It’s Winter. It’s dark. Ladies night was called off and I was bored so I decided to spice things up by myself and look into creating a homemade facial mask with honey. I always read about the many benefits of honey and skin. It softens, reduces wrinkles, prevents acne, blah blah blah. I have the best honey in the world in my cupboard so why not give it a whirl? By the way, the best honey in the world is by Y.S. Bee Farms in Illinois. It’s organic RAW honey with the maximum level of antioxidants. (Also great in tea, oatmeal, or just by the spoonful).
So I melted it a little to make it spreadable but it got a little too warm so I put some coconut milk in it but then it got too runny so I added some oatmeal but I only had steel cut oatmeal which is more like sharp little pebbles than soft oats but whatever. It became a new concoction. Along with my creative face mask I decided to also do a steamy oatmeal bath (this was from a prepared pouch so I couldn’t mess that up).
So the bath was all ready and I was putting on my face mask...the oats were super sharp so I sort of had to dab it on and then I just tilted my head back and drizzled it on in clumps with a spoon, thinking it would dry? Maybe? I carefully walked to the tub and submerged.
Aaahhh... the perfect temperature and my face mask smelled divine. It tasted even better as the steam from the bath started to melt rather than dry my honey drizzled experiment. I licked my lips a few times and it was really good actually! (I may be on to something else here...ideas for creating a homemade honey granola bar or energy bites were drifting through my mind...)
The dripping and melting of this magical mask continued. Directly onto my eyelids. There would be no opening up and tasting from this area of my face. I tried to search for a towel without opening my eyes to perhaps dab away the sticky goo but I couldn’t locate one and had to resort to using my hand which only made the mask liquify more and I could feel the sharp steel cut oats begin to poke into the corner of my eye so I chose to shut it and try to stick out the duration of the 20 minutes that were suggested for the mask to beautify my skin. WTF. I was like 3 minutes in only. I lasted about 4.
I then tried to just rinse the damn thing off with the bath water, which was a thick mocha oatmeal concoction itself. Things were not going well. My hair line was rimmed with sticky honey and my eyelashes were damn near glued shut. The sharp oats were scratching my face. The process of removing this from my face took 3 times longer than the preparation of it.
However. I think if I were to redo it and do it correctly, it would really work. Below the sticky scratchy layer of honey milk paste I do believe I saw a hint of a softened glow. Although the tint could have been due to my frustration. Anyhow. I plan to try this again tomorrow morning. Maybe I’ll even throw in some almond oil and avocado just for fun!
Tonight I think I'll treat my face to a good book instead. After I apply my aloe oil hair mask...
