Refreshing Banana & Orange Juice Face Mask

Bananas are so incredibly common, it's no wonder they're great for you. They're full of potassium, and that's what they're best known for. The bananas have plenty of other goodies in them too, like vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, and fiber. They also have great qualities that help your skin, like the ability to help clean your pores.

Bananas have been said to be very effective in helping itchy skin from bouts of dryness, insect bites, or allergic and poisonous reactions. They're useful in this way because of their ability to reduce redness and swelling on the skin, and gently soothing itching and mild burning. This makes it great to use in a face mask, because it can help fix problems with discoloration or dry patches.

Making a simple face mask with bananas can greatly improve the way your skin looks, especially when you wake up in the morning. Preparing a banana to use for a face mask is very simple. Just mask up the banana as well as you can, until it's a pulpy mush. For harder and less ripened bananas, try peeling it, putting it in a small dish, slicing it longways in half, and putting it in the microwave oven for 10-15 seconds. This might make it easier to mash and make into a softened pulp.

Put the mushed banana in a medium sized bowl, and add a double tablespoons of fresh squeezed orange juice. (Actually squeezing juice from an orange is the best way to do this, but if you can't using regular orange juice is fine.) Mix them well so the consistency is more like a sticky paste, and then let it set for a couple minutes. Apply to your skin in soft gentle circles, covering the problem areas first and finishing by filling in every inch of your face. This is a great and all natural mask, and it's ingredients won't harm your skin, so it's safe to leave this mask on for about 8 to 10 minutes to let it's benefits really seep in.

Rinse this mask very well, as it's fruit and milk and can stick if not properly washed off. Use warm water and a soft wash cloth to remove it. You'll notice a big difference in the way your skin feels - it's very touchable and any dry spots or sags may feel much tighter and smoother. You can safely use this natural and easy to make mask any time you feel you need to refresh your skin.

Helpful info at: BananasWeb