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All of us like to bask in the sun. What a serene and wonderful pastime it is to lounge at the beach or the park during summer! Summer brings along a lot of fun and excitement but it is also accompanied with the ugly suntan to the exposed parts of our body. At times, even the expensive cosmetics fail to serve the purpose. One can always stick to the natural treatments for any aid. Use of turmeric as an anti-tan has been proved to a great boon. With good care and patience, you can get your skin back to its normal tone.

How to make the best use of turmeric for your skin?

Yes, it is true that turmeric is not only used in cooking recipes, but can also be used for de-tanning. Compose your own face/body pack with basic kitchen ingredients and set a drive to get an ever-glowing skin. Here’s a list providing all that you need to know about different turmeric face packs for different types of skin. 

1. Oily skin

Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder in coconut oil.

2. Dry skin

1-teaspoon turmeric, 1-tablespoon milk powder with milk.

3. Acne skin

2 tablespoons of curd, ½ teaspoon turmeric, ½ teaspoon sandalwood (commonly called Chandan) powder.

You can also make packs out of turmeric mixed with lemon juice, yogurt and cucumber juice.

Precautions to be taken:

• Cleansing Technique-

For all the cases mentioned above, apply the pack on the affected area. Massage it in a circular motion.

Keep the mask on for 10-15 minutes and then wash nicely.

Keep in mind to cleanse the skin thoroughly before applying the paste.

• Do not forget to take counsel from your dermatologist.

It is of utmost importance that you get your skin tested and know your skin type in the first place. Make sure that you are not allergic to any of the herbs or ingredient used in your face mask.

• Avoid use of low quality turmeric.

It may contain synthetic colors and may cause harmful effects to your skin.

Let's look at the Detailed Benefits of turmeric:

By now, you must be aware of the fact that turmeric as an anti-tan is very beneficial and worth the while. What you may not know is that there is a lot more insight to its use.

• To all the girls who are worrying about the stain being left after the turmeric face pack, let me tell you that you have absolutely nothing to worry about. There may be a slight yellowish tinge but it will easily go off after multiple washes.

Also, there are no side effects, unlike other synthetic make-ups.

• Anti-bacterial, anti-aging and anti-inflammatory, turmeric plays a vital role in skin whitening and skin rejuvenation.

• Turmeric as a paste, when applied on the skin helps in treating many skin problems like acne, pimples, eczema etc. It penetrates directly into the skin and lightens the complexion.

• It resolves pigmentation and dark spots. Adding to this, it also blemishes the skin of any kind and regular use enhances the skin glow and texture.

Leave behind the tension of spending all your savings on the overpriced commercial masks. In the long run, turmeric and its anti-tan face masks have proved to be very effective.

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