Author: Moin Nex

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5 DIY Milk Face Mask Recipes for Skin Whitening

Author ByMoin Nex

milk face mask

Are you stepping to be a bride or getting ready for a party? You yearn to have spot less, smooth and radiant skin. What if I tell you that you get this right being at home? Yes, you can now ignore those pricey spa visits and turn your kitchen into a beauty spa right now. Milk face mask is one such home remedy that has packed with assorted skin benefits.

Raw milk, which is renowned for its magical health benefits, has been used by ancient queens as a beauty product. Cleopatra an Egyptian queen known for her beauty take bath in milk to obtain whitening skin. Just in case if you aren’t happy with the aroma of raw milk, mix it with other natural ingredients.

Why Milk is good for Skin?

The milk you and I drink is not nutritious. It’s boiled and pasteurized to increase its life. The raw milk is packed with exceptional nutrients, like calcium, potassium, magnesium, lactic acid, vitamin B12, B6, A and vitamin D2. These properties makes your skin pores firm by unclogging them, rebuild tissues, stimulates collagen production, enhance elasticity and hydrates your skin from the outside.

  • Lactic acid: It’s a type of alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), which removes dead skin cells and helps in regeneration of new cells.
  • Vitamin A: Dehydration results in dry and itchy skin, properties in vitamin A heal dry and itchy skin.
  • Vitamin B6: Moisturizes and enhances new cell generation.
  • Vitamin B12: Reduce hyperpigmentation and fades acne scars.
  • Protein and other properties help to repair damaged tissue resulting in overall supple skin.

5 Raw Milk Face Mask/Pack

1. Honey and Milk Face Mask for Dry Skin

honey and milk face mask

We aren’t new for extolling benefits of honey, its antimicrobial and anti-bacterial thwarts infection causing bacteria. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties soothe acne blemishes. Renowned as humectant agent, honey moisturizes your dry itchy skin.

Things you’ll need

  • Raw milk – 1 tbsp
  • Raw honey – 1tbsp

Pasteurized or homogenized milk lack innate properties. Mix raw honey to raw milk in required quantities. Prepare your face by washing it and pat dry. Using cotton ball apply the face mask over the skin evenly. Leave it for 15 minutes and then rinse it off.

Apply this face mask when the skin is still damp. You can use it on acne prone skin to treat acne blemishes.

Also read: Honey and lemon face mask for acne

2. Oatmeal and Milk Face Mask as a Cleanser

Absorbing properties in oatmeal helps to clean excess oil and dirt over the skin. Because of its mild rough texture it can easily shed dead cells from skin and hydrate at the same time.

Things you’ll need

  • Raw milk – 1 tbsp
  • Grounded oatmeal – 1 tbsp

In a clean bowl, mix these two ingredients. Prepare your face by washing and pat dry with a soft cloth. Optionally you can mix raw honey or manuka honey if you’ve pimples. Don’t press or squeeze blemishes. Use cotton ball to apply topically. Leave it for 15 minutes and rinse it off with water.

3. Milk and Banana Face Mask as a Moisturizer

Vitamin A and E housed in banana fades dark spots and thwarts free radicals resulting in wrinkle free skin. Potassium and vitamin B also hydrates skin and lightens acne blemishes.

Things you’ll need

  • Ripe Banana – 1/3
  • Milk – 1 tbsp

Mash banana or blend it by adding milk. After mixing it thoroughly apply on prewashed face. Leave it for few minutes then rinse it off with water. This face mask leaves your skin moist and hydrated.

Also read: Banana face mask for dry skin

4. Milk, Lemon and Turmeric Face Pack for Acne Prone Skin

turmeric and milk face mask

Turmeric is an Asian spice filled with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties. It lightens dark spots, acne scars, hyperpigmentation and treat skin diseases like acne, eczema and rosacea. Lemon known for its acidic properties makes an unfriendly environment for disease causing bacteria. It also lightens dark spots and acne blemishes.

Lemon may make your skin sensitive, so limit its use.

