28 DIY Homemade Natural Face Mask for Dry Skin

Updated: 08/29/2019

Dry skin is one of the common skin disorders which may present itself with itching and rough skin. It is crucial and necessary to bring moisture back to your skin, and one of the popular ways is using a face mask. Instead of buying masks at a shop or supermarket, you can easily make them at home. Natural face masks are not only inexpensive but also quite useful in hydrating and nourishing dry skin. In this article, we will introduce to you the natural face mask for dry skin at home with 28 DIY solutions. All of the natural recipes in this article is collected from reliable sources. Each has a different skin condition; hence, you should consult your doctor before applying any way. Keep reading this article to learn 28 natural face masks for dry skin in summer & winter!

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Top 28 DIY Natural Face Mask For Dry Skin At Home In Summer & Winter

1. Avocado

Thanks to containing many minerals and vitamins, avocado is good for health, including human skin ^[1]. With a high amount of vitamin E, avocado may protect skin cells from UV rays. Moreover, this fruit moisturize the skin effectively, which prevents skin from dryness ^[2].

An avocado is also an excellent option for making a DIY homemade face mask for dry skin in summer & winter, as it contains many oils. In addition, honey is effective in treating dry skin and its related problems such as eczema, dermatitis ^{[3] [4]} This ingredient also helps protect the skin from UV rays and makes the skin look younger.

Method 1:

Get this:

• ½ very ripe and soft avocado
• ¼ cup of honey

Directions:
First of all, mash the avocado in one bowl and then stir in honey. Then, apply to your skin and allow for about 10 minutes. Lastly, wash your face off with a cool washcloth.

Method 2:

This natural face mask is effective in softening and hydrating dry, chapped skin. This mask also acts an excellent ingredient for sunburned or wind-burned skin, as aloe vera has natural healing agents, and it may treat dry skin ^[5].

• Take aloe vera gel (2 tablespoons), 1/2 ripe avocado, runny honey (1 tablespoon almond or coconut oil (1 teaspoon) and dry oatmeal (1 ½ tablespoon)
• Mashup that avocado in one bowl till it turns into a fine pulp without lumps. Then stir in aloe vera gel (2tbsp), runny honey, oatmeal, and coconut oil. Mix all of these natural ingredients to create a uniform paste. After that, spread the mask onto the freshly washed skin, allowing it there for around 15 minutes. Wash the mask off using lukewarm water and one warm washcloth.

Method 3:  

This face mask helps you get rid of dead skin cells, cleanse your face and moisturizes. For the best results, what you need to do:

Get this:

• 1/2 avocado
• 5 slices of watermelon
• 1 tablespoon of organic honey
• Juice from one-half orange
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon of chamomile oil

Do this:

• Warm up the honey until it becomes liquid. Skin the avocado half and then cut it into many smaller pieces, similar to the watermelon. After that, put all of these ingredients together in one food processor and then blend them till you have a smooth paste.
• Later spread this paste gently and equally using your fingertips on the clean face and neck, avoiding the eye area.
• Now lie down, relax, and keep the mask on for around 30-35 minutes.
• Then rinse it off using a soft, warm washcloth and some warm water, finish with a splash of cold; then pat your skin dry with a clean towel. Lastly, apply a moisturizer.

2. Cucumber

Cucumber is rich in nutrients, which bring to it antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits ^[6]. Especially, cucumber masks may be used for both dry and oily skin because it may moisturize the skin effectively thanks to its benefits on treating skin irritations and reducing swelling due to dry skin ^[7].

Method 1:

Get this:

• 4 tablespoons of mashed cucumbers
• 2 tablespoons of sour cream

Do this:
Firstly, combine all of these ingredients. Then apply the mixture to the clean skin. Allow it on for about 20 minutes. Rinse and dry.

Method 2:

• Peel a cucumber and then place it in one blender.
• Next to add aloe vera (2 tablespoons) to it.
• Blend these 2 natural ingredients till they form into one thick consistent mixture.
• After that smear this paste onto the face, leaving it there for half an hour.
• Wash off the mask with cold water.

3. Coffee

Coffee is popular due to its caffeine, which helps people stay awake. Surprisingly, a coffee face mask for dry skin is great for many reasons! Firstly, it helps restore moisture and softens your skin as well, and secondly, you probably have some coffee already stocked up at the house! Coffee masks reduce wrinkles, keep skin hydrated, and brighten the skin ^[8].

