LAVENDER HONEY BRIGHTENING FACE MASK DIY RECIPE.

Honey is an impeccable preservative and antibacterial agent, used by the Egyptians and found intact in the oldest of recovered tombs. I’ll take some of that anti-aging power on my face, please and thank you!

This recipe also incorporates the brightening power of freshly squeezed lemon juice, which cuts through excess oil and pore clogging yuckies, and the calming sweetness of fresh lavender flowers. Lemon juice also serves as a lightening agent and impurity buster, helping to keep your face glowing and your skin-tone balanced.

As a little girl, if I needed lotion, wanted to play with lipstick, or was pining after some perfume or another, my mom sent me outside with a little bowl. In my kid-sized mixing bowl, I’d place flowers and leaves that I’d plucked. I’d run around to each orchid, rose, lavender, and hibiscus, sniffing and touching and bending leaves and petals this way and that.

Once I had everything I determined I would need, I’d take a perch on the bottom-most step of our farmhouse-aged wooden porch staircase and begin working the flora over with my fingers. I’d soon leap up, taking the stairs two at a time, eager to show my mom the bright cosmic mush I’d made. She’d help add almond oil or honey or whatever else was needed for the intended use.

Though I can’t do the same now that I don’t have a veritable Garden of Eden outside my front door, I have stayed close to my wily homemade DIY ways. Nota bene on this recipe: Don’t worry if you don’t have lavender, the mask is just as good without the blossoms as with.