Things you’ll need

  • Lemon juice – few drops
  • Milk – 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric – a pinch

Mix all ingredients in equal quantities. To open up the pores, do facial steaming or wash it with lukewarm water. Apply the face mask in circular motion. Leave the face mask for 15 minutes and then rinse it off.

Don’t worry if you see yellow stains within few hours you can fade them. Else limit turmeric use.

Also read: Turmeric face pack benefits

5. Papaya and Milk for Face Whitening

milk for face whitening

Peel papaya fruit and blend it into smooth paste. Mix 2 tbsp of raw milk to it. Wash your face and be prepared for home spa treatment. Properties in papaya will enhance your skin texture and rejuvenate it. Using clean fingers apply face mask over face in circular motion. Let exceptional properties of milk and papaya start affecting your skin. Rinse it off after 15 minutes and pat dry with cotton cloth.

Recommended: Papaya face mask for skin whitening

If you’re lazy or don’t want to entertain other ingredients with milk. Using cotton ball apply raw milk over prewashed face regularly. This will nourish and hydrate your skin.

Milk face mask benefits include reducing hyperpigmentation, healing minor sunburns, hydrating skin, treating acne and fading acne scars.

Important note: Though you might have seen many beauty blogs extolling milk face mask benefits, we all lack data to back our claims, anyhow feedback from people who use milk shows a positive sign.

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Vinegar Face Mask Recipe for Glowing Skin

Author ByMoin Nex

Mostly used for culinary purpose and as a cleanser, vinegar has excellent properties that can make your skin radiant. It neutralizes pH level of the skin and makes your skin tone smooth and clear.

Depending on ingredients used in fermentation process vinegar has been classified into various types. Apple cider vinegar is most renowned among them. Topically applying vinegar face mask effects overall skin complexion.

pH is nothing but measurement of acidity. Your skin needs oil to keep itself moist. Excess oil can lead to oily skin resulting is acne blemishes, whereas little oil production can lead to dry skin and wrinkles. Maintaining good pH level will make your skin free from most common skin problems.

Assorted properties housed in vinegar can help you reduce dry skin, acne, sunburns, acne scars, inflammation and to post pone aging wrinkles. You can add appropriate innate ingredient with vinegar to make it more effective. Few such recipes are discussed below.

Note: Though many beauty blogs claim about its effectiveness, it may not work for everyone. However, you can see some positive results.

Homemade Vinegar Face Mask Recipes

Using vinegar has a face toner dates back from ancient times. Mix 2 ounces of apple cider vinegar to 2 ounces of water. Prepare your face by washing it with water and pat dry. Now, using cotton ball apply vinegar facial mask on skin evenly, leave it for 10 minutes and then rinse it off with water.

Baking Soda and Vinegar Face Mask for Blackheads

Baking soda can strip natural oil from your skin. If you’ve dry skin I recommend limiting its use.

Take 2 tbsp of baking soda in a bowl and add required amount (few drops) of apple cider vinegar to it. Mix it thoroughly. Using your clean fingers, apply the facial mask over prewashed skin. Leave it for about 15 minutes. Rinse it off with warm water, pat dry and apply any natural moisturizer.

Also read: DIY Tomato Face Scrub to Remove Blackheads

Organic Apple Cider Vinegar for Acne

To reap all nutritional benefits of vinegar beauty experts suggest taking organic or unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. Mix it with equal amounts of distilled water. Using cotton ball apply it over prewashed face. Don’t squeeze pimples, wash it with warm water or expose it to steam before apply this face mask.

Repeat this process twice a day.

Get Rid of Itchy Skin

Dehydration is the main cause of dry itchy patches. You need to hydrate from the inside and outside to moisturize your skin. A quick remedy however is to topically apply natural cream over skin. Mix 1 cup of apple cider vinegar to bath tub. Soak in the tub for about 15 minutes. You can use small amounts of vinegar as face wash.

It’s inexpensive when compared to other pricey chemical filled creams; it’s great to use our own homemade vinegar face mask. Beth of Tasty-yummies.com shared her own apple cider vinegar face toner recipe here.

