How To Get Rid Of Blackheads Fast?

Blackheads are a very common and annoying problem for both men and women. It occurs when the skin pores get clogged due to the excess secretion of sebum and also due to dry dead skin. This oil is made by the sebaceous glands to make your skin supple. Women tend to be really upset by the sight of blackheads on their nose than men. Nowadays, we see both sexes looking for various methods to get rid of the blackheads on nose.

Blackheads are not caused by dirt and scrubbing your face with scrubbing agents will not help in getting rid of blackheads. They are nothing buy pimples without skin over them. It is caused due to the oxidization of the sebum or the skin cells when it comes in contact with air. This happens only when your skin pores open. The oxidization will make the skin turn black. So, excess scrubbing of the skin will only make the matters worse and will make your skin on your face get drier than before. This will result in more oil being created to make up for the loss of oil and maters get even worse. Hence, it is suggested that you follow the given remedies only for two to three times maximum in a week and this way you will be able to make your skin look better. You just need to clean out the pores to get rid of blackheads.

The following are the home remedies that will provide you with a solution on how to get rid of blackheads fast.

1.    Milk and Honey Pore Strips

Honey and milk are always good for your skin. The lactic acid in the milk will help in keeping your skin soft and smooth and honey is loaded with antibacterial properties. The main goal here is to mix honey and milk in such a way that it forms an adhesive.

How to Apply?

• Take one tablespoon of organic and pure honey in a small microwave safe bowl.
• Add a teaspoon of cold milk to the honey and mix it well.
• Now microwave the contents in the bowl for a minute. Now mix the contents once again.
• Allow it to reach room temperature and then apply a thin layer of this mixture over the blackheads on nose.
• Now take a strip of dry and clean cotton cloth and pat it gently on the thin layer of honey and milk mixture.
• Make sure that it sticks firmly on the mixture. Allow it to dry and wait for about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Now carefully peel this trip away and rinse your nose with cold water. Apply moisturizer on it.
• Repeat this process three times a week and you can get rid of blackheads on nose in a month’s time.

2.    Patting with Honey

Honey has excellent antibacterial properties and will help in easy blackhead removal from your face and neck. It is important for you to use raw organic honey that is thick to get the maximum benefit. Honey will provide the perfect balancing act for your skin and works well on oily skin as well as blackheads.

• All you need to do is to apply pure honey on the area where you spot blackheads. Allow it to rest for about 10 minutes.
• Wash it off with lukewarm water and repeat this process three times a week to see effective results.

3.    Steam Treatment

The steam will help in greatly reducing the appearance of the blackheads on nose and face, though it does not open your pores. It will help in softening the sebum that fills your pores and causes blackheads to appear. This is a relaxing and easy way of how to get rid of blackheads naturally.

Directions

• Take a large bowl and pour boiling water into it. Allow the water to cool a bit.
• Now, cover your head with a big towel and lean over the bowl for about 10 minutes.
• The towel has to be covered in such a way that the steam does not have any opening to escape out.
• Be careful not to get very close to the boiling water as it can burn your skin.
• Once done, rinse your face with warm water and then pat your face dry with a clean towel.
• Do not forget to moisturize your skin after the steam treatment. Repeat this process for several weeks to easily get rid of blackheads naturally and to enjoy glowing skin.

4.    Clay Mask

One of the easiest solutions on how to get rid of blackheads fast is to use bentonite clay on your face. It has rich healing properties that are used to treat a variety of skin ailments. It has been in use for centuries. It does a very good job on the skin as it will remove out all impurities and the oils on your skin pores. A clay mask will make sure that your skin will get all the essential minerals to improve blood circulation and to tone your skin. It is a face mask that will make you feel like your skin is tightening as it dries.

How To Apply?

