Beauty Nuskhe: Keep Summer Skin Problems At Bay With These Homemade Face Packs

Our skin reacts differently to distinct changes in weather conditions every season. While the dryness of the winters saps our skin of its natural oils, summer tends to make it oily thanks to excessive perspiration, not to mention the sunburns and sunspots that are typical to this time of the year. From “Eww, yeh acne mark ja hi nahi raha yaar” to “itna oiliness kaise hataun?”, we face it all in this sultry heat. So, with the change in seasons, your skincare routine should also change accordingly, keeping in mind your skin type, skin concerns, and how your skin reacts to the weather. Here are 6 DIY summer face pack recipes for different skin types that you can explore.

6 Homemade Summer Face Pack Recipes For Every Skin Type

Let’s get started with discussing 6 recipes for homemade face packs for glowing skin in summer.

1. Sandalwood Powder Face Pack For All Skin Types

Sandalwood is enriched with anti-inflammatory properties that treat irritation, redness, and swellings on your skin. Hence, it proves to be a great desi nuskhe for those of you who experience frequent acne breakouts due to excessive perspiration during summers. It also has a cooling effect on your burning summer skin. That apart, it also imparts a natural glow. It usually works wonders as a face pack for sensitive skin in summer.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp sandalwood powder
• 1 tbsp raw milk

How To Use It

1. Take sandalwood in a small bowl.
2. Pour milk into it and give it a good mix, using your fingers.
3. Apply the mixture evenly on your face and neck. Use it immediately, so the paste does not dry up, making it impossible for use. If you feel like the mask is too dry, you can add milk as per your requirement.
4. Keep this on for about 10 minutes or till it dries completely.
5. Wash it off with water and experience the benefits of this summer face pack at home in a few uses.

2. Banana & Shahad (Honey) Face Pack For All Skin Types

One of the best face packs for summer, vitamin-enriched banana is known for its deep moisturisation properties, which is exactly what you need to restore hydration that the scorching summer sun rips your skin off. The face mask makes the skin soft, supple, and smooth, exfoliates thoroughly, evens out the skin tone, and prevents acne breakouts. The list doesn’t end here. The humble fruit also treats signs of ageing like fine lines and wrinkles, reducing their appearance. Add a tablespoon or two of oats if you want the face mask to serve as a scrub too. Honey, laden with antimicrobial properties, is also a great moisturiser and works in a homemade face pack for glowing skin in summer.

Ingredients

• 1 ripe banana
• 3-4 drops shahad (honey)

How To Use It

1. Take a small bowl and add banana and honey. 
2. Mash the banana into a pulp with your fingers or with the back of a fork.
3. Add honey and give it a good mix, to get an even paste.
4. Apply it generously on your face and neck.
5. Let it be for 15 minutes or until it dries completely.
6. Wash it off with water.

3. Milk & Besan (Gram Flour) Face Mask For Oily Skin

One of the best face packs for summer for oily skin, the ingredients cleanses your skin of dirt, grime, and excess oil (sebum) on your skin, which is typical to your skin type during this season. It exfoliates the dead skin cells from your skin’s surface, reduces acne spots, hydrates your skin, and gives it a natural glow.

Ingredients

•  2-3 tbsp raw milk
• 1½ tbsp besan
• 1 punch haldi (turmeric)

How To Use It

1. Blend milk and gram flour together in a small bowl.
2. Add turmeric and give it a good stir again, to get an even paste.
3. Apply the mixture on your face and neck liberally and evenly.
4. Leave it on for 10 minutes or till it dries completely.
5. Wash it off with water and experience the benefits of this face pack for oily skin in summer within a few uses.

4. Lemon & Tomato Face Pack For Oily Skin

Both these veggies are power-packed bleaching agents perfect for removing sunburn and suntan. This is specifically suited for oily skin because it removes the excess oil, without drying up the skin or ripping it off its natural oil. It is also effective in reducing dark spots and maintaining an even skin tone.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Juice of 1 tomato

How To Use It

1. Add lemon juice and tomato juice to a bowl.
2. Give it a thorough mix, so it gives you an even paste.
3. Apply it on your face and neck thoroughly.
4. Let it stay for 15 minutes or till it dries completely.
5. Wash it off with water and experience the benefits of this face pack for oily skin in summer within a few uses.

