DIY & Natural Remedies for Healthy Skin

DIY & Natural Remedies: Skincare doesn’t require lots of costly products or an hour every day on complicated products. Homemade, natural treatments are the most sought-after as they are cheap and easy to make without the need of nasty chemicals. For oily skin especially, natural remedies are ideal to help to rebalance oily skin and acne prone skin. They help to create a better complexion and a more improved skin texture.

Oily skin occurs when too much sebum (oil) is produced by the sebaceous glands. This causes blockages in pores which results in the creation of blackheads and pimples. Despite being extremely irritating, when it is correctly treated it is quite easy to improve the condition.

In this guide, we’ll explore how you can benefit from effective DIY and natural remedies specifically for oily skin, and how you can easily incorporate them into your day-to-day routine.

Natural Remedies for Oily Skin

Home remedies are a great and easy way of treating oily skin as opposed to pumping synthetic ingredients into your skin. It’s intended to remove excess oil, and not all of it.

1. Honey

A natural humectant, honey also has some anti-bacterial properties that would be of benefit in terms of reducing the oiliness of your skin and moisturizing it. Leave a thin layer of raw honey on your face for 10-15 minutes and oiliness will be dealt with while break-outs will be fought off.

2. Lemon Juice

Lemon contains a small amount of citric acid to effectively firm pores and decrease oil production. It also contains properties to help brighten the skin. Always dilute lemon juice with water before applying to the face as it will sometimes cause stinging to sensitive skin.

3. Multani Mitti

A age old remedy to fight oiliness common in India; multani mitti is good at soaking up all your skin’s excess oil and impurities. Your skin will feel refreshed and matte after using it. Using Rose water with the multani mitti will also increase your skin tone.

4. Cucumber

Cucumber has natural astringent properties to help firm skin and oiliness while soothing skin too. It’s useful for oily skin during the hot days.

5. Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar works as a toner and restores your skin’s pH level. Apply on the skin after diluting it with water. Let the skin dry on its own.

DIY Face Masks for Oil Control

Homemade face masks

The easiest approach to treat oily skin is through homemade face masks that have many natural components that fight acne, dullness and oiliness at the same time.

1.Clay and rose water mask

Ingredients: 2 tbsp of Multani Mitti, Rose water

Benefits: Cleans pores deep and absorbs excess oils leaving skin matt and smooth.

How to: Mix and apply on the skin until it dries, then wash well.

2. The Oat & Yoghurt Mask

Ingredients: 2 tbsps Yoghurt 1 tbsps Oatmeal

Benefits: Oatmeal helps to remove dead skin cells, and the lactic acid within the yoghurt skin brightening, helps to control oily skin.

How to: Smear all over the skin and while semi dry it is gently massaged over the face. Then wash off in luke warm water.

3.Turmeric & Honey Mask

Ingredients: 1 tbsps Honey Pinch of Turmeric Powder

Benefits: Turmerics exceptional anti inflammatory property kills acne and Honey Moisturises skin but doesn’t leave it greasy.

How to: Smear the mask on to skin and wash off after 10-15 mins.

4.Egg White mask

Ingredients: 1 egg white, Few drops of lemon juice

Benefits: Skin appears tighter and the pores are diminished. The skin appears firmer.

How to: Apply the mixture on skin and let it dry. Wash off with water.

5.Tomato and sugar scrub mask

Ingredients: Tomato pulp, 1 tsp of sugar

Benefits: Tomato reduces oilyness and skin spots while the sugar exfoliates your skin.

How to: Gently massage your face for a few minutes. Rinse off well.

Aloe vera for oily skin

The Aloe Vera is an extremely versatile skin ingredient for any skin type,especially for oily skins. It is not greasy and very light which benefits oily skin in numerous ways:

The effects of aloe Vera are: Controlling over-oily skin without drying it out; soothe skin’s inflammation & redness; treat acne & keep from breaking out again; make the skin smooth without pore-clogging;

Use Aloe Vera by:

1. Moisturiser- just directly apply fresh aloe vera gel on your face and leave until it dries up. It will leave your skin with smooth, sticky free and moisturised feeling.
2. Face mask- you will make a nice anti-oil face mask if you just mix drops of lemon with aloe vera gel.
3. As an overnight treatment: Put some aloe vera gel on your face and you will wake up feeling fresh skin.

