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Strawberry Benefits for Skin: Brightening & Beauty

What do you think of yummy and juicy strawberries? They are very sweet smelling and mouth watering isn’t it? Other than eating, what else we can do with these strawberries? You may or may not realize but strawberry has many skin benefits too. They can be used on your face, lips, foot etc to beautify them with a shiny glow.

Strawberry Benefits For Skin: How To Use

Let us see now, some interesting uses and benefits of strawberry fruit for skin.

Skin Brightening Face Mask

A good mask of strawberry for skin whitening and brightening is given below!

  • Mash 3 strawberries and add few drops of lime juice and olive oil to it. Blend this mixture until smooth.
  • Cleanse your face with fresh water and a mild cleanser, spread this mask over your facial skin and neck evenly.
  • Dip two cotton pads in rose water and place above your eyes to refresh them. Relax for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • After allowing the mask to work on your skin for few minutes, wash off your face with clean and cold water.
  • Pat dry and moisturize.

Strawberries are rich is salicylic acid and hence they removes the dead cells and clears out the blemishes while the lime juice naturally lightens the skin. Olive oil prevents your skin from moisture loss, however you can avoid it if you have extremely oily skin. This Strawberry face mask, when followed twice a week brightens your complexion and removes spots in few weeks.

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Anti Aging Face Pack

Mix a teaspoon of honey and 2 teaspoons of milk cream with mashed strawberries. Apply this smooth pack all over your face, neck and relax. Allow this nourishing face pack to work on your skin for a while. After 20 minutes, wash off with clean water and pat dry. If needed, moisturize your skin. For oily skins, this wont be important as honey and milk cream already are a good skin moisturizing ingredients. Strawberry has lots of anti aging properties and hence this pack serves as a nutritious food for your mature skin. It rejuvenates, minimizes pores and lines to give you younger looking skin forever.

Gentle Skin Toner

Grind strawberries and extract the juice from it. Mix two teaspoons of strawberry juice with 50 ml of rose water, shake well and refrigerate. This can be used as your regular skin toner to achieve wrinkle free, blemish free younger looking skin. A lovely smelling, natural strawberry toner is ready in minutes. This can be stored in fridge up to ten days.

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Foot Scrub Recipe

Dying for a soft, beautiful and crack free foot? Don’t worry! Strawberries are there. Mash 6 to 8 strawberries and mix it up with grounded oats and few drops of glycerin. Soak your feet in warm water for 10 minutes, take them out and scrub gently with this mixture to exfoliate dead cells and rough skin. Wash off with clean, cold water and moisturize your feet with foot cream or any cold cream.

Have you fell in love with strawberries?? Enjoy the benefits of strawberry for skin, so you can have beautiful and glowing skin forever! Let us know how it works!