Strawberry for skin care

You definitely love your strawberry-flavored ice cream and drinks. What you don’t know about strawberry is that it is a great skin care remedy. However, strawberry is seasonal just like other fruits. There are many things you can do with it once it becomes abundant. You can make jams, juices, pastries and cakes out of the sweet strawberry. You may be amazed to know that you can even use this fruit to make home remedies to prevent the premature aging of your skin.
Strawberry as an Exfoliant
This fruit is a natural exfoliant. Since it is acidic in nature, it can remove dead cells that make up the outer layer of your skin. It is advisable that you exfoliate from time to time. Dead skin cells cause the dull color and the rough texture to your face. Also, it has salicylic acid that can fight the growth of blackheads and acne. Strawberries can also serve as a natural antiseptic and has skin-lightening properties.
The Nutrients in Strawberry
This fruit is rich in Vitamin C which is a nutrient vital in preventing skin aging and will provide glowing skin. Also it has antioxidants that can fight harmful toxins in the body that can cause diseases and can damage your skin as well. This is one of the reasons why you must eat these delicious berries. Also, this fruit is a rich source of folic acid, this helps in the production of new cells in the body.
Make a Strawberry Mask
This is an easy-to-do procedure to make an all-natural facial mask that can bring back the youthful glow to your skin. What is even great is that it is an affordable alternative for facial treatments that may cost you too much. This is proven to be effective for oily type skin. Having problems with oiliness? Mush up a strawberry fruit using a fork and apply it on your face. Let it stay up to 20 minutes before rinsing it with water (preferably lukewarm).
On the other hand, if you have a dry skin, mix sunflower oil with the mushed strawberry and do the same procedure above. However, if this type of oil isn’t available, you can also use that of corn or olive.
Skin Lightening Extract
Strawberry juice is good in lightening your skin. This is also effective for age spots and freckles. You just have to squeeze the fruit to let out its extract and place it in a small cup. Using a cotton ball spread the juice on your face. Let it stay for 10 to 15 minutes then rinse it after still with lukewarm water.
Strawberry indeed is a wonder fruit. It is not only good to the taste buds and to your health. This fruit has skin care properties that can help you deal with the impurities of the skin such as pigmentations and even premature wrinkling. Today, the fruit that you see in a jar does not only make a great jam for your bread but is also a natural exfoliant, cleanser and an anti-aging fruit.