"O M G" is the best way to describe my reaction after taking off my latest favourite facial mask!! No joke! I have never seen such amazing results after using ANY type of cosmetic product EVER. But I never do expect anything amazing when I use a new product, especially gimmicky ones even if their cunning marketing ploys did manage to make me buy the damn thing. So what am I talking about?? I'll give you a clue.. it's a curry ingredient staple.. yep you've guessed it.. Turmeric! Okay, I'm aware that turmeric masks are nothing new but I never actually tried one out until last night. I've read in many places about the many benefits of turmeric which include anti acne and anti aging properties just to mention a couple. Check out a few other great benefits below:
- Helps to prevent and treat acne.
- Helps to treat fine lines and wrinkles.
- It has antiseptic properties and helps to reduce inflammation.
- Evens out skin tone.
- Reduces facial hair.
- Exfoliates your skin.
Now these are just some of the benefits gained from using turmeric on your skin, there are a whole load of other benefits to be gained when consuming turmeric such as helping to detoxify the liver. You can read about more of the amazing benefits of turmeric here.
There are many recipes for turmeric face masks around and most of them contain gram flour (chickpea flour) in the ingredients but I didn't have any so I used oat flour instead. Here is my recipe:
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp oat flour
- enough milk to make the turmeric and oat flour into a paste
- a few drops of sunflower oil for its moisturising properties
I left the mixture on my face for around 20 minutes until it was all dry and removed it with water and a facial sponge. Result? Amazing glowing baby soft skin! My skin not only felt soft but it looked it too! And it was all glowy and marvelous [contented face ahhh]. My skin has decided to go a bit haywire this past week so I've been left with quite a few hyperpigmentation marks =[ so I'll be using this turmeric mask on my face every other day to see if it helps with that. If you do try this out bear in mind that although the mask will not stain your face it will stain fabric, so make sure you're wearing clothes you don't mind getting stained in case the turmeric gets on them.
Well I hope you found this post helpful and I hope you try this turmeric face mask out and find it as amazing as I do!
Right that's it, I am trying this out tomorrow evening! I have been going a bit mad with homemade face masks lately and have literally just taken a yoghurt and honey one off my face! It's made my face quite soft, but nothing to write home about, and the plain honey one and the banana, honey, oat and lemon juice one I tried last weekend did nothing at all, so I was starting to lose hope with these homemade concoctions! The only one left to try was egg, and that is not going anywhere near my face! Haha xx
ReplyDeleteI love homemade masks! This is by far the best I've tried!! Have you tried it out yet?? x
ReplyDeleteI'm always really nervous to make my own face mask, but this sounds too good not to try :)
ReplyDeleteSounds great.
xoxo
Let us know how it goes if you try it! xx
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