Drinking chilled orange juice is a great way to cool down during humid days but it’s also beneficial to apply to your skin because its Vitamin C encourages your skin to produce collagen. Added to this, the acids found in orange juice exfoliate your skin and clear up acne so your face can glow in health.Mix three tablespoons of orange juice with half a cup of honey to moisturize your skin. Sit with it on your face for about half an hour before washing off. The smell of the orange is sure to perk up your mood, too!
Cool as a Cucumber
Cucumbers are packed with water so they hydrate your skin, making them a must when your skin is dry. Place half a cucumber (leave its skin intact) with half a banana into a food processor. Stir in a tablespoon of honey if your skin needs an extra dash of smoothness. After processing, place the mixture into a bowl and apply it to your face evenly. Sit with it for half an hour and then wash it off with lukewarm water. While the cucumber hydrates, the banana gives your complexion a boost of luminosity thanks to its vitamins that encourage bettercirculation.
Brightening and Beautifying Mask
Your skin can’t look refreshed if it is suffering from an uneven or discolored tone. Choosing homemade masks with natural skin lightening ingredients are a must, along with ingredients that exfoliate your skin to remove pigment from the surface layers. The blend of lightening and exfoliating is important to achieve a clear complexion. This is why you’ll often find both ingredients in quality skinbrightening and lightening products.You’ll need yogurt, tomato juice, and oatmeal for this recipe. Yogurt contains lactic acid that helps to lighten the skin naturally, and when it is combined with oatmeal to slough away dead skin it makes skin glow. Tomatoes, on the other hand, are packed with free radicals to protect your skin against damaging UV light.
Method:
Mix together a teaspoon of yogurt with a teaspoon of oatmeal. Add in a teaspoon of tomato juice. After cleansing your skin, apply this brightening blend to your face and sit with it for approximately 20 minutes before washing off.
Nutrient Pack for Your Face
You eat healthy foods but you should also apply them to your skin so that you infuse it with nutrients it needs to look healthy and young. This youth elixir is a vitamin-packed face mask that should be left on for 20 minutes before washing off.Method:
Boil a carrot in a pot for 15 minutes until it is soft enough to mash. Carrots contain beta-carotene which gets transformed into Vitamin A in the body. This encourages skin cell turnover so that new skin cells can be on display. Add a mashed avocado to the carrot because avo is a great source of Vitamin E to keep the skin smooth. Finally, add in a cup of sour cream and an egg that has been beaten. Cream contains lactic acid while eggs are a great source of protein to keep skin elastic and firm.
This recipe tackles dryness, dullness, and wrinkles to achieve all-round radiance.
Sweet and Spicy
Cinnamon is renowned for its anti-inflammatory properties which makes it a great way to soothe irritated or blemished skin that can be more pronounced during the humid, monsoon months. Mix one teaspoon of ground cinnamon with a tablespoon of honey. The honey is antimicrobial so it will also work to clear your skin of acne. While keeping blemishes at bay, this blend lightens acne scars that give you an uneven skin tone and also tightens your pores.Massage the mixture into your face to encourage circulation and leave it on for about 15 minutes.
Spring Skin Green Tea Face Mask
Matcha green tea keeps your skin looking youthful, thanks to how it protects your skin against damaging UV rays and free radicals because it contains chlorophyll. However, it is also renowned as an energy booster so it rejuvenates the skin.Method:
You can make its effect on your skin even more powerful by adding in turmeric powder which fights inflammation, cacao powder that contains polyphenols to increase circulation, andcoconut water to hydrate your skin. Simply mix the ingredients together in a bowl, adding ingredient quantities until you have a thick consistency. Apply it on your face and sit with a book for 20 minutes while it works its magic.
Getting refreshed, glowing skin doesn’t have to be expensive or filled with dangerous chemicals as so many conventional skincare products are. With some DIY recipes, you’re well on your way to flaunting a gorgeous complexion.
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