Imagine you’re at a spa, wrapped in seaweed with cucumbers on your sleepy eyes and avocado on your porous face.

Due to the extravagant amount of money required for this well needed time to yourself, this experience might not exactly be the pampering that you need.

A homemade facial can be the best thing to happen to you. Not only do you save a lot of money but you create wonderful remedies that smooth out and rejuvenate your delicate skin.

Facials started from the basics of one’s own kitchen, mixing ingredients found in refrigerators, cupboards, and pantries. Parent of CHS senior Anette Stallings describes the useful resources.

“My mother was the queen of facial remedies, ” said Stallings. “Every day she had a new ingredient to smear on my face. Water and baking soda was her best friend. First she would add the baking soda to a small bowl then gradually add the water until it formed into a paste. The paste did make my face feel stiff once it was on, but when it was time to rinse it off, the pimple was gone.”

When pimples show up at the most unexpected times, something natural can be the best way to eliminate the unwanted guest. Lemon is a wonderful ingredient that has natural acids to help discard the stubborn pimples overnight.

If self-mixing ingredients is not your cup of tea, face treatments are sold in stores nearest to you. Stores such as Target, Wal-Mart, Giant and Shurfine contain aisles of beauty products made for all skin types, with prices ranging from $3 to $50.

Oily, blemished, and dry skin is addressed with each product produced. Finding one that is right for you can be difficult, so here are some recommendations from fellow classmates.

Senior Sydney Parmelee loves anything that will help make her skin fresh and clean.

“I use Clearasil twice a day, when I wake up and get ready for bed,” said Parmelee.  “Clearasil helps with the random pimples that appear on my face. Overnight the pimple is gone and I don’t have to worry about going to school with an unattractive pimple on my face.”

Neutrogena, Cerave and Cetaphil are also great cleansers that help not only with dirt buildup, but unwanted blemishes.

Facial home remedies and store brought cleansers will help anyone in a time of need. The kitchen ingredients help to naturally cleanse the residue from your face and store brought facials leaves a wonderfully sanitized feeling.

The next time you worry about not having enough money to relax at a spa, just remember the facials can be made from your own home.