4 Easy Ways to Save Face While You Sleep

Even the subtlest change in season can leave us with less-than-perfect skin. Here are four DIY ways to literally save face while you sleep.

Dry skin? Chapped skin? Dark undereye circles? In need of a few true beauty sleep remedies?? We look back to a post from 2012 to give us four takes on fresh, natural and DIY methods for achieving better-looking skin — overnight.

Lemon + Almond Oil Astringent

Easy, and a great way to beat pesky dark under eye circles. The vitamin C in lemon juice contains skin-lightening properties, and almond oil contains 3 essential nutrients to aid in the fight – vitamin K, palmitic acid, and retinol. Simply combine the juice of 1 fresh lemon juice with a few drops of almond oil and mix. Apply underneath your eyes (but, be mindful of how close to your eye you go) before bed, and wake up feeling fresh and bright!

Tomato + Honey Paste

Tomatoes contain high levels of vitamin C – which can eliminate acne and brighten dull skin — as well as vitamin A, which is needed for healthy skin. They are naturally acidic, which aids in balancing skin and getting rid of excessive oil. Honey is a natural humectant — it pulls moisture from the air and puts it into the skinCut up a slice of tomato and mix with 2 tbsp honey. Create a thick paste and apply to your face before bed. (Laying a towel down over your pillow will help to prevent any staining.) Rinse after waking, and glow on with your day.

Oats + Honey Mask 

Honey again, along with the soothing power of oats = one great moisturizer. Oats help to normalize your skin’s pH, which can also relieve itchy, uncomfortable skin. To boot, both ingredients are safe for all skin types. Mix together equal parts of honey and oats until a thick paste has formed. Apply evenly to the face while gently scrubbing in a circular motion. Rinse in the morning and notice how smooth and moisturized your skin feels!

Coconut Oil + Tea Tree Oil 

When combined, coconut and tea tree oil produce a magic combination, effective in reducing redness, rashes and acne. Tea tree oil’s antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties may treat and prevent blemishes., and diluting it in the ever-moisturizing coconut oil will help it from potentially irritating your skin. * Consider doing a test on your skin before going full-in on your face, to ensure the tea tree oil is not too strong. Mix 3-5 drops of tea tree oil to 1 tbsp of coconut oil until a clear serum has formed. Spread evenly on the face before bed and wash off in the morning.

+ If DIY isn’t your thing, take a look at our Beauty + Wellness skincare collection.

 

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10 years ago

This post is just what I’ve been needing!

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10 years ago

I love DIY skin care! I’ve been doing the oil cleansing method for a little while now and it’s amazing!! I’m def gonna try the tomato and honey one :) I’ve read that tomatoes are really good for the skin. Thanks for the post!
Xoxo Annejelina

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10 years ago

All such perfect DIY solutions! Love it!

xo, Juliette Laura
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10 years ago

Also another good DIY is lemon and honey together, it brightens your skin while fading blemishes and scars.

10 years ago

Just in time!!! I just started the OCM (Oil Cleansing Method) and wanted more natural treatments to try.

Thanks!

10 years ago

Thanks soo much for the coconut & Tea tree oil mask idea. I love coconut oil as my daily moisturizer, and it smells amazing

10 years ago

Be careful when using some of these recipes! Lemon juice has a pH of 2, for comparison, gastric acid ( stomach acid) is 1. So we’re looking at a pretty acidic and low pH… Hence it stings when you apply it. Aside from the stinging, lemon juice will seriously dry skin out in addition to making it photosensitive. Citrus fruit juice has a pH of about 2-3, and that makes it likely to cause things such as: skin irritation, sun sensitivity, and skin hyperpigmentation. Citric acid is found in citrus fruits at a concentration of about 5-10%, high enough to possibly lead to these side effects, especially in sensitive or broken skin. So it’s really not the best for chapped lips. Overall, if you’re dead seat on using lemon juice, do not do it all the time and definitely dilute it. Also, please do not leave it on over night. (http://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/13wz1y/psa_lemons_and_limes_great_for_food_not_for_skin/c780v6y)

