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Homemade Brightening Face Masks

Everyone wants to have a bright and smooth skin, because naturally glowing skin is a sign of health and youth.

Due to the changes in our climate and lifestyle, our skin’s condition changes over time. Skin brightening remedies improve your skin’s appearance by lightening and removing dark spots or discoloration from the skin and bring it a vibrant healthy glow.

Natural remedies are undoubtedly the best in having a smooth, brighter, and youthful-looking skin. Many of skin brightening ingredients that are used in expensive skin brightening products can be found right in your pantry or kitchen.

In fact, natural ingredients give you the assurance that no hazardous chemical components such as parabens, phthalates harm your skin. You can use an array of fruits, vegetables, and spices that are not only good for cooking but also as brightening beauty products.

Most common ingredients that can be combined to create homemade face brightening masks are honey, egg, papaya, lemon, cucumber, turmeric, milk and oats.

Many celebrities have been using DIY (Do It Yourself) face treatments on regular basis. In this article, you will find some of the greatest and effective skin brightening face masks that you can make yourself at home.

Best natural skin brightening ingredients: 

Citrus fruits/Lemon Oil

Lemon, orange, and grapefruit are citrus fruits bursting with Vitamin C that naturally bleaches and removes skin pigmentation, making the skin lighter and more radiant.

Lemon oil is great for skin lightening and skin brightening homemade face masks. It has two natural bleaching components which are limonene and citric acid. Both components are able to lighten dark spots, fight hyperpigmentation, and also diminish the appearance of scars.

Papaya

Ripe papaya has papain, which is an enzyme that exfoliates the skin, removing the top layer of dead skin cells on the face. Exfoliation is one of the most important step in skin brightening treatment. Therefore, you need to get rid of the dead skin layer first, to get clear and bright skin.

Goat Milk

One beauty recipe that stood the test of time is goat milk. Even Cleopatra, the queen of Ancient Egypt, was known to bathe herself in goat milk. This beauty treatment would leave her skin smooth and supple. Of course, you don’t have to purchase 80 gallons of milk to fill your bathtub, however, making a nice brightening face mask will make your face glow.

Honey

Honey is another effective ingredient that helps to brighten skin complexion. It also has natural moisturizing and age-defying properties. Raw organic honey does not expire like other natural ingredients, which means it can be used for a long time.

Rice and Rice water

Rice and rice water have great benefits to the hair and body. Next time you cook rice, don’t throw away the water used in washing the rice grains. The water used in rinsing rice tightens pores. Rice also filled with vitamins that help to get rid of blemishes, skin discoloration, and acne. The rice grains, on the other hand, can be ground to make rice flour, which is perfect for face brightening mask recipes.

Turmeric

Curcumin, a substance in turmeric, has anti-inflammatory properties which eliminate harmful free radicals that are damaging the skin. It also aids in producing collagen that makes skin soft, elastic, and radiant.

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is bursting with vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2, B3, B6, and B12. These vitamins can heal and rejuvenate skin leaving it radiant, smooth, and moisturized. Aloe Vera is great ingredient to any DIY face brightening masks.

Cucumber

Cucumber is a great skin cooling agent. It helps to restore dull skin to its youthful glow. Cucumber also tightens pores and evens out the tone. Fresh cucumber mask can correct and enhance your skin complexion.

Coffee

The caffeine in coffee wakes not only the sleeping spirit up, but also it energizes and wakes the skin up. A nice coffee scrub improves blood circulation, which is essential in skin health. It also naturally exfoliates the skin, leaving it smooth, bright and radiant.

Best Homemade Face Brightening Masks Recipes

1. Turmeric and lemon face brightening mask

The antioxidant component of turmeric combined with the skin brightening properties of Vitamin C from the lemon makes this mask a potent mix leaving your face smooth, bright and healthy.

Ingredients

• 1 spoonful of turmeric
• 1 tsp of Lemon juice

How to make and use the mask 

1. Mix turmeric with some drops of lemon juice to form a paste.
2. Apply the paste on your face.
3. Let it dry for 10-15 minutes. Then, rinse your face with water.
4. Use this skin bleaching mask twice a week.

 

2. Green Tea and Rice Paper face brightening mask

Green tea has anti-inflammatory properties, it protects the skin explicitly from UV rays, reducing inflammation and skin aging.

Rice paper is what Vietnamese use to make spring rolls. Rice lightens dark spots and blemishes, and green tea protects the skin from the damaging rays of the sun.

This is a perfect combo to rejuvenate, brighten up and protect your face.

Ingredients

• Green Tea
• Hot Water
• Rice Paper (if unavailable, you can use an antibacterial microfiber cloth)

How to make and use the mask 

1. Cut the rice paper into small pieces that will fit every part of your face: Forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin plus the jaw.
2. Allow the green tea to seep in the water for at least 5 minutes.
3. Dip the rice paper in the green tea for 30 seconds.
4. Put the rice paper on your face.
5. Let it dry for 15 to 20 minutes. Then remove.
6. Rinse your face with warm water.
7. Use it at least twice a week for best results.

 

3. Cacao, papaya and aloe vera face brightening mask

Perfect for dry, sensitive skin – cacao, papaya, and aloe vera face mask will bring miracle to your face. The all-natural face mask exfoliates dead skin cells leaving it smooth, glowing, and moisturized. The brightening super star ingredient in this mask is papaya. It helps reduce the visibility of blemishes and acne scars.

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon of cacao powder.
• A tablespoon fresh papaya or papaya extract
• 1 tablespoon of aloe vera juice/ aloe vera gel.

How to make and use the mask 

1. Mix all three ingredients in a bowl.
2. Stir well.
3. Apply and leave on your face for ten minutes.
4. Rinse your face with warm water.
5. Use it at least twice a week for best results.

 

4. Coffee and raw honey face brightening mask

Coffee has anti-aging properties that minimize fine lines and locks in moisture in the skin. It reverses damage caused by UV rays and lightens acne, blemishes, dark skin, and pigmentation. All that’s left is fair, glowing, bright, and spotless skin.

Raw honey is a great natural exfoliator. It also contains gluconic acid and other alpha-hydroxy acids, which gently remove dead skin cells and brighten your skin complexion.

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon coffee powder
• A tablespoon of raw unfiltered honey
• 1 tablespoon of plain yogurt (optional, for best results)

How to make and use the mask 

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Stir well.
3. Apply and leave on your face for 15-20 minutes.
4. Rinse your face with lukewarm water.
5. Use it 2-3 times a week.

 

If your goal is to brighten your skin complexion using all natural ingredients, these skin brightening mask recipes may help.

No need to be overwhelmed with the myriad of skin whitening products in the market. In reality, the base or the featured whitening extracts can all be sourced from your kitchen.

You will be surprised at how effective these homemade skin brightening masks are. Thus, go natural, make your own homemade face brightening masks that’s easy on the budget with superb result.