Face Ice Roller Recipes Blog
Ice rolling, the perfect easy skincare tool to use moving into summer to create a snatched, hydrated, glowing look. Combining massage and ice therapy, facial ice rollers encourage circulation, reduce swelling, minimize redness, soothe irritation, tighten the skin, and restore radiance.
While ice rolling is incredibly effective on it’s own, combining extra ingredients to your ice can add as an extra activation in your skincare routine. Certain ingredients like lemon, cucumber and green tea is the key to a delicious hydration massage drink for your face.
The perfect Spring Recipes to help rejuvenate your face, with a combination of hydration, massage therapy and antioxidant ingredients you can take your Spring Ice Roller routine to a whole new level.
Lemon & Cucumber
Lemon juice natural contains Vitamin C, an antioxidant that may help reduce skin damage and premature aging. Due to it’s high pH levels, lemon can decrease oil on the skin and reduce inflammation. It can also help with skin lightening.
Cucumber reduces swelling and puffiness. Aids with acne prone skin and helps to combat premature aging as well. Cucumber acts as a base for hydration and also soothes irritation.
How to make:
- Mix together ⅓ cup of pure lemon juice with ⅓ cup of water and/or add freshly sliced lemons into the ice roller and top with freshly sliced cucumber to holder and just add water and place in freezer.
- Once frozen, simply glide on clean for an instant wake-me-up. To perform a lymphatic drainage with your ice roller, always massage upward and from the middle of the face toward the lymph nodes around the neck and ears
- Rinse your face with water and store ice roller in freezer to use again
- After using ice roller pat face dry with towel
Green Tea
With its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties, a green tea can help benefit your skin in a variety of ways. Not only can it protect your skin from UV damage, premature aging, irritation and redness, it also has the ability to fight off bacteria that can lead to acne breakouts.
How to make:
- Brew 1-2 green tea bags in boiling water
- Once cool, pour tea in bottom of your ed&I ice roller and place in freezer.
- Once frozen, simply glide on clean for an instant wake-me-up. To perform a lymphatic drainage with your ice roller, always massage upward and from the middle of the face toward the lymph nodes around the neck and ears
- Rinse your face with water and store ice roller in freezer to use again
- After using ice roller pat face dry with towel
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera can support the production and release of collagen whilst it’s anti-inflammatory properties can also help with swelling, pain and soreness of wounds or injuries. Known for it’s healing properties against sun damage, Aloe Vera can also help limit scarring and reduces the healing time from burns.
How to make:
- Scrape the natural gel inside an aloe vera plant or purchase natural aloe vera gel. It is important you use natural gel when applying on the face
- Add the gel to the ice roller with water and freeze
- Once frozen, simply glide on clean for an instant wake-me-up. To perform a lymphatic drainage with your ice roller, always massage upward and from the middle of the face toward the lymph nodes around the neck and ears
- Rinse your face with water and store ice roller in freezer to use again
- After using ice roller pat face dry with towel