Coconut oil is a miracle product, but it is comedogenic. That means that some skin types maybe actually see an increase in acne when using coconut oil. You should do a patch test before you use coconut oil on your face to make sure you don’t wake up with a face full of zits. (https://www.beneficialbotanicals.com/facts-figures/comedogenic-rating.html)

Tea tree oil is excellent as well, but it should be diluted (using it in conjunction with coconut oil or any other carrier oil should be fine) before it is applied to the skin. Otherwise you run the risk of giving yourself a chemical burn.

I really love reading this blog, but sometimes the DIY advice given here is so wrong. Just because something is natural does not mean it is better for you.

brittnee
10 years ago

Totally agree with Felicia!! Not to rain on your parade but what she say’s is the truth. It’s not the best thing for certain blogs and a big advocate is Pinterest to give not so good for you DIY. Many people can have a reaction and you can cause it to be irritated and sensitive. She either has a lot of knowledge about skin or is an Esthetician like me. So please be careful for what you are putting on your skin!! Coconut oil is great for your body but too heavy for the face. I see so many blogs and DIY that say coconut oil is the best, when really it’s too rich for that area especially if you are not prone to acne but put it all over your face & in the eye area, it will cause Milia.

Milka
10 years ago

Wow, the last two comments make it sound like this post is trying to poison people. I have extremely sensitive, acne prone skin and have tried most of the methods stated in the post above with great success for years. Especially coconut oil, I can not do with out coconut oil and, yes, I put it right on my face, body, hair, everywhere and have not had break outs. Actually, it wasn’t until I stopped treating my skin with anti-acne products and started nourishing it instead that I got rid of my acne. What gives me milia is any conventional eye cream I’ve ever used, so I started using oils instead and my skin has never looked better. I mix almond oil with my lotion. I mix coconut oil and raw shea butter for extra dry spots. I mix Argan oil with my daytime moisturizer and avocado oil with my night time cream. When my face needs an extra boost I apply coconut oil first. I make my own diaper ointment for my baby using various oils and herbs and a few drops of Tea Tree Oil to fight yeast diaper rash and regular rashes and it’s miraculous. So don’t be afraid to experiment. I’m not trying to discount the advice of the ladies above. As with anything, you should be careful, everyone’s skin is different and may react differently, but unless you have an allergic reaction to any of the ingredients above, I highly doubt that some natural oils and produce will harm anybody. These recipes are fantastic and I’m looking forward to try the Tomato Honey one.

Jessica
10 years ago

I love tea tree essential oil! I make my own facial astringent with a few drops of it, apple cider vinegar (which is great for balancing out your skin’s pH), and water. I’ve also started the oil-cleansing method a few weeks ago and add a couple of drops of the tea tree to my oil mixture.

Megan
10 years ago

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Anonymous
10 years ago

This is so helpful thanks :). Just curious as to how comfortable is it to sleep in these masks? Just wondering before I try it myself. Thanks!

Leeandra
10 years ago

Love the tips..but just curious. Would applying the tea tree and coconut oil to my face clog my pores and cause break outs ?

heather
10 years ago

Omg. Do NOT put lemon near your eyes.

