Whether you’re experiencing dry skin or your pores look larger due to broken-down collagen, avocado can help. Avocado reverses ageing by stimulating elastin and collagen production, which restores skin laxity. The best benefits of avocado for skin is its moisturizing property.
1. Avocado + Oatmeal For Dry Skin
This combination deeply cleans, nourishes and soothes the skin.
- ½ ripe avocado
- ½ cup oatmeal
Prepare the oatmeal according to instructions. Mash the avocado with a fork and combine with oatmeal. Apply to skin, keep on for 10–15 minutes, and then rinse off with lukewarm water.
2. Avocado + Honey For Acne
Both avocado and honey are natural skin moisturizers. Raw honey has anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties, helping to prevent and heal acne and avocado reduces the oil levels in the skin and helps lower pimples
- 1/4 avocado, mashed
- 1/2 tsp honey
Combine the mashed avocado and the honey in a small bowl. If you are concerned about avocado chunks, you can place it in the blender and blend until smooth. Allow the mask to seep into your skin for 15-20 min
3. Avocado + Egg White For Wrinkles
Lemon helps to erase signs of ageing and boosts overall skin health and egg white lifts the skin. This mask helps to reduce the wrinkles and makes your skin smooth.
- 1/2 ripe avocado
- 1 egg
- few drops of lemon juice
Beat the Egg White till frost forms and mash the Avocado pulp. Add both these with one teaspoon of Lemon juice. Apply this thick layer on your face and allow it to dry for 15 to 20 minutes
4. Avocado + Lemon For Glow
This mask is a great way to moisturize & clean out the pores & keeps your pretty face glowing.
- 1/4 avocado
- a few drops of lemon
Squeeze half a lemon into the bowl containing the avocado. Stir the lemon and avocado together using a fork or spoon. Leave the face mask on your face for approximately 15 minutes.
5. Avocado + Yoghurt For Smooth Skin
The lactic acid in yoghurt is extremely good for sensitive skin and helps in dissolving dead skin cells. The probiotic bacteria that it contains protect and moisturize the skin.
- 1/4 ripe avocado
- 1 teaspoon yoghurt
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
Mash the avocado in a bowl and mix it with plain organic yoghurt and honey. Stir them well until you get a paste of uniform consistency. Apply the mask onto your skin for 10-15 minutes or until it dries out. Rinse it off with lukewarm water and pat your skin dry with a soft towel.