5. Dahi (Yoghurt) & Haldi (Turmeric) Summer Face Mask For Dry Skin

The combo cleanses and brightens the skin, evens out skin tone, imparts much-needed hydration, and treats pimples and acne breakouts that are so common during summers. You can replace the turmeric with a few spoonfuls of Fuller’s Earth to prepare a Multani Mitti face pack for dry skin in summer.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp dahi
• One pinch haldi

How To Use It

1. Take the ingredients together in a small bowl.
2. Mix thoroughly to get an even paste.
3. Apply the paste even;y all over your face and neck.
4. Let this stay for 15 minutes or till it dries completely.
5. Wash it off with water.

6. Coffee & Milk Summer Face Pack For Dry Skin

Coffee is a hero ingredient for reducing sunspots and redness, and signs of ageing like fine lines, which dry is prone to. It is also beneficial for reducing puffiness in your undereyes. However, make sure that you are gentle while massaging the coffee powder granules on your skin, to eliminate the scope of causing minor abrasions. Milk, on the other hand, balances out the roughness of coffee powder, reducing chances of friction. What’s more, milk is enriched with protein that improves skin elasticity, which is comparatively lacking in dry skin types. It comprises lactic acid that unclogs pores and cleans the skin of bacteria that cause acne.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp coffee powder
• 1 tsp raw milk

How To Use It

1. Take both the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix them well to get an evenly paste.
3. Apply it all over your face and neck.
4. Let this sit for about 15 minutes or until the paste dries completely.
5. Wash it off with cold water with a gentle massage.

4 Benefits Of Homemade Face Pack

1. Free Of Harmful Chemicals

The best thing about homemade skincare remedies is that you can be confident about what you’re putting on your face. You can vouch for its purity in the real sense of the term. It would not only be devoid of harmful chemicals like parabens, SLS, sulphates, synthetic colours, and artificial fragrances, you also wouldn’t have to check the fine prints on product packaging that warn you of possible side-effects. So, just a patch test and you can be assured that the DIY remedy will work out just fine for you.

2. Make The Most Of Natural Ingredients

There’s a reason why our dadis and nanis vouched for their favourite skincare nuskhe and have proudly passed them down to us. Readily available kitchen ingredients like milk cream, turmeric, honey, gram flour, and lemon, among others, are packed with antioxidants and antibacterial and antiseptic properties that’s just what your skin needs for treating common skin conditions and maintaining overall skin health. And when that happens, smooth, supple, hydrated, and glowing skin wouldn’t be too far away. Add fresh, seasonal fruits to this list of ingredients and your skin will do a happy dance from within.

3. Cleanses From Deep Within

Nothing like pure kitchen ingredients to clean your skin from deep within and exfoliate dead cells from your skin’s surface. They unclog pores, boost collagen, and ensure regeneration of new skin, which in turn imparts necessary hydration to your skin, making it soft and supple and your tone even and bright.

4. Addresses Skin Concerns

All-natural homemade face packs address various skin concerns like hyperpigmentation, signs of ageing like fine lines and wrinkles, skin infections, and blemishes. In summer, there is a separate list of skin concerns that most of us have to deal with like sunburns, sunspots, pimples and acne breakouts, etc. And all-natural face packs, made with skin-loving kitchen ingredients that are beneficial for your type of skin, is all you need to treat and prevent various skin infections and concerns, unless your problem needs medical attention.

6 Summer Skincare Tips

1. Use an all-natural, lightweight, anti-foaming face wash twice a day, one time each before your daily AM and PM skincare routine, to clean your face off dirt, pollution, and excess oil on your skin.
2. Use a lightweight moisturiser, which is appropriate for the summer, as opposed to heavy cold creams.
3. Dab a broad spectrum sunscreen or sunblock of at least SPF 30 on all the exposed areas  liberally, even when you’re at home. Because the harmful UV rays make their way through the glass panes and create havoc on your skin while you’re indoors.
4. Keep aside a few pieces of seasonal fruits off your plate for making a DIY face pack or scrub.
5. Sweat it out at the gym, under the sky, or at home for the sweat to unclog the pores and prevent acne breakouts.
6. Last but not the least, keep yourself hydrated at all times with 3 litres of water daily, and add water-rich fresh, seasonal fruits like papaya and watermelon to your diet for that added dash of health.

Amidst all these skin concerns that are the usual fallout of the scorching summer heat, there are a myriad of natural ingredients that you can bank on to breathe life into your dull, bejaan, acne-filled summer skin. So, quickly whip up a DIY summer face pack whenever you can and make the most of their benefits for your skin. 

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