Turmeric, for centuries, has been known for its healing properties and skin-enhancing benefits. Here are seven different advantages that you can enjoy by adding turmeric to your daily skincare routines.
Benefits of Turmeric for Skin:
1. Brightens Skin and Reduces Dark Circles
In Ayurveda, turmeric has been the frontrunner for skin brightening for ages. Turmeric contains the antioxidant curcumin, which is also anti-inflammatory and can lighten pigmentation while reducing dark spots and patches.
How to use:
Add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of sandalwood powder and a pinch of ground turmeric to 3 tablespoons of orange juice and apply the paste to the face. The orange juice provides fruit acid to clear blemishes and sandalwood is a natural astringent. Leave on for about 10-15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.
2. Treating Acne:
Acne is the most common skin related problem every one of us face at some point of life. Turmeric works as antiseptic and its antibacterial properties that fight pimples and breakouts. It removes redness from acne and other types of scarring, reduces inflammation, and evens out skin discolorations.
How to use:
Prepare a paste made from turmeric, milk and honey and apply it to your face. Allow the mask to dry and leave it for 10minutes. Wash off the mask using a gentle cleanser.
3. Glowing Skin
Turmeric has anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and antioxidant effects, which reduces the damage caused to the skin due to inflammation and free radicals. Turmeric help you regain the glow and lustre of your skin.
How to use:
Gram flour (aka besan flour, chickpea flour) is often used in homemade recipes with turmeric, to cleanse and exfoliate the face. Mix it (or rice flour) with turmeric powder in equal proportions. Add raw or soy milk (or yogurt) to a teaspoon of chickpea/turmeric powder to make a paste. Apply evenly to the face and leave on for about 10-15 minutes. Wash the mask off with warm water.
4. Manages Oily Skin
Turmeric is good for oily skin because it helps regulate the production of sebum, an oily substance produced by the sebaceous glands.
How to use:
- Mix a teaspoon of turmeric powder with yogurt, and rosewater
- Apply the paste to your face and leave it for 15 minutes
- Wash it off with cold water. Repeat the process once a week.
5. Reduces facial hair
Kasturi turmeric is used in many cultures as a facial hair reducer.
How to use:
You can mix turmeric with chickpea flour and add turmeric to your favourite facial scrub. Leave on for 10-15 minutes and wash it off. You might see results in about a month.
6. Preventing Ageing and Wrinkles:
When the skin is stripped of its natural oils, it tends to lose its elasticity and starts showing wrinkles and fine lines. Antioxidants present in turmeric help to slow down the skin’s aging process and protect the skin cells from environmental damage.
How to use:
Mix half a tablespoon of turmeric powder with a half a tablespoon of honey. Apply the pack over your face and neck and let it sit for 15minutes. Wash it with lukewarm water and dry the face with a clean towel. Leave on for about 10-15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.
7. Reduces Stretch Marks
The potent antioxidants of turmeric penetrate the skin and improve the functioning of skin cells, which can get rid of stretch marks that are formed on the stomach, arms and legs. It also helps to lighten the stretch marks.
How to use:
Mix turmeric powder and extra virgin organic coconut oil into a smooth paste. Apply it all over your body and massage it well in clockwise direction for a couple of minutes. Let it sit for 15 minutes before wiping it off. Rinse it using a mild cleanser.
8. Improves Skin Related Problems:
Turmeric is known to intensely hydrate and soften your skin to make it look more youthful. It can also help to reduce the sign and symptoms of dry skin problems like eczema and psoriasis. Turmeric mixed with milk is excellent for fighting against the damage caused to the skin.
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