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1. Milk for Skin Lightening

Milk is a rich source of calcium. Calcium, along with many important functions in our body, also regulates normal skin color. It does so by stimulating melanocytes, the skin cells that produces melanin pigment. Also, when you provide higher calcium content to the upper epidermis of your skin, you help maintain effective barrier against moisture loss. This prevents skin from going dry which can also affect your skin making it darker. Milk also contains lactic acid which reduces skin’s pigmentation making your skin lighter in complexion.

How to use milk for skin lightening?

Get this:

Milk (preferably cow’s or goat’s milk)- 1 bowl

Washcloth

Do this:

Take the bowl of milk and warm it a little. You need just warm milk and not hot.

Soak your washcloth in this.

Take out the washcloth and wring it out to discard excessive milk. While the cloth should be fully soaked in milk, it should not drip.

Now gently rub your skin with this cloth.

Once the cloth gets dry, soak it again in the milk and repeat the process.

Repeat the cycle of dipping and rubbing for 3-4 times.

Do this daily, preferably after taking bath.

After a couple of weeks, you may do this twice a week instead of doing it daily.

2. Yogurt for Skin Lightening

Lactic acid is a known remedy for natural skin lightening. This acid is the most gentle alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs). Alpha hydroxy acids act as exfoliants by contributing in rapid shedding of dead skin cells on the surface. This leads to cell renewal which in turn removes dullness from your skin giving you a brightening effect. As a skin lightening agent, lactic acid helps bleach the hyperpigmented skin by suppressing the production of melanin. Therefore, using yogurt loaded with lactic acid, makes sense when it comes to skin lightening with natural remedies.

Ways to use yogurt for skin lightening

Take some plain, unflavored and unsweetened, yogurt. Rub this gently on to your skin for a couple of minutes. Then leave the yogurt on your skin for another few minutes. Now wash off using lukewarm water. Repeat this daily.

Mix yogurt, lemon juice and oatmeal to get make a face mask. Apply this to your skin. Leave it there for 15-20 minutes before washing off with water.

Add 1-2 tsp of honey to 1 tablespoon of yogurt. Apply this to your skin. Leave it for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with water. Repeat daily.

3. Lemon Juice for Skin Lightening

Lemon juice is a natural astringent and has natural bleaching properties. Thus, if you have an oily skin and if you want to lighten your skin color, lemon juice is just right for you. Its astringent property will tighten your pores reducing the sebum secretion and its natural acidic composition will bleach your skin to whiten it. As lemon juice is also rich in vitamin C, it leads to production of new skin cells so that you get rid of all dullness and have bright skin.

Ways to use lemon juice for skin lightening

Take a lemon and squeeze out its juice. Dip a cotton ball in this lemon juice and apply it on your face or dark skin anywhere else. Leave it for 20-30 minutes and then wash off with water. Repeat daily.

If you want to save yourself from the hassle of squeezing out the lemon juice, just cut a lemon in two halves and rub one of the lemon half gently on your face for 10-15 minutes. Then leave the juice on your face for another 10-15 minutes before washing it off.

For oily skin, make this face mask which will also lighten your skin. Mix 1 tsp of lemon juice with 2 tsp of rosewater and 1 tsp of Fuller’s earth. Make a paste by mixing them and apply to your face. Leave for 15-20 minutes and then wash off.

If your skin is dry, mix a tsp each of lemon juice, honey and olive oil. Now apply this to your skin. Massage gently for a couple of minutes. Now leave this on your skin for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with lukewarm water.

Precaution: Never go out in sun after applying lemon juice to your skin. Lemon juice makes your skin ultra sensitive to sunrays that can, I n fact, lead to more discoloration of skin. Also do not use lemon juice if you have open wounds on your skin.

4. Rice Powder for Skin Lightening

Women from Asian countries have long used rice water and rice powder to tone and whiten their skin. Modern science too agrees upon the positive effects of rice extract on mature skin as well as its capacity to lighten skin. Rice is a rich source of para aminobenzoic acid (PABA) which acts as a natural sunscreen. When you consume PABA, it raises the level of Vitamin C in your body. Rice also has ferulic acid, an antioxidant, which when added to Vitamin C and E, provides you excellent protection against sun. A study conducted with rice bran extracts has proven its hydrating, skin lightening and anti aging effects on skin.

How to make skin lightening rice powder mask?

Get this:

Uncooked rice- ½ – 1 cup

Milk- enough to make paste

Warm water

Do this:

Grind the rice to get its fine powder.

Add enough milk to the fine rice powder to make a paste. If you are allergic to milk, you can even use water to make this paste.

Apply this rice powder paste to your face and neck.

Leave for 20-30 minutes.

Wash off with warm water.

Repeat 2-3 times a week.

5. Licorice Root Extract for Skin Lightening

Licorice has long been used by Ayurveda and other Asian Medicine systems to treat many medical conditions including skin diseases like eczema and psoriases. Of late, the excellent properties of licorice as a skin lightening agent has been put to use by many cosmetic companies to make herbal skin lightening creams. These products use licorice root extract as an alternative to the harmful chemical hydroquinone. Licorice contains the active compound ‘glabridin’ which acts to inhibit the enzyme which causes skin to darken due to sun exposure. Glabridin also help decrease the production of melanin as well as in balancing the skin cells. Not only is the licorice extract an excellent natural skin lightening agent but it also helps diminish dark circles and other darkened skin due to scars etc. Because licorice also contains ‘licochalcone,’ an oil controlling agent, it is also good for those people who have oily or acne-prone skin and who want their skin to become white.

How to use licorice extract for skin lightening?

You can find licorice extract in health stores. Although you can also make licorice extract at home by steeping or boiling the licorice root, it is too mild a preparation. The commercially available licorice root extract have huge concentration of useful agents of licorice extract.

Take a few drops of licorice extract and with the help of a cotton ball or a swab, apply a thin layer of this extract all over your face and neck.

Leave this overnight and wash off in the morning.

You may also make a face mask with the licorice extract.

How to make licorice extract face mask for skin lightening?

Get this:

Licorice extract- few drops

Cucumber- 1 small or a half of it

Fresh lemon juice- 1 tbsp

Sandalwood paste- 1 tbsp

Tomato juice- 1 tbsp

Do this:

Grind the cucumber in blender.

Add few drops of licorice root extract to this cucumber paste.

Now add all the other ingredients to this- lemon juice, sandalwood paste and tomato juice.

Mix well and apply this to your face and neck.

Leave it for 20-30 minutes or till it dries out completely.

Wash off.

Repeat 2 times a week.