looking your best with Honey

Audrey and I attended an event this week at Le Petite Retreat day spa hosted by Pura Miel (the National Honey Board) and professional makeup artist, Colombiana Vicky Mejía. We were treated to yummy food, honey facials and good company.

Vicky Mejía shared her natural, honey-based, easy to make at home recipes with us. Along with natural skin care, she suggests taking care of your skin by drinking plenty of water and getting a good nights sleep every night.

Pregnancy is a time when I really focus on taking care of myself and limiting the toxins in my body, these recipes are perfect for me right now.

"beauty is a combination of mind, body and soul"

Vicky Mejía

Clean

Soothing Honey-Based Cleanser

1 tablespoon honey
1 egg white
1 teaspoon powdered milk

In a small bowl mix honey and powdered milk. Next, lightly whisk the egg white in a separate small bowl. Add egg white to honey and milk mixture and mix. Apply cleanser onto face and leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water


 Exfoliate

Honey and Almond Scrub

3 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon olive oil
6 1/2 tablespoons crushed almonds

In a medium size bowl mix honey, crushed almonds and olive oil. Mix until throughly combined. Rub the scrub with circular motions onto your T-zone, with special attention to your nose, chin and forehead. Rinse with warm water.


Moisturize

Moisturizing Honey Treatment

1 tablespoon honey
1/4 banana
1 teaspoon oatmeal
1 teaspoon plain yogurt

In a small bowl mash banana and mix in honey, yogurt and oatmeal. Mix until throughly combined. Apply onto clean face, avoiding the skin around your eyes. Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.


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*all recipes by Vicky Mejía for the National Honey Board

grapefruit and honey punch

So many yummy ponche recipes around during the holidays, here is an easy one (because I'm all about easy) courtesy of mixologist (and Salvadoreña) Deysi Álvarez. 

Make sure you check out the rest of her ponche recipes (in Spanish) including a fabulous ponche Salvadoreño.  

Ponche de miel y toronja

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons honey

1 cup chamomile and rum infusion (see below)

1 1/2 lemon

1 grapefruit

1 (16oz) bottle of sparkling mineral water 

cinnamon sticks and/or star anise to decorate 

*for the chamomile and rum infusion

1 cup rum

2 tablespoons chamomile tea

To prepare:

In a cup mix rum and chamomile tea and let it sit for 45 min. Once it's ready, strain and pour mix in a pitcher. Juice lemons and grapefruit in a juicer and then add juice to pitcher. Add honey and mix through. Pour in fancy glasses ( : and add sparkling mineral water to each glass. Decorate with cinnamon sticks and star anise.

Novela Spoof

This novela spoof helps reinforce the reason I never hardly ever watch novelas ( :





Friends from Pura Miel (the honey people) sent this over to me to share with you.  I have mentioned before how much I love their support of local farmers.


*no compensation was given for this post.  Just a laugh.  And a laugh is a good thing.