Homemade packs and beauty tips with turmeric

Turmeric is a main ingredient in almost every variant of Indian cuisine though it’s not a part of Chinese or other cuisines. Mainly used as a colouring agent in cooking in Indian subcontinent, it owns many medicinal values too. It is also used in Ayurvedic medicines and also as a beauty product. Turmeric is available in different types and each has its own purpose. Kasturi turmeric used for beauty purposes and curry turmeric used for dishes are different. There are many more turmeric types. One common factor is its attractive golden colour, for which everyone believe that frequent use of turmeric can improve skin tone and cure many skin diseases, and gives a glowing skin.

Here I present a few beauty packs made using turmeric. For beauty purposes, Kasturi turmeric is mainly used. It is available in market in powdered packets or as fresh which can be ground and used. Many Indian kitchen gardens also grow turmeric which can be used for beauty purposes and also to prepare beauty packs naturally, free of chemicals. Turmeric gives colour and glowing skin. Also read: Medicinal benefits of turmeric.

A few homemade packs with turmeric

1. Take half big spoon turmeric powder, 1 small spoon multani mitti, 1 big spoon curd and ½ small sppon lemon juice and make a paste. Apply this pack on your face and neck and wash it off after 20 minutes.

2. Take ½ small spoon turmeric powder, 1 big spoon milk powder and ½ small spoon honey. Mix together and apply on your face and neck. It improves beauty of dry skin.

3. Take ½ small spoon of turmeric powder, 1 small spoon orange skin powdered, 1 big spoon of papaya pulp and ½ small spoon honey. Mix all ingredients together to get a turmeric pack and apply on your skin. Wash it off after 20 minutes.

4. Add a small spoon of gram flour to ½ tsp turmeric powder. Add 2 small spoons of rose water and prepare the pack. Apply this pack on your face and neck and wash it off after 20 minutes.

5. Mix three ingredients – ½ small spoon of turmeric powder, 1 white yolk and 1 small spoon lemon juice to prepare a pack. Apply this pack on your face and neck and wash it off after 20 minutes using cold water.

6. Take ½ small spoon of turmeric powder and equal quantity of tomato pulp. Mix both these ingredients along with 1 big spoon of curd and apply on your skin. Wash it off and clean your skin after half an hour.

7. Take 3 big spoons of powdered oats and add 1 big spoon turmeric powder and 1 small spoon curd. Mix all the ingredients to prepare the beauty pack and apply on your face and neck. You can wash this pack after 20 minutes.

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