If your skin is on the sensitive side, I think you’ll love this simple soothing oat and honey face mask. Made with just a handful of easy-to-find ingredients, it comes together in a flash and leaves your skin feeling tight, clean, and refreshed. You’ll also get to spend twenty or so minutes looking like you’ve done a face plant in a pot of mashed potatoes, which is always sort of fun 🙂
For the clay, I’ve chosen gentle, common kaolin. If you have another smooth, light clay you prefer (any of the French or Australian clays, or Fuller’s Earth), you can feel free to use that instead. I would recommend staying away from the heavier clays like Bentonite or Rhassoul, though—they’re too heavy and rough for this mask.
To the clay I’ve added a bit of colloidal oatmeal (USA / Canada). Colloidal oatmeal is basically just oat flour with the fibrous bits sifted out, making it water soluble. Oatmeal is a long-time favourite for soothing sensitive, problem skin, and brings its soothing, moisturizing goodness to this mask.
The liquid is spiked with some raw honey. I used manuka, but anything raw will do. For liquid you can use water, witch hazel, or aloe vera juice (or a blend of any of them). I used witch hazel for its astringent qualities.
Now all that’s left to do is whisk, blend, goop up your face, and let it dry. Voila!
Soothing Oat & Honey Face Mask
¼ tsp raw honey (I used manuka)
1 tsp water, witch hazel, or aloe vera juice (not gel!)2 tsp white kaolin clay (USA / Canada)
½ tsp colloidal oatmeal (USA / Canada)Measure the water and raw honey into a small bowl and whisk them together.
Add the clay and colloidal oatmeal (USA / Canada) a teaspoon or so at a time, whisking to combine until you have a nice, smooth paste.
Spread that goopy paste over your face and let it dry for about twenty minutes before rinsing it off. Follow up with some argan oil and enjoy your newly smooth, warm, happy face 🙂
Hi Marie……wow, you have beautiful eyes!
Thanks, Jeff! That white goo certainly makes them stand out, haha.
This looks like just what I need as my skin doesn’t take to most straight up clay masks all that well. All those ingredients sound wonderfully soothing. Thanks Marie! PS I have found though, that the clay\soap combo bars work well for me when used every few days so am loving your recipes for those. 🙂
Awesome! Enjoy 🙂 And I am loving my clay/soap bar as well—it’s brilliant for travel!
Bought some Manuka honey to try this mask – it looks wonderful. I was just wondering, why only 1/4 tsp of honey? Would a half tsp work as well?
Hey Lisa! It’s just to keep it from being too sticky. You can use more if you don’t mind stickiness 🙂
Hi!
How would this be with powdered honey?
I’m looking for a mask recipe that uses colloidal oatmeal, clay and honey, but need to be able to put it in pouches.
Thanks!
It would work—just use 80% the amount of dried 🙂
I am so excited to try this recipe! I am about to order kaolin clay now 🙂 I was just wondering, how long would this mask last? Would I be able to make a bigger batch and to keep it for a couple of weeks?
Hey! You’ll find the answer to your question in my FAQ Happy making!
If I want to storage this recipe, would I need a preservative? and how long I can keep it?
Hey! You’ll find the answer to your question in my FAQ Happy making!