I know y'all have seen this "miracle" mask all over the web. It is a mixture of honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg. And you can add lemon...more on that in a minute.
Anyways, I have read it is awesome and since my face is in a breakout turmoil this week (thank you hormones. Shouldn't it be a law that after you are finished having children that your hormones can go on a permanent vacay?!) Anyways, I wanted to take a break from my Eradikate because I don't want my skin getting so used to it that it stops working. So, Friday night I mixed up a batch that I saw online somewhere. It called for 1 tablespoon of each honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. I found that unless you want to store this, that makes way too much for just one use. I decided to only do a spot treatment for my first try just in case I had a reaction. It wouldn't mix well so I squirted more honey to make it into a paste. I dabbed it on each blemish. And waited. 30 minutes later I rinsed. Voila. No burning or stinging like I read could happen. My spots were really red but I just figured it was irritation. I rubbed on my Argon Oil and eye cream and went to bed.
I woke up the next morning and the blemishes were not red and they were flat. Hmmmm, this actually kinda worked. So being the brave gal I am, I decided that night (Saturday) I would do my entire face. This time I used 1 teaspoon of each with a little extra squirt of honey. I put on my entire face. After about ten minutes my face got a little tingle to it. Nothing that made me want to take it off though. Here comes the scary part: after 30 minutes on, I rinsed it off. Rinsing it was torture. The water burned it so bad even though I was using cool water. OK, I can deal with that. I looked in the mirror and my cheeks were so swollen, I looked like a chipmunk storing food. Oh. my. gosh. I freaked. I immediately went online (because that's what people do when they think they are having an allergic reaction. Duh) and thankfully read cinnamon draws your blood to the surface and can cause swelling. I felt even better when I read some people use cinnamon oil as temporary lip plumpers and use it on their crows feet to plump the skin. Whew. I was normal. But still, my heart was racing. I quietly went to bed because I didn't want my husband making fun of me. Ha.
Next day it seemed as though my blemishes were more red. I was bummed. So last night I did the spot treatment again and all is much better.
Here's my advice if you choose to do this mask:
-Start off doing a spot treatment to make sure you don't react in a bad way.
-Don't leave on more than 30 minutes
-When rinsing, do NOT scrub it off. It hurts. Use cool water. Trust me on this one.
-You will need more honey than the powders. I guess unless your honey is super watery. Mine was thick.
-I read that it smelled so good you would want to lick it off your face. Not in my case. I think it smells gross.
-It is messy to make and apply. My bathroom looks like a bakery gone wrong.
About the lemon....I read lemon is great for existing blemishes and scars. I added 1/2 teaspoon (Do NOT add more because the lemon is very acidic). I just tried it with the lemon last night. It didn't burn or sting. I didn't see any difference in my skin but I do think this is a regime you have to be consistent with to see results. I plan on doing a week straight and taking a week off. I haven't found much info on how often it should be done but I think as just a spot treatment you could do it more often than if you were doing your entire face.
Let me know if you try!
Lenci
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