Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Face & Hair Masks

Hi Everyone!! This article will share Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Face & Hair Masks.

During this time of home quarantines and social distancing, it is natural to feel stressed and overwhelmed. So, it is crucial to keep your mind and body healthy and self care is the way to get through this difficult time. I have already shared Things To Do When You Are Bored During Quarantine and How To Manage Stress During Quarantine so, make sure to go through these posts as well. Skin-care and hair-care are a part of self care and should also be given much importance. Below are mentioned some effective DIY Face and hair masks that can be prepared easily at home with a few ingredients and can improve your skin and hair health.

Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Face & Hair Masks

DIY Face Masks For Glowing Skin

Who doesn’t want bright and glowing skin? We all do, isn’t it? However, in everyday hectic schedule, we don’t get enough time to pamper our skin. So, utilize this home quarantine time and give your skin the required nutrition.

1. Besan Face Pack

Material Required

• 2 tablespoons of besan (gram flour)
• 1 tablespoon curd/few drops of lemon juice
• A pinch of turmeric

What All You Have To Do

• In a bowl, take besan and add two drops of lemon juice or curd as per availability.
• Now, add a pinch of turmeric.
• Add little water if required to make a paste.
• Apply this paste with the help of a facial brush to your face.
• Keep it for 30 minutes and then rinse it off with plain water.

How It Works

Besan or gram flour is a well-known beauty ingredient and is available in almost every household. It helps in skin cleansing by removing impurities that are clogging the pores. It also tightens the skin pores. Both lemon and curd are known for their skin whitening properties. Moreover, curd moisturizers the skin and gives instant glow.

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2. Rice Powder Face Pack

Material Required

• 1 tablespoon rice powder
• 1 to 2 tablespoon milk

What All You Have To Do

• If you don’t have rice powder/flour at home then, you can easily prepare it by grinding some rice in a grinder.
• In a bowl, mix the ingredients well.
• Apply this mixture on your face.
• Let it sit for 15 minutes.
• Wet your fingertips and give 1 to 2 minutes massage to your face in upward strokes.
• Wash it off with plain water.

How It Works

Rice powder exfoliates the skin and lactic acid in milk will moisturize and lighten the skin, leaving it fair and glowing.

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Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Face Mask For Dry Skin

3. Milk, Almond & Turmeric Face Pack

Material Required

• A pinch of turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon of almond powder
• 1 teaspoon of milk

What All You Need To Do

• Take a clean bowl and add all the ingredients.
• Mix them well to make a thin paste.
• If you feel that the consistency of the paste is thick then, you can add more milk.
• Now, apply this paste on your clean face and let it sit for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove the pack with a clean, warm cloth and give a final rinse with cold water.
• Make sure to apply moisturizer to your face.

How It Works

Milk contains lactic acid that helps in healing and hydrating dry skin. Moreover, it helps in reducing pigmentation, relieves sunburn and promotes tissue growth.

Almonds contain vitamins, fatty acids and minerals that moisturize the skin deeply. Moreover, almonds also help in reducing dry skin itching and swelling.

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4. Curd & Multani Mitti Face Pack

Next, on the list of easy and effective DIY Face Masks is for oily & acne-prone skin types.

Material Required

• 2 tablespoons Multani Mitti (Fuller’s Earth)
• 2 tablespoons Curd

What All You Have To Do

• Take a clean bowl. Add curd and multani mitti in it and mix them well until you get a smooth and consistent mixture.
• Now, apply this mixture to your cleansed face and let it sit for about 20 minutes.
• Rinse the mixture off with lukewarm water.

How It Works

Mulltani mitti exfoliates the skin and improves blood circulation. In addition, it helps in maintaining oil balance of the skin by absorbing the excess oil.

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5. Sandalwood & Rosewater

Furthermore, on the list of Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Face Masks is for reducing acne scars.

Material Required

• 1 tbsp. of sandalwood powder
• A few drops of rosewater

What All You Need To Do

• In a clean bowl, take sandalwood powder and mix it with a few drops of rosewater to form a thick paste.
• Apply this paste to the affected areas or you can also apply to your whole face.
• Wait for 10-15 minutes and wash your face with lukewarm water.

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6. Egg & Cucumber Face Mask (Anti-Aging)

Material Required

• 1 Egg white
• Half cucumber
• 1-2 drops of Essential oil (Lavender/frankincense)

What All You Need To Do

• Take cucumber and peel it off.
• Now, cut it into small pieces and put these pieces in a blender.
• Add egg white and essential oil.
• Blend all the things properly. The face mask is ready to apply.
• Keep it on your face for 15-20 minutes and then wash with cold water.

