Thursday 4 September 2014

Turmeric Face Mask DIY + Health Benefits

Back again beauties!

Returning with a bit of a messy recipe for brightening dark spots, under eye circles, fading acne scars and unclogging pores. . . The answer to all of this you ask? Turmeric !









This is a really simple and easy + cheap face mask that will do wonders for you skin. It's a very messy process when taking it off but the final result you are left with will have you singing to the heavens'.



What is Turmeric?


''Turmeric is the root stalk of a tropical plant that's part of the ginger family. One of the main components of the spice is a substance called curcumin which has potentially healing properties.''




Turmeric benefits :


  • Anti ageing
  • Brightens skin
  • Fades acne scars
  • Whitens teeth.
  • Studies in 2009 in Ireland show the curcumin in the turmeric broke down and digested cancer cells within 24hrs.
  • Researchers know that turmeric has antioxidant and anti-infamitory elements in it, suggesting (after previous studies) that it could help towards combating liver disease.
  • Reducing type 2 diabetes.
  • There are lots of studies on the effects of curcumin towards Alzheimers disease and Dementia. Studies in India (2008) state thats curcumin can ''block the formation of the beta-amyloid plaques'' that interfere with the brains function whilst diagnosed with Alzheimers, obviously further research has to be done to take this information and put it into a clinical medicine. 
Turmeric is soooo good for us however we are not told this, I want all of you beautiful people to digest or use turmeric regularly in your life because the benefits are endless (not endless because theres a list right there) however the benefits are immense!

WARNING

Turmeric will stain anything so be really careful when using it, wipe off any straight away if it gets anywhere.

Tumeric is usually put into curry dishes or teas. You can pick up turmeric cheap from your supermarket or health shop or even online which is where I got mine but thats cause I'm a lazy sod.


What you will need + Recipe:

  • 100% Organic Turmeric. Turmeric
  • Rice Flour (holds ingredients together)
  • Milk/Yogurt (good for your skin + makes the paste)
  • Honey (very good for your skin)
-2 tablespoon (tbls) of turmeric
-2 tbls of rice flour

-1 1/2 tbls milk 
-1 tbls honey

[.. add ingredients depending, until make into a paste]

cover your face (can do all over your body) going right up under the eyes as this will brighten under eye circles, do NOT put in your eyes, come on guys use your initiative. Leave for 20 minutes [until its all dry] then wash off with warm water.

If your face is stained then grab a makeup wipe and run that across your face, Turmeric is a natural exfoliant so don't scrub too hard when removing.

You should be left with an amazingly smoother, brighter, more glowing face. I personally then grab a face mask such as Cleo Face Masks leave on for 20 mins then rinse again with warm water, after this my skin looks so different (in a good way) this works soooo well for me.

Have fun trying it out and let me know how well it works for you! 

Lots of love Els xo




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