Clear Your Skin With 4 Effective Homemade Recipes

4 Effective remedies for clear skin

Everyone wants to have beautiful, glowing and blemish free skin. You can achieve this by using homemade recipes that are cheap and easy to use. Here are some of them.

Cucumber

Ever heard of “as cool as a cucumber”? Well a cucumber contains hydrating and nourishing properties. Try using a cucumber face mask regularly in order to prevent pimples, wrinkles, blackheads and to keep your skin moisturized.

Turmeric

Turmeric serves as an exfoliating agent, manage wrinkles lighten stretch marks as well as lighten blemishes and pigmentation. It’s not only a great spice that makes your food taste great, it can also make you look beautiful.

Clear Your Skin With 4 Effective Homemade Recipes

Papaya

Regular application of papaya juice will help you reduce brown spots on your face caused by sun exposure, papaya also helps in removing dead and damaged skin.

Mint

This can be used in various ways to reduce blemishes on your skin. To get rid of pimples you should apply fresh mint juice mask daily before going to bed.

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Homemade Mint Face Mask for Acne Scars

Get rid of acne scars with mint

Mint is a common herb often found in salads and pineapple juice. What many do not know is that mint has anti-bacterial and cooling properties which is derived from menthol oil found in the leaves.

Mint leaves contain a high content of salicylic acid, which is an active ingredient found in many skin care products; it loosens dead skin cells and allows them to shed easier. This results in acne scars fading and leaves the skin clearer.

In addition, mint contains vitamin C and A with omega-3 fatty acids, which help protect from sunburns. It also has antioxidants and helps to heal and revitalize skin.

Here are some simple mint face mask recipes you can try at home. If the mixture remains you can store it in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Fade Acne Scars With Mint

DIY mint face masks

Mint and honey - Combine crushed mint leaves and honey. Apply to clean skin and leave for 20 minutes. Wash with warm water and moisturize. Use this mask weekly for the best results.

Mint and rose water - Grind mint leaves with rose water and apply on pimples and/or scars. You can leave this on overnight if you have severe acne or acne scars. Use twice a week and notice a change within 2 weeks.

Mint toner - Boil mint leaves and strain the mixture. Use this as a daily toner on clean skin. It will keep acne at bay and fade acne scars.

Mint and oats - Combine crushed mint and oats with a little water to make a face mask. Apply evenly on the face for 20 minutes and rinse off. This will exfoliate dead skin, leaving your skin fresh and clearer.

Mint ice blocks - Crush mint leaves and put the juice in an ice tray. Rub the mint ice cubes on a clean face to clear imperfections and to calm irritable skin.

Mint-olive oil-lemon mask - Mix crushed mint, olive oil, and lemon juice. The mint should be double the quantity of the lemon juice and olive oil. Apply evenly to a clean face. You can sleep with this mixture but be sure moisturize your skin once you wash it off. The lemon and mint brighten the skin, while the olive oil is soothing.

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Refreshing and Revitalizing Mint Face Mask

The benefits of peppermint are known and exploited for a long time both in medical use and as well in the beauty industry. DIY mint face mask is easy to prepare mask and you can expect positive effects after using it. You can opt, for example, to the refreshing and revitalizing perfect for those with oily skin. Among the ingredients, there is also the cucumber whose astringent properties are known. This face mask also contains silicon and sulfur that be able to keep the skin in good health. Green clay has a purifying effect and is easily found in pharmacy stores. Below are the ingredients you need for preparing mint face mask.

  
Ingredients for Mint Face Mask:
    1/4 peeled cucumber
    5 ml of the diluted peppermint oil
    4 tablespoons of green clay

How to Prepare Mint Face Mask:

The preparation steps are simple. Start whisking the cucumber with the mint oil. Stop when the mixture is creamy and pour the mixture into a cup. At this point add the green clay and stir until becoming a thick paste. Apply on face and neck and leave it on for about fifteen minutes. Rinse with warm water and pat dry yourself . Alternatively, you can also opt for a nice foot bath. In this case you will need:

    3 tablespoons fresh mint
    1 tablespoon sea salt
    1 tablespoon of Epsom salt
    5 ml of the diluted peppermint oil or 2 drops of pure essential oil
    2 drops of pure lemon essential oil

Put the mint leaves in a pot with water and bring to boil. After three minutes, strain and add sea salt and Epsom salt to dissolve into the mixture. Then, leave it for a while. As soon as the liquid will become warm place in a large bowl and add the essential oils . You will be ready at this point, to soak the feet for at least ten minutes. Dry them well and massage you feet. You really feel reborn and it will be easy and fun to prepare at home.

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