Honey Face Mask for Clear, Glowing Skin
I recently visited the Honey Hive in Taupo, New Zealand and now I’m fascinated by bees! I’ve always loved honey, but now I have an even greater appreciation for it. One bee will visit thousands of flowers in its lifetime and will produce only 1/2 a teaspoon of honey. And yet that honey holds amazing nutritional and healing properties. Honey is naturally antibacterial and contains powerful healing enzymes.
Honey is obviously tastes great as a sweetener in your tea or baked goods, but there are heaps of external uses as well. It can be used as a natural antibiotic on burns or scrapes, and it can be used as a natural acne treatment!
The Search for Clear Skin
Can I be straight up with you? Is that OK? I’m 26 and I still deal with acne. It’s gross, I know. I’ve wondered for years when I would “grow out of it.” But since I’ve been getting back to my roots and learning about true nutrition, I’ve come to realize that everything I could have done wrong through my life, I’ve done.
Bummer, huh?
Just about all skin conditions originate in the gut–from an imbalance of good & bad bacteria. There are lots of things that can cause that imbalance, and unfortunately I’m the walking poster child for many of them. So here we go:
- I was bottle fed as a baby
- Took antibiotics for every cough & cold growing up
- Drank pasteurized milk
- Ate a regular diet of processed & packaged foods (including waaaaay too much sugar)
- Took birth control pills for years
- Then stripped all the natural oils from my face with harsh chemical products.
Sigh. So I’m working on restoring a good balance of bacteria in my gut by taking a high quality probiotic supplement, cutting sugar and pasteurized dairy out of my diet as much as possible, and starting to implement fermented foods.
I’ve tried a number of natural acne face washes and lotions from the health food store, but they didn’t do much good. I finally just quit washing my face altogether and instead only used coconut oil as a moisturizer (it’s antibacterial as well). Surprisingly enough, washing or not washing my face didn’t make an ounce of difference in my acne, but it did restore the balance of oil on my skin. No more time wasted scrubbing my face twice a day with smelly sulfur based soap! And I no longer deal with oily or dry skin. (Score!)
So, back to the honey. You’ve probably already surmised that I’m going to tell you about a honey face mask for acne. Not only does putting honey on my face keep my acne at bay better than almost anything else (what I eat is the most important), but it has improved the quality of my skin within days.
Here’s how I do it:
How to Make a Honey Face Mask
1. Pull your hair back well with with head band and remove any makeup (or not, but definitely remove eye makeup with this natural make-up remover).
2. Take about a teaspoon of raw honey from the jar using a spoon or the tips of your fingers.
3. Rub your fingertips together a bit, then smear the honey on your face evenly. I find it helps to dot it on first, then smear gently.
4. Leave it on your face anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. (Fix your breakfast, wash the dishes, brush your teeth, read a book. There are plenty of things you can do with honey on your face.)
5. Rinse off with warm water, then pat your face dry. You’ll be surprised at how easily it comes off!
I often follow my honey mask with an apple cider vinegar toner, then moisturize with coconut oil. Don’t worry–the wonderful fragrances from the honey and coconut oil override the potency of the vinegar.
A few notes for you about the honey mask:
- You can moisten your face with a small bit of water before applying the honey. This makes it way easier to spread, but you don’t want to water down the honey. Try splashing some water on your face, then patting it almost dry with a towel.
- Do this every. single. day for at least 2 weeks to get started. Twice a day is ideal, but once a day is alright, too. After a while you can reduce the frequency of honey masks and just use coconut oil.
- Choose a raw, unpasteurized honey to make sure all the enzymes and nutrients are in tact.
Who’s willing to try putting food on your face? If you deal with any kind of skin problem, honey can be incredibly beneficial. And you can’t get much easier (and truly cost effective) than one simple ingredient for a homemade beauty product.
As a side note, I’ve also learned that mead (fermented honey wine) is incredible! If anyone has had experience making their own mead, please let me know. I want to learn!
Who’s in for the honey face mask challenge? Have you already tried using honey on your face? What has your experience been like?
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August 1, 2014 at 6:32 amadd lemon juice and cinnamon to it, has its benefits too
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August 1, 2014 at 4:15 pmI’m doing the two week challenge! Started last night and excited to see what happens in the coming days! Thanks :)
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August 11, 2014 at 11:07 amWhere has this been my whole life? I am 32 but my skin has always felt…older. Dry, dark spots, acne etc. I switched my ski care routine to Clinique about 2 years ago it worked well, really well for about a year, then I started breaking out again and started to get frustrated because it is NOT cheap! Over the weekend I turned to the internet and started searching for home remedies. I stumbled upon your wonderful website and the honey mask. Let me tell you, after one night my skin felt pretty good. I really noticed the next morning that my face didn’t look irritated and red. After 2 nights, HOLY COW! What a difference. I am hooked and will be going to the grocery store today for more honey, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar! Thank you so much! Maybe now my skin will look and feel younger.
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August 14, 2014 at 1:29 pmI LOVE using honey as a facemask, I always leave it on for as long as possible, sometimes hours! If you’re really serious about using honey as a face mask, try buying Active Manuka Honey, it’s incredibly powerful and makes your skin glow like never before!
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October 6, 2014 at 8:57 pmI have been using this mask and I’m adding lemon n cinnamon on it..
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November 1, 2014 at 12:57 pmHey Lidia,
I just started using honey on my face and it’s been about 3 weeks now. Before I’ve been using a two step acne solution for YEARS that included benzyl peroxide until I thought to myself “Why do I bother? this is clearly not working!” After I quit with the chemicals cold turkey and switched to natural honey my face has been getting worse too. I think this is due to 50% “purging of the skin” and 50% to the fact that acne treatments are designed so that our skin gets addicted to them (it is a business after all! They WANT you to keep buying their products not to cure your ance!) So I’m just going to be patient and stick through it. After being on chemicals for YEARS it may take months for my skin to re-adjust.
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December 28, 2014 at 4:34 pmI have tried dozens of masks over the years, and I have spent a small fortune. Each one promised the world. Some were good, but most did NOT help my acne. I tried this one you recommended, but the Citrus Clear Extracting Mask is a miracle for my sensitive, acne-prone skin. I have the beginnings of wrinkles, especially around my eyes. My pores are so huge that I am sure you can seem them from the Space Shuttle.
This Citrus Clear mask has worked wonders on evening out my skin tone. I find myself petting my face afterwards because it is so smooth, too!
Even on my sensitive skin, I haven’t had any major irritation.
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December 20, 2019 at 10:25 amHoney is such a nice product for skin and I’m very happy that you made this good article. Very informative, easy to read and useful. I read about manuka honey and it’s supposed to be very good but can you recommend any specific honey for acne and skin? Keep up your good work:-)