Ingredients:

• Ground coffee (2 tablespoons)
• Cocoa powder (2 tablespoons)
• Milk (3 tablespoons)
• Honey (1 tablespoon)

Directions:
Firstly, combine all of these ingredients. Next, smooth this mixture onto the face. Wait about 30 minutes, and then rinse off your mask using water.

4. Coconut Oil

As you know, coconut oil is an effective remedy for treating dry skin because it may act as a moisturizer ^[9]. Moreover,  the frankincense in this mask is very effective for cellular regeneration while the banana adds some antioxidant action.

Method 1:

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil
• A ripe banana, mashed (1 inch)
• Frankincense essential oil (3 drops)

Get this:

Whip all of these ingredients together with a spoon or fork and apply to your clean face. Next, wash off after about 20 minutes. Finally, pat it dry and moisturize.

Method 2:

Carrot is an amazing source of vitamin A that not only protects the skin from UV rays but also prevents acne and treat dry skin ^[10]. You can mix coconut oil with carrot to relieve dry skin.

Ingredients:

• 1 carrot
• water
• 1 tablespoon of organic coconut oil

Do this:

Firstly, roughly chop 1 carrot into five chunks or more. Next, bring about water (one inch) to a boil in one saucepan. Then add the carrots, decrease the heat to low, and cover the pan to steam for 10 minutes. Add the carrots to a blender or food processor after draining the water. Add the coconut oil and then blend till the puree becomes smooth. Now apply this mask to the face and lastly wash it with olive oil, avoiding your eyes and the mouth. Keep this mask to sink in for around 15 – 20 minutes and finally, wash it off with warm water. Finish by applying a little olive oil or coconut oil to your face.

Method 3:

Shea butter may be used as a moisturizer, so it may treat dry skin ^{[11] [12]}.

Get this:

• 1 tablespoon of aloe vera gel
• 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon of Shea butter

Do this:

• First of all, mix and mash the coconut oil aloe vera and Shea butter in one mixing bowl till you have a smooth and nice paste.
• Spread this paste gently and equally using your fingertips on the clean face and neck, avoiding the eye area.
• After that, lie down, relax, and allow the mask on for about 15 minutes.
• Rinse it off with alternately cold and then warm water and finish with a splash of cold. Pat the skin dry with one clean towel. Lastly, apply a moisturizer.

Method 4:

Get this:

• Coconut milk (two tablespoons) (or heavy cream)
• Pink clay (one tablespoon)

Do this:

First of all, mix both ingredients into one smooth paste and after that, apply to your cleansed skin. Allow for around 15 to 20 minutes and rinse thoroughly. Follow with moisturizer.

5. Papaya And Strawberry

Papaya contains an enzyme called papain which helps keep the skin hydrated ^[13]. Moreover, strawberries may protect the skin from UV rays, which is the reason for skin problems such as psoriasis and skin cancer ^{[14] [15]}.

Ingredients:

• One cooked peach
• Two large, fresh strawberries
• One-half ripe papaya, mashed
• Organic honey (1 teaspoon)
• Oatmeal (1 tablespoon)

Directions:

Firstly, place strawberries, papaya, peach, and honey in one mixing bowl, and mix them till these fruits are blended. Then, add a little old fashioned oatmeal at a time and stir it to make a paste. After that, apply the mask to your face and allow it for around 10 to 15 minutes. Lastly, wash this papaya and strawberry mask using lukewarm water and apply a good moisturizer after that.

6. Olive Oil

Method 1:

Brown sugar acts as an effective, natural exfoliant for all types of skin. It helps rejuvenate the skin by removing dead skin and cleaning all the dirt from the skin pores ^[16]. Furthermore, olive oil is rich in vitamin E ^[17], which protects the skin from UV rays and aids in skin hydration ^[18]. Therefore, the combination of brown sugar and olive oil not only treats dry skin but also brightens the skin.

• Take brown sugar (1 tablespoon) and about extra virgin olive oil (1 teaspoon) or pure organic coconut oil (1 teaspoon).
• First of all, place the brown sugar in the palm. Add and stir in the palm the coconut or olive oil with your finger in order to make a uniform paste. Add the sugar or oil as needed. Then massage the mixture into the facial skin with the help of the fingers in a circular motion. Wash it off with warm water.

Method 2:

Using oat bran is a great choice for making a natural face mask due to its benefits on protecting the skin from UV rays ^[19].

