It is always a better idea to use natural ingredients and substances on your skin to ensure its continued health. Olive oil might just be one of the best such substance to use on your skin. Olive oil provides a ton of benefits to tour skin when it is used on a regular basis. Thus, here are listed a few skin recipes that you can make at home to help you achieve flawless skin!

Where on one side Olive oil is touted to be one of the healthiest cooking oils there is and is used in low calorie recipes on the other hand this brilliant oil deserves all the glory in the beauty department too!

This is basically due to the fact that there exists a ratio of both oleic acid to linoleic acid in most oils. However where olive oil differs here is that it contains a higher percentage of the good oleic acid and a low ratio of linoleic acid. As a result of this, when olive oil is applied on skin, it goes on light light and helps skin to breathe while moisturizing it thoroughly.

So, to make sure that you derive the full benefits of this amazing oil, here are a couple of recipes you ought to give a whirl to because Olive oil skin care is definitely something you will soon fall in love with!

Olive oil face mask

Ingredients:

Yogurt

Honey

Olive oil

Method:

Take a mixing bowl and mix all the ingredients in it.

Ensure that the mixture is thick

Now spread the mixture on your face for 20 minutes

If it has dried, scrub the mask off, and wash the excess.

Moisturizes the skin and also provides exfoliation.

Body scrub

Sea salt

Olive oil

(Ensure that both the ingredients are mixed in equal parts)

Method

Prior to taking a shower, scrub your body in this scrub thoroughly and then rinse off.

This scrub helps moisturize, removes dead skin and brightens the skin tone.

Lip Scrub

Sugar granulated

Olive oil

Method

Mix both to achieve a granular consistency. Apply on the lips and scrub in a circular motion. Leave it on for a minute and the wipe off with wet cotton.