5 Banana Face Pack Recipes With Three or Less Ingredients

Did you know that the humble banana is just as good for your skin as it is for your appetite? Easily available throughout the year, banana is a superfood that is rich in moisture and antioxidants which leave your skin soft, supple and glowing while fighting wrinkles, controlling sebum production and acne. All you need is a few simple ingredients to make a banana face pack so that you can enjoy the benefits of applying banana on your face. So, before you toss an overripe banana in the bin, remember that you’re holding one of the easiest and inexpensive solutions to all your skincare problems.

1. Banana Face Pack For Dry Skin

Ingredients – Banana, Honey

Bananas are a rich source of potassium, vitamin A and E which work together to hydrate dry skin and moisturize it. They also have vitamin E which protects from free radicals and vitamin A which moisturizes and evens out skin tone. Adding honey to bananas helps retain moisture by hydrating your skin.

Method –

1. Mash half a ripe banana banana with a fork
2. Add a tablespoon of honey to this and mix
3. Apply this mixture on your entire face, and let sit for 15 minutes
4. Rinse it off

5. 2. Face Pack For Oily Skin

   Ingredients – Banana, Papaya, Cucumber

   This refreshing mask combines the goodness of papaya and cucumber with bananas to nourish oily skin as papaya helps reduce pigmentation, cucumber hydrates and soothes dryness and banana softens rough skin.

   Method –

   1. Blend 1/4th papaya, 1/4th cucumber and half a banana together to form a smooth paste.
   2. Apply this on your face and neck and let it sit for 15 minutes
   3. Rinse with lukewarm water
      

      3.  For Acne prone Skin

      Ingredients – Banana, Neem, Turmeric

      Banana reduces inflammation and irritation while neem and turmeric have antibacterial properties which are effective in curing acne. This face mask helps fighting pimples and reducing acne scars and blemishes.

      Method –

      1. Mash half a banana with 1 tsp of neem paste or powder and 1 tsp of turmeric. Mix all the ingredients to prepare a smooth paste.
      2. Apply it all over the face and neck and then wait for 20 minutes.
      3. Rinse with water

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