YOU TOO CAN FLOURISH FROM RUBBISH; FACIAL RECOVERY WITH GARBAGE
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Rice
has emollient, exfoliating, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It’s
also fantastic for controlling shine on the skin as it, like potatoes, contains
starch (an astringent) which absorbs sebum (oil produced by the skin).
If
you want to spice up this recipe a bit you can add one (or both) of the following
ingredients.
Bicarbonate of Soda
It is an antiseptic
perfect for gentle exfoliation, however it can be quite drying so if you have
dry skin avoid adding this ingredient.
Lemon Juice
It contains; skin Â
alpha-hydroxyl acids, citric-acid, vita C and is anti-bacterial. Over time
lemon slowly reduces hyper pigmentation and scars owing to its mild bleaching properties.
It is also a mild natural exfoliant and good for (slow removing blackheads.
Some people don’t react too well to the citric acid in Lemons so I really
wouldn’t recommend more than a few drops per scrub use. I highly recommend that
(if you can) to use brown rice as white rice has both the bran layer and the
germ layer removed which means a lot of the nutritional benefits are lost such
as magnesium, iron, vitamin B1 and B3 and the natural oil in the bran is also
lost with white rice.
If kept in powder form
and away from moisture you can keep this for up to 6 months. Don’t over
exfoliate! Even though rice powder is very gentle once or twice a week is
enough.
Just because something
is ‘natural’ does not mean that you can’t
have a reaction to it, if your skin reacts negatively to any of the ingredients
mentioned or if you have an allergy then DO NOT use this recipe.
