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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Whitening Skin Care with Almonds

Whitening Skin Care with Almonds

Shelled almonds (Prunus dulcis)

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Almonds have been used for centuries to give a youthful radiance and glow to dull and damaged skin. In fact it cleanses the skin deeply, rejuvenates and improves the complexion. It is a part of many at home skin whitening recipes, like facial cleanser, scrub and homemade face packs.

Different Ways to Use Almonds
For homemade skin care products,almonds can be used in multiple ways with depending upon the requirements. For example,in case of exfoliating scrubs,a coarse powder of almonds is used while for a homemade face pack usually almond paste is made.

* Almond powder
* Almond paste
* Almond oil
* Coarsely ground almonds.
Homemade Facial Mask Recipes
Take warm honey (1 tbsp) and grated almonds (1 tbsp), mix well using some water. Immediately apply the mask to a cleansed face and rest for ten to fifteen minutes. Finally, was off the mask with water and apply a toner and moisturizer. This is a wonderful skin care mask, and worth the effort. The honey and almond moisturizing face mask is particularly good for mature, sensitive, or dry skin, but is suitable for all skin types.

Almond Scrub

Almond oil is an important ingredient in many commercial skincare products like moisturizer creams, lotions, toners and others. Beside this almonds are also used in scrubs and you can easily find almond scrubs in OTC products. However you can easily make your own at home with minimum cost.

2 comments:

  1. Eat a handful of almonds a day can increase the level of vitamin E, vitamin E to keep skin healthy is one of the most important antioxidants, can nourish the skin and prevent dry.

    Almonds for Skin Care

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