Get Rid of Blackheads Naturally With Lemon and Milk And a Cotton Ball vs With Pureed Raw Potato and Raw Onions vs With Pureed Garlic, Apple Cider Vinegar and Table Salt ... and 12 more

15 Methods: With Lemon and Milk And a Cotton Ball With Pureed Raw Potato and Raw Onions With Pureed Garlic, Apple Cider Vinegar and Table Salt With Oil of Wild Oregano And Olive Oil Using Sweet Potato, Turmeric and Honey With Curly Parsley, Salt and Lemon Juice With Tomatoes, Coriander and Rosewater With Egg Yolks and Sour Cream With Tangerines, Coconut Oil and Turbinado Sugar With Frozen Cherries, Turbinado Sugar and Coconut Oil With Orange Peel, Oatmeal and Greek Yogurt With With Red Wine, Honey and Egg Whites With Frozen Black Grapes With Butter and Brown Sugar With Rice Water, Milk and Honey

Blackheads can be a skin problem that occurs on any part of the body.

Getting rid of blackheads naturally might take a little longer than using a drugstore or prescription products that contain lactic acids, glycolic acids or fruit acids but the great results are often the same in the long run. Not only do many fruits, vegetables, vinegars and dairy already contain these healing alpha-hydroxy acids in their purest form, they also are much less expensive than designer skin treatments. Natural treatments for blackheads and other blemishes also appeal most to those who are sensitive to medications or who know that their livers and kidneys are already overloaded with the medications they are currently taking, but that also need to find a way to balance out their skin's pH balance.

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Blackheads have many causes including:

• A lowered immune response in the skin to processing toxins as the result of an over-exposure to pollutants in the environment or an invasive disease
• Side-effects of medication that may be taken for depression or other psychological disorders that affect the endocrine or circulatory system
• Failing to drink at least eight glasses of water a day, which causes the skin cells to dry up and produce greasy skin cells that try to compensate for the lack of moisture
• Eating a diet that is high in refined carbs, sugar, starches and unhealthy saturated fats, which causes pores to clog up with oil
• Failing to wash your hands often, especially if you are a nervous individual who constantly touches areas of the body that are prone to breaking out in blackheads such as your chin or nose
• Failing to keep your face clean and going to bed with sweat from exercising or dancing still on your face
• Going to bed without washing all of the makeup off your face

Sleeping with your makup on can cause breakouts of blackheads.

• Drinking a lot of alcohol and being hungover frequently, which starves the skin of moisture and needed nutrients
• Using a toner that dries out your skin excessively, thus causing your pores to dry up and produce excessive skin oils that clog them
• Using heavy creams and sunscreens that suffocate your facial pores with grease
• Shaving your skin with dirty or borrowed razors that spread infections
• Shaving your skin with disposable razor blades or razor blades that have become to dull, causing abrasions on the skins and infections
• Using razors that have less than three blades, which causes a rough shave that allows hair and removed skin cells to linger on the skin
• Failing to wash shaving cream completely off of your skin after shaving
• Letting oily hair spread grease to other parts of your body such as the forehead or neck
• Sleeping on dirty sheets or using dirty or borrowed towels on your skin, thus spreading bacterial and fungal infections that can cause blackheads
• Going through normal hormonal changes such as puberty, menopause or perimenopause
• Borrowing makeup or using testers in cosmetic stores that harbor bacteria and fungus

Method 1: With Lemon and Milk And a Cotton Ball

Lemons are a naturally astringent face toner.

This is a simple astringent toner that can help soften infected skin and swab away the blackhead. When lemon and milk are combined, the resulting natural curdled substance produces all of the alpha-hydroxy acids in one solution, including lactic acid, citric acids and glycolic acid. These natural substances are the same ingredients that are used in commercial products designed to remove blackheads and resurface the skin. They also help melt away the grease, grime and dead skin cells from the surface of the skin and stimulate the tiny blood vessels under the skin to bring fresh new blood to skin pores so that they can heal faster.

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   Warm up two tablespoons of full fat whole milk in a microwave. This usually takes less than two seconds. Do not scald the milk.

   

   Whole milk is best to use in this recipe for removing blackheads.

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   Blend two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice with the two tablespoons of warmed full fat milk in a small bowl and whisk it together with a small fork. If you are covering a large area of your skin with this natural blackhead removing solution, then use larger amounts, remembering to use equal parts of each. It is normal for the milk and lemon to curdle in the bowl.

   

   The basis of this milk is warm milk blended with lemon juice.

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   Dip a cotton pad or ball into the lemon and milk mixture and start swabbing your skin with the mixture. Be sure to pay special care to the areas of your skin that is affected with blackheads. This is a mild solution so it is beneficial to apply to your entire face if you are treating it for blemishes, as long as you do not get it in your eyes.

   

   A cotton pad is perfect for wiping your face with the lemon and milk mixture.

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   Keep dipping the pad in the lemon and milk solution and wiping your face with it until it is soiled and then replace it with a new one. Keep cleaning your face this way until all of the solution is gone.

