10 Best Homemade Cucumber Face Mask Recipes

Cucumbers consist of beneficial nutrients like Vitamin C, Vitamin K, manganese and beta-carotene which are very useful for assuring healthy and glowing skin. Here we describes some best homemade cucumber face mask recipes you can try yourself.(1)

Cucumber Face Mask Benefits

1. The mask gives glowing skin.(2)
2. It hydrates your skin because cucumber contains 96 percent water.
3. It decreases skin tanning, sunburns and rashes.
4. This mask provides Anti-ageing benefits.
5. It functions to soothe dark circles and puffy eyes.
6. The mask functions to control oil secretion and acne.
7. That spells hydration, hydration and hydration.

How to Make Cucumber Face Mask

Mixing cucumber or its juice with different natural ingredients and then applying on the face is the usual procedure associated with different cucumber face masks.

Raw Cucumber Juice Face Mask

Ingredients

• 1 large cucumber
• 1 cup of warm water
• 2-3 drops of an oil-free cleanser
• 2 cups of cool water
• 1 towel

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure

• Peel one large cucumber, and cut it to tiny slices.
• Put these slices inside a blender.
• Mash the cucumber till you succeed in preparing watery paste.
• Pour the mashed cucumber via a strainer to separate out the water content from any solid material.
• Later squeeze the rest solid material by help of your hands to recover the remaining portion of the juice.
• Rinse off your face as well as neck by help of a cup of warm water and also apply few drops of an oil-free cleanser for removing makeup.
• Massage the prepared cucumber juice through your face and allow it to stay on for fifteen minutes.
• Rinse off your face with cool water and then pat your skin dry by help of a clean towel.

How it works: The mask function to let your skin feel tighter and healthier with use of raw cucumber only.

Repetitions: Once a day.

Best time to apply: In morning.

Tips: Use fresh cucumber only.

Tomato and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

• ½ cucumber, peeled
• 1 medium uncooked potato, peeled
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
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• 1 Q-tip or 1 cotton ball

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure:

• Peel and slice half a cucumber into circular shape.
• Peel 1 medium-sized potato and then cut into tiny pieces.
• Squeeze 1 tablespoon of juice from a fresh lemon.
• Carefully blend all these ingredients in a blender.
• Allow the mixture to refrigerate for half an hour.
• Make use of a Q-tip or cotton ball to massage this mask around the eyes or around some other dark spots present on your face.
• Allow the mask to stay on for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Wash off using a cup of warm water.
• Pat your skin dry by a towel.

How it works: Potatoes assist to control and avoid pimples, acne, and blackheads. The mask also heals the inflammation caused on skin wounds, cuts and burns.(7)

Repetitions: 2-3 times a week.

Best time to apply: In your free time.

Tips: Thoroughly massage the mask in corners and eye area to brighten the whole face.

Egg and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

• 2 inches of fresh cucumber, with skin
• 1 egg white
• 2 drops of frankincense essential oil
• 1 cup of warm water

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure:

• Whip together 2 inches of fresh cucumber and an egg white into a blender kept on the lowest setting till you get a smooth froth.
• Pour this mixture inside a glass or a ceramic bowl and then add 2 drops of frankincense.
• Begin by softly massaging the face in order to get the blood flowing.
• Wash off the face with a cup of warm water and apply this mask.
• Allow it to stay on for fifteen minutes, wash it off, and pat dry.
• Apply few drops of some nutrient-rich moisturizer face lotion.

How it works: The whipped egg white works to dry on your face and it also refines pores, tightens your skin, and boosts circulation. The mask contains amino acids in proper amount, facilitating the formation of new collagen.

Repetitions: 3-4 times a day.

Best time to apply: In evening.

Tips: Massaging the face before applying the mask would assist your skin to absorb more nutrients.

Aloe Vera and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

• ½ of an unpeeled cucumber
• 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel
• 2 cups of warm water
• 2-3 drops of oil-free cleanser
• 2 cups of cool water
• 1 soft towel

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure:

• Cut ½ of an unpeeled cucumber to slices.
• Put these slices, then peel it and place it inside a blender and mix them till you get watery mixture.
• Add 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel and combine it till you get smooth paste.
• Rinse off your face with 2 cups of warm water and by using 2-3 drops of an oil-free cleanser to discard makeup and to unlock pores.
• Gently massage this paste onto your face, chest, and neck. Sit back for 15 minutes.
• Rinse off the mask with 2 cups of cool water and then pat the skin dry with a soft towel.

How it works: Cucumber is excellent for aging skin as it hydrates, soothes, and heals dry skin. When you add fresh aloe vera gel inside the mixture, it becomes very potent recipe as aloe vera hydrates and works to reverse the aging process.(8)

Repetitions: Twice a week.

Best time to apply: At any time of day.

Tips: Make sure to use branded oil-free cleanser only.

Papaya and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

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• ¼ cucumber
• 1 cup of cool water

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure:

• Carefully wash and peel ¼ of a cucumber.
• Blend this cucumber to a fine pulp and add half a tomato in it.
• Gently apply this mixture to your skin through circular motion.
• Allow it to stay on for 15 minutes.
• Wash the mixture with a cup of cool water and pat dry.

How it works: Cucumber and tomato both are basically natural astringents which function to tighten the big pores. Moreover, cucumber possesses 95 per cent water and it works to hydrate the oily skin.(3)

Repetitions: Once a day.

Best time to apply: In morning.

Tips: Let he cucumber to reach room temperature prior massaging it over your face.

Oats and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

• 1 sliced cucumber
• ¼ cup of plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• ¼ -1 cup oats (based on water content present in cucumber)
• 1 cup of warm water

Preparation Time: 5-10 mins.

Procedure:

• Take a blender and combine together ¼ cup of plain yogurt and 1 sliced cucumber to prepare a paste.
• Pour the paste inside a bowl.
• In the bowl, add 2 tablespoons of honey and ¼-1 cup oats till the mixture prepares a thick paste.
• Conduct one more quick spin inside the blender to chop the oats.
• Pop it inside the freezer for about 5-10 minutes to cool it and to solidify.
• Carefully spread it on face, focusing not to touch the area around eyes.
• Allow the paste to sit on for 10-15 minutes.
• Wash it off with 1 cup of warm water.

How it works: Oats are recognized for their capability to hydrate and so this mask functions to glow your face.

Repetitions: Once a day.

Best time to apply: In your free time.

Tips: Take special care not to penetrate the mask in and around the eye area.

Aloe and Cucumber Face Mask

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel
• ½ cucumber, chopped with seeds removed
• 1 chopped lemon with skin intact
• 2 cups of cool water

Preparation Time: 5 mins.

Procedure:

• Mix 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel, half cucumber, and a chopped lemon together into a blender.
• Gently apply the mixture to your face.
• Allow the mask to stay on for 20-30 minutes and then wash it off with 2 cups of cool water.

How it works: You can expect soothing, refreshing, and tightening benefits from this mask, because the mask works to calm and cool the skin.

Repetitions: Once a day.

Best time to apply: In morning.

Tips: Make sure to remove all the seeds from cucumber.

Recognized as a regular vegetable in every home, cucumber when blended with many ingredients as discussed above assures to give surprising benefits to your face.

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