Fruits in the skin

Published: 02/28/2011 - Updated: 10/19/2018

Did you know that watermelon is one of the best skin moisturizer? Have you tried applying pineapple chunks in your face to rejuvenate? Do you know how to make orange peel water to clean your face of blackheads?

Many of the great beauty secrets of the most beautiful skin are in the fridge, and are called fruits. Fruits have great cosmetic properties, a lot way better than many beauty products, with them you can develop your own cosmetics and creams for every skin type and condition. They are good to moisturize, nourish, relaxing, stain removal and skin rejuvenation.

If you want to know which fruit is the best cocktail for your face, just check this list and apply your mask of fruit as directed.

General note: In some cases, fruit treatment recommends applying the fruit directly on the skin, just like that. This may not be attractive to some peoplet. However, you can do this a day without hurries, you'll see that the results really worth it.

Watermelon

One of the best moisturizers on the skin, drinking the juice is very refreshing and nutritious, but if you apply the juice on your skin, you will feel it smoother than ever. You can develop an excellent exfoliator by mixing a teaspoon of ground oats in a half cup of watermelon juice. Apply on your face and let act for 10 minutes. Then wash with mineral water. You will see your skin is smooth, fresh and rejuvenated.

Papaya

Papaya contains papain, which is excellent for digestion (and therefore for the skin). It is also full of nutrients and beta-carotene (precursor of vitamin A), essential for the proper cell regeneration and anti-aging. You can apply the papaya fruit crushing a little with a fork and then apply on your face. Lie down and relax so because if you are not tense, the muscles and skin will absorb nutrients from the papaya. Ideal for tired skin, wrinkled, to give smoothness, freshness and youth to the skin.

Pineapple

Excellent blood and intestinal purifier (also treats the skin of toxins from within). Applying pineapple on the face helps to regenerate cells. To do this, make a pineapple puree and add two tablespoons of natural yogurt. Take a gentle massage with this in the forehead, cheeks, chin, nostrils, neck, etc. Leave it on five minutes and then wash. Excellent remedy for oily skin and blackheads.

Grapes

Cleopatra's favorite fruit. Deep cleaner of the blood and helps eliminate toxins and harmful gases from the body (so eating them will help your skin to be rejuvenated). The grape poultice in skin helps regenerate skin and prevents wrinkles. After you eat a few, crush everything and rub them all over your skin, including your neck.

Apple

It absorbs skin oils; in addition, thanks to its vitamin C, it helps fight infections and ulcers. If your skin is oily and tends to have acne or pimples, try mashing and pureeing apples to apply immediately on the skin all over your face. Wait 10 minutes and then wash.

Orange

If you want to avoid black spots, wrinkles, fading or aging skin, nothing better than water from orange peel. To prepare, peel an orange and keep the skin in a glass container, add half a cup of boiling water over it and then with a knife, try to crush the skin while it is submerged in water. Let stand overnight and then in the morning, strain and wash your face with this water using a cotton swab.

Strawberry

Do you have stained your skin? Do you want to clear your face? Then the strawberries are your best friends. To use them effectively, follow these steps: crush two or three well washed and large strawberries with a fork. Once you have the strawberry puree ready, mix with a half teaspoon of butter. Apply on your face before bath and do not wash, while bathing, let hot water open your pores and the mixture get absorbed. Then wash with hot water. Another remedy is to rub half strawberry over your face or spots. Let the juice act throughout the night, and the next morning wash.

Avocado

Green butter of beauty. The best ally of dry, dull, aged, dry, scaly and wrinkled skin. Avocado is rich in vegetable oils to the skin, rich in vitamin E, one of the most potent antioxidants. To test its powerful effect, just to cut an avocado in half and apply a bit of green butter in your hands. Try to rub the pulp in the skin to eject small pores; avocado is excellent exfoliating the skin. Give a massage with the pulp and bits in your hands and leave it on for as long as possible. Soon, your hands will feel like silk. If you want to apply avocado on your face, follows the same procedure, you can add a little extra-virgin olive oil to make the mixture more consistent. Give a massage on your face and let the mixture act for several minutes. Then wash. This is also effective to combat dry hair and scalp.

Lemon

Ideal to clear the face and restore vitality, luminosity and life. To take advantage of the lemon, squeeze half a lemon into a glass. Then put the lemon peel in half an egg yolk beaten. Add a few drops of lemon. Beat the mixture and let stand until the next day, so that the yolk absorbs the oils of lemon peel. In the morning, apply with cotton this mixture on your skin, avoiding the area around the eyes. Extend well into your skin and then wait about 5 minutes if your skin is dry and 10 minutes if it is greasy. Then wash. If your skin is dry, apply a moisturizing lotion after.

Melon

It is an excellent moisturizer and gives sharp freshness, keeps your skin young and rejuvenated. For its application, cut a slice of melon and make a puree. Immediately, apply to your face. Leave on for 15 minutes then wash. Ideal for tired skin exposed to sunlight and heat.

About the author
  • K. Laura Garcés G

    Writer, therapist and lecturer. She is a lover of natural medicine and the power of mind and emotions in body and life. In addition, he has studied nutrition and develops appropriate diets to support this healing process.She has written more than 1500 articles in magazines in Spain and Mexico, winner of two literature contests. Linkedin.

3 Replies to “Fruits in the skin”
  • Allison says:

    Fruit remedies and cosmetics are a lot way better than those we can buy at drugstores or supermarkets. Remember that every commercial remedy is based on the original properties of natural foods and ingredients, and it?s obvious that using natural things it?s better. So try to include these fruits instead of buying expensive treatments.

  • Ashia says:

    too many fruits to use in our skin? that’s amazing, I was wondering if a mixture made of many of them could help summarizing all the benefits? or it can be spoiled?

  • Stacy says:

    Thanks so much!! What great information! I’ve been concerned for quite some time about the chemicals that are used in commercial cosmetic products, and consequently I haven’t applied makeup for quite some time. I do, however, use face creams for extra moisture, and I’ve been looking for alteratives that are natural.