Hotel/Office Facial Scrub

It's getting on to winter, and my skin gets horrifically dry and flaky. But so many moisturizers also make me oily and get pimples. It's a constant problem. So when I found myself in a hotel in Derby, UK the other weekend, I had to improvise. I made up this facial scrub/mask from things they often provide in hotel rooms, and also in your office's coffee area, so you can have a quick and simple treatment whenever!


In my hotel, I took one of the little cups they provide, put in a squirt of moisturizer (you can use one you already have or if the hotel provides you with some, use that), the leaves from a complimentary tea bag, half and half milk from one of the complimentary milk jiggers, two complimentary packets of sugar, and I put in a bit of yoghurt leftover from breakfast. Mixing these together, I laid it all over my face (except for the eyes) as a mask.


The moisturizing cream helps it keep from running. The tea leaves pull out a lot of impurities in your skin as well as oil, and provides a more even complexion. The milk helps add nutrients and moisture, as well as the yoghurt if you choose to use it.


So then I waited about ten minutes to let it work its magic. And as I washed it off, I rubbed it in, using the rough tea leaves and sugar as a scrub, getting rid of blackheads and dead skin.


I have to say, this recipe definitely made my complexion much nicer and my skin very smooth, but it did not considerably help my dry skin, because five minutes later some dry patches were still noticeable. I would recommend for those with similar skin difficulty to put on some face moisturizer after doing the mask/scrub.


But overall a very good plan for that little treatment on the go or if you really need a little something in the middle of your workday!