Brittnee
10 years ago

The most annoying thing is when people try to tell you something that is completely wrong. I’m sorry but I actually went to school for Esthetics so I’m pretty sure i have way more knowledge about the skin. Unless you spent hours & hours learning each layer of skin, diseases & infections, in depth skin analysis, about 200+ ingredients, acne, aging, scarring, age spots, post-inflammatory hyper pigmentation, the Fitz Patrick scale, the list goes on and on. On top of that I work at the best beauty store in the Industry, Sephora, getting trained in a variety of skincare brands. I don’t know what you do for work but you probably have a lot of knowledge in it right? Maybe went to school and got a degree? Ya so I would actually trust you in what you were saying to me because obviously your the expert with knowledge and a lot of experience. Same thing here, we weren’t trying to poison anyone, really? dramatic much? It’s called having knowledge and knowing what’s right & wrong. Your face cleared up because you probably where causing your acne by using the wrong products in the first place. Drugstore I assume? or even if you did go to nordstrom, Sephora, ect you probably didn’t ask anyone to help you out and picked out the wrong products. Most people don’t know what they are actually using because they don’t know ingredients. You don’t even have the knowledge of the right preservatives and what mixes the products and makes oil and water mesh. There are certain solubles that are good and bad. Which most lower end products pick the cheapest ones which is not good for your skin. In the long run you will see the affects of the very comedogenic coconut oil and since you know so much about Milia … if you had it i would love to hear your method of getting rid of it? My point is i know what I’am talking about because these are facts and if you were in the beauty industry specifically in the skincare world you would know the true facts as well no matter if something worked for you or not you have no idea what’s going on under neath your skin and what is yet to come up in a new layer which sometimes it takes a long time . I literally just had personal testimony about lemon, aspirin and apple cider vinegar, my face completely dried out. It was flaking off and also the lemon burned my skin causing red patches. Which i still do some DIY because i know what i’m doing and the actual advantages. Aspirin is basically pure Salicylic acid which is why you see immediate results kind of like a peel. The apple cider vinegar helps with oil production and any breakout or future break out & lemon helps brightening a long with pure vitamin C which is also great for resurfaces and helps with aging. But the last time i did it I left it on for too long resulting in those affects. So that comment above was helping people out that it’s not the best to put it on your face because it can have these results. It’s better to find an oil or serum that is a pure concentrate of vitamin c if you want the benefits and brightening. That’s why for me I will never put pure lemon juice on my face again it’s way too harsh.

Andrea
10 years ago

jeez relax everyone. everyones skin behavior is different. its not like we’re all gonna go home and mindlessly squirt lemon under our eyes; its all in moderation. Clearly its a little bit of lemon mixed along with something else. I have sensitive skin, but i use lemon mixtures very often following moisturizer of course & also if you know you’re very sensitive to lemon don’t leave it on all night maybe just before bed. i personally love lemon & honey,or mixing tea tee oil with a little olive oil or mixing a drop of tea tree oil with Trader Joe’s enhance moisturizer. YEESHH! everyone get to know your skin a little better before putting anything on your face of course but calm down.

10 years ago

I will most definitely be using these. Having problems adjusting to the cold weather this year for some reason…
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Milka
10 years ago

Brittnee, first of all, chill out lady, I didn’t say anyone is trying to poison people. Now, let re-mentioned some of the things I said earlier. I DID say that I wasn’t discounting your advice and that people SHOULD be careful what they use or put on their skin because everyone is different and may react differently. Second, yes, I do have a degree in biology and bio-chemistry so I do now a little about chemicals and the biggest organ our bodies have, the skin. Third, I DID mentioned that I was talking about MY personal experience, I was in no way generalizing or making blanket statements. Lastly, stop using medicated acne products was the advice of my dermatologist who suggested a more holistic approach which worked wonders FOR ME. Also, if you must know, when it comes to skin care I have used the best and most expensive the market has to offer and, yes, I have tried some drugstore products. I finally settled on Dermalogica because it works for ME. So you see, you shouldn’t make assumptions and don’t take thing so personally either. It wasn’t a personal attack and again I WASN’T discounting your professional advice. Namaste.