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   Clean and dry your face with a cotton pad or cotton ball that has not been dipped in a solution and keep wiping until your face is completely dry. At this point you should also see all of your comedones have been removed and mostly collected on the underside of the cotton ball or pad. It is not necessary to wash your face after this treatment as both lemon juice and milk are natural cleansers that will do that job for you.

   

   Dirt and oil from the blackheads often shows up on the underside of cotton balls.

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   You can do this mild and effective treatment for removing blackheads up to three times a day. If your face becomes irritated or red or begins to darken in patches when exposed to the sun (called photosensitivity), then stop using this treatment for a couple of days to give your skin a break from the lemon juice that is causing this problem.

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Method 2: With Pureed Raw Potato and Raw Onions

Raw potatoes can help remove blackheads from the skin naturally.

Two of the simplest ingredients that you can use to get rid of blackheads are grated raw potato and grated raw onion. You can use any type of potato and any type of onion to create this mask. Potato pulp acts as a gentle astringent that helps to clarify the skin and tighten your pores. Raw potato also contains glycolic acids that strip the oil from the top layer of your dermis and encourages new ones to grow. Onion is a powerful antiviral and antibacterial substance that contains natural polyphenols and flavonoids that help your skin retain its integrity and structure. This helps prevent your skin from scarring due to a blackhead breakout. Onions are also a natural source of biotin, which assists with skin cell respiration and skin cell renewal. The sulphuric sting of the onion juices on the skin also helps bring blood to the surface of the dermis, which encourages the removal of toxins from the pores and rapid repair from any damage done by blemishes.

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   Puree cut up chunks of one small unpeeled clean potato and one half of one small peeled clean onion in a blender. Your goal is to make a smooth paste that can be spread on the face.

   

   Grated raw potato and onion makes an effective blackhead removal mask.

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   Apply the paste to clean dry skin and leave it on for about five minutes. Some people may find their eyes watering due to the onion juice in this mask and there is not a lot that you can do about this side effect. If you like, you can try using less onion in the mask if the watering of the eyes becomes unbearable for you. Keep in mind that the more onions that you use, the more effective this natural mask will be when it comes to getting rid of your blackheads for good.

   

   Use less onion and more potato in the mask if it makes your eyes water too much.

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   Wipe the mask from your face with a tissue, being careful not to get it in your eyes and then rinse your face with very cold water. If you have used this mask on your face might be best to do this in the shower, with your eyes tightly closed and your head thrown back to avoid having any of the onion juices run into your eyes and sting them. It is also recommended that you have a metal mesh sieve on your drain to capture any onion or potato puree that is rinsed off of your face.

   

   Rinse your face with very cold water after you have removed the mask.

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   Pat your skin dry with a clean towel and do not apply makeup, cosmetics or lotions for about four hours afterwards. It is best not to wash your face after using this mask, and instead let the acids from the onions and emollients from the potatoes continue to do their work of healing your skin. If the smell from the onions is strong, you can dab a bit of lemon juice on a cotton pad and swab your skin with it. However, the smell from the onions usually wears off in about an hour.

   

   Dab your face with lemon juice to remove any lingering odor from the onions.

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   You can do this mask four times a weeks to help get rid of your blackheads. Note that the raw potatoes have the ability to draw the oily comedones out of your skin pores making it quite possible that your skin might be clear of blackheads after just one treatment.

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Method 3: With Pureed Garlic, Apple Cider Vinegar and Table Salt

Raw garlic is a potent natural killer of all microbes that can cause blackheads to thrive on the face.

This is a very powerful, but also very strong smelling scrub that cleanses the skin of any microbes that could cause breakouts of blackheads on your skin. Garlic is one of the strongest natural antibiotics on earth thanks to the presence of allicin, which occurs as a chemical reaction once the whole garlic clove is chopped up. Garlic is also very astringent and helps shrink pores. Furthermore, the allicin in the garlic stings the skin a bit, bringing fresh blood to the surface of the dermis to nourish and heal it.

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The apple cider vinegar in this scrub helps to dissolve surface oils and break up the hard inner plug of the blackheads. Apple cider vinegar also helps to balance the pH of the skin so that it is not a hospitable environment for fungus, yeast or bacteria to grow. The white salt used in this recipe for removing blackheads naturally helps to polish away dead skin cells and grime blocking your pores, thus removing the most common cause of inflammation. Salt also slightly dries the skin, remaining as a residue on the skin afterwards, helping to absorb any oils from the skin pores.

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   Puree ten cloves of raw chopped garlic in a blender to make a paste. You can also grate the garlic by hand if you prefer. If you are treating a large portion of your body, you might want to add more garlic to the mix. It is also best to use wild garlic or organic garlic if you want to achieve optimum results.

   

   Puree chopped garlic in a blender to make a paste.
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Add two tablespoons of pure organic apple cider and one tablespoon of fine white iodized table salt to the blender and mix all of the ingredients thoroughly together. The resulting scrub should be a bit granular and crunchy in texture.

It is best to use organic apple cider or this recipe.