Get this:

• Oat bran (1 tablespoon)
• Yogurt (1 tablespoon)
• Honey (1 tablespoon)
• Olive Oil (1 teaspoon)
• Bee Pollen (optional) (1/8 teaspoon)

Do this:

Firstly, combine these ingredients in one small dish. Then, apply to your skin and leave it for about 10 minutes or till it is dry. Finally, rinse it off.

7. Yogurt

Yogurt is good for health because it may reduce the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic inflammatory diseases ^[20]. It is also beneficial for improving skin health by moisturizing and brightening the skin ^[21].

Method 1:

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of plain, full-fat yogurt
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 vitamin E capsule
• 2 tablespoon of cooked oatmeal
• Bowl
• Spoon
• Soft towel
• Moisturizer

Do this:

• First of all, place plain yogurt (2 tbsp) in one small mixing bowl. Use full-fat yogurt, as the fat in this yogurt will moisturize and hydrate the skin.
• After that, stir in 1 tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of cooked oatmeal and the contents of one vitamin E capsule.
• Leave the oatmeal to cool before, including it to this facial mixture.
• Wash the face with warm water, and later remove the excess water from the skin with one soft towel.
• Smooth this hydrating facial mask on the damp skin and leave it to remain for around 15 to 20 minutes.
• Wash your face, and then pat the skin dry.
• Finish by applying the favorite moisturizer.

Method 2:

Rose water is commonly used for beauty proposes because it may help you have healthy skin by moisturizing skin and removing makeup ^[22].

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon of yogurt
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 2 tablespoons of rose water
• Rose petals (1 small bowl)

Do this:

Firstly, mix all of these ingredients to create a smooth paste and then apply it to your face. Finally, wash it after about 20 minutes.

Method 3:

• Put honey (1 tablespoon), 2 fully ripe bananas and yogurt (1/2 cup) in a blender.
• Then blend all of these natural ingredients until they form one consistent paste.
• After that, smear the paste onto the face, leaving it there for around 20 minutes or until it dries out.
• Wash your face with warm water.

Method 4:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of steel-cut oatmeal
• Juice from one whole orange
• 3 tablespoons of plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 2 teaspoons of dried orange peel

Do this:

Place all odd these ingredients in one small bowl and stir it until you get a thick, well-mixed paste that will stay on the face. If this paste is too runny, you can also add extra oatmeal in order to thicken it up. Then, lay an even layer of the mask onto the cleansed face, avoiding the eye area. Allow it on for around 15 to 30 minutes, wash the mask off using warm water. After that, pat the skin dry.

8. Honey

Method 1:

Ingredients:

• Tofu
• Honey
• Flour
• Water

Directions:

Crush tofu and then mix it with honey. After that, add flour (a pinch) and a splash of water. Now, mix it until it becomes pasty and thick enough to be one mask. Apply to the face for about 15 minutes. Wash and pat dry.

Method 2:

Honey and Epsom salt make one killer combination! Together, they will destroy bacteria on the face, exfoliate dead skin, moisturize your skin, and much more ^[23]!

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt

Do this:

Mix Epsom salt and honey together. Apply this mixture gently to the skin. Relax with this mask on for half an hour minimum. Wash the skin, pat it dry, and moisturize it.

Method 3:

The combination of banana, honey, and oatmeal is also a great choice for treating dry skin at home. Both honey and oatmeal contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that relieve many diseases related to dry skin such as atopic dermatitis ^[24].

Ingredients:

• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 cup of oatmeal
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• Water

Do this:

First of all, cut a banana in half and then mash it with one fork. After that, mix in ½ cup of oatmeal. Add 1 tbsp honey and mix well. Lastly, add water and mix until this mask has one creamy consistency. Now, apply evenly to your clean skin, allow it on for about 15 minutes, then wash using warm water, and pat the face dry.

Method 4:

• Add honey (1 teaspoon) and sunflower oil (1 teaspoon) with the white of an egg in one small bowl and then mix them well until they thicken slightly.
• After that, spread this mixture onto the face.

Allow it to sit on your face for about 15 minutes, and lastly wash it off with warm water.

This natural face mask is loaded with moisturizing and antioxidants agents that act to hydrate the skin and also work to neutralize the free radicals. Carrots are rich in potassium that helps prevent skin dryness and also have anti-inflammatory properties to help tone up and revitalize your skin.

Get this:

• 1 carrot, peeled and de-stemmed
• 1/2 avocado
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1/2 tablespoon of coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil
• 1 egg yolk.

