Best ayurvedic remedies to have a glowing and fair skin

Best ayurvedic remedies to have a glowing and fair skin

Fair complexion is directly connected to beauty standards, especially in India. However dark skin does not cause any harm and is equally beautiful. Yet people keep looking for the best and instant home remedies to get a flawless fair complexion. The basic reason for skin tone is dependent on melanin production in your body which can be altered by proper diet intake and herbal treatments. Also, various reasons contribute to making the skin darker and dull such as sunburns, unhealthy lifestyle habits or skin diseases, etc. There are different types of beauty products available in the market but chemical-based cosmetics worsen your skin condition even more. That’s why we will give you some of the best and effective home remedies to make your skin lighter and brighter. 

Types of complexion

There are a few types of skin tones mostly common such as:

• Light
• Fair
• Medium
• Deep (Dark)

Causes of Dark Skin

• Melasma: It is a hormonal problem that usually occurs in pregnancy. Hyperpigmentation can appear on any area of the body (more common on the stomach and face)
• Sunspots: It occurs due to excessive sun rays on areas exposed to the sun, like the hands and face. It can also lead to premature aging.
• Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This happens due to injury or inflammation. A common cause of this type is acne or freckles.
• Allergic reaction: This usually happens due to a specific plant or chemical.
• Genetic Disorder: Even genes could be responsible for a darker tone.
• Diabetic dermopathy: It causes light brown, scaly patches due to diabetes-related changes in blood vessels.

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Important factors to consider for fair complexion

Here are a few things that you must care for if you don't want to compromise with the skin tone.

• Get adequate sleep: While you sleep, your body increases blood flow to your skin, resulting in a healthy glow when you wake up.
• Drink plenty of water:  You must drink plenty of water to have luster and moisture intact in the skin.
• Wear sunscreen even when indoors: You should protect your skin from the sun's damaging rays when you leave the house and even when you're inside because the rays can permeate glass.
• Moisturize your skin: Moisturizing skin will help you get rid of dry and flaky skin and make your skin appear radiant. 
• Taking Facial steam:  This method is highly effective and it will clean the pores deeply by opening up and clearing the dirt from inside.
• Use cold rose water: Rosewater has anti-inflammatory properties, it reduces the redness of your skin. This gives a freshness to your skin.
• Exfoliate your skin: You need to exfoliate your skin to get rid of the dead skin buildup every alternate day.

Home Remedies for Fair complexion

There are many kinds of ayurvedic remedies available to make your skin glowing and beautiful. We have mentioned a few of the very effective remedies:

  1. Lemon Juice

• Add 2 full lemon Juice in a bucket of cold water in the summertime.
• Bath with that water for a few months.
• During winters you can switch it with warm water.
• By bathing in lemon juice the skin pores open up which leads to a fair complexion.
• It does not give a glow to the skin but also cures different skin diseases.

2. Tamarind Paste

• Take half a cup of Tamarind and soak it in one glass of water.
• Grind it properly to make a fine paste.
• Apply it on your skin and leave for 15-20 minutes.
• Wash it off with warm water.
• This will give you blemish-free skin with a bright tone. 
• It also removes hyperpigmentation and spots.
• Do it twice a week and continue for one month.

   3. Almond Milk

• Soak 4-5 almonds in the water in the morning.
• Remove the peel in the evening and add 2 tsp of buffalo milk to it.
• Grind it into the finest paste that turns into almond milk.
• Apply this milk to your skin and leave it overnight.
• The next day wash it with cold water.
• After 15 days you will see a much brighter and fair complexion.
• It will work like magic if you first scrub your skin with gram flour. As it will remove the dead skin cells.

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Additional Treatments

1. Consume 1 Amla (Gooseberry) Murabba daily, for two to three months. This will give you fair skin.
2. Take one cup of milk, mix 4-5 original saffron petals, and 1 cardamom in it. Boil the milk and consume it daily to get a golden glow on your skin.
3. Consume half glass of carrot juice on empty stomach. (Do not add anything like an ice cube or salt) Take it in the morning and evening for about 15 days. By this blood gets purified and hemoglobin levels increase which makes your skin brighter.
4. You can alternatively grate carrot and apple and consume them together. This will give a soft, supple, blemish-free glowing skin.

DIY Fair Complexion Cream

Curd-Turmeric Brightening Cream: 

A simple homemade skin brightening cream that you can prepare at home and it will not give any side effects too.

• Take almost 2 cups of curd, combine a pinch of turmeric powder, one tablespoon of honey, two tablespoons of lemon juice, and 3-4 pieces of almonds.
• Then, make a paste of all the ingredients with a help of a mixer/grinder.
• The resulting creamy paste is then ready for use.

Care Tips: Keep it in an airtight jar away from direct sunlight, preferably inside a refrigerator. You can use it for one week then make it again for the next week.

Foods for Fair complexion

Topical treatments are not as good as inner nutrition. Therefore it is necessary to change the diet as well. To get fair looking skin one should intake the following:

• Gooseberry
• Fruits like Apple, Grapes,  Pomegranate
• Citrus items such as Lemon, Orange, and tomatoes
• Vegetables like Carrots, Beetroot 
• Green leafy veggies like Radish(leaves), White Goosefoot (Bathua), Spinach, Bottlegourd
• Fenugreek, saffron, and fennel seeds
• Almonds
• Rock sugars 
• Dairy products (Milk, Curd, and Butter) 
• Raw coconut

What to avoid?

There are several tips that will save your skin from pigmentation, blemishes, and dark circles.

• Avoid eating junk, processed, and oily foods.
• Exercise regularly as it will remove toxins from the body and you’re your skin glow naturally.
• Do Yoga and Pranayama
• Get proper 8 hours of sleep daily. (Girls should remove their makeup before going to bed)

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