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Apply the cider and apple vinegar salt scrub to clean dry skin. Be sure to massage those areas your face that are most afflicted with blackheads well. Be aware that the chopped up garlic in this mask will make your skin sting and it may turn slightly pink as the circulation rushes to your skin cells in response. The garlic mask will also smell quite strong and it is normal for your sinuses to clear and for your eyes to water. If you can tolerate these side effects, then keep in mind that the longer that you keep this scrub on your face, the more effective it will be at removing the blackheads.

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Wipe the garlic mask from your face with a paper towel or washcloth being careful not to get it in your eyes and then rinse your face with very warm water followed by a shot of cold water to tighten your pores. It might be best to do this in a shower, especially if you have applied it the scrub to the face. It is best to avoid getting garlic juice and salt into your eyes as these substances can cause serious eye irritation. It is also a good idea to have a catch in your drain to sift out any garlic bits to be discarded. This also prevents your drain from smelling like garlic for hours afterwards.

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Pat your skin dry with a clean towel and do not apply makeup, cosmetics or lotions for about two hours afterwards. It is best not to wash your face after using this mask, and instead let the nutrients and acids in the apple cider vinegar and the from the garlic disinfect and balance the pH in your skin. If the smell from the garlic is overwhelming, resist the urge to clean your face with soap, and instead dab a bit of lemon juice on a cotton pad and run it over your skin to clean and deodorize your skin. Be aware that is it is not necessary to do this, unless you are in a hurry, as the odor of the garlic usually wears off in an hour or two.

Pat your skin gently dry with a clean towel after removing your mask.

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Wild oregano is also known as Bee Balm.

Oil of wild oregano, also sometimes sold as Bee Balm, is a powerful antiseptic that kills all fungus, yeast and bacteria that could cause blackheads to thrive on the skin. However, as effective as it is it is also important to remember that it is very potent and that you do need to dilute it with olive oil. Even diluted, oil of oregano can cause some redness to occur on your face, so don't plan an outing for the next day if you are using this treatment. To reduce the redness, you might want to consider using it as a spot treatment only, especially if you are using it somewhere visible on the body like the face or neck. The olive oil is a carrier oil with essential fatty acids that nourish the skin and also help soften it so that the tops of the blackheads can be wiped away. Like many natural remedies, using wild oregano oil and olive oil together to get rid of your blackheads might take a couple of days.

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   Add ten drops of wild oregano oil to ¼ of pure virgin cold pressed olive oil. The greener the olive oil looks in the bottle, the better it will be for your skin. Make sure the two oils are blended together well by whisking them together with a small spoon or fork.

   

   Extra virgin olive oil has a dark green color.

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   Dip a cotton ball or cotton pad into the mixture of wild oregano oil and olive oil and apply it to the area of your skin that is affected by blackheads. Be sure to swab your entire face with cotton pad. You should be able to see the comedones being removed and appearing on the underside of the pad.

   

   Dirt and grease from blackheads show up o the underside of the cotton pad as you wipe your face.

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   Take a clean cotton ball or pad and keep wiping your face with it until the pad is no longer showing any oil or grease. Your face should feel quite soft in texture after this treatment and look less swollen and much cleaner. There is no need to wash your face with soap after this treatment as the oils would have been wiped away or have been absorbed by the skin.

   

   Your skin should feel quite soft and clean after this treatment for blackheads.

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   This is a very gentle treatment that you can do once a day. If your skin seems oilier or like it is producing even more blackheads afterwards then do not do this natural oil treatment any more. If your skin develops dermatitis, and looks red or swollen afterwards, it means that your skin is too sensitive to tolerate the use of wild oregano oil.

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Sliced sweet potato contains ample amounts of Vitamin A, which is a potent healer of the skin.

This mask can be used anywhere on the body but it is particularly beneficial for use on large areas of skin that might be affected by blackheads such as the neck, chest, buttocks, back or legs.. Sweet potatoes are chock full of alpha-hydroxy acids, especially natural sugars that dissolve the top layer of the dermis, taking the stubborn hard cores of blackheads with it. Sweet potatoes, which are used mashed and cooked in this recipe, are also rich in Vitamin A. The potatoes also act as an emollient, keeping skin healthy by drawing moisture to its surface.

The ground turmeric powder in this recipe is a very strong antiseptic that kills microbes of all kinds. It is also very astringent, helping to tone the skin and close the pores. Honey helps the mask pull the blackheads out of the pores and assists the mixture with sticking to your face. Honey is also a powerful antibacterial and anti-fungal agent that makes it very difficult for the bacteria or fungus that can cause blackheads to thrive on the surface of the skin.

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   Boil one large unpeeled sweet potato, but be sure to remove it quickly from the heat when it is soft. You do not want to overcook the potato as that could destroy some of it's Vitamin A content. If you are covering a large section of your body with this mixture, such as the back or face, neck and chest, then you might want to use two or even three potatoes in the mask. It is also fine to leave the colored peel on the sweet potato, which will have been softened by the cooking, because many antioxidants and vitamins reside in the peel.

   

   The basis of this blackhead removal mask is boiled sweet potato.

