Fresh Tomatoes in Skincare {DIY Recipes}

Besides from giving flavour to your food items, tomatoes have a big list of skin benefits, that you may or may not realize. I have already posted many skincare tips and even a "At home skin whitening peel recipe" with tomatoes. In this post, we are going to look about simple and easy recipes with tomatoes which we can do within few minutes to enhance our skin's beauty and texture. First, let me tell you in which skin problems tomatoes help.

Almost every thing! You don't believe? I will list them out here. 

1. Dull Skin
2. Sun Tan
3. Sun burn
4. Itchy Skin
5. Dark spots and blemishes
6. Acne bumps
7. Uneven skin tone
8. Skin Darkening
9. Patchy Skin
10. Oily Skin
11. Rough skin
12. Pores
13. Blackheads

Exited about knowing these magical skin benefits of tomato? Now you need to know how tomatoes do this much to our skin. The main season that tomatoes are skin friendly is that tomatoes contain Vitamin A, C and K in abundant amounts. Vitamin A is very essential for healthy skin while Vitamin C plays a very important role in the age of our skin. Vitamin C prevents wrinkles as it helps producing collagen and maintains good young skin texture and hence it takes place in the diet of beautiful models and actresses. Vitamin K is also meant for making your skin look younger, thus you look younger too.

  Other than these skin vitamins, tomatoes contain a huge amount of lycopene, an antioxidant.Studies found that they develop skin and reduce the redness caused due to sun burn.

So, now you got to know the skin benefits of tomato with its sources. Now let us move on to the simple skin care recipes with tomatoes.

Facial Pack for Oily Skin

• Slice a tomato and extract juice from it. 
• Mix fuller's earth with this tomato juice to form a smooth paste. 
• After cleansing your face, apply this pack evenly over your facial skin.
• Allow it to work on your skin for 10 to 15 minutes.Wash off.

 This pack gives a radiant glow and softness to your skin, reducing extra oiliness. The tomato juice nourishes and bleaches your skin naturally while the fullers earth deep cleanses to remove oiliness. This will be beneficial in removing black heads too. This pack can be performed every other day for oily skins, after a facial steam will be more effective.

Skin Tonic for Dry Dull Skin

• Tomatoes are not only meant for reducing oiliness and add glow in oily skins. If mixed with a moisturizing natural ingredient like honey or avocado, it nourishes dry skin without striping of its extra moisture.
• Take 2 teaspoons of honey in a small bowl
• Drop few drops of fresh tomato juice to it. Blend well
• Apply this tonic over your cleansed face and wait for 20 minutes. Wash off

This tonic naturally whitens your dull skin to reveal the original glow without removing the moisture from your skin. This can be followed every other day to get model like skin within weeks.

Skin Calming Mask for Redness and Sunburns

Came home tired from study place or work? how does your skin feel? Tanned, reddish and itchy due to the harmful sun rays? Just don't worry about it. Here's a easy cooling mask to soften your skin and make it normal within minutes.

• Mash a juicy tomato
• Add yogurt/ curd to it in required quantity. Blend well to make a mask.
• Cleanse your face with a mild face wash and spread this cream smoothly over your face and neck.
• Place a water dipped cotton pad or cucumber slice over your eyes to cool down eyes. Relax
• After 15 to 20 minutes, wash off with clean cold water. Pat dry and moisturize.

Hope these tips were helpful. A simple, last but not least tip, Are you a very lazy person like me? :p

Then just remember these things if you don't have time to do these above skin regimes.
If you are a oily skinned person, mix tomato juice with cucumber juice and apply on your face. Dry skin? Mix with honey. That's the trick. Keep in mind, Tomato always does magic to your skin in a very natural way!