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Glowing Skin Pumpkin Recipes

Lauren Alonso
Oct 28, 2019
2 min read

Here's a couple DIY Pumpkin Recipes to make your skin glowing and radiant.

Pumpkin Face Mask

"Pumpkin contains vitamin A, C, and E, and antioxidants, which help fight sun damage and wrinkles. It also has fruit enzymes that help naturally exfoliate dead skin cells. Finally, it contains zinc and potassium to combat redness."

Ingredients:

4 Tbsp pureed pumpkin

4 Tbsp organic honey

8 drops Copaiba essential oil

4 drops Orange es sential oil

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl. Put in jar. Keep refrigerated.

2. Apply mask to face and allow to sit 10 minutes to exfoliate before washing off.

How-To Demo

We did a virtual Pumpkin Face Mask party and had all our friends join us online. We took photos and had a wonderful girls' night in! Is this really work?! No way!