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   Drain the sweet potato water and then blend the cooked sweet potato, 1 tablespoon of turmeric and 1 tablespoon of milk to the mixture together to create a smooth paste. Let the mask cool down so that you do not burn your skin when you apply it. However, it is a good idea to apply it when it is slightly warm because that is a way of naturally steaming your pores open so that the ingredients in the mask can do a great job of removing your blackheads.

   

   The mashed sweet potato mask can be applied to your face warm.

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   Apply the mask to clean dry skin where it is needed and leave it on for about thirty minutes. This allows the acids, clarifiers and vitamins in the mask to do their job of cleaning and nourishing the skin.

   

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   Rinse the mask off the area with warm water, exfoliating as you take it off. It might be best to do this in the shower using a mesh catcher as your drain stopper. This will catch any potato pulp or mess that is rinsed off of your skin.

   

   A strainer in your sink can help catch the potato pulp when you rinse your face and help avoid clogging your drain.

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   Dry your face well with a clean towel after you remove the mask. There is no need to wash this mask off with soap or water because the sweet potato is moisturizing and the other ingredients will have successfully cleansed your face. You also want to give the Vitamin A and acids in the mask a chance to work on your face.

   

   Pat your skin gently dry after using this mask.

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   This is a very gentle treatment for blackheads that can be once a day. However, be aware that it can stain your face yellow for a few hours after you use it. If this is a problem for you, turmeric stains can be removed with a mixture of equal part of sugar and water, applied to a pad and rubbed over the affected area. Be aware that any mask that contains turmeric might also stain good linens or good clothes, so use materials that you don't mind throwing away for this mask.

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With Curly Parsley, Salt and Lemon Juice

Curly parsley can be pulsed in a blender to become an effective coarse scrub for blackheads.

When pureed into a smooth pulp, regular curly parsley becomes very granular. The tiny bits of the tough parsley leaves can be used to exfoliate skin that is suffering from blackheads. Parsley is also a very rich source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C, both of which promote healing. The leafy green helps to bleach blackheads so they look less obvious on the face. Parsley also contains eugenol, a natural oil that treats blackheads, pimples and acne and that also helps tighten and disinfect pores. The chlorophyll and Vitamin K in parsley also helps to reduce any swelling or redness caused by the blackheads. The salt in this mix helps to scrub away any tough blackheads and the lemon juice, rich in Vitamin C and sodium also helps to tone, nourish and cleanse the skin.

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   Puree an entire bunch of curly parsley (about three cups of packed herb), a tablespoon of salt and two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice in a blender. Be sure to use the tough, bright green curly parsley and not the flat darker green Italian parsley, which although still nutritious, does not grind up into granules as well. If fresh organic juice is not available you can also use bottled lemon juice concentrate.

   

   Parsley puree is the basis for this skin mask.

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   Apply the parsley, salt and lemon juice scrub to clean dry skin and massage it into your skin pores. Be sure to massage those areas your face that are most afflicted with blackheads. You can also leave this on your face for a few minutes, like you would a mask but be aware that this scrub is very drying. If your skin is already dry, this may not be a good idea because dryness can provoke another outbreak of blackheads.

   

   Apply the parsley face mask to clean dry skin.

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   Wipe the pureed parsley mask from your face with a paper towel or washcloth and then rinse your face with very warm water followed by a shot of cold water to tighten your pores. It might be best to do this in a shower that is fitted with a mesh drain to catch any parsley debris that is rinsed away. There is no need to wash or medicate your face after doing this scrub.

   

   Rinse the mask from your face with warm water, followed cold water.

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   You can do this mild and effective treatment with parsley once a day. It is very rare, but some people are allergic to the eugonel in parsley, so if your skin becomes very red or irritated looking after scrubbing, cease use of the treatment

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Tomatoes contain lycopene, which helps heal infected skin.

This blackhead removal scrub is excellent for preventing scars due to breakouts. The tomatoes are rich in the antioxidant lycopene and they are also rich in Vitamin C. Both work well together to nourish and heal the skin. Tomatoes also contain a mild bleaching agent that makes areas of the skin affected by blackheads look less dark.

The fresh coriander in this recipe is also rich in Vitamin C and helps cleanse away grease from the skin and heal blackheads. The rose water in this recipe tones and tightens the pores as well as disinfects it. Rose water also balances skin that is acting out for hormonal reasons, restoring its pH level so that it is hard for bacteria to grow.

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   Crush one cup pureed tomatoes, one cup fresh coriander leaves and one tablespoon of rose water in a blender. Try to use organic tomatoes and coriander if possible as their action on your skin will be much more enzymatic and effective. If you are planning to apply this to a larger area of skin on your body then you can double or even triple the recipe.

   

   Coriander and tomato pureed to the texture of a scrub.

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   Apply this mask to the scrub of your body that needs treatment for blackheads. It is fine to use your fingers to apply it, as the mixture is also very beneficial for the skin of the hands. Just make sure that your hands are very clean before you do so. It is a good idea to wear old clothing or put down plastic if you are applying this to a large part of your body. You can also apply it while you are outside or while you are in the shower to prevent any messes. If you do decide to apply it in the shower, make sure that you have a mesh catcher on your drain to capture any falling food particles from the scrub.

