Sea Lettuce Face Mask
Seaweed is discretely in a lot of cosmetic and skin care products, and more and more it’s proudly included with not so subtle branding. If you can use it as a skincare additive, surely you can use it straight from the sea as well. I’ve even seen seaweed powders that you can add water or oil to to use as a face mask.
I asked Marie Power what she’d recommend for a face mask and she said sea lettuce because you can easily wrap it onto your face. Since the wracks, serrated and bladder, are great for baths, with their gelatinous properties that release when warm, I thought why not a combination?
On our last night in Waterford, I prepared a sea face mask for my friends. Isn’t it always more fun as a group slumber party activity? Maybe next time I’ll include sea salt as an exfoliating step.
Sea Lettuce & Serrated Wrack Face Masks
Cut serrated wrack into a small bowl
Pour hot water over and let sit to release the gel and allow it to cool
Rince sea lettuce in fresh water and arrange in an appealing way
Dip sea lettuce into serrated wrack gel and then place all over your face
Photoshoot
Peel sea lettuce off and rub residual sea-goo into skin
Sea Mask Results
It was a fun activity and my skin felt just as good after this at home facial as it does using prepackaged face masks. The only drawback was the challenge in getting the sea lettuce to cover all parts of your face evenly.
