Every now and than my hair, skin and face becomes really dried out and needs some repairing, but I don't always have the money to run out and buy hair and skin care treatments to repair my hair and skin damage so I make my own hair and skin treatments at home. One of my very own best homemade hair and skin treatments is my honey coconut milk mask. It is very nourishing and moisturizing and really helps repair the split ends in my hair and hydrate my skin without a harsh expensive hair or face mask from the drug store.The ingredients you need to make this rich creamy hair and face mask are 1 cup of honey, ½ cup of coconut milk, ½ cup of melted coconut oil, 2 teaspoons of olive oil, 1 cup of mayo and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. Basically up place all these ingredients into a sauce pan on the stove and warm them together, but do not boil them. You just want the ingredients to melt together and thicken and you may or may not need more cornstarch in this hair mask recipe to thicken it up a little bit if it is to runny. Once you have combined and warmed all the ingredients you will pour it into a heat safe container and allow it to cool for about 5 or 10 minutes. This will allow the mask to thicken up a little bit more like a hair conditioner so it is easier to apply to your hair and scalp.
The way you apply my homemade honey coconut milk mask to your hair and scalp is by first dampening your hair with some warm water. I personally like to shampoo my hair first and than apply the hair mask to my clean hair, but you can decide what you would like to do. Than once your hair is damped you can take some of the homemade hair mask and lather it into your hair and scalp really well and allow it to stay there for about 10 to 20 minutes or even longer if you have really bad split ends and dried out hair. After your time is up with the homemade hair mask treatment you can simply rinse out your hair and use a natural cleansing shampoo to cleanse your hair right out and your daily conditioner to help hydrate and repair you hair even more. Than after than all you need to do is dry and style your hair as your would usually do. You will notice that your hair is a whole lot softer, the split end and dry hair are gone, and your hair is shiny and healthier appearing. You can use this mask on your hair twice a week if you need to.
Now the homemade honey coconut milk mask is a fantastic facial mask as well for really dried out skin. This mask will definitely exfoliate your dry skin, hydrate it, reduce the signs of aging, brighten and tone it, reduce the appearance of scars and acne, and help heal skin irritations and redness on your face. The way you use this as a facial mask is by simple applying the warm combined ingredients to your face and neck area in a nice thick even layer. Than you will allow the face mask to stay on your face and neck area for about 30 minutes if you can, but 20 minutes is doable. After your time is up with the face mask all you do is rinse your face off really well, pat it dry, and apply your favorite daily SPF face lotion or moisturizer. You will notice after using this mask on your face how soft, smooth, bright, and healthier your face will look, and if you love this mask enough you can use it up to twice a week on your face as a facial mask.
Another way you can use this homemade honey coconut milk mask is as a super moisturizing bath soak, and let me tell you it is delightful. All you do is mix all the ingredients together and melt them in the sauce pan and instead of pouring the mask into a heat safe container you would pour it directly into your bath tub with running warm water. After all you do is get into the tub and soak for as long as you possibly can. This mask used as a bath soak will hydrate your skin wonderfully and leave it silky smooth and soft after your bath as well. Best of all the natural ingredients in this mask will help heal skin damage and protect your skin from further damage caused by the sun and other harsh environmental factors. It will also relieve and help heal inflammation, skin irritations, achy muscles, joint pain, skin infections, cut scrapes, insect bites, bruises, and a lot more.
So, there you have three awesome ways to repair and hydrate your hair and skin with one great honey coconut milk mask. I wish you all the best of luck at making this homemade hair and skin product at your home, and I hope all of you enjoy the health and beauty benefits you will receive from it. Enjoy your hair and skin mask and your warm bath.
