Do you know honey provides amazing benefits for our face and skin?
Posted on: 26/May/2018 10:34:06 AM
It is common feeling that mere mentioning of word ‘Honey’ would take us back to our childhood days when our mothers have made us to eat one teaspoon of sweet honey everyday for our health sake.
This honey is viscous in nature and is produced by bees from the sugary secretions of the plants. It is worthy to note that this honey is stored in wax structures known as ‘Honey Combs’. The sweetness of honey is got by monosaccharides fructose and glucose. Apart from providing us many health benefits this honey also provides us superb benefits for skin and face.
These are the various beauty benefits of using honey on our skin and face.
Superb cleanser - It must be noted that honey mixes well with natural oils and spices and it could be used to dissolve make-ups. Balmy mixture is got by adding honey to coconut oil and this is highly efficient as a cleanser. Then cinnamon, turmeric plus nutmeg are added to the balmy mixture. When this is applied to our face it cleanses well and skin is hydrated.
Reduction of wrinkles in us - This is one of the important beauty benefits of using honey. Honey is mixed with curd in a bowl first. In the next step a cotton ball is taken and the above mixture is applied on the face with this cotton ball. Later face is washed with lukewarm water. By doing this process twice in a month wrinkles could be reduced.
Treatment of spots - It is natural that most of us get pimples in our teenage. After the disappearance of these pimples spots are left behind and it creates issues. This removal of spots could be done by application of honey. This honey application must be carried out for couple of weeks for better results. First a cotton ball is dabbed in honey and this is then applied all over our face as thin coating and is left over night. Then washing of face is done with lukewarm water in the morning.
Provides hydration to our skin - One fantastic advantage of using honey is our skin gets hydrated well. It is known that honey is a natural humectant and it absorbs moisture from air to skin. Dab of honey is mixed with moisturizer and it is applied on the face. It must be applied once a day.
Anti-ageing properties - It is superb to mention that honey has got many antioxidants in it. By applying the honey on our face and skin fine lines and age spots would be reduced. The elasticity of our skin gets increased and this makes our face and skin looks younger.
Treats sunburns well - Damaged tissues get nutrition by honey and reduction in inflammation of the skin is got. Hence honey is highly effective in treating sunburns. In the first step one part of honey is taken and mixed with two parts of aloe-vera gel. Then this combination is applied to sunburn skin for one hour and later washed well. By repeating this process for a week improvement in sunburns is achieved.