   

   It is best to rinse this pureed mask off in the shower.

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   Rinse your face clean of this scrub after you are done. There is no need to wash your face afterwards as the coriander and the rosewater will leave a sweet scent on your skin. You also want the emollients and vitamins in the mask ingredients to permeate your skin for some hours afterwards.

   

   The rosewater in this blackhead removal mask helps your skn smell sweet afterwards.

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   You can do this mask twice a week to remove blackheads. You can also make it without the rosewater if you prefer.

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Egg yolks contain biotin, a nutrient that enriches and soothes inflamed skin.

This natural homemade mask has a lot of body to it and uses egg yolks as opposed to the usual egg whites to remove your blackheads. Egg yolks are one of the richest sources of biotin, a nutrient that is needed to keep the structure of skin healthy. The biotin in the egg yolks can also help skin that is unbalanced and overproducing oil due to hormonal causes such as menopause, perimenopause or puberty. The sour cream in this mask contains lactic acids that help soften resurface the top layer of the skin so that blackheads fall out on their own.

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   Mix together the yolks of two eggs with 1 cup of sour cream in a blender until it is smooth, shiny and creamy.. This is an ample amount of ingredients to do your face, neck and cleavage, or thighs and legs. If you need less because you are only planning to do your face then cut the recipe in half.

   

   Sour cream is the basis for this mask.

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   Store the mixture in the refrigerator for about twenty minutes so it becomes a bit firmer. It is also nice to feel this coolness of this particular blackhead removal mask on your face as it helps relieves the pain, swelling and inflammation associated with facial blemishes.

   

   Sour cream and egg yolks make a very creamy, but powerful blackhead removal mask.

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   Apply the mixture to the area of skin that needs to be treated for blackheads. Make sure that your skin is clean and dry as this mask will not stick well to greasy or dirty skin. You can use a cosmetic spatula, the flat side of a plastic knife or your hands. If you use your hands make sure they are clean to avoid spreading bacteria to your face. You can also wear cosmetic gloves on your hands if you have the need to protect a manicure.

   

   Apply the mixture to your face and leae it on for fifteen minutes.

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   Leave this mixture on your face for at least twenty minutes or until if feels tingly.. You should feel it tightening on your skin, which is a sign that the blackheads are being pulled out of your pores and that your pores are tightening.

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   Rinse the egg yolk and sour cream mask off of your clean with a wash cloth and hot water and then rinse it clean with cool water. It helps to remove the blackheads with a scrubbing motion. If you have applied the mask to a large area of your skin, such as the legs or your chest, you may want to do this in the shower.

   

   Remove the mask with a washcloth soaked in hot water.

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   Pat your skin dry with a towel and let your skin breathe. Avoid shaving, apply sunscreen or using creams and lotions on your skin for a few hours afterwards.

   

   Avoid applying creams or lotions to your skin after applying this mask.

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   This mask is gentle enough to use every day. As it is very natural it may take a few repeated uses of it before it will remove blackheads.

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Tangerine pulp can help remove blackheads and prevent scarring from blemishes.

This sweet smelling citrus scrub works wonders to remove blackheads on the face, neck and chest and anywhere on your body that may be really dry from being in the sun for too long. Tangerines are a great source of Vitamin A and C, both of which are profoundly healing for the skin. The tangerine juice also contains glycolic and citrus acids that gently remove dead skin cells from your dermis and resurface the skin. The coconut oil in this mix is a strong antibacterial and anti-fungal agent that strips the face of oil and dirt and helps soften the tough tops of the comedones in your pores so that they can be removed.

Turbinado sugar is a very coarse cane sugar that does not break down easily because the crystals are so large. Most people identify turbinado sugar with the brand name Sugar in the Raw. Turbinado sugar helps to clarify the skin and polish it so that the blackheads are removed.

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   Puree three whole tangerines, unpeeled, in a blender. Any seeds and peel in the fruit should be ground up very finely so that they can function as exfoliators. This amount should be enough to treat a face, neck and chest. However, if you are covering a larger area of your body, such as your legs or back, you may want to use two to three more tangerines.

   

   Pureed tangerine pulp.

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   Add a tablespoon of coconut oil and a ¼ cup of turbinado sugar to the mix. Blend this together well with a fork. The idea is to make a mixture that is quite coarse and that has the texture of a facial scrub. Add additional sugar and coconut oil if you are making a larger batch of the scrub.

   

   Turbinado sugar is also known as Sugar In The Raw.

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   Apply the tangerine fruit pulp scrub to clean dry skin, making sure to scrub the areas of your skin that are affected by blackheads well. Leave the mask on for at least twenty minutes, or even longer if you have the time. It is normal for your skin to sting a little while it is doing it's job of disinfecting your face. You might also feel a pulling action and tingling as the citric acid and sugar combination removes the blackheads from your skin.

   

   Leave the tangerine mask on your face for about twenty minutes.

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   After massaging the tangerine mask into your skin one more time, as you would with a scrub, rinse it off of your face with cold water, followed by very cold water. It is easiest to do this in the shower. You might want to have a mesh catcher on your drain to capture any tangerine flesh, rather than have it create a clog.

