Hi Everyone!

Chamomile is one of the greatest natural skin lightening ingredients which has been used in the preparation of skin lightening cosmetics for ages. I love chamomile flowers so much for their alluring beauty, fragrance and of course the skin benefits. Not just for the lightening results, chamomile has also been used to cure acne, rashes and redness on skin. While there are many whitening products available in the market, a homemade facial serum would help you in a natural way to achieve that lighter, spot free skin with fewer weeks of usage.

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Of course, the results would not be dramatic, but chamomile extracts when combined with honey works effectively in lightening your skin tone. We are going to check a simple and natural skin lightening facial serum recipe with chamomile and honey below.

Ingredients needed: 

• 5-6 crushed chamomile flowers
• ½ cup of distilled water
• 2 teaspoons of honey
• Few drops of lemon juice (Optional)

How to Make?:

1. Take a sauce pan and fill it up with the distilled water. Bring it to a boil.

2. After the water boils, put in the crushed chamomile flowers and simmer the stove. Leave on for 5 minutes to let the water collect the chamomile extracts.

3. Now strain the chamomile extracts and also squeeze the flowers to get the extracts from them.

4. Add this fresh chamomile liquid extract to a small bowl and add honey, lemon juice to it. Blend well.

Your own homemade chamomile skin lightening facial serum is ready to use now! You can store this serum in refrigerator for 3-4 days but not more than that. The fresher the serum, the better it works.

How to Use?:

• Cleanse your face with lots of fresh water and a gentle facial cleanser or just swipe your facial skin with clean cotton pad dipped in cleansing milk.
• With the use of your face pack brush or your clean finger tips, smooth this serum over your facial skin in upward direction. Make sure to cover the entire area of your facial skin without leaving any part.
• Leave on for 15-20 minutes and wash off with clean cold water.
• Pat dry and moisturize your skin. Use this serum every other day to achieve visible skin lightening results fast.

Chamomile Flower – Skin Benefits:

• Chamomile flower contains anti inflammatory properties that calms down and relaxes the skin.
• It also contains anti oxidants such as flavonoids which are essential for the health of the skin
• Acne, rashes and redness can be well treated with chamomile flower extracts.
• The essential oil of chamomile has been used in cosmetic preparation for centuries due to its goodness on skin.
• Chamomile cures sun burnt skin in a natural way
• Chamomile prevents and controls bacterial infections on skin.

P.S: Oops! Don’t think that I missed my last board exam!  I didn’t 😛 I would have been writing my exam by this time when this post get published. I have just scheduled it! Miss ya all! I’ll be back to you by today evening. Babye! 🙂

Traveling, holiday, roaming around flea markets, walking through the road side streets; all these are great fun to do. And fun comes along with sun tan, dust, skin darkening, skin dulling and tanning too.

Now, I don’t need to say how does this effect skin. The most usual appearance of the skin while being tanned is skin gets darkened and looks more brown than usual. Time will definitely heal the dark skin. But it is our responsibility to do our share of helping to heal and sooth the skin.

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Bleaching:

The common solution to lighten the skin color (due to sun burn or sun tan) is bleaching. I do not prefer using those products available in the beauty store that promises to lighten the skin. In turn it would definitely cause the skin to weep more. I have 2 very efficient bleaching face packs I always rely upon.

1. Tomato, Lemon & Butter Milk Tan Removal Face Pack

Take 2 spoon of tomato juice, half spoon of lemon juice and another 2 spoon of buttermilk. Mix them well and apply on skin. This mixture is very watery as there is nothing included to make it like a paste. Since it is then, the face pack dries pretty soon. Leave for about half and hour before shower.

All the ingredients are sour and are slightly acidic in nature. This will form a very good bleaching agent to reduce the dark pigmentation on the skin.

2. Milk Cream and Turmeric Face Pack to Remove Tan

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Butter milk seems to be one of the wonder products available easily for us. I use it every now and then in my routine. This second recipe involves using of turmeric powder. It is another skin lightening agent that is very helpful. Since turmeric might cause a little warmth to the already damaged skin, I prefer adding some soothing agent. That is why milk cream is added too.

Mix the three well and apply finely on the skin. This bleaching pack is not very thin though because of the milk cream. And I do not get the feel of the pack getting dried too. So, leave it till you feel you had enough of it on you skin and then rinse off.

Scrubbing:

Scrubbing the tanned skin is equally important. But the lightest form of scrub has to be used since the skin is already in trouble. If scrubbed heavily, skin might feel as though it is ripped apart from your body.

Tomato Seed Facial Scrub – DIY

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So, when the bleaching pack made from tomato is used, you get a scrub free with it. J. Keep aside the tomato seeds you get when you cut the tomato. Before shower, use these tomato seeds for scrubbing the skin. This will help in peeling the burnt skin slowly and rejuvenating.

Suji/Semolina as Soft Facial Scrub – DIY

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Suji seems rough in its natural form. When used wet, it becomes a soft tiny ball. Thus, it forms a naturally soft scrubber for the skin. You don’t have to pour water into the suji bowl. Just wet your hands and take a spoon of suji in your wet hands; they automatically stick and loose their harshness. Rub it across the skin and rinse well.