5 Essential Oil-Infused Face Mask Recipes You Can Try At Home

While essential oils aroma-therapeutic benefits well known and studied, many people are unaware of essential oil benefits on skin, especially when used in a face masks.

Although there’s more to know about the dermatological aspect of these fragrant-rich 100% natural oils, some research reports back existing first-hand user testimonies about the oil’s skin benefits.

If you’re a woman yet to explore the skin benefits of essential oils, you’ll wish you found this piece earlier. Well, it’s never too late to start exploiting essential oils and their many benefits – in this case, for your face mask.

If you’re a first-timer, the whole essential oil thingy can sound complicated and tricky. Right? Far from it! Reading on, you’ll soon realize how easy, quick, and fun infusing essential oils for face masks can be. Doesn’t treating yourself to a spa day with essential oil-infused face masks sound great? This article reveals some cheap and easy ways around DIY essential oil face masks. But first…

What You Should Know About Using Essential Oils For Face Mask DIYs

Let's Talk About Safety 

Now we know you probably excited to start incorporating essential oils into your skincare routine but there are some things we should go over...after all safety always comes first!

Using the wrong essential oils or not following safety guidelines to dilute the oils can result in serious skin reactions and even chemical burns. Dilution is the most important factor when it comes to using essential oils in your skincare routine. Essential Oils contain highly concentrated properties of the plant that they are derived from, so they should never be applied directly to the skin due to their volatile nature.

Learn more about using essential oils for skin and how to patch test before applying essential oils for smoother application!

Keep it Quick, Easy and Fun!

Trust us, a DIY facemask can be a relaxing and fun ritual. One good thing is it isn’t time-demanding. Mixing the ingredients and applying shouldn’t gulp more than about 30 minutes.

After application, it's best practice to lay down comfortably, with your feet up. This position promotes healthy blood flow, particularly to your facial region. Boosting blood circulation allows the essential oil to penetrate your skin easily – and that’s where the magic begins! 

To spice up the moment even more, you could light up your candle and push play to your favorite music.

Clean Face For Clean Results

But before you start applying your face mask, ensure there are no residual makeups on your face. Gently wipe off excess oil and other impurities for better effect.

I, for one, find that a brush works best for applying my essential oil face mask. Alternatively, you can use your [clean] hands as well to apply.

Beauty of Patience

While at it, declutter your mind and allow positive thoughts flow through.

It’s a general rule to allow the mask sit on your face for at least 10 minutes or till it dries – whichever happens first.

After the recommended wait time, you can wipe off your face with a warm, damp clean napkin – better still, rinse away with warm water. Then, splash cool water on your face to close the pores. Then, pat your face with a cloth to dry.

Easy Essential Oil Face Mask DIY Recipes

Now let’s jump into making your essential oil face masks. Finding your way around these mixes can be a fun experience. Besides, the product is healthy for your skin.

Let’s run through some highly effective essential oil-infused face mask recipes you may consider:

MOXĒ Love Essential Oil Anti-Aging Face Mask

This anti-aging facial mask combines oatmeal and clay to offer a highly potent beauty face mask.

Oatmeal is well known for its hydrating properties and can be mixed with natural clay to help promote skin elasticity that can take your skin a few years back in time. Even more, MOXĒ Love essential oil’s restorative properties can help your skin stay young and firm.

Using only 100% essential oils, MOXĒ Love features rose, jasmine, sandalwood, bergamot, lemon, and lime oils which are regarded as the best essentials oil to help with skin elasticity. 

Here is how to make your own anti-aging mask with essential oils. 

For your anti-aging face mask, here are the required ingredients:

•     One teaspoon of ground oatmeal
•     One teaspoon clay
•     One teaspoon carrier oil
•     One teaspoon raw oil
•     Half a teaspoon of water
•     One or two drops of MOXĒ Love Essential Oil Blend
•     1 or 2 drops of frankincense essential oil

Instructions

•     Mix all ingredients in a bowl to get a paste.  
•     Use your face brush to apply on your face
•     Allow the mask on your face for about 10 minutes. Then, wash off.

You get your cute little bottle of MOXĒ Love Essential Oil Blend here.

MOXĒ Happy Essential Oil Blemish Control Face Mask

This essential oil-infused face mask is thought to help achieve clearer skin and combat acne and inflammations. 

MOXĒ Happy blend provides a bright, uplifting combination of cinnamon, fennel, thyme, and sage making it the ideal essential oil blend to calm problematic skin.

