Korean beauty trends are taking the World by storm, from good old sheet masks to cushion compacts. All of us who spend our free time scrolling down the online feeds of fashion and beauty magazines, have seen different sorts of Korean beauty products. Some look useful and appealing, others are just plain silly (animal faces sheet masks to name the one). Like every beauty craze this is probably some very good marketing in action, but one thing in particular got my attention, egg based skin products.

Egg masks are something we can all make at home and I love a good homemade face mask. For this one you need only the egg white, which is packed with protein (including collagen), vitamins and enzymes. It tightens the skin (if you used similar masks you know the feeling)  and shrinks the pores. Maybe there's something in those egg skin care products. Try out this mask to test the theory.

You'll need:

-one egg
-tea spoon of lemon juice

Separate the yolk from the white, then beat the white until it's foamy. Add your lemon and apply the mask evenly on face and neck. Leave it on for about 10 to 15 minutes. They say that the way you remove this mask makes all the difference. You are supposed to wipe it off with a damp cotton pad. In real life this can be tricky and time consuming, so I like to just wash it off with water.

Have you used this mask, what do you think?



Trendovi u lepoti i nezi koji dolaze iz Koreje osvajaju svet, od dobrih starih platnenih maski do pudera u jastučiću. Svi mi koji slobodno vreme provodimo pretražujući online stranice časopisa o modi i lepoti, videli smo razne vrste koreanskih proizvoda. Neki izgledaju korisno i primamljivo, dok su drugi samo smešni (platnene maske za lice sa motivima životinja, da spomenem jedan). Kao i svaka pomama u svetu lepote i ova je verovatno ponajviše posledica dobrog marketinga, ali jedna stvar mi je privukla pašnju, proizvodi za negu kože sa jajima.

Maske sa jajima su nešto što svi možemo da napravimo kod kuće, ja obožavam dobre ''domaće'' maske. Za ovu vam je potrebno belance, koje je prepuo proteina (uključujući i kolagen), vitamina i enzima. Zateže kožu (ako ste koristili slične maske poznat vam je ovaj osećaj) i sužava pore. Možda stvarno postoji nešto kod proizvoda za kožu sa jajima. Probajte ovu masku i testirajte tu teoriju.


Šta vam je potrebno:

-jedno jaje
-kafena kašičica soka od limuna

Odvojite belance od žumanca i mutite ga dok ne postane penasto. Dodajte limun pa nanesite masku na lice i vrat. Ostavite oko 10 do 15 minuta. Kažu da je tajna kod ovakvih maski to kako ih skidate. Trebalo bi da je obrišete vlažnim tupferom. U stvarnom životu ovo može da bude nezgodno i dugo traje, pa ja ipak volim da masku operem vodom.

Da li ste probali ovu masku, kako vam se dopala?