How to : Homemade Bleaching Face Pack using Tamarind Juice.

Homemade Bleaching Face Pack using Tamarind Juice.

Tamarind is a tangy flavoured spice which widely used in the local cuisines of India. The juice of tamarind is a good flavouring agent. The tamarind juice has numerous health and beauty benefits.

Here at his point, we are concerned with the skin health we obtain from tamarind. Tamarind is a high source of Vitamin C. It is believed to have healing properties for many of the skin problem. It also reduces the scar and wound pigmentation on the skin. It is a mild bleaching agent and thus helps in lightening the darkened skin. This is an excellent solution for tanned skin too.

Thus tamarind is an all rounder skin care product, for face pack, scrub, as toners, as de-tanning product, for bleaching, dark skin lightener.

Banana is not new to us when it comes to lightening the skin pigmentation. There is already a post on banana for skin pigmentation.

Here is a simple procedure of making a bleaching face pack for skin lightening using tamarind and banana. These two ingredients work towards the same motto; skin lightening

Ingredients:

• Tamarind pulp.
• Warm water.
• A small piece of ripe banana.
• Gram flour (or any other base for face pack like multani mitti)

Preparation:

• Immerse pieces of tamarind fruit in clean warm water.
• Allow it to be soaked for about 15 minutes.
• When the tamarind has loosened itself, while still being soaked, squeeze it with fingers.
• Squeezing will make the tamarind to separate out the concentrated tangy pulp from itself into the water. Remove the hard non dissolvable tamarind from the water and discard.

• Now you will see the water discoloured to brown juice. This is tamarind juice.
• In a diff bowl, smash a pieces if banana.
• Add gram flour along with the banana.

• Now add the tamarind juice in the right quantity needed to make a face pack.
• This prepares the bleaching face pack from tamarind juice.

• Apply all over the skin evenly. Allow it to dry and wash off with warm water.
• Introduce the tangy flavoured tamarind in your skin care routine and see what wonders it will do for your skin. Enjoy.
• Also please take care if you are allergic to tamarind on your skin. Do a patch test before proceeding.

Do you like homemade beauty recipes? Would you try this one at home?

*Written By Chand