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The Great Pumpkin!


The Great Pumpkin!

Pumpkin makes us think of harvest, of holidays, of family and friends gathered around the dinner table. But as it turns out, pumpkin should also make you think of healthy, radiant and glowing skin throughout the dry and chilly fall and winter seasons.

Pumpkin is high in antioxidants and jam-packed with vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, potassium, beta carotene and zinc, which are all fabulous anti-aging ingredients that can give your skin a rejuvenated, healthy glow. Pumpkin can soothe and protect your skin, nourish tired or dry skin, refresh and soften the skin, unclog the pores, remove impurities and help to control acne.

Pumpkin also works as an accelerator for other ingredients, helping your skin absorb vital nutrients and vitamins quickly. Pumpkin offers so many benefits when applied topically to the skin, and that is why beauty product companies are making a variety of skincare products that contain pumpkin enzymes as a the main ingredient....it is the PERFECT food...skin and body!!

Last month, we had such a great reaction to the natural toothpaste recipe I posted, I thought I’d continue the trend. Here is another natural, homemade goody for you to whip up.


Pumpkin Honey Face Mask

2 tsp canned pumpkin puree or stewed fresh pumpkin

½ tsp honey
½ tsp milk or yogurt
1 tsp oatmeal

Mix all of the above ingredients together into a paste, and massage onto freshly cleansed skin, making sure to avoid the eye area. Sit back and relax for fifteen minutes while your facial mask exfoliates and conditions your skin, and then rinse off with warm water. Ahhh your face will feel like silk!