We always try fairness creams, face scrubs and other beauty serums available in the market. No harm in trying beauty products to look your best at all occasions. However, if you have homemade face packs and scrubs to look beautiful naturally, will you still choose for synthetic products? Moreover, all the ingredients for homemade face packs are readily available in your kitchen. So you really don’t need to invest in expensive lotions to have a glowing skin. Following some simple habits and eating right is the easiest way to look gorgeous always.

Tea Water & Honey Face Pack

If you simply love the aroma of tea, you can also use it for your skin. You can use tea water for taking a bath and soak in its fragrance. Also, you can put tea water in a spray bottle and gently spray it on your face to feel rejuvenated. You can use normal black tea, green tea or herbal teas like chamomile, mint and lavender. Just like you drink tea to relieve stress, similarly de-stress your skin with a tea water wash. The antioxidants in tea water will flush out the free radicals and toxins from your skin. Adding honey will help protect your face from bacteria and keep it hydrated.

You Will Need:

• 1 cup of tea water (cooled down)
• 2 spoons of rice flour
• ½ a spoon of honey

The rice flour acts as an excellent scrub and the honey moisturizes the skin.

Method:

• Mix the above ingredients and apply on the skin. Leave it on till the mask dries completely for around 20 minutes or more.
• Before washing off the mask with water, make sure you massage in circular motions. This is important as it removes the dead skin and evens out the skin tone.
• Wash your face with cold water. This gives you a fairer and even skin tone.

Summary:
Use tea water for bath or gently spray it on your face. You can also drink normal black tea, green tea or herbal teas and adding honey de-stresses your skin and keeps it hydrated.

Oats And Lemon Face Pack

Oats is a natural exfoliator. Oats are hypoallergenic and are suitable for those who have eczema. If you only had oats for your breakfast to become slim, you can also use it on your skin to clear it from excess oil, grime and impurities. Lemon is rich in vitamin C and has skin lightening properties. You will find that many commercial fairness creams have lemon extracts in them. Isn’t it better to use lemon juice directly than using extracts? Also give your skin a break from harsh chemicals.

You Will Need:

• 1 tbsp. of oats – cooked and mashed (helps reduce inflammation and heals the skin).
• 1 tbsp. of lemon juice (lemon helps lighten the skin tone).
• If you have sensitive skin, you can dilute the lemon juice with water.

Method:

• Mix the above ingredients and apply on the face by massaging into the skin.
• Let it dry for 20 minutes.
• Wash and pat dry.

Summary:

Oats are natural exfoliators &, when used on skin, they clear it from oil, grime and impurities. Lemon lightens the skin.

Turmeric & Lemon Face Pack

Turmeric is perhaps the best solution for a fair skin. No doubt, the bride looks even more gorgeous after the haldi (turmeric) ceremony. It is said that applying haldi (turmeric) paste on the skin makes the body pure before the sacred marriage ritual takes place.

Turmeric also gives the skin a visible golden glow. Turmeric is a very good exfoliating agent, and also prevents the skin from aging. Turmeric is used with bean or gram flour and inhibits facial hair growth, giving you a fairer skin. Turmeric also removes acne, stretch marks, wrinkles and blemishes. Adding lemon juice to turmeric will make it a potent skin fairness agent.

You Will Need:

• Gram flour
• Turmeric
• Lemon juice
• Milk

Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients and apply evenly on the face.
• Scrub the paste gently on your face for 5 minutes and let it dry for 20 minutes.
• Once it is dry, clean your face.

Summary:
Turmeric is an exfoliating agent, inhibits facial hair growth and removes acne, wrinkles and blemishes. On combining with lemon, the mixture makes a skin fairness agent.

Turmeric & Tomato Face Pack

We already know about the benefits of turmeric. Did you know that lycopene present in tomatoes helps to reduce skin irritation, redness, DNA damage from the ultraviolet rays of the sun? However, don’t forget applying sunscreens together. Lycopene is an antioxidant that protects the face from the damage caused by the sun rays. It is also a great anti-ageing agent. So, stay young with a tomato diet!

You Will Need:

• Turmeric
• Tomato juice

Method:

• Mix turmeric with tomato juice.
• Apply on your face and allow it to dry.
• Wash your face with water.

Also, try this even simpler remedy. You can take out the tomato pulp and massage your skin with it. Leave this on for 15-20 minutes and rinse off. This will help bring about a change in your complexion, if done every day.

Summary:
Lycopene present in tomatoes reduces the skin irritation, redness and protects the face from the sun’s radiations. It is an anti-aging agent, and when massaged onto the skin, changes the complexion.

Yogurt & Dried Orange Peel

Orange is rich in vitamin C and is a great skin tonic. It helps to cure and prevent acne and keeps other skin problems at bay. Nothing can be better than yogurt for your skin. It is not only great for your health, it also makes your skin glow. Plain yogurt fights skin discolouration and signs of ageing like fine lines and wrinkles. The best thing about yogurt is that it is the most effective moisturizer for all skins.

you will need:

• Dried orange peel
• Fresh and unflavored yogurt

Method:

• Grind the dried orange peels.
• Mix 1 tbsp. of it with 1 tbsp. fresh and unflavored yogurt. Make a paste.
• Apply and keep it on for 15-20 minutes.
• Then rinse off.

The Summary:
Dried orange peel prevents acne and keeps the skin problems at bay. Plain yogurt fights acne, skin discoloration and signs of ageing combination of both is effective.

Yogurt & Lemon

Both yogurt and lemon moisturize the skin and remove blemishes that make the face look dull. This combination will add glow to your face.

You Will Need:

• Fresh and unflavored yogurt
• Fresh lemon juice

Method:

• Mix 1 teaspoon of lemon juice with 1 tablespoon of fresh and unflavored yogurt, and mix well.
• Apply and keep on cleansed skin for 15-20 minutes
• Then rinse off.

This will not only make your skin fairer but it will also reduce acne marks and dark spots on your skin

Summary:
Yogurt and lemon juice pack moisturizes the skin, removes blemishes and adds luster to your face.

Milk, Lemon Juice & Honey

The combination of raw milk, honey and lemon will not only make you fair naturally, it will also lock the moisture in your skin. It will act as a physical barrier and protect your skin from damage from environmental factors like pollution.

you will need:

• Milk
• Lemon Juice
• Honey

Method: 

• Use 1 tsp. each of milk/milk powder, honey and lemon juice, and mix to form a paste.
• It should be applied on cleansed skin and left for 15-20 minutes.
• After that, you can rinse it off

Summary:

Raw milk, lemon juice and honey pack locks moisture in the skin and protects the skin from environmental factors.