Why it works: It consists of various vitamins, antioxidants and enzymes to produce more control of skin oiliness. It can promote the speed of skin healing. The herb is gentle to all sensitive skins and safe for daily usage.

Green tea for oily skin

Green tea could be good for your body and the external treatment as well. It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidants that make it beneficial for acne-prone and oily skins.

Advantages:

• Stimulates sebum reduction
• Fights against acne causing bacteria
• Reduces inflammation and redness
• Minimizes pore size
• Protects skin from harsh external factors

Ways to use Green Tea:

1. Toner: Brewed green tea left to cool down can be used as a toner applied with a cotton pad.
2. Face Mask-Brew green tea,mix it with honey or clay to create an oil controlling face mask.
3. .Face Ices-Brew green tea, freeze it into an ice cube tray then apply to face, to cool and tighten pores.
4. Facial Steam-Add some green tea leaves to boiling water, steam your face with it, this would open your pores and remove clogged oil.

Why it works:

Polyphenols in green tea actively reduce the amount of sebum produced and its inflammation properties help the skin heal, meaning the more you use it, the better oily skin will become.

Home Remedies for Enlarged Pores

Most oily skin sufferers complaint about large pores and the pores are like traps for dirt, oil and eventually blackheads and acne, however home remedies can do wonders for the large pores.

1.Ice therapy: The most ancient one.Rub ice cube all over the face, immediately the skin tightens up & reduces the oiliness. It also increases the blood circulation.

2. Egg white & Lemon mask: Tightens & tone the skin and prevent you from the pimples. It can be applied twice a week.

3. Baking Soda Scrub: Exfoliates the skin by removing the dead skin cells and oil stuck in the pores. Apply a paste made from baking soda and water, and massage gently ( but with restraint! ) over skin.

4. Papaya pulp: Its enzyme will cleanse and tighten skin, while removing excess oil.

5. Rose Water Toner: keeps skin tone balanced. Maintains pH and tones and tightens skin. Use daily as a toner.

Tips to maximize results from natural remedies

If you want to see the most effective results from natural remedies, they need to be used in the correct way. Here are some essential tips that will maximize the effects of any remedies that you use:

1. Always Patch Test: Before putting any new natural remedy on your skin test it by applying a tiny amount to your arm or on an area not visible on your face in case you are allergic to anything in it.

2. Be patient: Natural remedies will always take time. You won’t see any great difference overnight but if you stick to your remedies for a while you should be on your way to healthier skin.

3. Do not overdo it: Excessive application of a particular ingredient may lead to further irritations, and in some cases even increased oil production. Only apply one or two treatments to your face unless advised differently.

4.Eat well: Skin is an reflection of your overall health so make sure to eat loads of fruits and vegetables and you will soon see clearer and brighter skin from the inside out.

5.Clean your face: A minimum of two washes of your face a day will help to remove excess oils and dirt.

Common mistakes when trying natural skin care remedies.

Though these treatments usually have no adverse effects when used properly, you might have side effects due to misuses. Common misuses include:

• Washing too often (because the over-washing could stimulate skin’s sebum production).
• Being too acidic (undiluted) like lemon juice. Forgetting to moisturize (even if skin is oily).
• Forgetting to remove makeup
• Rushing your remedy- remedies take time to work.

Conclusion

From kitchen cupboards to the pharmacy shelf, DIY remedies are cheap, effective and most importantly, safe way to deal with an oily complexion. With care and the right ingredients you’ll soon be in control of excess oil, banishing breakouts and healing the damage to your skin. Ranging from simple and user friendly kitchen ingredients like honey and cucumber, to very strong natural cures like aloe vera and green tea; natural remedies seem to be complete all in one package for skin care problems even those like open pores when taken used on a regular basis.

The point is to know your skin’s needs and to adopt a remedy that suits it the best. By inculcating these remedies in your routine you can ensure that your skin becomes clear, balanced and healthy without relying too much on cosmetic products which are based on chemicals. Skin care is a long journey so the natural cures help in giving you healthy and clear skin.