   

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   You can do this tangerine-based hybrid of a facial scrub and mask every day, and as often as twice a day until your blackheads are gone. However, most people find their blackheads are completely dissolved and rinsed away by the end of the first treatment. If your skin discolours and reveals changes in pigmentation when it is exposed to the sun, stop using this scrub. It means that citrus oils make your skin photosensitive.

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Frozen cherries contain anthocyanin, which helps cure and prevent blackhead breakouts.

Cherries contain a powerful antioxidant called anthocyanin, which helps reduce inflammation on the fact, prevent chronic breakouts and prevent permanent damage to skin pores. The high Vitamin C content in cherries also prevents scarring of the skin. The glycolic acid in cherries helps to melt away the top layer of the dermis, taking the blackheads with it as it is rubbed into the face. The coconut oil in this scrub is a powerful disinfectant that kills all bacteria and fungus on the skin and the Turbinado sugar, often sold under the brand name Sugar in the Raw, is a strong exfoliator and source of alpha-hydroxy acids that can help get rid of blackheads anywhere on the body.

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   Puree two cups of frozen pitted cherries in a blender. The reason that you want to use frozen fruit is because it makes a slightly coarser scrub and it also makes the scrub more cooling for the skin. You can also use fresh cherries, if frozen ones are not available. The darker in color your cherries are, the more effective they will be as scrub, so try to use black bing cherries or dark sweet cherries if they are available. This amount should be enough to treat a face and neck. However, if you are covering a larger area of your body, such as your legs or back, you may want to double the amount of ingredients used throughout this recipe.

   

   Frozen cherry puree is made in a blender.

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   Add a tablespoon of coconut oil and a ¼ cup of turbinado sugar to the mix. Blend the resulting mixture together well with a fork. The idea is to make a coarse paste that is that has the texture of a facial scrub. Add additional sugar and coconut oil that is proportionate to the recipe directions above if you are making a larger batch of the scrub.

   

   The mixture should be thick enough to spreadon your face.

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   Apply the cherry scrub to clean dry skin, being sure to pay special attention to the areas of your skin that are affected by blackheads. Leave the scrub on your face as mask on for at least ten minutes, or even longer if you have the time as this will help your skin absorb many of the nutrients and acids in the fruit. You might also feel a pulling action and tingling as the fruit acids and sugar combination removes the blackheads from your skin and tightens your pores.

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   After massaging the frozen pureed cherry mask into your skin one more time, as you would with a scrub, rinse it off of your face with warm water, followed by very cold water. It is easiest to do this in the shower. You might want to have a mesh catcher on your drain to capture any rinsed off cherry pulp.

   

   Rinse the cherry pulp off of your face with very warm water followed by very cold water.

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   You can do this scrub and mask every day, and as often as twice a day until your blackheads are gone. However, most people find their blackhead problem has been taken care of by the end of the first treatment. If your skin appears abraded, then cut down the amount of time that you spend scrubbing your face hard, as this is likely due to scraping your face with the coarse Turbinado sugar.

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Orange peel is the basis of this scrub for removing blackheads naturally.

Crushed orange peels are used in this mask to gently exfoliate skin and topically apply healing Vitamin C and K to the skin. Orange peels also contain citric acid, which kills all fungus types and bacteria that might be causing the blackhead breakout. Dry oatmeal is used in this facial mask and scrub for removing blackheads as a gentle exfoliator. The dry oatmeal also gently exfoliates dead skin cells and absorbs excess oils on the skin. The thick plain Greek yogurt that is use in this recipe is a source of lactic acid, which softens the skin, making it easier for the pores to eject their oily contents.

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   Deposit one cup of dried orange peels into a blender and crush them into a fine powder. You can also use dried tangerine peels if orange peels are not available.

   

   Ground orange peels crushed into a small powder.

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   Add a cup of oatmeal flakes up of thick Greek plain yogurt to the dried orange peel powder and whirl it all together. You want to create a mixture that is thick enough to spread on your face. If the mixture seems a bit thin, it can thicken up a bit if you leave it in the refrigerator for about ten minutes.

   

   Oatmeal flakes are the exofoliant in the scrub.

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   Apply the mask to clean dry skin and leave it on for about twenty minutes. It is normal for your skin to feel like it is tingling due to the acids in the peel.

   

   It is fine to apply an oatmeal mask to your face with your fingers.

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   As you remove the mask, scrub your face some more with it, gently exfoliating your skin further. You should be able to see the blackheads melting away from skin as you scrub.

   

   Leave the mixture on your face until feels tight.

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   Rinse the scrub off with hot water and then cold water. It is easiest to do this in the shower so that the oatmeal pulp does not all everywhere. You might want to have a mesh strainer on your drain to capture any debris from the scrub.

   

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   Pat your skin dry with a towel and let your skin breathe for a few hours afterwards. Avoid applying any heavy creams or lotions to your face that could cause your freshly cleaned pores to be clogged up again.

   

   Pat your skin dry with a clean dry towel after you remove the mask.