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DIY Honey and Olive Oil Face Mask Recipe

Author ByMoin Nex

 honey and olive oil face mask

These homemade face mask recipes are lovely, because they’re inexpensive, effective and have no or less side-effects. Honey and olive oil face mask is an irreplaceable remedy for dry and itchy skin. Acclaimed for their hydrating properties both honey and olive oil makes your skin smooth and supple. But you must use them regularly. So don’t ignore, add it to your beauty regimen now.

Choose raw honey, which has antioxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. We can’t expect these properties in refined one. Listed assorted properties protects skin from drying, reduce inflammation, heals minor cuts and regular use will make your skin radiant.

Get olive oil in its pure form, like honey it has moisturizing and antioxidant agents packed. Stimulates new cell building and helps combat UV rays.

Now let’s check honey and olive oil face mask recipe.

Things you’ll need

  • Raw honey – 1 tbsp
  • Extra virgin olive oil – 1/2 tbsp
  • Water – optional

You can get above listed items from local store or you can try Amazon.com. Start with raw honey; take 1 table spoon of honey in a clean bowl, then pour 1/2 table spoon of virgin olive oil. If you don’t want it to be thick, optionally add water.

Prepare your face for this home spa treatment by cleansing it. Pat dry, while the skin is still damp (moist) apply honey and olive oil face mask with your fingers, massage in circular motion. After leaving it for 15-20 minutes rinse it off with water.

Optionally apply natural moisturizer like jojoba oil, olive oil or argan oil.

Honey and Olive Oil Face Mask Benefits

olive oil and honey face mask
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To allure human, you must first share its benefits. Here I go.

  • Acne fighting agents in honey helps to get rid of annoying acne blemishes.
  • Healing properties housed in honey stimulates cell generation and fades scars.
  • Antioxidants packed in honey slow down aging wrinkles.
  • Impurities and excess sebum clogged at skin pores can be unclogged using honey.
  • Dry skin is main reason behind major skin problems; olive oil is a great moisturizer that removes dry skin.
  • Olive oil rejuvenates the skin and brings back youthful skin.
  • Properties in olive oil stimulate fast healing properties.
  • Vitamin E, antioxidants and phenolic in olive oil fights free radicals and repair damaged skin cells.
  • Both honey and olive removes stretch marks, prevents premature aging, treats minor burns, enhances blood circulation and it also acts as a makeup remover.

Remedies for Stretch Marks

Conclusion

You’re free to add other innate ingredients in honey and olive oil face mask, but confirm it with experts, before trying as you may end with an allergic ingredient. Do share your own favorite recipe in comments.

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3 Tomato Face Mask Recipes for Face Whitening

Author ByMoin Nex

Renowned for its exceptional antioxidant properties, tomato face mask stimulates collagen production to obtain radiant skin. Use it internally or topically, tomatoes have abundant benefits for your skin. It improves skin’s ability to fight germs, bacteria and harmful UV rays.

Wonder, how come this simple home available fruit can make skin supple and glowing? Check out its nutritional value.

  • Lycopene, a compound in tomato has antioxidant properties, which restrain bacterial growth and thwarts free radicals.
  • Tomatoes are packed with vitamin A, C and B-vitamins. Vitamin A helps to fade acne blemishes and dark spots. Vitamin C, which is incorporated in almost all skin care creams enhances collagen production and makes the skin firm.
  • B – Vitamins fight free radicals and slow down aging wrinkles, resulting in wrinkle free skin.
  • Its cooling properties will soothe minor burns and skin pores are tightened by astringent agents.
  • Other nutrients like potassium, calcium and magnesium help to shed dead skin cells and hydrate the skin to make your skin youthful.

1. Lemon and Tomato Face Mask for Skin Whitening

Ingredients

  • Lemon
  • Tomato

Popular for its acidic properties lemon has antibacterial agents that fade dark spots and reduces acne inflammation. It makes an unfriendly environment for infectious bacteria. But it may leave your skin dry, so limit its use or apply moisturizer soon after face pack treatment.

