7 Recipes To Brighten Up Tired Skin

Skin Care

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By Anwesha Barari

Thursday, December 22, 2011, 11:15

You ask any woman of this age how she wants to look and the answer will be 'fresh', not fair, tanned or beautiful but just plain and simple morning fresh! As our lifestyles become hectic it is some kind of a luxury to be able to look bright at all. So what do you have to do to brighten your skin that is tired from work pressures, stress and insufficient sleep? Some homemade facepacks can help rejuvenate tired skin and not unlike other facepacks they are easy to make at home.

Here are some recipes to brighten up skin that has become fatigued due to lack of rest.

Facepacks To Brighten Tired Skin:

1. Warm Water & Flower Oils: The first recipe is not a facepack but a home remedy to look bright. Wash your face with a mixture of comfortably warm water and some rejuvenating flower oils like chamomile or lavender oil. It has an instant positive effect on your mood and when you start feeling better you also start looking better.

2. Saffron & Coconut Milk: Saffron is an age old formula for lustrous skin and coconut milk is one of the best known moisturizers for the skin. Add a pinch of saffron to coconut milk and boil it for 5 minutes. When it cools down ad thickens, apply it as a refreshing homemade facepack.

3. Cucumber, Watermelon & Cream: Sometimes, all the heat accumulated under your skin makes it look dull. To release the heat from tired skin, make a cool facepack from cucumber, watermelon and fresh cream ( 1 tablespoon). Apply it and relax for 10 minutes so that your skin too can relax.

4. Banana & Honey Paste: Banana is rich in Vitamin A that is essential for the water balance in the skin. Blend half banana with 2 tablespoons of honey in a blender. A paste of banana honey will make a great antioxidant rich homemade facepack to make your sagging face bright.

5. Rose Water & Almond Paste: Rose water is a great cleanser and also toner for the skin. Almond on the other hand are rich in Vitamin E that is irreplaceable when it comes to brightening skin. Make a paste of almonds (unpeeled) and rose water and use it like a scrub to exfoliate the dead skin cells that give you a tired mask.

6. Potato Juice, Lemon & Curd: Potato juice is supposed to be very rejuvenating in proper amounts (too much can make your skin burn). Squeeze a lemon into 1 tablespoon potato juice and add a tablespoon of curd to thicken it. This citrus facepack will blast away your tiredness.

7. Grape & Orange Peel Paste: Fruits both applied and eaten can be very refreshing. Squash a handful of grapes and blend it with fresh orange peels. This Vitamin C rich scrub will give your skin the energy it lacks.

Use these natural beauty tips to brighten skin naturally.