggwhites-salmonella bacteria risk
• Baking soda- need gentle using
• Apple cider vinegar-High acidic levels if not missed well

I`m not trying to say I do not use them, I do but……………Conclusion

Remember using face masks is not enough, you need to have toners, moisturizers, and most importantly, clean and exfoliate your face for the best results. Check an earlier post on the best exfoliators here if you missed it.

These 7 amazing and instant homemade face masks for dry skin are easy to prepare and apply and the results are incredible but like with any product bought or DIY,always do a patch test before you start using.

But if you have other skin issues,like dull skin, check an earlier post on other homemade masks. It is important to apply the face pack regularly for best and long-term results.

The difference between homemade and shop-bought face masks is that even with the best recipe DIY mask,you may have to use the self-made ones much longer before you see visible changes in your wrinkles, or fight those dry patches or that glowing skin you long for.

But, this is to be expected, store-bought products are usually made with chemicals while homemade product is cleaner and slower and produce results.

If you have any questions, please leave me a message below and I will get back to you if you found this post useful share it with your friends on social media so others can benefit.