Brittnee
10 years ago

First of all, please refer to your first sentence on your first comment. That’s exactly what you said which is why it bothered me. The thing is that I’m extremely passionate about my job & career. I help change peoples lives to feel more confident and beautiful in there skin. Although make up is great, it’s so much better to feel confident without it. When a client comes to me that has struggled with acne for her whole life and i direct her to her needs of different products in our store, and she comes back to me in a month almost crying telling me thank you because she has never felt so beautiful that is what absolutely love. Or when clients come in telling me how knowledgeable I’ am and how passionate I get by genuinely helping them it just always reminds me of how much I love what I do. Overall all I’m trying to do is help people, and I have knowledge with the skin & skincare. My comment & the women above me were only trying to help others. Your comment back was negative in my opinion which is why I commented back the way I did, it may work for you the coconut oil, the avocado oil, but make no mistake facts are facts the skin may not react but it is too heavy for our face. It annoys me when Coconut oil is everywhere on these DIY, it just takes one wrong person which is normally the stage 2-4 acne client to really mess up there skin for a while if they try it. That’s what I’m saying. The lemon is another story, if you dilute it enough and have it on for a decent amount of time it’s not too bad. It won’t breakout you that’s for sure. But the best thing would be to get a product because those things could happen and our skin’s pH changes and how is someone that has no knowledge of skin going to neutralize it back? And let me rephrase this, I love this blog and some DIY can work like the aspirin & apple cider vinegar. Some DIY recipes on this post will work great like honey & oats. So so so hydrating for our thirsty skin. A lot of brands are trying to put more honey in there products (specifically manuka) because it’s so great. You took are warnings and our knowledgeable facts about coconut oil the wrong way is what i’m saying. I only targeted those to ingredients out of all of these recipes.

Brittnee
10 years ago

Also you said that the oils helped clear your acne yet your using Dermalogica? I know everything about that brand because I worked with it all through school. It has a lot of pure active ingredients with the best ones being AHAs and BHAs (salicylic acid) in pretty much every single one of there lines. So that is what cleared it not your heavy coconut oil. Just don’t give advice that you don’t know about, saying I’m sure oils won’t harm anybody. Yes it will. Coconut oil, it’s so heavy and can defiantly be compared to mineral oil which don’t even get me started how bad that is.

Brittnee
10 years ago

I don’t why it wouldn’t let me post this in one comment but Lastly, let me ask you this….. if coconut oil was so great for your face why wouldn’t it be in skincare products!? Lemon great, Vitamin C is everywhere in products. Oats… everywhere in products, Honey starting to be added to products. Why isn’t coconut oil or avocado oil? Because no skincare brand will ever put that in there product because they have the knowledge to know that it is not good for your face. Go to your local wholefoods, Sephora, Nordstrom, hate to say it but EVEN drugstore look at the back… nothing carries coconut oil. It will have safflower oil, sunflower oil, jojoba oil ect. The healthy non-comedogenic oils for you. Just think about that and maybe some people will finally realize they shouldn’t believe everything they hear or read off the internet.

Amber
10 years ago

There is a brand built around coconut…RMS Beauty. Not skincare products but makeup products. Love them!!!

Brittnee
10 years ago

Make up is different, not surprised at all they would use Coconut oil. A lot of make up brands use mineral oil which is the worst one you could use. Make up brands aren’t targeting to treat the skin just to cover it up. Unless you go and get an actual make up that is made by a dermatologist like Cover FX than you would see no oils at all in those ones. If you love it that’s great! Many of my friends still use Mac aka macne…. It’s just if they have problem skin I would not recommend it. My goal is to help clear up the skin and make people feel like they don’t have to hide behind make up, so if i notice they are using a very comedogenic make up or skincare regiment than that’s when I would step in to help them fix the conditions with there skin if asked. But if your happy with how your skin is & love that brand than more power to ya!

10 years ago

Who needs the health and beauty isle in stores when you have this blog! Thanks for the tips! This may just in my head, but I swear my body feels so different when I use natural products and nothing with warnings on the back! :)

xo,

Erin
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10 years ago

I swear by coconut oil! It’s so rejuvenating. Thanks for posting these other alternatives!! Can’t wait to try.

katie at http://bluepoppyblog.com