My Favorite End of Summer Detox Recipes
My ultimate end of summer detox definitely includes some pampering - a special ritual that helps bring some equilibrium back to my skin, body, digestive system and mind.
If you prepare yourself for this transitional time from summer to fall, it’s much easier to process physically and emotionally. The end result - feeling and looking great, with very little effort, and with much love for your physical and mental state of well-being.
Our Advanced Repair Mask is always a must for me at the end of a season because it really resets your skin, peeling away the layers of damage from the summer months and revealing radiant, buncy, supple, even toned and healthy, glowing skin. I’m a yes to this any day!
My skin always feels so soft and soothed after a proper mask sesh and all my skincare works and absorbs so much better. My makeup looks and stays fresh longer after masking with this unique, multifaceted mask. And I swear, I regularly get compliments on how I look after I use our mask. Win Win!
The herbal blend in our mask is what gives your skin a punch of herbal medicine and helps bring back the equilibrium your skin so desperately needs after the summer months -
- Plantain Leaf
- Nettle Leaf
- Alfalfa Leaf & Sprouts
- Chamomile Flower
- Lavender Flower
- Horsetail
- Yarrow Leaf & Flower
- Neem Leaf
- Echinacea Root
When the summer is coming to an end, and my skin needs extra love, I like to prep my skin for masking with a proper herbal facial steam.
Here are some of my fave recipes
Benefits of steaming
- Detoxing, Cleansing
- Toning, Astringent
- Helps remove excess oils and impurities
- Can help reduce acne breakouts
- Nourishing
- Improves skin’s elasticity
- Makes skin firm & supple
- Balances skin
- Preps skin for treatment
- Improves absorption of other products
- Improves blood circulation - helps deliver oxygen to cells
- Makes skin more resilient
Choosing Herbs
Herbs selected here are beneficial for all skin types but if you wish to work only on one condition I broke them up into categories.
- Lavender
- Chamomile
- Plantain Leaf
- Calendula
- Borage
- Lemon Balm
- Licorice Root
- Helichrysum
- Rose
- Hibiscus
Oily / Problematic Skin
- Plantain
- Chamomile
- Lemon Balm
- Calendula
- Helichrysum
Dry / Mature / Normal Skin
- Rose
- Hibiscus
- Borage
- Lavender
- Licorice Root
DIY Facial Steam Recipe
- Add ½ - 1 TBS of each herb in a bowl and blend
- Place into jar, write name of your steam on the label, label the jar. You will have enough for quite a few facial steams from this jar
- When using your steam you can add 1-2 drops of your favorite essential oil to deepen the treatment, or for decongesting the respiratory system
I always follow my herbal treatments with our Rejuvenating Face Serum for super supple, moisturized, firm and nourished skin.
What about using some of the herbs in our Mask and DIY Facial steam for cleansing your internal terrain? Most definitely!
Many of these herbs can be blended into a wonderfully nourishing detox tea brew
- Rose
- Hibiscus
- Nettle Leaf
- Lemon Balm
- Licorice Root
- Chamomile
- Lavender
- Helichrysum
Blend ½ - 1 TBS of each herb to a bowl and mix. Transfer to a jar and label. Drink regularly or when your body is really asking for a quick, gentle and super effective reset.
Enjoy!
xoxo,
Katya
