Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Before the plethora of skincare products like serums, sheet masks and glow drops took over, women used to rely on natural ingredients for flawless skin. Ask your mom and she’d tell you about a simpler time when you could just walk over to your kitchen and grab a beauty-boosting ingredient. Turmeric, milk, lemon... the list goes on.
One such beauty hero you can find in your home is sandalwood. It is an oil-rich heartwood that’s full of beauty benefits. It can give you a brighter complexion, spotless skin and that healthy glow. Include it in your weekly beauty routine to get the starry glow naturally, without burning a hole in your pocket. How? Allow us to tell you three ways to use sandalwood for glowing skin. Take a look.
1. Massage sandalwood oil
Massage your skin with sandalwood oil for 7-10 minutes in the night before bed to wake up to glowing and healthy-looking skin. Cleanse your face and take two tablespoons of sandalwood oil in a bowl. Heat it till it is warm and add some essential oils to it like lavenderor peppermint oil and mix. Apply this oil on your face and massage in upward motions for at least 10 minutes. Leave it overnight and wash off with lukewarm water in the morning.
2. DIY sandalwood face mask
Prepare a sandalwood face mask by mixing up some other glow-boosting ingredients with it like honey and milk. Take one tablespoon of sandalwood powder in a bowl and add one tablespoon of honey and one tablespoon of milk to it. Mix all the ingredients and apply it evenly on a cleansed face with a facial brush. Rinse off after 15 minutes and moisturise. Do this once a week for fresh and youthful skin.
3. Apply sandalwood paste
Simply make a sandalwood paste by mixing equal amounts of any good natural oil like coconut oil, argan oil or olive oil and sandalwood powder. This is an easy and quick face pack you can treat your skin with when you got no time on hand. Rinse your face and apply this sandalwood paste. Let it stay for around 10 minutes before splashing it off with water. Do this weekly before bath and follow up with a cleanser and moisturiser.
8 Benefits of Sandalwood Powder for Skin:
1. Anti-Ageing Properties
Sandalwood is rich in antioxidants and help in prevention of wrinkle formation, as it fights the damage that is caused by free radicals. Hence sandalwood has been used as an anti-ageing remedy since time immemorial.
2. Natural Skin Whitening With Sandalwood
Sandalwood contains natural skin lightening agents and hence is used in many fairness face packs.
- Take 1 tablespoon of sandalwood powder, and besan.
- Add a little turmeric and put required amount of rose water to make a thin paste.
- Apply this paste on your face for 15 minutes and wash it off with a mild face cleanser.
3. Chandan Works Well To Cure Acne & Pimples
Chandan has a soothing and calming effect on the inflammation of skin caused due to pimples and acne. Our grannies have been using sandalwood for pimples and acne for centuries, and really leave the skin to be blemish-free.
- Make a paste out of sandalwood, turmeric, a little camphor and milk
- Apply this paste on the affected areas
- Leave it on for the night and wash it off the next morning with water. Don’t use soap, as it could agitate the skin
4. Sandalwood Powder for Acne Scars
Chandan has been used as a healing ingredient since ancient history as it is believed to have been a miracle ingredient that helps resolve even bruising and scars!
- Take sandalwood powder and black gram powder (kaala channa)
- Add a little rose water and use this paste regularly to ensure this is not repeated.
5. Sun Tan Removal with Sandalwood
Sandalwood also helps in getting rid of sun tan. It is a simple DIY that gives you your original skin tone back!
- Take a tablespoon of sandalwood powder, orange peel powder and yogurt
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and apply the paste on tanned body parts
- Wash it off with water after it dries out. Read more tan removal home remedies at our blog.
6. Even Tone Skin with Chandan Paste
For Patchy, uneven skin tone, sandalwood is a blessing!
- You need sandalwood powder, vitamin E capsules and lemon juice
- Mix these ingredients into a thick paste
- Apply it on the face till it dries and then wash it off with water
7. Glowing, Blemish Free Skin
This is the easiest of the lot, as chandan has inherent skin brightening properties. You just need rose water and sandalwood powder.
- Make a paste and apply it on your face, neck and hands
- Wash it off once it dries
8. Prickly Heat Cure
As stated earlier, sandalwood has soothing properties and hence, helps in prickly heat cure.
- Take dried coriander leaves, sandalwood powder and rose water
- Mix these ingredients to form a paste
- Apply it on the heat boils and wash it off later!
- Wait, before you head out to purchase a sandalwood beauty product off the shelf, why don’t you consider making your own beauty pack?
When combined with some everyday ingredients that are found in your kitchen, you can use sandalwood for face packs and get brighter, naturally glowing skin.