How to Do Things

Almost everyone wants a nice clean fair complexion. A natural dark complexion looks really appealing and sexy (read Spanish, Indians or Greek etc.) but skin turned dark as a result of harmful sun rays or due to pigmentation is usually not really nice to look at. So are there ways to get your natural fair color back? Although lots of beauty products promise exactly this its not necessary to work in every case. And additionally beauty products consist of lots of chemicals which can be harmful to your skin in most cases. So instead of spending all your hard earned money on expensive lotions and creams you can look in your own house for great useful solutions. These will not only bring around results that will satisfy you but if used with care there wont be any side effects either. Here are some tips on how to get fair skin right at home.

A homemade face pack is a great start and easy to make. All you need is a cucumber and a lemon. Firstly extract about three spoonfuls of cucumber juice and mix it with about one third the quantity of lemon extract. Now combine this mixture with some rose water. To use apply this face pack on your neck, face and arms and all the other body parts which are exposed to harmful sun rays. Leave it on for at least twenty five minutes and then wash it off under cool water. Doing this daily will bring back the glow within a few weeks at the most.

To prevent suntan and to get your skin to its natural color, use gram flour. Mix some gram flour with lemon juice and then add some yogurt to it. Use this everyday before your bath again for about twenty minutes or more and then wash off. Results guaranteed within a month.

Turmeric is used in many skin lightening beauty products and its excellent at its job. Take about half spoonful of turmeric and mix it with some raw milk and finally add about 5-6 drops of lemon extract. Apply all over on parts exposed to the sun. Leave it on for about 25 minutes. This might sting a bit but that means the cream is doing its job. Finally was it off under some cool water.

There are ways to make your own bleaching agent at home. For example one spoonful of turmeric powder mixed with about half a spoonful of curd and a few drops of olive oil along with a pinch of table salt makes an excellent bleaching agent. Mix thoroughly and then apply all over your face and neck. Leave it to do its job for about half hour then wash it off with some cool water.

Pulp of papaya fruit when applied to the skin is a great skin lightener. You can also use the milk from tender coconut as a lightener. All you gotta do is apply it on your skin and leave it on for about half hour. A mixture of the leaves from the Holy Basil plant along with crushed peels of an orange, when applied to the skin, will improve the complexion greatly.

Along with these tips eating a lot of good fresh food and a healthy diet consisting of fruits and vegetables will help your skin. Eat plenty of food with proteins and keep drinking water all the time. When going out either use an umbrella or cover yourself with some commercial sunscreen. Incorporate these tips in your life and you will have a great fair complexion with a span of few months.