I can’t afford a facial, a chemical peel, or any other professional exfoliating skin care to give my skin up a leg up, so I’ve decided to try a few “home skin remedies”. For the sake of full disclosure, I will tell you that I found some recipes on the net, substituted many ingredients and make absolutely no claims whatsoever about how effective my “skin-care treatments” are.

Let me know if they work, and who knows- maybe I’ll have my own natural skin-care line in a few years, but don’t count on it.

For the first Masque, I tried a strange mixture of Yoghurt, Honey, and Quinoa. (Most recipes I saw called for Oatmeal and not Quinoa, but I went out on a limb and made a substitution without consulting a single skin care expert or the Internet.)

I mixed everything up carefully and tried to figure out the portions on my own. Soon after, I grabbed a handful of the goopy miracle Masque and gently put it on my face. There was a slight problem with my mixture, though. Maybe I didn’t have enough Quinoa (as it was the most expensive ingredient I was trying to save it for actual cooking), maybe it was too much Yoghurt (which was of course organic), or maybe something was wrong with the honey.

Upon careful consideration as I tried to avoid the Masque from dripping down my face, I decided to change the honey and added some Honey Bear brand honey, which of course reminded me of my childhood.

I scooped more of the Masque up to put on my face, and spread some more on. The Honey Bear Honey did its magic and the new mixture started to dry on my face. 

As I was home alone, I started to get antsy waiting for the results of my beauty project. Would my pores open (or close) or whatever it is they are supposed to do? Would the skin on my face become more supple and soft? I waited about ten minutes for the results to come in.


I turned the faucet on hot and used hot water to scrape off the Quinoa, Honey, and Yoghurt Masque from my skin.

What was the verdict? (I'm too shy to put my face on this page, so you'll have to take my word for how the Masque went.)

I can’t say definitively that the Masque was life-changing or that my skin became instantly more vibrant, but it did feel softer. For those wanting to try to make this Masque, I would recommend more Quinoa, more honey, and less Yoghurt. The mixture totally depends on how thick your honey is. And, of course, you can always do it the old-fashioned way with Oatmeal instead of Quinoa.