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   You can do this scrub and mask every day, and as often as twice a day until your blackheads are gone. However, most people find their blackhead problem has been taken care of by the end of the first treatment. If your skin appears abraded, then cut down the amount of time that you spend scrubbing your face hard, as this is likely due to scraping your face with the coarse cane sugar.

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A mask made with red wine helps cure blackheads anywhere on the skin.

Red wine is a potent source of antioxidants that helps heal and repair skin cells that have been damaged and enlarged by blackheads. The most active ingredient in red wine is resveratrol which speeds up healing and boosts collagen. Resveratrol can also prevent your face from scarring as the result of tissue damage to the skin. The alcohol in red wine is also drying, and astringent, helping to remove any grease, dead skin cells and accumulated sebum from the face. Egg white is rich in amino acids, the building block of skin tissue and helps tighten and close the pores so that they do not get inflected again. The organic honey used in this mask is a potent disinfectant that clears the skin of all bacteria and fungus. Sticky honey also helps hold the mask together and pull blackheads away from the surface of the skin as the mask is removed.

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   Combine 2 egg whites, 3 tablespoons of red wine and 1 tablespoon of raw organic honey in a small bowl. It is easier to use liquid honey rather than the more solid kind. Mix everything together well to make a thin mixture. This should be enough of the mask to apply to a face and neck. If you are applying the mask to a larger part of your body, then double the recipe.

   

   Liquid honey is the best type of honey to use for this mask.

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   Apply the egg white and red wine mixture to your face using your fingers and let it dry on your face for about twenty minutes. If you do not want to get your fingers messy, you can wear cosmetic plastic gloves or use a cosmetic spatula to apply it to your face. The mixture will be a bit clear and pink in color at first but begin to look more opaque and white as it tightens on your skin.

   

   The egg white and red wine mask will become whiter and sticky and it dries on your face.

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   Wash the mask off with lukewarm water and then follow up with a splash of cold water and then pat your skin dry. If your skin feels a bit dry, you can moisten it with a couple of drops of rose hip oil. Stay away from applying heavy creams, lotions or sunscreen to your face for about two three hours or so afterwards as this could cause your skin to breakout again.

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Frozen black grapes help soothe skin that is inflamed with blackheads.

Frozen black grapes, have every thing that you need to make a facial mask. When the fruit is pureed, the seeds and flesh make fine exfoliating agents that scrub away oils and grease from the surface of the skin. Black grapes are very rich in resveratrol and Vitamin C, which helps heal the skin the skin and boost it's natural immunity against fungal and bacterial infections. Black grapes are also a natural skin bleach, helping to reduce the dark look that an infestation of blackheads can give the skin. The glycolic acid and natural sugars in grapes also help resurface the skin, removing dead skin cells so that your complexion can renew itself.

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   Put two cups of frozen black grapes in the freezer and let them chill until they are rock hard. This usually takes about six hours, but every freezer unit is different. You could substitute purple, green or white grapes for the black grapes in this do-it-yourself blackhead removal recipe but ideally you are using the black ones because the pits are bigger and make better exfoliants and black grapes also contain the most resveratrol.

   

   Frozen black grapes can help calm down skin that is suffering from inflammation because of blackheads.

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   Puree the two cups of unthawed frozen black grapes in a blender. The reason that you want to use frozen fruit is because it makes a slightly coarser scrub and the cooler mixture also helps reduce inflammation.. You can also use fresh grapes, if frozen ones are not available, but be aware that this will make the scrub a bit drippier. Two cups of frozen black grapes should be enough to treat your face and neck. However, if you are covering a larger area of your body, such as your thighs or back, you may want to double the amount of frozen grapes you need for this recipe.

   

   Puree the frozen grapes in a blender.

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   Add a tablespoon of coconut oil and a ¼ cup of turbinado sugar to the mix. Blend the resulting together well with a fork. The idea is to make a coarse mixture that is that has the texture of a facial scrub. Add additional sugar and coconut oil to the mixture if you are making a larger batch of the scrub.

   

   The frozen grape scrub should have a coarse granular texture.

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   Apply the scrub to clean dry skin, being sure to pay special attention to the areas of your skin that are affected by blackheads. Leave the scrub on your face as a mask on for at least ten minutes, or even longer if you have the time. You might also feel a pulling action and tingling as the fruit acids and sugar combination removes the blackheads from your skin and tightens your pores, toning them so that infection is less likely in the future.

   

   Apply the frozen grape mask anywhere on your body onto clean dry skin.

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   After massaging the frozen pureed black grape mask into your skin one more time, as you would with a scrub, rinse it off of your face with cold water, followed by very cold water. It is easiest to do this in the shower so that the frozen grape pulp does not all everywhere. You might want to have a mesh strainer on your drain to capture any rinsed off fruit pulp.

   

   A mesh strainer can help catch the frozen grape pulp so it does not clog the drain.

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   You can do this scrub and mask every day, and as often as twice a day until your blackheads are gone. However, most people find their blackhead problem has been taken care of by the end of the first treatment. If your skin appears abraded, then cut down the amount of time that you spend scrubbing your face hard, as this is likely due to scraping your face with the coarse sugar.