• Add Bentonite clay or cosmetic clay in enough quantity of water or apple cider vinegar to make a thick paste that can be easily applied to your skin.
• You can use your fingertips to apply a thin layer this mask all over your face.
• Let it sit on your face for 20 to 25 minutes or until it dries out completely.
• Rinse the face off with lukewarm water and then pat it dry. Now apply moisturizer on your face.
• Repeat this process two times a week for three to four weeks to see visible results.

5.    Honey and Cinnamon Paste

Honey has antibacterial properties that will help in keeping the bacteria away as well as will act as an adhesive that can pull out anything in the pores of your skin. Cinnamon is a natural healer that will help in improving the blood circulation to make skin look smooth and healthy as well as glowing. Cinnamon and honey together make a delicious candy. They are equally good on your skin and will work effectively in giving you the solution to blackhead problems.

Directions

• In a small bowl, mix one part of cinnamon powder with one part of raw and pure organic honey. You should be having enough paste so that it covers all the affected area.
• Apply a thin layer of the cinnamon and honey paste on the blackheads and then fix a small strip of clean and dry cloth over this paste. Pat it and ensure that it sticks onto the paste firmly.
• Allow the mixture to rest on the blackheads for five minutes. Now remove the strip carefully and wash your face with lukewarm water.
• Never forget to moisturize your skin. Repeat this process two to three times a week to see a reduction in the blackheads on nose.

Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Facial Hair

Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Facial Hair

There are many natural ingredients available in your kitchen, which can be used for effective facial hair removal. Though it takes some time to show the effect of the treatment, they will not damage your skin and are cost effective. Here are some of the home remedies for removing facial hair

1. Gelatin Peel-off Mask

One of the easiest and the best remedies to pull off unwanted facial hair in an instant is to use gelatin face mask. This can be easily done at home. Though the gelatin face mask can be a bit messy and smelly too, the result that this face mask offers makes you feel that it is worth trying. You can add a few drops of lemon juice to suppress the smell of gelatin. You can try out a few essential oils as well. It is important for you to keep your eyes and eyebrows away from this face peel-off mask.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon of gelatin (unflavored)
• 2 to 3 tablespoons of milk
• Lime juice (3 to 4 drops) (or)
• Lavender essential oil about 1 to 2 drops

Method

• In a small bowl, add milk, unflavored gelatin and lime juice or lavender essential oil. Mix them well.
• Microwave this mixture for about 15 to 20 seconds.
• Apply it immediately on your face after you remove it from the microwave.
• Leave it to sit on your face for a few minutes.
• Gelatin sticks onto your face fast. You can apply it either on the areas where unwanted hair growth is visible or on your whole face.
• Never apply it very close to your eyes or eyebrows.
• You can remove the gelatin mask from your face after 5 minutes as it would have dried off completely by then.
• Peel it off completely. You will find that your wanted facial hair and blackheads peel off from your face and stick on to the dried mask.

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2. Apricot and Honey Facial Scrub

Apricot is a fruit that is rich in vitamins and minerals and also has rich concentrations of lycopene. It is found to be very effective in removing facial hair. Apricot has to be mixed with another ingredient called honey to make an excellent facial scrub that will help in getting rid of unwanted hair on the face as well as to cleanse the face. Honey has the properties of making your skin soft.

Ingredients

• Half a cup of dried apricots
• One teaspoon of honey

Procedure

• Grind the dried apricot in a blender to make a coarse powder. Make sure that it is not too coarse.
• Add honey to this apricot powder and mix it well.
• Apply this mixture on your face and leave it to sit for about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Now, start scrubbing the mixture in a circular motion gently and make sure that you keep on scrubbing for about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Wash your face off with lukewarm water.
• Repeat this process two to three times a week for effective facial hair removal.

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3. Wheatbran Scrubs

The remaining product after refining the wheat grain is the wheatbran. This bran is a very healthy product and will help in giving the body all the nutrients it needs. But, wheatbran is also very effective as a cosmetic product and is used in making many facial scrubs and masks. It is a very effective facial scrub that helped in removing unwanted hair as well as is effective on facial wrinkles. The following are the ways wheatbran will help to remove facial hair naturally.

