It's a good thing Nicole highlighted avocadoes as an major player in the Super Bowl of food, because it's also the first food I'm talking about in a totally irregular, sporadic series of posts dedicated to feeding your face - the skin on your face that is, along with your hair, and maybe even your nails. Food certainly does wonders for your body from the inside when you eat it, but it certainly works natural miracles on the outside, too. Haven't we already seen a French toast facial?

Avocadoes, as we all know, taste good because they contain a lot of fat. Not to fear the freaded F-word! Even though it can be up to 25 grams per avocado, it's good fat for your body, and it's this fat that make avocadoes an amazing moisturizer. Alone, avocado can work as moisturizing mask, and mixed with a few other ingrdients, can be used as a cleanser, and even to remove under-eye circles. Just don't make guacamole with it once your face feels refreshed!

To make an all-avocado face mask, all you have to do is puree a quarter, or up to half an avocado (depending on the size of the avocado, and the size of your face), and apply it, by itself, to your clean face. Let it work its avocado-magic for 15 minutes, then rinse off.

You can also add 1 Tbsp. honey to each quarter of avocado you mash. Stir it into the avocado puree until wel incorporated, then apply to your face.

To treat puffy eyes, simply place a thin slice of avocado under your eyes where the puffiness, relax and let it sit for 20 minutes, then remove.

This one I have never tried myself, but apparently you can make your hairy super shiny and soft by mixing 1 mashed avocado with 1 egg yolk and 1 tsp. olive oil. Apply to your hair, then rinse, shampoo and condition as usual.

To be covered in future posts:

• Honey
• Mayonnaise (yes, Stefania, that even includes Miracle Whip!)  
• Eggs
• Cucumber
• Oatmeal
• Olive Oil
• Bananas
• Potaoes