Soothe Irritated Skin with Greek Yogurt & Honey

My skin is sensitive and is easily irritated by waxing. After getting waxed, my face often develops a few red, itchy irritation bumps that go away by the end of the day. Lately, however, my skin is even more irritable than usual. Instead of a few bumps, my face now becomes covered with irritation bumps. And instead of staying put for a day or two, they now stuck around for weeks at a time! 



After much Googling, I decided to try a homemade Greek yogurt and honey mask to soothe my red, irritated skin. 



Ingredients:

2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt (It’s important to use Greek yogurt because the consistency is much thicker than traditional yogurt.)

1 teaspoon raw, unfiltered honey

Directions: Mix two tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt and 1 teaspoon of raw, unfiltered honey into a small container. Mix the two together until the honey is evenly incorporated into the yogurt. Evenly spread the mixture onto your face using clean hands or spoon. Allow the mixture to set for 15-20 minutes and then rinse with lukewarm water, and pat dry.



This mask is so natural, that you can snack on the leftovers ;). 



Immediately upon applying the yogurt honey mask to my face, my skin felt soothed. My face went from hot and itchy to cool and calm in seconds!

The probiotics in the yogurt work to calm and soften the skin, while the honey has natural antioxidant properties that help to soothe irritation. 



Once you’ve washed the mask off of your face, you may then apply hydrocortisone to further calm your irritated skin, if you feel the need, or just apply your favorite moisturizer. 

You can tell that my irritation has been calmed quite a bit, by the photos above. The bumps haven’t gone away completely, but they are much less bothersome. I will continue to apply this mask to my face twice a day for the next few days, or until the irritation is completely gone. I’m really hoping that this mask will aid me in getting rid of the hideous bumps all over my face! Wish me luck! 

What treatments work for your skin to get rid of irrational bumps?

Organic Manuka Honey Rescue Cream Review

I, like many others, suffer from eczema. I’ve had the skin condition since I was young, and it’s always been bothersome for me. It seemed to disappear in college but has made a comeback… unfortunately. The places I’m usually affected are my legs, shoulders, and inner elbows. Lately, however, the skin around my eyes and ears has been super dry.

In my search to find a product to calm my skin, I came across Organic Manuka Honey Rescue Cream by Organic Skincare Doctor. The blog I read about it on (found it through a random google search, and can’t find it now!) claimed that it cleared up eczema around the eyes within days. Of course, I was a bit skeptical because nothing has seemed to work for me.. especially that quickly. Not even prescription creams and ointments worked well for me. I ordered online from Vitamin World, later that same day and it arrived within one week.

As soon as I discovered the package on my doorstep, I tore it open and inspected the packaging.

I was thoroughly impressed by the claims. I immediately cleaned my face and applied the cream. My first impression was that the cream has a very pleasant honey fragrance. It’s not an overwhelming, sweet, cotton candy smell like you’d expect. It smells more like actual, raw honey. The cream is very rich, creamy, and white in color. I expected to apply it to my face and have to rub the white “out,” but I didn’t have to. It applied very smoothly!

Before applying the cream to my face (around 2PM), I had dryness around my eyes and forehead, a few small pimples sprinkled across my forehead (odd for me, as I have very dry skin), and a spot on the bridge of my nose where I had developed some weird sort of blister type thing … possibly eczema related? It’s now 10:30PM, and after inspecting my face, I can honestly tell you that I feel no tightness and dryness in my face. The small pimples on my forehead seem to be less inflamed, and the spot on my nose from the healing blister is nearly gone. The dry spots on my ears don’t feel as inflamed either. I can hardly believe it. It hasn’t even been 12 hours since I started using this product, and I ALREADY see results. (I just got through telling my husband that I wish I had taken before and after photos!)

Because I had such good results on my face, I just applied some of the cream to some dry spots on my legs and arms. I know I’ll have good results from those applications as well.

I’m definitely a convert, and will be using this product regularly on my skin :)! Organic Skincare Doctor has an entire Manuka Honey line, and I think I need to invest in a few other products from the line like their face scrub and mask! Please remember that my skin is very dry – if you have oily skin, this definitely is not a product for you.

Keeping in mind that this rescue cream is organic, this product should be used within 6 months. Don’t worry, though! With the price tag of $14.99 + S&H from Vitamin World, you won’t bust the bank to feel happy in your skin.

Live. Love. Learn.
Roxana