Also read: Lemon Juice for dark spots

tomato puree for making scrub

Blend 1/2 ripe tomato, until you get puree. Slice fresh lemon and squeeze it, add 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice to tomato puree. Mix it well. Prepare your face by cleansing it. Pat dry and apply tomatoes face pack. Leave it for 15 minutes and rinse it off.

[Read: Tomato face scrub to remove blackheads]

2. Olive oil and Tomato Face Pack for Dry Skin

Olive oil intake will reduce heart attack cases. (1) A Japanese study concludes that olive oil reduces LDL (bad cholesterol). Enticing nutrients like antioxidant, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, made cosmetic industries to incorporate olive oil in skin care creams.

Ingredients:

  • Virgin olive oil – 1/2 tbsp
  • Tomato – 1/2

Squeeze pulp of tomato and mash it with spoon. Pour 1/2 tbsp of olive oil to it. Mix it well and apply it over prewashed face. Leave it for 15 minutes and rinse it off. Increase olive oil quantity if you’ve tingling sensation.

3. Cucumber, Honey and Tomato Face Pack for Oily Skin

Cucumber and honey are praised for their moisturizing properties. Anyhow, they can also control oil and reduce blemishes. Antioxidant properties in cucumber and honey restrain acne causing bacteria and also thwart free radicals. With these ingredients you can clean impurities accumulated beneath the skin pores.

Also read: Cucumber face mask

Ingredients:

  • Cucumber – 1/4
  • Honey – 1/2 tbsp
  • Tomato – 1/2

honey and tomato face mask

Peel cucumber and blend it to make pulp. Add raw honey and tomato puree to the mixture. Mix it thoroughly and apply it over prewashed face. Leave it for 10-15 minutes and rinse it off. Alternatively you can also use only tomato pulp without adding any ingredients.

You can use lemon and honey as ingredients for acne prone skin. Click here to read the tomato face mask recipe for acne. Mix oatmeal to tomato puree to use it as a face scrub or add fine granulated sugar.

Other Homemade face mask include

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DIY Tomato Face Scrub to Remove Blackheads

Author ByMoin Nex

tomato face scrub

Blackheads are first stage of acne or pimples. Hormonal imbalance stimulates sebaceous glands to produce excess oil (sebum). Along with dead cells this oils blocks follicle (pores). People are found of squeezing blackheads, which is not recommended.

Homemade tomato face scrub can help you remove all blackheads and impurities settled over the skin. Sensitive skin owners should pay attention to ingredients, sugar tomato and honey may raise unsatisfactory signs. No need to worry, you can replace it with brown sugar or use powdered sugar.

  • Lycopene, a pigment in tomato exhibits antioxidant properties. Use it internally or topically, exceptional properties of lycopene will restrain free radicals and fights infectious bacteria.
  • Tomatoes filled with vitamin A, B and C enhances collagen production and tightens skin pores. Thus resulting is wrinkle free skin.
  • Renowned properties in tomatoes protects your skin from dangerous UV rays, it’s an excellent sunscreen.

Tomato Face Scrub Recipe

If you’ve sensitive skin, then limit the use of sugar or use powdered sugar. Honey used in this face scrub shouldn’t be refined, prefer raw honey. Optionally you can follow with a natural moisturizer after face scrub treatment.

Ingredients:

  • Ripe tomato – 1/2
  • Raw honey – 1 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1/2 tbsp

You can increase or decrease ingredients quantity according to your skin type.

tomato puree for making scrub

Initially blend tomato into puree. Then mix honey and sugar to it. After mixing it thoroughly, apply it over prewashed face. Leave it for few minutes and then remove the face scrub using cotton ball or soft cloth. Rinse it off with water.

sugar scrub

Alternatively you can make sugar facial scrub with tomato. No need to add anything, just mix these two ingredients in required quantities and applies it over prewashed face.

tomato and sugar face scrub

Before trying do a patch test, also prepare your face by exposing it to steam or wash it with lukewarm water, so that skin pores opens up.