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Butter can help remove blackheads.

Butter is basically bovine fat, a substance that is loaded with essential fatty acids, amino acids, Vitamin A and Vitamin D. All of these nutrients help to nourish and heal the skin. This mask is based on the theory that you can clean "oil with oil." The butter helps soften the hard comedones that clog the skin pores. Butter is also an emollient that keeps skin moisturized and helps draw moisture from the air to the skin so that it does not feel the need to overproduce oil. The coarse brown sugar in this scrub works as an exfoliant that helps scuff away blackheads, grease and dirt. Brown sugar is also a source of alpha-hydroxy acids, which help clear and polish the skin by gently removing the top layer of cells. Feel free to apply this naturally creamy mask anywhere eon your body that is needed to remove large or stubborn comedones.

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   Blend one and 1/2 cups of fresh room-temperature butter together with 3 cups of coarse brown sugar to make a smooth spreadable paste. The mixture should look and feel like a rough textured, grainy scrub.

   

   The brown sugar and butter should have the texture of a facial scrub.

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   Use your fingers to apply the scrub mixture to the area of the skin that is most affected by the blackheads and exfoliate your skin for about five minutes. You could also the apply the scrub with a spatula or popsicle stick. Make sure your skin is clean and dry before you apply the butter to it. If you do not want to get your hands greasy, you can wear plastic cosmetic gloves to protect them.

   

   You can apply this scrub using a spatula or spoon if you are treating your legs or another larger surface area on your body.

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   Rinse your treated skin off with very hot water and then wash it well a glycerin soap such as Pears or Neutrogena. If you have covered a large portion of your skin with the butter, such as your torso or your legs, this is best done in the shower using a rough washcloth or a loofah mitt. The butter and brown sugar will have effectively removed the comedones from your skin, and if they are not all removed, they most certainly will be with a second treatment.

   

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   Pat your treated skin dry with a clean towel. Your skin will feel moisturized, but not oily. Avoid shaving or using heavy creams or lotions on the treated area for at least a day, to avoid clogging up your pores with grease again.[ [[Image:pat skin dry_13853.jpg|center|frame|Pat your treated skin dry with a clean towel.|630px]]

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   You can do this buttery brown sugar treatment twice a week. Do not continue to do this particular treatment if the greasy butter causes further breakouts on your skin instead of relieving the dryness that causes breakouts.

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Rice water is a potent healer of the skin.

This gentle yet powerful mask can be used anywhere on the body. It is a natural exfoliating mask that effectively clarifies the skin by lightly dissolving the top layer of the dermis. Rice water is the solution that is left over after the rice is boiled and it is applied to the skin after it has slightly cooled. Rice water is also a natural bleach for the skin that helps fade away any scars or dark spots that are caused by having blackheads. Furthermore, rice water contains the squalene and Vitamin E, antioxidants that are naturally found in rice that are powerful healers of the dermis.

The honey in this mask, which you can use anywhere you like on your body, is a potent antibacterial agent that disinfects the skin. As it is so sticky, honey helps pull the oily cores of the blackheads out of the skin pores so that the grease in them can be expelled and cleaned away. The milk in this blackhead removal solution contains lactic acid, which also helps resurface the skin and clear it of all blemishes.

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   Boil one cup of white rice with two cups water and let it boil until rice is cooked. This usually takes about thirty minutes. As you are using more water than usual to make this mixture, you will be left with a milky solution in the bottom of the pot.

   

   Make rice as you normally would, but with a bit more water than usual.

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   Remove the rice from the bowl and then, using a sieve strain any leftover water from cooking into a small bowl. You should have about a ¼ cup of milky looking warm water left in the bowl.

   

   Pour any remaining rice water into a small bowl.

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   Add one tablespoon of 2% milk and one tablespoon of liquid honey to the mixture and stir it well. Stirring helps thicken the mask mixture so that it is easier to spread on the face.

   

   Add one tablespoon of liquid honey to the mix.

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   When the mixture has cooled, use a cosmetic cotton puff or pad to apply it to your clean dry skin You will also notice that the more the mixture cools, the thicker it becomes. However, it is ideal to apply the mixture to your skin while it is still warm as this helps open up the pores so that they can be cleaned out.

   

   Use a cotton pad to apply the rice water to your face.

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   Leave the mixture on your affected skin for about half an hour. You will feel it tighten as the rice milk and honey dries to a translucent state, toning your skin and pulling out the blackheads from your pores.

   

   Leave the rice water, milk and honey mask on your face for at least thirty minutes.

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   Wash the rice water, milk and honey mixture off with a warm washcloth and then rinse your treated skin with very cold water. It is not necessary to wash your face or moisturize it afterwards.

   

   Rinse your face off with cool water to cloe your skin pores after removing the rice water solution.

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   Dry your face off well with a clean towel.Give your skin about three hours to breathe before you apply makeup, creams or shaving cream again.

   

   Dry your skin off well with a clean towel.

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   This very gentle treatment for blackhead removal can be used on any part of the body up to three times a day. It is fine to keep a bit of the mixture in the refrigerator for later uses during the day.

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