Wanna feel some change for sometime and stay away from chemical tubed cleansing foams and face washes?
In a mixer blend half cup of fresh mint leaves and about ½ cup of sour curd and make a fine paste. To this paste, add 2-3 tablets of aspirin (powdered) and use this in a scrubbing way to massage your hands and face with this mixture. Then rinse with Plain water. This is an effective cleanser and the addition of aspirin tablets to the mixture means addition of salicylic acid to the mixture. This is great for sensitive skin. Store excess in fridge but shelf life is only 2 days.
Cleopatra’s age old beauty treatment used to be milk bath. And it’s true that milk acts as a superb cleanser and it is rich in AHA’s i.e Alpha Hydroxy Acids. Take chilled milk or plain milk at room temperature in a cotton ball and clean your face with this. This is great for dry to combination skins.
Clean your face with a mixture of 2 teaspoons of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of lime juice. Rinse off with plain water. Great for oily skin.
Make a fine paste of ground sesame seeds and honey. Massage your face with this mixture and then wash your face. Good for dry skin.
Apply a paste of gram flour or besan and turmeric mixed wiih vinegar or rose water, and wash off after cleaning face with this mixture.This is an age old method of cleansing the face. Good for all types of skin.
Similarly you can make a paste of whole wheat flour or atta that is used for making rotis and vinegar and use it to cleanse your face and then wash off with plain water. This is also an age old technique and good for all types of skins.
A mixture of corn meal (about 4 teaspoons) and yogurt (about half a cup ) can be used as a cleanser and then rinse off with plain water. Good for dry skin .
Another great mixture is that of oatmeal flour and vinegar or rose water and use it to cleanse your face and rinse off with plain water. Good for all skin types.
A mixture of lime juice about 1 teaspoon, one teaspoon honey and egg white from one egg can be mixed and used on the face to clean the face and then rinse off. Great natural skin cleanser for oily skin .
A mixture of almonds or peanuts (2 teaspoons) (you may dry roast and then grind it), one teaspoon honey and 1teapoon lime juice can be mixed and used as a cleanser to clean the face and get it rid of dark spots also. Good for combination and sensitive skin.
Fruit acid peels are good but many a times leaves your skin with rashes and redness and also scars. So you may use natural acids to cleanse your skin instead of going for acid peels.
(a) Squeeze out the juice from a fresh lime or lemon or even an orange and dab a cotton ball in the juice and clean your face with it.
(b) Apple cider vinegar can also be taken into a cotton ball and can be used to clean face.
(c) You can make green tea and refrigerate it. It acts as a great cleanser and also a toner at the same time. So you can take it in a cotton ball and clean your face with it.
(d) Luke warm water mixed with rose water in equal ratios can be used with a cotton ball to clean your face.
(e) Plain rose water can also be used to clean the face
Waiting for a clearer and healthy skin! Why delay more when you have wonderful options for cleansing skin naturally? Go ahead with them.