The Benefits Of An Avocado Facial

Do you know that you can get more than health benefits from avocado?  You can also enjoy numerous skin benefits from this fruit.  Your avocado facial may be the only skin care you need to ensure a safe and effective skin care regimen.

An avocado facial will give you the following skin benefits:
•    Proven effective anti-oxidant that protects the skin from harmful radical and toxins.
•    Most effective sunscreen benefits
•    Reduction in wrinkles
•    Improved skin tone
•    Transport of nutrients from the outer skin to the deepest layer of the skin
•    Production of collagen necessary to protect the skin from bacteria and viruses
•    Improved skin texture
•    Reduction of skin inflammation

Among all the fruits, the avocado is considered as the ‘food of the skin’.  You can use the avocado as your main ingredient in the following avocado facial regimen:  (1) avocado facial cleanser; and (2) avocado facial mask.

How to Make an Avocado Facial Cleanser

You will need:  ripe avocado, egg yolk, half cup of milk, cotton square or ball

Mash your ripe avocado either by using a blender, or fork.  On a bowl, beat your egg yolk until it’s light and frothy.  Combine the mashed avocado and beaten egg, then pour in half cup of milk.  Mix them well until the consistency is like that of a lotion.  Apply on your face and neck with a cotton square or ball. Rinse off.

How to Make an Avocado Facial Mask

You will need: ripe avocado, 1 teaspoon apple vinegar, egg white, 3 teaspoons olive oil

Mash the ripe avocado.  Combine it with all the other ingredients and mix them well until your achieve the desired consistency.  Apply to your face and neck and let it rest until you feel the hardening of the mask.  After about ten to fifteen minutes, remove the mask and rinse your face well removing all residues.  Towel your face and neck dry.

You will feel that your skin is refreshed, moisturized, and revitalized.  As the avocado is your main ingredient, here are some tips to get the most out of the fruit for the skin:

•    Use only wholly ripe avocados.  You will know that your avocado is ripe when it gives in to your touch.
•    Like an organic ingredient, the avocado is perishable.  Most of the time, any preparation made with the fruit should be for one-time use only.  Store your avocado or your preparation in the fridge but never in the freezer.

Vitamin E, considered as the vitamin for the skin, is abundant in avocados.   With the many nutrients and benefits found in the fruit that are all beneficial to the skin, the avocado is indeed a treasury of nourishment for the skin.  The vitamins, minerals, and nutrients make the avocado an indispensible ingredient in your facial skin care regimen.

Whether you eat, drink, or use the avocado facial cleanser and moisturizer, you do not only feed your body and skin, you transform yourself into a beautiful and healthy individual.