Process 1:

Ingredients

• One to 3 tablespoons of wheatbran
• One teaspoon of rose water
• One tablespoon of milk

Procedure

• In a small bowl, mix wheatbran, milk and rosewater.
• Apply this coarse scrub on your face evenly.
• Leave it for a minute and then use your fingers to rub it gently on your skin in circular motion.
• Make sure that you keep on scrubbing till the wheatbran dries up.
• Leave it there on your face for a couple of minutes and then wash the face scrub off with water.
• Repeat this procedure daily for a week or two and then use this procedure two to three times a week.
• You will find that the scrub will help in reducing the growth of facial hair.

Process 2

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon of wheatbran
• 1 tablespoon of gram flour
• 1 tablespoon of fresh milk or curd
• Quarter teaspoon of turmeric powder

Procedure

• In a small bowl, mix wheatbran, gram four, milk or curd and turmeric powder to make a paste.
• Apply this paste evenly on your face.
• Allow it to sit there for about 20 to 25 minutes or until it gets completely dry.
• Wet your fingers with water and rub them gently on your face in circular strokes.
• Scrub for about 3 to 5 minutes gently and then wash the facial scrub off.
• Repeat this process two to three times a week.
• This facial scrub will help to get rid of unwanted facial hair over time. It will also make your skin soft, smooth and look younger.

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4. Lavender and Tea Tree Oil Mix For Removing Facial Hair Due to Hirsutism

There are many women who suffer from unwanted hair growth on their chin and breast. This mainly due to a condition called hirsutism, where hair develops on the androgen dependent areas of a woman. It is found that mixture of lavender and tea tree oil effectively helps in curing mild idiopathic hirsutism in women. This means that lavender and tea tree oils have anti-androgenic properties and hence when applied on the face can help in removing unwanted hair.

Process

• Mix one teaspoon of lavender oil with 4-6 drops of tea-tree oil
• Apply this mixture of oil on facial hair using a cotton ball
• Repeat this remedy 2-3 times a day for at least 3 months to remove the facial hair completely.

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5. Orange and Lemon Peel Facial Mask

One of the very popular ingredients used by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for a variety of aliments is Orange peel. The orange oil that you get from orange peel is used in a wide variety of cosmetic products. It is a very popular ingredient that helps in cleansing the skin and gives it a toned look. The orange peel has higher concentrations of Vitamin C like the lemon juice and lemon peels. Both, orange peel and lemon peel are natural exfoliating agents that will help in easily getting rid of unwanted facial hair.

Ingredients

• One teaspoon of powdered orange peel
• One teaspoon of powdered lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon of ground almond
• 1 teaspoon of oatmeal
• 2 teaspoons of olive oil
• One teaspoon of rose water

Method

• Mix all the powder ingredients like oatmeal, dried orange and lemon peel powders and ground almond powder in a bowl.
• Now add required amount of olive oil and rose water and make it into a paste.
• Apply this paste on your face and leave it to sit for 5 to 8 minutes.
• Then use the tip of your fingers to gently rub the paste in circular strokes.
• Do this process for about 5 to 10 minutes and then wash it off with water.
• Repeat this procedure for two to three times in a week to see effective results.

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6. Barley Scrubs

If you have stubborn facial hair, then barley is a very good scrub that you can use on your face to get rid of unwanted hair. Barley can also be taken internally and it will help in treating various skin and hair conditions. Barley will help in leaving your skin glowing and soft.

Ingredients

• One tablespoon of barley powder
• One tablespoon of lime juice
• One tablespoon of milk

Procedure

• Take a small bowl and add barley powder, milk and lemon juice in it. Mix these ingredients well to make a paste.
• Apply this paste on your face and leave it to sit for 30 minutes or so.
• Wash it off with lukewarm water and pat dry your face.
• Repeat this process for 3 to 4 times a day to see visible results.

