Your skin will GLOW (after you do this)

I was saving this skincare secret for an upcoming beauty guide, but I think you deserve to have it right now…especially since this is the perfect time of year to try it.

It’s called the Fresh-Face Watermelon Soothing Mask.

This easy-to-make DIY remedy is a powerful tool for soothing, hydrating, and giving your skin a big boost of damage-fighting vitamins after a day in the sun…

Of course, it also helps to give your complexion a gorgeous youthful glow...so feel free to use it anytime you want to look extra radiant and refreshed.

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup cubed watermelon
• ½ ripe avocado, seed and peel removed
• 1 teaspoon honey

Instructions:

In a blender, food processor or bowl, crush the watermelon until it turns into an puree — it should almost look like juice.

Then, mash the avocado together with the honey. Add your watermelon puree and mix until the ingredients form a smooth, evenly-blended paste.

Note: If you’re doing this in a blender or food processor, you can just blend all 3 ingredients together at the same time.

Application:

Apply a thick layer of the mixture to your face and neck (you can also use it on your decolletage).

Leave on for 10-15 minutes, then rinse off thoroughly with warm (not hot) water.

Why it Works:

Watermelon is a skincare powerhouse, thanks to its high content of essential beauty-boosting nutrients:

Vitamin A — shown to boost collagen levels.¹

Vitamin C — a powerful antioxidant, which helps protect against wrinkles, age spots, and sun damage.^2,3

Lycopene — a micronutrient shown to help to prevent signs of photoaging⁴ (which include fine lines, discoloration, and uneven skin tone).

Meanwhile the avocado in this simple 3-ingredient recipe serves as an excellent source of ultra-hydrating Omega-3 fatty acids⁵, which help keep your skin looking youthful, smooth and radiant.^6,7

As an added bonus (and this is pretty major bonus) the honey in this mask provides powerful antimicrobial⁸ and antibacterial⁹ properties — to help soothe visible redness and blemishes.

So after just one use, this mask will make your complexion will look smoother, healthier, more even, and extra radiant…

And — especially after a day spent in the sun — it’s guaranteed to make your skin feel luxuriously soft, soothed, and nourished as well.

Once you’ve had a chance to try this amazing DIY remedy, be sure to hit ‘reply’ and fill me in on your results.

After all, this is one of my favorite beauty secrets…so I can’t wait to hear about your first experience with it.

Your Beverly Hills MD,

Dr. John Layke

Sources:
¹ Kafi R, Kwak H, Schumacher W et al. Improvement of Naturally Aged Skin With Vitamin A (Retinol). Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(5). doi:10.1001/archderm.143.5.606.

² Farris P. Topical Vitamin C: A Useful Agent for Treating Photoaging and Other Dermatologic Conditions. Dermatologic Surgery. 2006;31:814-818. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31725.

³ Placzek M, Eberlein-König B, Przybilla B. Protective effect against sunburn in humans of combined systemic ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and d-??-tocopherol (vitamin E). Melanoma Research. 1996;6(SUPPLEMENT 1):S36. doi:10.1097/00008390-199609001-00089.

⁴ Stahl W, Heinrich U, Aust O, Tronnier H, Sies H. Lycopene-rich products and dietary photoprotection. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2006;5(2):238-242. doi:10.1039/b505312a.

⁵ Darvin M, Zastrow L, Sterry W, Lademann J. Effect of Supplemented and Topically Applied Antioxidant Substances on Human Tissue. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2006;19(5):238-247. doi:10.1159/000093979.

⁶ Pieterse Z, Jerling J, Oosthuizen W et al. Substitution of high monounsaturated fatty acid avocado for mixed dietary fats during an energy-restricted diet: Effects on weight loss, serum lipids, fibrinogen, and vascular function. Nutrition. 2005;21(1):67-75. doi:10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.010.

⁷ McCusker MGrant-Kels J. Healing fats of the skin: the structural and immunologic roles of the ω-6 and ω-3 fatty acids. Clinics in Dermatology. 2010;28(4):440-451. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.03.020.

⁸ Efem SIwara C. The antimicrobial spectrum of honey and its clinical significance. Infection. 1992;20(4):227-229. doi:10.1007/bf02033065.

⁹ Molan PBetts J. Clinical usage of honey as a wound dressing: an update. Journal of Wound Care. 2004;13(9):353-356. doi:10.12968/jowc.2004.13.9.26708.