Holidays can be fun. Sometimes. If you’re invited to someone else’s home, can hire a celebrity chef or are married to one. For the rest of us mortals, there’s the hours in the kitchen. Cooking. Baking. Getting cookie batter on your vintage Dior blouse. Serving. And then cleaning it all up. It’s one time when you’d love to have some ‘me’ time, but face it: there’s no time. Or is there?
In between chopping veggies and chipping nails, take a time out to nourish your skin. Homemade skin care is easy and fun to make, and you can do it with ingredients that are right there in your fridge (and, if you cook like me, all over your clothes). Try these recipes for a holiday pick-me-up. I had a great time making them, and tested them all on my own skin.
MATZAH FACIAL
Kosher Cleanser (for all skin types):
15 dark grapes with seeds
1 tablespoon matzah meal
1 teaspoon olive oil
Use a blender to mix grapes (with skin and seeds) and olive oil. Pour into a glass bowl and add matzah meal. Stir until all ingredients are well combined. Pour a small amount onto a wet washcloth and gently cleanse your face. Rinse off with warm water.
Springtime Green Scrub (for all dry and combination skin types)
½ avocado
1 tablespoon matzah meal
1 teaspoon honey
Mix all ingredients in a glass bowl. Dampen your face with warm water and gently massage in the scrub. Rinse off with warm water.
Oliv-ing in the Desert Scrub (for all oily skin types)
2 tablespoons matzah meal
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon grapefruit juice
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well and gently massage onto your face. Rinse off with warm water.
Have a Berry Happy Seder Mask (for all skin types)
1/3 cup blueberries
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 tablespoon matzah meal
Place the blueberries in a glass bowl and smash them with a fork. Add other ingredients and mix well. Spread on your face, neck, or chest. Leave on for fifteen to twenty minutes.
HERE’S EGG ON YOUR FACE
Bunny’s Best Cleanser (for oily and combination skin types)
1 egg white
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Whisk egg white in a glass bowl until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix yogurt and baking soda, then add egg white. Gently wash your face with the cleanser. Rinse off with warm water.
Hop to It Scrub (all dry skin types)
1 egg white
½ cup yogurt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Beat egg white in a glass bowl until frothy. Add yogurt and sugar to egg white and carefully mix together. Gently rub your clean face with the mixture and rinse off with warm water.
Strawberry Fields for Easter (for all oily skin types—also good to use on areas where you have breakouts)
1 egg white
3 or 4 large organic strawberries, hulled
1 tablespoon honey
Mix all ingredients in a glass bowl until frothy. Blend strawberries and honey. Add mixture and cornmeal to egg white and mix. Apply to a wet, clean face and leave on for twenty minutes. Rinse off with room-temperature water.
To learn more about skin care tips, visit WebMD.com.