Make Your Own - Monday

I love to find recipes that I can use to make household cleaners, moisturizers, bathsalts (and anything else that can be homemade!) with just a few of the items I already have in my closet. I came across a great website that has recipes for homemade items: http://www.pioneerthinking.com

Here's a recipe that the website included for a gentle face mask:
1/2 cup oatmeal or cornmeal
plain yogurt (add enough yogurt to form a paste)
For a gentle facial cleanser mix ingredients, smooth over entire face avoiding eye area. Wash off with warm water.

Oatmeal is highly absorptive, hypoallergenic, and helps to soften skin. Oats have the best amino acid balance of all the cereal grains (amino acids work as water-binding agents in skin care products). Oats have also been clinically shown to help heal dry, itchy skin. Oat grains and straw appear in shampoos, dusting powders, moisturizers, and cleansing bars and more. Source: Oatmeal: Not just for breakfast anymore