posted August 09, 2005 05:53 PM         

1. Use cotton balls with some (pure, good quality) olive oil and cleanse your
face. You'll be surprised how much dirt comes out.

2. Fill a large bowl with very hot water and put camomile and peppermint tea
bags in the water. Hold a cloth over your head and steam your face for TEN
minutes (make sure you time it, so you get the full ten minutes).

3. Use half a lemon and squeeze it into a cup of water. Again use cotton to
wipe it all over your face. This acts as an astringent/toner.

4. Next get a good quality scrub, preferrably a sugar scrub and massage this onto wet skin for around five minutes, rinse with WARM water.

5. Take a cloth or flannel and soak it in the bowl with the water and the tea
in it. This should still be pretty warm. Place the flannel on your face for a
good five minutes. (Really nice if you do this just after you've got into a nice
hot bath : )

6. Remove the cloth and apply a moisturising face mask for a further ten
minutes. (I used a fresh mask of mashed avocado and fresh honey but any good
moisturising mask will work the same way).