Cinnamon essential oil contains cinnamic acid, a natural powerful anti-inflammatory compound that may aid in acne like cysts and pustules.  

To make this skin saving face mask, here are the needed ingredients:

•     Half teaspoon of aloe vera gel
•     Two tablespoons of  clay
•     Half teaspoon of original honey
•     One drop of MOXĒ Happy Essential Oil Blend
•     White willow bark (one capsule)

This face mask covering is mostly recommended for night use since the content leaves the skin more susceptible to sunlight sensitivity. 

With a fan brush, apply the mask and leave for about 10 minutes before washing off. 

You can purchase your own bottle of MOXĒ Happy Essential Oil here:

MOXĒ Dream Essential Oil Face Mask for Exfoliation

Beauty talks are incomplete without mentioning exfoliation. Lavender and Chamomile oil-infused face mask is one sure way to exfoliate, as it helps scrub off dead skin cells, paving the way for new skin cells to grow healthy.

MOXĒ Dream features a beautified blend of lavender, chamomile, grapefruit, and lemongrass oils that are known to gently exfoliation dead skin. 

Here are the required ingredients for this face mask.

•     1 tablespoon plain yogurts
•     2 tablespoon of pumpkin puree
•     A drop of MOXĒ Dream Essential Oil Blend

Mix the ingredients in a bowl and apply to your face. Don’t wash off the mask yet, leave the face mask on for about 10 minutes before rinsing. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for best results. 

You can buy this relaxing aromatic blend here:

MOXĒ Energy Essential Oil Hydrating Face Mask

If you’re thinking of a homemade beauty mix (of course, you are), then this moisturizing mask is a sure bet. This hydrating face mask recipe promises to leave your skin always hydrated and is soothing to dry irritated skin.

Use our MOXĒ Energy essential oil blend to hydrate and re-energize you face. This zesty blend of spearmint, grapefruit, bergamot, and sandalwood oils is sure to get dry skin in check. 

Sandalwood oil naturally contains special skin properties that can help reduce inflammation while providing moisture to your skin. 

Here’s what you need:

•     A teaspoonful of raw honey
•     Half a cup of avocado
•     A drop of palmarosa oil
•     A drop of MOXĒ Energy Essential Oil Blend
•     A teaspoon of plain yogurt

Add the ingredients together and mix thoroughly until you get a homogeneous appeal. Apply the paste on your face and allow it to sit for about 10 minutes before rinsing off.

Extra pro tip: CBD oil can make a good ingredient, particularly if you have dry sensitive skin.

If you're looking to add some MOXĒ Energy to your skin care routine then look no further... pick up your bottle here:

MOXĒ Peace Essential Face Mask For Oil Control 

Are you struggling with oily skin? Then, you should consider this recipe. This beauty mix promises to keep your skin’s sebum production in check and reduces blackheads.

This recipe features our customer favorite essential oil blend, MOXĒ Peace! This essential oil blend features bergamot, mandarin, geranium, and lime and is known to "scent" you off to tranquility and calming skin. 

Geranium essential oil is famed in the beauty world for controlling excessive skin oil production, making it an indispensable ingredient in this essential oil for face mask recipe.

Ready to try out this facemask? Here’s what you’ll need:

Requirements 

•     1 teaspoon of aloe gel 
•     2 teaspoon of rhassoul clay
•     1 drop of MOXĒ Peace Essential Oil Blend
•     1 or 2 drops of water

Instructions 

•     Mix the ingredients into a paste
•     Rub the solution (preferably with a fan brush) on your face. 
•     Allow to sit and dry off before rising off. 

Tips and Tricks When Using Essential Oils For Face Masks

After treating yourself to a face mask session, consider spritzing rose water on your face to help rebalance pH level.

Apply your favorite moisturizer after the face mask to hold in moisture and prevent over-drying. For me, quality rosehip seed oil does it plus its a great natural alternative. 

Final Thoughts

What comes to mind when you hear essential oils? For most people, their much-talked-about aroma-therapeutic effects. But there’s more. 

Researchers think essential oils contain skin-friendly properties, which make them a good ingredient in face masks. 

Whether for dry or oily skins, there’s a suitable essential oil face mask recipe for you. 

If you’re considering essential oils for your face mask cover but not sure where to start, the guide above should give you a good lead. 

However, if you’d prefer one-on-one guidance, feel free to contact to us! We are always willing to walk you through alternatives and help you make the best-informed decisions.

Looking for more essential oil goodies? Check out our essential oil collection and find your blend!