Ask an Expert: MASKS

How Can I Best Apply the Powdered Masks?

The Abloom Skincare masks are very special. All the organic wild crafted plants, flowers, veggies, roots, and herbs are freeze-dried and ground into a powder. The big advantage of this procedure is that all the ‘activity’ of the ingredients is kept until the powder is mixed with a liquid.

At Abloom Skincare we advice organic honey, organic goat yoghurt or organic kefir to be used as mixing agents. It is important that the mask, once applied, stays humid on the skin. If it dries out, the effect will be much less. If you mix the mask powder with water or tea, it will dry out before the 20/30 minutes are over, diminishing its effect. If you don’t have honey, yoghurt or kefir in the fridge, you could spray water or tea with a vaporizer if you feel its getting dry.

Honey, yoghurt and kefir have one very important effect in common : they all contain powerful enzymes. These little particles are the handy men in ( skin ) cells; they throw out toxins and use the nutrients from the food you eat to strengthen the cells. Using these powerful ingredients to mix the masks with will have double the stimulating and rejuvenating effect on your skin.

Make sure when choosing honey, it is organic ( else you will have chemical fertilizers in your mask ) and choose goat yoghurt, it has more enzymes then other type yoghurts. Kefir is a fermented product, so also very high in active enzymes.

Mix the masks with your ingredient of choice in a one to one ratio. Just put some mask powder in a bowl or in the palm of your hand. Then put the same quantity of liquid and a few drops of water (to make the substance easier to handle). Mix it and apply to your cleaned face and neck area. You can go near your eyes and over your upper eye lid if you like, the mask is totally safe to do so. Then… relax! Put your legs up, breathe deeply, and close your eyes.

After 20 to 30 minutes you can put a warm cloth on your face and take the mask off. Rinse with a lot of water and end with a splash of cold water. You could also wet the tip of your fingers and massage the mask firmly into the skin at the end of the 30 minutes. This gives an extra boost to your skin. However, don’t do this on a very sensitive or acne prone skin, it can be a little bit too much stimulation.