besan, a wonder flour for a great face!

                                                               

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irl's best friend !

                    Many ingredients from your kitchen if you used regularly are a boon to your skin. As I already told you in my previous posts why spend on expensive cosmetics when mother nature's ingredients can get you a priceless beauty. I mean it, justification would be our ancestors who have religiously followed it and hence still flaunting great beauty even in their 80's. I am getting jealous of my granny now. ha ha. :D

                    One such miracle producing ingredient on face is good old 'besan'.

The benefits it has on all kinds of skin has proven time and again.

Here are some more ways you can use this simple ingredient for radiant  and  smoother skin.

                                           

                                           

Lightening Mask 

Ingredients:

•     Few drops of lemon juice

•      2 tablespoons of gram-flour.

•      2 tablespoons of milk-cream.

•      1 tablespoon of honey                         

  

Method:   

                Mix a few drops of lemon juice with gram flour, milk, cream and honey. Apply on face and neck and wash with warm water when dry.

 Note: 

                      This mask is good for dry skin. For oily and normal skin, replace milk cream and honey with sandalwood powder.

               

To remove freckles from face:

 

Ingredients: 

• 2 tablespoons of milk.

• 1 tablespoon of rose-water.

• 1 tablespoon of carrot-juice.

• 1  tablespoon of cucumber juice.

• 2 tablespoons of besan.

Method:

   Mix all of the above ingredients and apply on face for 15 mins.

To remove sun-tan : 

Below are the different methods to get rid-off sun tan, follow the appropriate one depending on your skin-type to get great results 

Ingredients: (suited for dry-skin)

• spoonful of besan.

• 2 spoonfuls of curd.

 Method:

        Apply all of the above ingredients on face and let it stay for half-an-hour and then wash off.

 Ingredients: (suited for oily-skin) 

• 2 tablespoons of besan.

• 5 teaspoons of rose water.

• 1-2 teaspoons of milk-cream.

• pinch of turmeric.    

• Method:
• Mix well all of the above ingredients and apply on face and neck. When dry, wet your hands and slowly scrub in circular motion for 1-2 minutes before washing off.

  Excellent face-pack for daily use:

 Also, a mixture of lime juice, besan and honey applied everyday helps in removing sun-tan.

 Acne:   

 Method:

 Make a scrub  by mixing besan and wheat husk with milk and apply it on the face, scrub lightly.

Results:

   The besan cleanses the skin of blackheads; the wheat husk is dermabrasive( removes dead skin ) and the milk is a moisturiser.

Natural Skin whitening:

Ingredients:

•   half teaspoon  freshly ground turmeric.
•   2 teaspoons of besan
•   2 teaspoons of honey
•   2 teaspoons of milk.

Method:

     Mix all the above ingredients and apply on face. Use 4 to 5 times a week. Using the above face-pack religiously will provide a fair, smooth and healthy skin.

Great acne pack:

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons of besan

• 1 teaspoon of lime juice

• half teaspoon of turmeric

• 3-4 teaspoons of cucumber juice

Method:

     Mix all of above ingredients and apply on face. Wash off after half-an-hour. This serves as a great acne pack. It removes excess oil and acts as an antiseptic against acne causing bacteria.

Face wash:

Take a teaspoon each of turmeric powder, milk cream, sandalwood powder and besan. Use it daily.

Pimples:

   Add curd to gram flour to make a paste and apply it on the face. Completely rub it off before it dries. Repeat every two days. 

   Warm some honey and add some besan to it. Apply this paste to your face. Wash with warm water after it dries.