1o Easy Pumpkin face masks and packs for glowing skin
Pumpkin face packs and masks have amazing benefits for our skin. But, they are not very commonly used by many women. Women are completely ignorant of the beauty benefits of pumpkin. They think that this amazing vegetable is used only for cooking.
People tend to use vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes, fruits like strawberries, bananas for making face masks commonly. You start using this awesome vegetable for making the face mask and you will be stunned to look at your new glowing skin.
Pumpkin face packs and masks help in exfoliation or removal od dead skin cells. They also help your skin to become soft, supple and glowing.
Pumpkin nutrition facts:
Let us look at the nutritional value of pumpkin before talking about various kinds of Pumpkin face packs and masks. Pumpkin is full of many essential vitamins and minerals. It is rich in vitamin A, C and vitamin E which act as powerful antioxidants. It is also rich in other antioxidants like beta carotene.
Pumpkin has many important minerals like calcium, copper, potassium. All these ingredients of pumpkin are very healthy. If pumpkin is consumed in our diet, they help us in having healthy skin, hair, and overall health. Apart from benefits of having pumpkin in diet, Pumpkin face packs and masks bestow many benefits on the skin.
Benefits of pumpkin face masks on skin:
1. Pumpkin is rich in antioxidants vitamin A, C and E. They combat against the free radicals and make you look younger. It delays aging. It promotes te development of collagen and improves the elasticity of the skin.
2. Pumpkin reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines on the skin.
3. It reduces the harmful effects of the sun on the skin. It helps in lightening suntan.
4. Pumpkin controls the sebum production in the sebaceous glands of the skin. Excess levels of sebum along with harmful bacteria like propionibacterium acne lead to the development of acne. As sebum production is controlled with pumpkin, acne formation reduces automatically.
5. Pumpkin is very beneficial for the people having any skin types. It helps people with dry skin when mixed with certain ingredients like honey and cream to make pumpkin face mask. It helps people with oily skin when mixed with lemon juice to make pumpkin face pack.
6. Pumpkin makes our skin soft, smooth and supple just like a baby’s skin.
Homemade Pumpkin face masks and packs recipes:
Pumpkin face mask recipe 1:
Ingredients:
½ cup pumpkin puree or paste
2 spoons of honey
1 Egg
1 spoon rose water
Directions:
Mix ½ cup of pumpkin puree, 2 spoons of honey, 1 spoon rose water and an egg very well.
Then apply this mixture over your face.
Wait for 30 minutes and wash off your face with lukewarm water.
Pumpkin face mask recipe 2:
Ingredients:
2 spoons of Pumpkin puree
2 spoons of apple cider vinegar
1 spoon of sugar
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients and apply well over the face and wait for 20 to 30 minutes.Listen to your favorite music while waiting. Then rinse off with water. Voila ! A glowing skin is all yours now.
Pumpkin face mask recipe 3:
Ingredients:
2 spoons of pumpkin puree
1 spoon of honey
1 spoon of Multani mitti powder
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients and apply over your face. Wait for half an hour and rinse off your face. You will have a soft and supple skin due to the exfoliating actions of Multani mitti and Pumpkin puree together.
Pumpkin face pack recipe 4:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 spoon pumpkin puree
1 1/2 spoon whipped cream or malai
1 spoon honey
2 spoons sugar
Directions:
Mix all the 4 ingredients very well. Wash your face with soap. Then dry your face and apply this face mask. Then wait for 15 to 20 minutes and then rinse off your face. Whipped cream or malai moisturizes your skin. It makes your skin very smooth and soft.
Sugar in the face mask along with the pumpkin puree removes all the dead cells over your face. Honey also moisturizes your skin and gives it a nice glow.
Pumpkin face mask recipe 5:
Ingredients:
2 spoons of pumpkin puree
1 spoon of yogurt
1 spoon of almond paste
Directions:
Mix all the above ingredients and then apply this mixture over your face and then massage gently. Then leave it for 15 minutes and rinse off your face. Yogurt moisturizes skin and pumpkin puree exfoliates dead cells. Vitamin E in Almond paste also promotes skin health and makes it glowing and soft.
Pumpkin face mask recipe 6:
Ingredients:
2 spoons of pumpkin puree
1 spoon of honey
1 spoon of crushed almond powder
1 spoon olive oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients and apply over the face. Wait for few minutes and then wash your face with lukewarm water.
Pumpkin face mask recipe 7:
Ingredients:
2 spoons Pumpkin puree
1 spoon apple cider vinegar
1 spoon sugar
Directions:
Mix all the above ingredients. Dab the mixture on your face. Wait for some time and then rinse your face well.
Pumpkin face pack recipe 8:
Ingredients:
2 spoons pumpkin puree
2 spoons oatmeal powder
1 spoon honey
Directions:
Mix all the 3 ingredients and make a nice paste. Apply over the face, wait for few minutes and then wash later. This pumpkin face mask hydrates your skin and makes your skin soft and moist.
Pumpkin face pack recipe 9:
Ingredients:
2 spoons pumpkin puree
1 spoon gram flour or besan flour
½ spoon turmeric powder
1 spoon honey
Directions:
Mix them well and apply over your face. Wash your face after waiting for some time. This face mask exfoliates dead skin cells, makes your complexion brighter and removes any dark spots on the skin.
Pumpkin face pack recipe 10:
Ingredients:
2 spoons pumpkin puree
½ banana mashed or blended and made into paste
1 spoon honey
1 spoon milk
Directions:
Mix all of them well and make a fine paste. Apply over the face. Wait for som time. Then rinse while scrubbing gently. All these ingredients are easily available at home and making this face mask is very easy too.
You have seen all the amazing face packs and masks that you can make with pumpkin. Just try them out and tell us how it turned out for you. We hope pumpkin face mask and packs make your skin healthy, soft and glowing.
