Nothing wrong with taking a day off to stay at home all day, refuse to feel guilty about forgoing the Hawaiian beach in order to nibble on fruit, sip tea, and give myself a facial. Yes, today’s been an at-home spa day!
Crushed Papaya Seed Facial
*CAUTION: this does burn. It’s the Alpha Hydroxy Acids munching dead skins cells. Take good care to stay in the shade for a couple days after this one, you have exposed fresh baby skin! Hat and SPF! You’ve been warned.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1. Eat papaya. Save seeds.
2. Crush papaya seeds in blender until seeds look like rough sand.
3. Apply to face, neck, chest. Leave on 1-10 minutes, or however long you can stand the burning sensation. If you like, use the seeds as a scrub, as well.
4. Rinse.
5. Follow up with a nourishing mask, preferably a cooling one, such as rejuva-blue mask by ecrin (my friend Erin McGowan’s line).

6. Rinse mask after 15 mins, apply lotion, and lots of SPF!
Peace, love, Aloha