The temperature is rising by the day and summer is approaching, so it’s high time that you start to take preventive measures for your delicate skin and body. Providing external care for your skin is as much important as the internal care for your body.
No matter if you are stepping out or planning to stay in, using sunscreen is essential skin care routine that you must follow. But for the times when the scorching heat of summer threatens to spot your beauty, then you can cool off with these amazing homemade face masks, for a great skin care.
These following face masks are great for your skin and will provide the much-needed love and nourishment that it desperately requires fighting off the scorching summer heat.
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1. CUCUMBER FACE MASK
Low-calorie and high in water content, cucumber is a great food for summers. Be it used for eating or applying to treat skin, as a remedy, cucumber never fails to surprise us with its great qualities. It keeps your skin well-hydrated and soothes to cool off the heat.
The best part about this face mask is that you don’t need to mix any other ingredient with cucumber or even do anything more than slicing it to help you cool the heat down. Simply take chilled cucumber and cut it into thin round slices. Then place those slices all over your face, covering all the skin area till the neck and let it work it’s cool magic!
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2. ALOE VERA GEL FACE MASK
Aloe Vera gel is a great ingredient that is used in most of the home remedies to treat skin and hair problems, and great for beating the summer heat as well. It provides nourishment and texture to both your skin and hair. There are many ways to use Aloe Vera for hair & skin treatments, but the best ways to absorb its amazing natural properties is to use it every day, without mixing it with any other ingredient.
Cut off a fresh Aloe Vera leaf from the plant and peel off its skin to expose the transparent slimy gel-like matter inside. Take the gel and apply it all over your face like a mask and wash off after 20-25 minutes with cool water, or you can also apply a little amount of Aloe Vera Gel like a cream and leave it on for overnight. Wash off the next morning for amazing results.
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3. MINT & TURMERIC FACE MASK
Mint is best known for its cooling effects and its vast use in summer recipes or summer coolers! It has anti-inflammatory properties, which makes it a great ingredient to put in multiple skin treating home remedies, especially helpful during summers.
Take handful of fresh mint leaves and make a paste of them. Now take one teaspoon of turmeric and mix it with the mint paste to form a pack like texture of the mixture. Then apply the mixture on your face and the neck area evenly and wash off after 15-20 minutes. It will also prevent pimples and redness to pop out on your skin.
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4. AVOCADO & HONEY FACE PACK
Enriched with many great minerals like folate, copper, potassium, and vitamins B2, vitamin k, vitamin C, vitamin E and many more, avocado proves great for skin replenishment, revitalizing and rejuvenation. And honey gives a glow to your skin, s mixing these two ingredients will not only cool off the summer heat and get a healthy glowing skin as well.
Take the avocado pulp in a small bowl and mash it well into a thick paste like texture. Now add 1 teaspoon of honey into the avocado mash and blend them both well using a spoon. Now apply the paste on the face and neck and let it sit for the next 15 minutes. Rinse off with cool water and notice the moisturized and well-boosted skin within few minutes.
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