Acne

Tomato Face Mask for Acne Scars and Acne

Author ByMoin Nex

tomato face mask for acne scars

Tomato is a fruit, though we use it as a vegetable in salads, sauce, dishes and in drinks. This fruit is rich in Lycopene, an antioxidant compound that has enticing health benefits. Consume or topically apply it over the skin, assorted properties housed in tomato will rejuvenate your skin and postpones aging wrinkles.

Natural acids packed in tomato regulate oily skin, thus making it an excellent remedy for pimples. Apply tomato face mask for acne scars or acne topically, and the soothing properties will start affecting your skin. But, remember to use regularly. Let’s have a brief look on its nutritional profile.

  • While vitamin A and B fade dark spots and slows down aging process, vitamin C stimulates collagen production and enhances the elasticity, resulting in wrinkle free skin.
  • Tomato seed oil has light viscosity and easily absorbed. (1) Cooling properties in tomato will soothe minor sunburns and astringent agent tightens the skin pores.
  • Potassium and calcium in tomato works on removing dead skin cells and hydrating outer layer of the skin.
  • Like B-vitamins, magnesium thwarts aging wrinkles.

Vitamin A and C that are commonly found in acne treating ointments are packed in tomatoes. Topically apply and they will help you to treat scars and blemishes.

Homemade Tomato Face Mask for Acne and Acne Scars

As long as you know what you’re doing, you can add any innate home available ingredient to this face pack/mask. After research I found these recipes effective, because of the natural ingredients in them.

Note: Do patch test (under the elbow) before trying any face mask.

1. Honey and Tomato Face Mask for Acne

We already heard extolling benefits of honey from our grannies and through historical as well as religious books. Almighty God packed honey with such unmatched nutrients that it has abundant benefits for health, and skin is no exception. Antioxidant, anti-bacterial, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties housed in honey restrains acne causing bacteria and aids in regulating oily skin.

Refined honey lacks above mentioned properties, prefer raw honey.

Ingredients:

  • Ripe tomato – 1/2
  • Raw Honey – 1 tbsp

Blend ripe tomato to obtain smooth puree. Add 1 tbsp of raw honey to this paste. Mix it well, on other side prepare your face by washing it with lukewarm water or expose it to steam. Pat dry with cotton cloth and topically massage it with fingers. Avoid pressing pimples, leave the face pack for 15-20 minutes and then rinse it off with water.

Add it to your beauty regimen and use it regularly, it can also be used to fade acne scars.

[Related post: Manuka honey has more nutrients than other types of honey]

2. Tomato and Lemon for Acne Scars

Antibacterial properties in lemon juice develop an unfriendly environment for infectious germs. Natural astringent agent tightens skin pores and lightens acne scars and dark spots.

Note: If you’ve dry skin, limit the use of lemon juice. Or, follow with a moisturizer after face mask treatment.

Ingredients:

  • Lemon juice – 1/2 tbsp
  • Ripe tomato – 1/2

Just like in above face pack, blend ripe tomato till you get puree. Mix lemon juice obtained from fresh lemon slice. Stir thoroughly and apply it on prewashed face. Leave it for 15 minutes and rinse it off. If you feel dryness, then apply jojoba oil or olive oil after washing your face.

Conclusion

To benefit from abundant nutrients of tomato, eat it raw or topically apply over the skin. Unlike pricey creams tomato face mask for acne scars may not show instant result, but this inexpensive remedy will affect slowly and gradually with no or less side-effects.

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Mustard Face Mask

Author ByMoin Nex

Apart from being delicious condiment at the table, mustard can be used to exfoliate and tighten the skin. According to Wikipedia, Romans are first to coin mustard condiment and the rest of the world slowly followed. Northern part of India extremely uses mustard oil for culinary purpose. Both grainy mustard or mustard oil, both can make your skin supple.

For exfoliating the skin, we recommend mustard face mask and to hydrate you can use mustard oil. Either ways your skin gets benefited. Nutrients in mustard include vitamin E, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, omegAlpha3 and omegAlpha6 fatty acids. Renowned for its healing properties in Ayurveda.

