With today’s Gen-Z fashion going off the charts, looking appealing is the top priority. The more captivating your appearance is, the more you can be sure of gaining success in multiple domains of life. Indeed, it has been true in most cases that it’s your glow which causes people to turn their faces and brighten their smiles.
Rising UV absorption, alarming levels of pollution, high-speed dusty winds and the side effects of chemical cosmetics have created the need to again try out our Grandmother’s techniques for maintaining an evergreen facial glow.
Kick out the boredom and rejuvenate the skin, beginning with your homemade parlor and its range of all-natural and made-for-the-skin substances. Get the instant skin brightening routine with our awesome hacks below!
PAPAYA
While Papaya is a delicious fruit loaded with powerful antioxidant properties, it is also a brilliant natural moisturizer protecting the skin against everyday wear and tear. It is a great way to tackle troublesome acne and young-age wrinkles marrying the forehead and cheeks. A Papaya paste can be prepared using a few slices of the peeled fruit mashed in a bowl or container. This can be applied, left on for over 5 minutes and gently washed away with warm water to match the effect of any good whitening cream for the body.
TOMATO – THE RED RESCUE
Enriched with Vitamin C and its natural skin-brightening effects, Tomato is another great mode of giving life to your skin and making it bounce like before. This treatment can be carried out using a half-cut portion of a tomato and rubbing it on the skin in measured, circular motions. It gradually lessens the oils, dark spots and sunburns.
OATS AND YOGHURT
One of the most perfect skin solutions at home is a mix of oats with yogurt in a 70:30 proportion. The mixture can be put on as a mask which can be easily peeled off after 20 minutes. Its anti-inflammatory properties prevent internal body heat from affecting the skin and cold after-wash can supplement its cooling effects.
TURMERIC
Turmeric pastes have been used since ancient times as whitening creams for the body. The anti-melanin effect it does after just 1 application is truly magic in real life. Further, it causes reduced hyperpigmentation and puts a break to premature aging. Turmeric pastes can be created with multiple recipes. The easiest of all is to add 50 ml of warm milk to a container having rice flour and turmeric in an equal volume. This paste can be left for over 20 minutes and finally rinsed off using cold water to block the newly surfaced pores of the skin.
HONEY AND OLIVE OIL
This technique strictly requires you to use honey sourced from organically certified sources. Honey is a lone wolf in terms of beauty products which can be used on its own or paired with other ingredients. The ladies in the villages still offer pastes made out of honey and turmeric, with a serving of olive oil to brides as part of marriage rituals. Olive oil assists in the fight against UV Rays and swelling and causes deep hydration of the skin cells. Washing off an applied honey serum must be coupled with lukewarm water that gives a gentle touch to the treated area.
ROSEWATER
Soothing the irritated skin, rosewater relieves the congested pores within the lower layers of the skin. It detoxifies skin upon the first spray and balances the disturbed Ph levels. Rosewater is also highly beneficial for treating uncountable problems related to facial hair. It is highly economical and can be prepared with DIY methods as well. By reducing redness-causing microbes on the surface, a spray of rosewater even heals cuts and bruises which are difficult to remove by alternative chemical medications.
MULTANI SAND POWDER
Popularly called the Fuller’s Earth in the West, this age-old remedy is the most easily available and pristine method by which nature helps you. We as Indians know it by the key name Multani Mitti which is a mild cleanser in the form of clay. The slow release of its natural oils is one of the most important benefits for the skin. Traditional remedies couple it with rosewater and honey for a dual skin-brightening effect.
SANDALWOOD
With use limited to only special occasions, sandal or Chandan is one of the most gloriously explained treatments in archaic scripture as well. In chronology, Chandan has come to be associated with restricted religious activity but with more folks becoming aware, it has exploded as a brilliant skin remedy. Red Sandalwood is purposely grown for the cosmetic industry only. At home, Chandan sticks can be watered and rubbed onto wooden articles to get a fine Chandan paste which can be used both as a face mask and a cream.
COCONUT/ ALMOND OIL
Oils nourish our bodies from both within and outside. Therefore, it’s important to choose only those oils which are sourced from their naturally occurring habitats and extracted using cold-pressing methods. Coconut and almond are two such oils whose powerful and skin-enriching effects can be comfortably felt at home.
Almond oil can be obtained by crushing and filtering a few raw almonds in any metallic bowl. Thereafter, drops of it should be taken into the palms and the face should be gently massaged using fingertips.
Similarly, coconut oil when mixed with lemon juice and applied using cotton balls beats whitening creams for the body.
STEAM AND MILK CREAM
The combination of milk cream right after steam treatment is a deadly combination for the germs, oils and dark spots on your face. Milk creams work through the pores of dry cells to turn dryish skins smooth and soft.
Homemade remedies do not end here. You can use rice water, egg gels, flour batters and even baking soda pastes to yield similar health for your skin!