Turmeric, a cooking ingredient commonly used in Asian food is also a traditional remedy to lighten skin and pigmentation. Turmeric is found to help skin return to its normal shade after a suntanned. Turmeric has powerful antioxidant properties, protects against environmental toxins, and has antibacterial properties.
How to do it?
You can apply turmeric directly on your skin. There are few simple method here. Please note that turmeric will stain your skin and fingers in yellow colour. There are also some helpful tips on this below.
Facial Mask with Turmeric
Mix turmeric powder with cucumber juice or lemon juice to make paste. Apply to affected area and leave it for 15 minutes. Rinse off and apply your regular moisturizer. With daily use, your skin pigmentation will even out.
Facial Mask with Olive Oil
For a more long lasting treatment, mix turmeric with a natural oil to form a paste and apply this paste as a mask. You can leave the mask on for as long as you are comfortable as unlike lemon juice, it will not sting. Some good natural oils you can try are extra virgin olive oil or coconut milk. Depending on your preferences, you can either make a thick paste (more turmeric, less oil) or a very thin, diluted mixture (less turmeric, more oil).
How to remove yellow stains from turmeric
If your ingredients mixed with oil, the yellow stains on your skin is much easier to wash off with soap. You will have to wash a few times but it will eventually wash off.
When your ingredients mixed with water or lemon juice, the stain will be there longer but eventually will wash off with few hand washing. Turmeric is good for healthy nails too so no harm.
Do be careful that turmeric stain your pillow and cloth more permanently that require bleach to remove it.
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