Summer is that harsh time of the year when the heat is at its peak and the sun is shining bright on our faces (whether we want it or not).
This harsh heat can lead to many skin problems like skin dehydration, irritation, inflammation, tanning, and clogged pores & acne due to dirt, oil, and sweat.
Investing just 10 minutes more every alternate day by applying the cooling face masks on your face will go a long way in keeping your skin supple, hydrated, and glowing.
This article has such DIY & Best-buy cooling face masks for summer that will make your skin go all ga-ga with freshness and hydration in one go.
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1. Mint & Fuller’s Earth (Multani mitti)
The star ingredient of all summer cooler drinks, mint is there in them for a reason. The ultimate herb with so many cooling properties is a must if you are making a cooling face mask or a non-alcoholic summer drink.
Mint, being anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer in nature (study), is the best herb for your skin to treat all kinds of skin concerns.
How to Make the cooling face Mask?
Just crush some mint leaves in a mixer jar, then add the mint juice and crushed leaves to the fuller’s earth powder or Multani mitti.
Make a paste (you can add rosewater or plain filtered water if required). Apply it on a clean face for 15 minutes or until the clay is semi-dry.
Don’t speak while applying this mask as the clay will get disturbed and cracks will appear. Make sure you don’t commit any of these 15 face mask mistakes too.
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2. Cucumber-Mint Ice Massage
Where there is mint, there is cucumber! Another cooling hero is cucumber, it is the one juicy, fresh and hydrating veggie that is quite calming and soothing that it’s kept on the eyes to combat dark circles.
How to Make the Cucumber Ice Mask?
Cut one fresh cucumber into small pieces and add to a mixer grinder. Make a puree-like structure, and try not to add water to it.
Add a handful of mint to it too. Now pour this mixture into an ice-cube tray and let it freeze.
Use one-two ice cubes every day or whenever you feel like it. This ice pack will give you the effects of an ice facial, tighten skin, depuff the face and will cool your skin down and provide a healthy glow too.
Cucumber is an amazing ingredient to treat undereye dark circles too.
3. Sandalwood & Rosewater Mask
Another nature’s wonder that makes the best cooling face mask for summer is sandalwood or Chandan.
Known for its soothing fragrance and chilled effect on the skin, sandalwood is great to calm down inflammatory acne as well.
Rosewater is also a calming ingredient and relaxes the senses with its beautiful fragrance.
How to Make Sandalwood & rosewater Cooling Mask?
If you have a sandalwood log, then you just need to add some drops of rosewater to a clean flat surface and rub the log over it.
It will start making an earthy paste-like formation as you keep on rubbing it against that flat surface.
Just take that paste and apply it on your face, keep it on for 20 minutes and wash off. Make sure you apply a good moisturiser after that.
If you don’t have a sandalwood log, then use sandalwood powder and make a paste by mixing rosewater in it.
4. Aloe vera gel and lemon juice
How can it be possible that we talk about cooling face masks and forgetting aloe vera gel?
Aloe vera has taken the beauty industry by storm and we now have aloe vera in every second cosmetic product.
Known for its cooling nature, easy absorption, skin hydration and anti-acne properties, aloe vera gel can be taken afresh or can be store-bought.
Lemon juice is another antioxidant that is excellent in removing tanning and provides a brightening effect on your face.
How to Make Aloe vera Lemon Cooling Mask?
If you are taking fresh aloe vera gel, then follow these instructions and add a teaspoon of lemon juice to the extracted gel.
Apply the gel solution on your face, it will be sticky and cumbersome but it will all be worth it.
Keep it on for about 25 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water, followed by a moisturiser.
5. Papaya Face Mask
Papaya is the best fruit for all your anti-ageing needs especially when you have hit 30 already and don’t want to count more!
Papaya contains papain and pectin, suitable for hormonal acne treatment, unwanted facial hair, and preventing fine lines & wrinkles too.
The AHA present in the fruits like bananas, papaya, and mango reduces sun damage, and removes the dead cell layer, revealing fresh, glowing, and young skin underneath.
How to Make Papaya Face Mask
Take a large piece of papaya, mash it with a fork or masher, and create a paste-like consistency, you can add honey or yogurt to it if you have dry skin, or oily skin ladies are good to go without adding anything else.
Apply it for 20 minutes, then scrub off, followed by face wash and moisturizer.
6. Tomato-Honey Mask
Rich in lycopene, tomato is known for its anti-ageing properties and pitted-scar treatment than cooling properties.
However, it is a really good fruit to hydrate your skin and calm down the tanning and freshen up your face too.
How to Make Tomato-honey Face Mask
You can make the mask in many ways –
- Create an ice cube by mixing tomato juice with honey
- Cut a tomato in half and apply some honey to it, & rub the tomato directly on your face, keep it for 20 minutes, then wash it off.
- Create tomato puree and add chickpea flour to it. Make a paste-like consistency and apply for about 20 minutes, wash off and apply moisturiser.
7. Aloe-vera & Cucumber mask
The combinations are endless, you can choose any kind of calming fruit/veggie like cucumber, mint, papaya, or aloe vera as your base, mix a powdery ingredient to add a base to it and voila!
You have your own customised cooling face mask for summer!
How to Apply this Cooling Face Mask
Mix aloe vera gel (store-bought or fresh), and cucumber pieces in a mixer grinder. Make a puree/gel-like consistency, easiest way is to let the mixture freeze in the form of an ice cube and apply it as an ice facial.
Another way is to apply the mixture directly and wait for 25 minutes before washing it off.
8. Green Tea & Honey
When we are talking about cooling face masks for summer, not mentioning green tea would be a sin.
Known for its cooling properties and antioxidant nature, it’s a boon for acne-prone skin people.
When mixed with mint and honey, it makes an amazing cooling mask. Read everything about using green tea for acne
How to Make Cooling Green Tea & Honey?
In a bowl, take out one teaspoon of green tea powder (you can cut the sachet and grind the leaves into a fine powder), and add honey and crushed mint leaves.
Create a paste-like consistency and apply on a clean face for 15-20 minutes. Wash off and apply a moisturiser if required.
You can add fuller’s earth (multani mitti), sandalwood powder or orange peel powder to it to add body to the mask and for added benefits and easy application.
9. Calming Sheet Masks
There is a plethora of sheet masks that are especially cooling and rejuvenate your skin almost instantly.
I personally prefer brightening & cooling sheet masks from good vibes that are available on purplle.com, they have lemon, cucumber, mint, bamboo etc. You can also buy an O3 cooling sheet mask as well.
10. Ice Globes
These are great inventions in terms of cooling the skin and reversing the sun-damage. These ice globes are affordable, easy to apply, reusable and instantly cool down the skin.
You can apply this ice globe anytime you feel like it, just make sure it is clean and cool. Always keep it in the refrigerator and never put it in the freezer as it can break the glass.
I use these ice Globes from amazon, off & on, it reduces the puffiness from my face and makes my heated pitta skin calm down instantly.
Benefits of Cooling Face Masks
- Calms down the heated & irritated skin
- Soothes the inflammation
- Reduces tanning
- Hydrate the skin
- Clay masks remove impurities, dirt and excessive oil
- It prevents the formation of blackheads, whiteheads and even pimples
- Imparts a healthy glow to the skin
I hope you find this article helpful and you will get some benefit from it by making easy DIY cooling face masks for summer and rejuvenating the sun damage almost instantly.
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