Do this:

• Boil or steam the carrot until it turns so tender that one fork can pierce it easily.
• Then blend it along with one-half fully ripe avocado in one blender till it forms one uniform consistency pulp.
• Stir in honey (1 tablespoon), 1 egg yolk and then mix well all of these ingredients together.
• Afterward, smear it evenly onto the freshly washed face, keeping it there for around 15 minutes.
• Wash off the mask using a warm washcloth
• If needed, follow by applying moisturizer on your wet skin.

Method 5:

Get this:

• 1 Banana
• Fresh heavy cream (2 tablespoons)
• Organic Honey (1 tablespoon)
• 1 tablespoon of oatmeal flour
• Spring or mineral water

Do this:

• Firstly, warm up your honey until it becomes liquid. Next, mash the banana to one pulp, and then add the oatmeal flour, heavy cream and honey, mix it well. Then, add water until you have one smooth paste that can stay on the face without it running.
• After that, massage/ spread this paste gently and equally using your fingertips on the clean face and neck; avoiding the eye area.
• Now lie down, relax, and allow the mask on for about 15 minutes.
• Rinse it off with alternately cold and then warm water and finish with a splash of cold; after that pat the skin dry with one clean towel. Lastly, apply a moisturizer.

Method 6:

Thanks to containing many nutrients, the macadamia nut is used in cosmetics products, including treating dry skin ^[25].

Get this:

• 1 Egg yolk
• Plain unflavored Yogurt (1 tablespoon)
• 1 tablespoon of organic honey
• Cooked oatmeal (1/4 cup)
• 1/2 teaspoon of almond oil
• Macadamia nut oil (1/2 teaspoon)

Do this:

• First of all, warm up the honey until it becomes liquid. Then, mix it with the almond oil, egg yolk, and yogurt until you have a smooth, creamy substance.
• Next to spread this paste gently and equally using a facial mask spatula or brush on the clean face and neck; avoiding the eye area.
• Now lie down, relax, and allow this mask on for about 10 minutes.
• Then wash it off with cold water; pat the skin dry with one clean towel. Lastly, apply a moisturizer.

9. Turmeric

Turmeric contains curcumin which acts as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti‐neoplastic agents, so it may treat many symptoms of dry skin such as psoriasis, radiodermatitis, atopic dermatitis, etc.^[26]. There are steps to make a turmeric face mask for dry skin in summer & winter:

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric
• A few drops of honey
• 3 tablespoons of milk

Do this:

Mix all of these ingredients. Then apply a thin layer of this mask. Let it dry for about 20 minutes. Wash and scrub gently to remove it and lastly, pat dry.

10. Almond

Method 1:

Almonds nourish your skin and treat dry skin ^[27], oats help moisturize the skin, and yogurt tightens the skin along with making it soothing and soft ^[28].

Ingredients:

• 5-6 almonds
• 2 tablespoons of oats
• 2 tablespoons of yogurt
• 1 tablespoon of honey

Do this:

Firstly, grind oats and almonds. Then further add honey and yogurt to make one smooth paste out of it. After that, apply the pack to your face and rinse it after about 15 minutes.

Method 2:

Almonds help in making your dry skin glowing and soft. They are also effective for people with dark skin. For the positive effects, what you need to do:

Ingredients:

• Almonds or Almond oil
• Milk cream or milk

Do this:

Firstly, you soak 3-4 almonds in some milk. After that, peel and grind them. Then mix the powder with the milk to create one smooth and thick paste. Also, you can mix almond oil with some milk cream (malai) to create a winter face pack. Then apply the pack and allow it on for around 10-15 minutes. Wash it off using lukewarm water. You can add some rose water to the mixture. People having oily skin should avoid almond face packs.

Along with fairness, it can make your skin clean and smooth.

11. Cocoa Mask

Cocoa is effective for preventing skin aging while protecting skin from UV rays ^[29].

Ingredients:

• 1/2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
• 1/2 tablespoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of grounded oatmeal or besan
• 2 tablespoons of coconut milk

Do this:

First of all, mix all of these ingredients to create a smooth paste, and then apply it on your face and wash it after a while.

If you want to know more about natural homemade remedies for other diseases and conditions, go to our main Home Remedies page. After reading the article of 28 DIY natural homemade face mask for dry skin in summer & winter, we hope that you find out the best solution to help cope with dry skin fast without any side effect. However, these masks will take time to treat dry skin, but their results are long-lasting. If you have any questions, or you know other face masks for dry skin, please leave them below. Also, you can share the experience if you know any other dry skin face masks to us.