Make Skin Healthy with Spices

List of Indian Spices that used in Skin Care

Every kitchen is incomplete without the fresh spices. Especially in Indian kitchen you will find tiny containers containing different types of spices. These spices can add tasty flavor to any dish. Apart from adding flavor to a dish spices can also make your skin healthy. Here some spices mentioned that make your skin look beautiful:

Spices that solve your Skin Problems

Tasty Spice for Skin Care

Turmeric

Turmeric/Turmeric Powder is full of antibiotic, anti-ageing and antiseptic properties. Applying Turmeric face pack on skin improves the complexion and keeps the wrinkles away.

Turmeric Powder

• Take a spoonful of turmeric powder into a bowl.
• Now add 1 tbspn. Honey into the bowl and mix it with the turmeric powder till it turns into a thick paste.
• Apply it on your face.
• Leave it for 15-20 minutes and wash it off with cold water. (You can also apply this paste on arms & legs)

Ginger

Ginger can help revitalize your skin and improve your skin texture. You can get rid of Sun tan by using ginger.

Ginger

• Grate one stick of ginger and pour its shavings into a bowl.
• Now, pour 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice into that bowl.
• Mix all well and apply it to your face.
• Spread the liquid all over your face and give a good massage.
• After 5 min., wash it off with lukewarm water.

Garlic

Garlic is good source of Vitamin C and amino acids which help re-energize hair follicles and repair hair damage. Garlic also promotes hair growth.

Garlic

• Take a handful of garlic pods and dip them into a bowl of olive oil.
• Leave the pods into the oil for 1 week.
• After a week, separate the pods from the oil.
• Little heat up the oil for 15-20 seconds. Give yourself a good head massage with that oil.
• Leave it on your hair for 5-8 minutes and then rinse it off with lukewarm water.

Black Pepper

If you want to remove acne naturally then black pepper can help you. Black pepper loosens pores, clears acne, removes blackheads and scrubs away oil and bacteria. It is also great for skin exfoliation.

Black Pepper Powder

• Take a teaspoon of black pepper powder and chilled yogurt make paste of it.
• Apply it over your pores and acne.
• Leave it for 10 min. and then wash it with cold water.

Coriander Seeds

If your eyes look tired and puffy, Coriander will help. Coriander seeds contain antibacterial and antioxidant properties that help reduce itchiness and redness of the eyes.

Coriander Powder and Seeds

• In a glass of water pour a tablespoon of coriander seeds and leave it for whole night.
• In the morning use that water as eye drops.
• After half a second wipe it off the water with a towel.

Cinnamon

Poor blood circulation makes your lip dry but thank god Cinnamon as beauty ingredient is there. Cinnamon’s heating effect helps push the blood circulation to your skin and gives it a glowing look.

Cinnamon Sticks and Powder

• Crush 2 sticks of Cinnamon until its turn into powder.
• Mix the powder in your regular lip scrub and apply it on your lips.
• Leave it on your lips for half a minute and then wash it with lukewarm water.

Cloves

Clove is a basic spice you will found in almost every Indian dish. Clove contains eugenol and antiseptic properties that repair skin, fight bacteria and remove blemish marks.

Clove Powder

• In a tiny container pour the powder of cloves.
• In that powder add 1 tbsp. honey and some drops of fresh lemon juice.
• Mix all and apply that paste on your face.
• Leave that paste on face for 5 min. and then rinse it with lukewarm water.

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