Skincare Secrets: 5 Beauty tricks to adopt from India

Tarandip Kaur

22 May 2015

updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:07

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Saffron
Known as one of the most expensive spices used in Indian cuisines, this is one ingredient that is well worth the price. Beyond food, saffron is widely known in Indian culture as an ingredient that improves and brightens one's complexion. All you have to do is soak a few saffron strands in rose water and dab the solution with cotton balls all over your face as a toner. Additionally, you could create a paste by mixing the strands in milk and a bit of sandalwood powder. Apply that all over your face as a mask for 15 minutes or so and wash off.
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Turmeric
One of the ceremonies involved in an Indian wedding includes the 'haldi' ceremony where relatives apply turmeric (haldi) paste on the bride's face, arms and legs with the belief that it'll make her skin vibrant before the actual day. Turmeric root is packed with essential nutrients and is revered for treating blemishes, acne and improving skin elasticity. Simply create a mix of turmeric powder with yoghurt and honey to create a thick, smooth paste and apply it all over your face, avoiding the eye area. While it might leave you with a slight yellow tint, it will disappear after a couple of washes.
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Yoghurt
While we've had the fear of our mothers applying the delicious treat on our hair, we're thankful for the attempt. Essentially the zinc and lactic acid content in yoghurt aids in blood circulation, in return promoting the growth of hair. Use it as a hair mask by coating your hair with smooth yoghurt. Then wrap your hair in a towel for 15 minutes and wash with your regular shampoo. Hello smooth locks!
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Chick pea flour (Besan)
Known as besan, its paste is often used as a scrub or a whitening cream - whether for the body or for your face. It can also treat a bevy of skin problems, from dull skin to blemishes and clearing clogged pores. For oily skin, mix besan with water (preferably rose water) and apply it in a thin layer over your face. Once dry, rinse your face with lukewarm water and marvel at your cleared skin. As a scrub, all you have to do is use the same paste all over your body while in the shower and rinse off as per usual.
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Coconut Oil
Applying oil to hair is quite possibly the oldest trick in the book for shiny and healthy tresses. Indian mothers tend to subject their children to treatment since they're born and that too is coupled with a long lecture on its laundry list of benefits. However, what we've unearthed over the years is that there's no need to douse your hair in coconut oil. Simply use a small coin-sized amount and massage your scalp with it - the strands of your hair will naturally get coated. Leave it on for a an hour or so and then wash it off as per usual.

Give your face a breather from chemical-laden products and try your hand at some of these age-old and natural skincare ingredients.

Have you ever heard that India is the land of beauty and culture? Well, that description could not be any further from the truth – especially when it comes to beauty. Beauty not only in the form of incredibly stunning landscapes but beauty that extends to the population of naturally beautiful women.

The secret to their ravishing glow though lies in age-old traditions passed down from generation to generation. Using only naturally effective ingredients, these solutions have been worshipped in a sense for ages and as any Indian kid, our ears have been consistently inundated with messages of the treatments’ efficacy over chemical-laden products.

Granted some of them may not seem pleasant at first sight, but once you witness the results for yourself, trust us you’ll be sold and the messy side of things will drift into the depths of your concerns.

So let us get you on the road to a whole new beauty journey, with 5 well-known skincare secrets. Adopt these into your and trust us, you’ll wake up to radiant skin and shiny hair in no time.

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