Also read: Turmeric Face Pack Recipe

Mustard Face Mask Recipe

Face is the most exposed part of the body. Dirt, pollution and excess oil clogs skin pores, making it difficult to breathe. If you want to have radiant skin, then you must cleanse it regularly. This homemade mustard face mask is affordable and effective.

Take grainy mustard and spread it over your face, prior to this cleanse your face with lukewarm water. Massage in circular motion and leave it for 15 minutes. Then wipe it off using washcloth.

Alternatively you can mix Bengal gram flour, curd, lemon juice and mustard oil in required quantities. Apply topically on prewashed face and rinse it off after 15 minutes. Repeat the process twice in a week. Or mix coconut oil with mustard oil and topically massage over skin.

Benefits of Mustard for Skin

  • Assorted properties in mustard effectively shed dead cells and make the skin firm. Resulting wrinkle free skin.
  • Gram flour and mustard oil face mask fights to remove dark spots. Vitamin E housed in mustard protects the skin from harmful UV rays and postpones aging wrinkles.
  • Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties in mustard thwart infection causing bacteria and help to get rid of itching.

You can make your own mustard face mask adding innate ingredients to it.

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DIY Rosemary Face Mask Recipes

Author ByMoin Nex

rosemary face mask

In ancient times, rosemary got a prominent role in religious rituals, may be because of its aroma. Today, it’s been used extensively in perfumes, foods and in skin conditioners. Rosemary, which is native to Mediterranean, belongs to Lamiaceae family along with oregano, lavender and thyme.

Use it in food, tea or as a skin toner, assorted properties in rosemary will nourish your body and skin. With simple home available ingredients you can make your own rosemary face mask that makes your skin supple.

Nutrients in rosemary include:

  • Studies show that rosemary is rich source of antioxidant agents. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties are housed in rosemary thwarts free radicals and reduce inflammation. (Medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Pimples are triggered because of inflammation, anti-inflammatory properties packed in rosemary helps to soothe blemishes.
  • Rosemary oil is renowned for its use in healing scars and minor wounds. The exceptional property in this herb stimulates collagen production and fastens healing process.
  • Nutrients like calcium, iron and vitamin B6 all affect positively over skin and fade wrinkles.
  • Antibiotic properties in rosemary herb help to treat minor wounds and fade dark spots. Innate properties in this herb will treat wrinkles, aging signs, pimples, dark spots, hyperpigmentation and other chronic skin diseases.

1. Oats and Rosemary Face Mask

To have a healthy skin, impurities and dead cells accumulated over the skin have to be removed. Exfoliating and scrubbing come in handy to cleanse the skin. Rosemary along with oats works as an excellent face scrub.

  • Oats
  • Dried rosemary

Finely grid oats and dried rosemary then blend and preserve it in a jar. Whenever you want to have facial scrub, mix some water to the mixture and topically apply it over the prewashed face. Wait for 15 minutes then rinse it off.

If you’re looking for a moisturizer face scrub, then add 1 tbsp raw honey to the mixture. Also follow with a moisturizer, after wiping the face scrub off.

2. Apple cider vinegar and Rosemary Bath

rosemary face mask acne treatment

To get benefited from exceptional properties of ACV and rosemary, mix it in your bath tub and it will relive you from itchiness and other infectious bacteria.

Take 4 cups of apple cider vinegar in a saucepan and heat to simmer. Then add few fresh rosemary leaves and leave it for few minutes. After straining the leaves collect it in a jar. Before taking bath, add 1 cup of this solution to bath tub.

You can preserver remaining solution for a year.

If you’d like to use rosemary oil then experts suggest adding any carrier oil to it. Avoid internal use of this oil. (Source: Livestrong.com)

3. Cucumber and Rosemary Face Mask for Acne Treatment

Peel fresh cucumber skin; chop into small pieces and grid it. Add rosemary oil and whisked egg white to it. Prepare your face by washing or cleansing it. Pat dry and apply this face mask over face. Leave it for 15 minutes and rinse it off.

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