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7. Black Cohosh Herb

Black cohosh is a flowering plant that has phytoestrogen that will help in effectively slowing down the growth of unwanted hair. It is normally found in eastern North America. It has anti-androgenic effects and thereby will help in curing hirsutism. Nowadays, black cohosh extract is used mainly for gynecological problems and it helps in treating menopause symptoms and premenstrual stress. The extract is also available in capsule or tincture form. You can also use the black cohosh herb to prepare tea.

Ingredients

• 20 grams of black cohosh root (dried)
• 4 ¼ cups of water
• A teaspoon of honey (optional)

Method

• Take the water in a pan and add the dried black cohosh root in it.
• Bring this water to boil and then allow it to simmer for about half an hour.
• When the water reduces to 1/3rd of its original quantity, turn the fire off. Remove the water and strain it.
• Add honey if needed and allow it to cool to room temperature.
• Drink a cup of this tea three times a day for a few weeks to see effective results.
• You can also store the tea in the fridge for about 2 days.

Precaution

If you are suffering from any liver disease or any kind of cancer or tumor, then it is better to avoid taking the black cohosh tea. It is also advised that you do not take higher dosages of this tea than recommended as it might lead to dizziness, nausea, headache and abdominal discomfort.

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8. Fenugreek and Green Gram

Fenugreek is a very good medicinal herb that offers a lot of remedy top women related health issues. It is also very effective in treating hirsutism in which the body parts of the women get hair like men. You can soaked with fenugreek seeds in water overnight and the next day morning, you can drink it first up to enjoy all the health benefits offered by fenugreek. You can also use fenugreek as a facial-scrub mask to remove unwanted hair.

Ingredients

• One to two teaspoons of fenugreek seeds
• One to two teaspoons of green gram.
• Water

Procedure

• Take fenugreek seeds and green gram in a grinder and make it into a fine powder.
• Take this powder mixture in a bowl and add sufficient water to it so that it becomes a paste.
• Apply this paste on your face and let it sit on face till it completely dries out.
• Now use a soft, dry cloth and gently rub off the dried paste from your face to remove the unwanted facial hair.

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9. Chasteberry

Chasteberry or Chaste tree is a flowering plant that has anti-androgenic properties that will help in treating hirsutism in women. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is mainly caused due to hirsutism and this can be cured by Chasteberry. When you take this Chasteberry extract internally, it will help in increasing the production of luteinizing hormone by acting on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland of women. This will result in the release of follicle stimulating hormone that will help in easily increasing the production of progesterone hormone. The Chasteberry will help in rightly balancing the required hormones needed by a woman. It will help in treating menstrual problems in women that are related to PCOS and thereby will also help in treating unwanted facial and body hairs.

How to Use?

Chasteberry extract is available in capsule as well as in tincture form. Taking the chase tree extract for 2 to 6 months every day will help in getting rid of unwanted hair from your face and body. You should only take about 175 grams of this extract daily and this is said to contain 0.6% of agusides. It is important for you to consult a Naturopathic doctor before taking this extract as it affects female hormone levels. It is advised that pregnant women, nursing mothers and people taking in antipsychotic drugs, consult a doctor before taking this extract.

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10. Saw Palmetto Extract

Saw Palmetto extract is found to be very effective in treating women with hirsutism problems. It has anti-androgenic properties and will help in lowering the high levels of the male hormone called androgen seen in women. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is found in women with higher levels of androgen and this will result in hair growth in unwanted places like: upper lips, chin, breast and abdomen. This condition can easily be reduced by regular intake of saw palmetto extract.

How to Take?

Saw Palmetto extract must not be brewed as a tea and taken as the fatty acids of this herb will not be soluble in water. The capsule form of the extract can be taken by women suffering from hirsutism problems. This extract is derived from berries and is found to be rich in phytosterols and fatty acids. The recommended dosage level is 160 mg of saw palmetto twice a day. You will need to take this capsule for a long time in order to see effective results and to get rid of unwanted hair.