Use honey everyday for glowing skin

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Raw honey can be used, not just in our breakfast cereal or dessert, but also get glowing and younger looking skin. Abundant in antioxidants, honey is known to have antibacterial properties too. 

Here's how you can use honey for your skin every day.
-If you have an acne breakout, you can get rid of them using honey. Gently dab honey on the acne-affected area. You can also mix it with tea tree or lavender oil for an extra boost.

-Use a mix of honey and coconut/jojoba oil as a skin cleanser. It not only loosens the makeup but also acts as a moisturizer

-For dry skin, mix honey, vegetable oil and lemon juice and apply on the skin. Leave for 10 minutes and wash off.

7 Ayurvedic Face Packs For Glowing Skin

When it comes to skin care, we often pay more emphasis to our face in comparison to other regions. We all wish for a healthy facial skin because it helps boost one’s confidence.

Ayurveda is the most useful and successful means for achieving this purpose. You will be amazed to find abundance of beauty secrets in the form of face masks and other mediums. They all treat and heal the dull and blemished skin to make it into a glowing and healthy skin.

Here are a few amazing ways to make a face pack for glowing skin at home. 

1. Marigold Face Pack for Glowing Skin:

Ever tried face masks with flowers? 

It’s time you give it a shot. Glenda or Marigold flowers are easily available. So just grab a few and make a fresh flowery paste with some raw milk and 1 tbsp. of honey. Apply this paste to your face and leave it on for 10-15 minutes before you wash it with lukewarm water.

Besides the amazing aroma, the pack also has antibacterial and antiseptic properties that heal the aggravated pimples or zits. Doing this for at least one or two times a week helps tighten the pores and leads to amazing glowing skin. This is a perfect Ayurveda face pack for oily skin.

Alternative:- You can use petals of absolute red roses in the same manner.

2. Turmeric and Besan Pack:

This is the most common homemade ayurvedic face pack for glowing skin used especially during the wedding season, as it helps to enhance the to-be wedded bride’s skin.

Mix 4 tbsp. of beans to half a tbsp. of turmeric powder and make a paste. You can also add some raw milk or malaise for added smoothness. Use this at least once a week, for 10-15 minutes to get bright and glowing complexion.

3. Chandon or Sandalwood Mask:

To make this face mask, you can use the easily available sandalwood powder instead of grabbing a sandalwood stick and rubbing it on the stone. Both the alternatives do equal justice. Regardless of what you use, mix sandalwood with some water or rose water and apply it on the face for 15 minutes and wash it off. This is among the most popular of face packs for glowing skin.Thea are that it reduces pimples, enhances the glow and makes the skin soft. Use it 5-6 times a week for better results.

4. Aromatic Facemask:

You can achieve this aromatic face mask by mixing the following ingredients.

• One small tbsp. of sandal wood paste
• 2 drops of rose oil
• 1 drop of lavender oil
• 2 tbsp of beans
• A pinch of turmeric powder
• Mix it all with some malaise or buttermilk

Ensure you leave the paste for at least 10-15 minutes and when used at least once a week, it relieves stress, thus giving your skin youthful glow.

5. Ayurveda Scrub:

Make a scrub with 1 tbsp of fine rice flour and sandalwood powder. To it, add conch shell powder (optional –great for treating pimples), half a tbsp. of milk powder, and 1 tbsp of besan along with rose water. Use this Ayurveda scrub once or twice a week for a spa like scrubbing experience.

6. Honey and Lemon Mask :

This homemade Ayurveda face pack includes anti-oxidant and moisturizing properties, which helps you achieve clean and light skin. Take 1 tablespoon of organic honey and add 3-5 drops of fresh lemon juice and then apply on the face. Make sure to cover all areas of the face excluding the eye area. Rinse it off with clear water after 10-15 minutes. This pack will help you achieve soft, glowing skin in no time.

7. Herbal Pack :

Take some beans, a pinch of turmeric and a few drops of lemon along with raw milk or rose water to make a smooth pack. Apply on a thoroughly cleansed face and leave it for 10 minutes. Rinse it off with cold water to get a soft, smooth, and glowing skin. It also claims to fade away the blemishes along with removing tan and dead skin cells.

9 Essential Face Packs For Skin Whitening

Every woman desires a fairer and whiter skin tone. At least all Indian women do! We are brought up with that admiration for fairness that just tends to over take everything else. And we keep on hunting for ways and means to attain that favored skin tone may it be store bought or home made!

Talking of getting that whiter complexion, free from patches and pigmentation, homemade face mask for skin whitening have proven to be the most successful solution till date!

1. Milk Powder and Lemon Juice Face Pack for skin whitening:

 

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• Milk powder can be mixed with lemon juice and honey that makes a face pack for whitening skin. This can be easily prepared and must be applied for a minimum of ten minutes or more.
• Regular application enhances your skin’s glow and also gets rid of pigmentation.

2. Oatmeal and Sour Curd Face mask for skin whitening:

 

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• Soak oatmeal over night. Next day grind it into a paste and mix it with sour curd.
• Using this as a pack on to the skin will help you regain fairer skin.

This face pack for whitening the skin does wonders. You can see best results with regular use.

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3. Potato Pulp natural face pack for skin whitening:

 

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• Like lemon juice, potato also has mild bleaching properties.
• Regular application of potato juice or potato pulp as a pack will lead to fairer complexion.
• It also imparts a polished glow to the skin.

4. Turmeric and Tomato Face Pack:

 

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• Turmeric mixed with tomato or lemon juice is a great way to get the desired fairness to the skin.

This homemade face mask for skin whitening will offer you desired results.

5. Sweet Almond Oil Face Pack:

 

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• Regular massage with sweet almond oil, slightly warmed by indirect heat (especially for dry skin) is great for increasing the blood circulation.
• The more the blood circulation, the more rejuvenated the skin becomes in that area.
• The same thing can be done with about 4-5 almonds are soaked overnight and ground to a paste the next day.
• Use this paste with a little bit of butter milk or malaise for 10-12 minutes. Wash off with plain water in a scrubbing motion.
• This mask will help soften and wear out dead skin cells. Regular use will lead to skin whitening.

And if using that sticky mail bothers you, then here is a variation with honey and yogurt

6. Gram Flour Face Pack:

 

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• Gram flour or beans sorts our sallow complexion and gives a youthful glow to skin.
• For best results, mix a Paste of Gram flour with mail or butter milk and apply on face. This pack is very well known for generations. 

Here is another option with gram flour that you can try, because its one of the best homemade facial for skin whitening.

7. Mint Leaves Face Pack.

 

• Mint leaves have extremely refreshing property. They contain an astringent and have a purifying property.
• You can make a mask of fresh mint leaves and apply on to face for 10-15 minutes.
• It will tighten the skin pores, reduce sun burns and tanning with regular application. It gives you an awesome soothing spa-like feel.

8. Banana Face Pack:

 

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• Banana has proven whitening effects on skin.
• A mixture of a ripe yellow banana, honey and a teaspoon of sour curd is a great way to brighten up your skin, especially the skin with suntans.

Here is a video for guidance!

9. Sandal wood Powder Face Pack:

 

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• For oily skin, Chandra or sandal wood powder mixed with water into a paste is a great way to gain the natural whiteness for your skin.
• It not only brightens up sallow complexion but also gives it a fresh glow.