To achieve healthy, glowing skin is the desire of many, don’t you agree? You might also have experimented with many expensive salon treatments to achieve that as well. Did all that go in vain?
Don’t fret! If we tell you that the secret of getting naturally glowing skin is in your kitchen, would you believe us? Yes? Then, go ahead!
Rice is a part of our regular diet and can tickle our taste buds. But are you aware of the fact that this common Indian household ingredient can also be amazing as a skincare component?
It is a rich source of many nutrients like Vitamin B and ferulic acid, and it helps in making the texture of the skin better. For the purpose of making DIY face packs, you can use rice flour.
Rice flour is nothing but ground rice forming a powder-like substance. It is actually a mild ingredient and you can absolutely use it as a part of your skincare routine but doing a patch test is always recommended.
It is a magic ingredient that you can add in natural or homemade face packs to tackle different kinds of skin woes - from achieving bright and glowing skin to removing stubborn tan, or getting rid of the discolouration or blemishes on the face, it does it all!
# For Skin LighteningOne of my favorite ingredients for lightening all the scars and blemishes is rice flour. Rice flour has wonderful skin lightening properties. When I mention skin lightening, what I really mean is lighten scars, dark spots and pigmentation. Every skin color is beautiful but it will be more beautiful if it is even toned and rice flour helps achieve it easily by lightening all skin blemishes.
# For Anti AgeingThe bio active compounds found in rice bran are called ferulic acid, gamma-oryzanol and phytic acid. They are wonderful antioxidants and have been used in many skin creams to prevent skin ageing and to repair damaged skin.
# Natural Skin HealerEven a simple act of adding a tbsp of rice flour to bath water and soaking in it has wonderful healing properties and can greatly heal damaged skin, you can read the study that supports this claim here.
# Improves Skin ElasticityRegular use of rice flour on our face and skin can improve skin elasticity, reduce roughness of the skin and can lighten our skin. Try to use rice flour for skin care at least weekly once to see good results.
# Evens Out Skin ToneIf you are suffering from hyper pigmentation, I would highly suggest using rice flour, turmeric and besan face pack given below. It even out the skin tone really really well.