How It Works

Cucumber is known for skin firming and tightening. Egg whites also help in shrinking pores and skin tightening. This face mask is one of the effective anti-aging face masks.

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7. Potato & Rice Flour Face Mask

This face mask is apt for reducing hyperpigmentation.

Material Required

• 1 teaspoon potato juice
• 1 teaspoon rice flour
• 1 teaspoon honey

What All You Need To Do

• Mix all the ingredients to get a paste-like consistency.
• Apply this paste to your face and let it get dry.
• Now, moisten your fingers and start scrubbing gently in circulating motion for 2-3 minutes.
• Rinse off with water.

How It Works

Rice flour is an excellent natural material that can be used as a scrub. It helps to remove dead skin cells, absorbs excess sebum thereby revealing the clear and smooth skin. Moreover, it has effective skin lightening properties. Potato juice helps in removing tan from the skin so, the combination works great for reducing hyperpigmentation.

So, these were some Easy DIY Face Masks that you can follow while doing self care during quarantine.

Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Hair Masks

8. Banana & Olive Oil

Material Required

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• One mashed banana

What All You Have To Do

• Mash one banana properly. It is recommended to do it in a blender so that there are no lumps left.
• Now in a clean bowl, add olive oil to the mashed banana. Mix the ingredients well.
• Apply this mixture to your clean hair.
• Let it sit for about 20-30 minutes.
• Then, wash your hair with a mild herbal shampoo and use cool water.
• Condition your hair well and let it air dry.

Benefits

This hair mask is one of the effective hair masks for those who have dry hair. Bananas contain natural oils, potassium, vitamins and carbohydrates that can soften hair and help to prevent split ends and breakage. They can also treat hair fall, dandruff and provide nourishment to the hair thus, promoting hair growth.

9. Onion Juice & Egg

Next, on the list of Quarantine Self Care Routine – Easy DIY Hair Masks is a mask that helps to control hair fall and promotes hair growth as well.

Material Required

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon onion juice

What All You Have To Do

• Take a clean bowl. Now, whisk the egg and onion juice together in a bowl.
• Now, apply this mixture to your hair.
• Let it sit for about 30 minutes.
• Then, wash your hair with a mild herbal shampoo and use cool water. Make sure not to use hot water to remove this hair mask.
• Condition your hair well and let it air dry.

Benefits

This mask is one of my favourite egg hair masks that I use for to control the hair fall and promote hair growth. I use this mask frequently and it gives wonderful results. Onions contain sulphur that helps to promote hair re-growth and also controls hair fall. It helps in stimulating the dormant hair follicles and give rise to new hair.

10. Shea Butter For Deep Conditioning

Material Required

• 1-2 tablespoons of shea butter depending on your hair length

What All you Need To Do

• Take shea butter in a glass bowl and warm it using double boiler method. You can also warm it in a microwave by using a microwave safe bowl.
• Apply this warm shea butter to your scalp and hair.
• Gently massage and leave it on for one hour.
• Using a mild shampoo, clean your hair and follow up with a conditioner.

Benefits

Shea butter has the ability to soften and condition non-manageable frizzy hair. It is rich in vitamin A and E. These vitamins has moisturizing properties which can nourish your hair from roots to tips. So, it can act as a natural hair conditioner and softener. Shea butter also has the property to lock in the natural moisture of your hair. It also helps in restoring the lost moisture.

11. Yogurt & Amla

Material Required

• 2 tablespoons of Amla powder
• 3 tablespoons of yogurt
• 1 teaspoon of honey

What All You Need To Do

• Take a clean bowl.
• Now, mix all the ingredients in the bowl well to get a thin paste like consistency.
• You can change the quantities of the ingredients according to your hair length.
• Now, apply this paste to your scalp and hair with the help of your fingers.
• Let this mask stay on for 30-40 minutes.
• You can also tie your hair in a bun and then cover it with a shower cap.
• After 30-40 minutes, rinse the mask off with water followed by a shampoo.

Benefits

Yogurt (curd) is easily available in every household and offers a lot of hair and skin benefits. It helps in preventing hair loss, acts as a natural conditioner, makes hair smooth, silky and shiny and helps in overcoming dandruff as well. Amla is the richest source of vitamin C and antioxidants. It also contains flavonoids, kaempferol and gallic acid which can help in enhancing the texture of your hair.

These were some Easy DIY Hair Masks that you can follow while doing self care during quarantine.

It is such a difficult time and we have to stay at home as much as possible for an indefinite period. So, put yourself on the top priority list and follow the quarantine self care routine.