wATERMELON - dIY rECIPES
Watermelon is packed with Vitamin C, which helps your body to use non-heme iron – this ensures that enough iron is in your red blood cells to assist in carrying oxygen to your hair follicles, promoting healthy hair. Collagen is also needed for healthy hair growth and watermelon helps promote collagen formation
Watermelon helps dry skin. It helps to seal in moisture and keeps the skin hydrated. It also helps to soothe and improve dry, scaly skin. Applying watermelon pulp or juice helps to soften and smoothen the skin.
Watermelon Fruit Extract, (Citrulllus Lanatus): Widely recognized and used as a skin conditioning agent and helps protect the DNA in skin cells from damage caused by UV-light induced free radicals.
wATERMELON jUICE sCALP tREATMENT
Take some watermelon juice in a cup and use it as the final rinse after washing your hair with shampoo. The high amount of water in the watermelon helps to hydrate the scalp and treats dry and itchy scalp. Moreover, watermelon juice removes the build up and impurities from the scalp and strengthens hair follicles to prevent hair loss. Using watermelon juice on the hair regularly can give us soft and silky tresses.
wATERMELON + aVOCADO fACIAL mASK
If you are looking for a remedy that’ll leave your skin looking youthful and glowing, this avocado and watermelon mask is all you need. Avocado is rich in antioxidants and vitamins and can help reverse skin damage and provide nourishment. It is also believed to exhibit anti-ageing benefits. Here’s how you can use these two super nourishing ingredients for your skin.
It revitalizes, repairs and soothes the skin.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
1 tablespoon mashed avocado
2 teaspoons any skin friendly carrier oil
Mash well a piece of avocado to get a smooth, creamy paste. Add the watermelon pulp and any skin friendly carrier oil that you usually use. Mix well until smooth.
Apply the mask evenly to a clean face. Leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes, then wash off and apply a face cream. You can use this mask 1 – 2 times a week, or any time your skin feels rough, dry, dull and dehydrated.
sIMPLE wATERMELON fACIAL
When it comes to skincare, there are so many ways you can leverage the goodness of fresh, ripe watermelon to treat your skin. Here is a detailed guide to how you can use watermelon for a complete, 4-step home facial routine.
Things you’ll need:
Besan (gram flour)
Milk
Watermelon juice
Coconut oil
Honey
Lemon
Rice powder
Method:
Mix coconut oil and watermelon juice to make a refreshing cleanser.
With a cotton ball, apply this cleanser to your face and neck. Let it stay for about 10 minutes before washing it off.
Now mix watermelon juice with rice powder to make a watermelon face scrub.
Gently scrub your face with this mixture for about 5 minutes before washing it off.
Mix watermelon juice, coconut oil, lemon juice and honey to make a nourishing massaging cream.
Gently massage your face using this cream. Continue till the cream is absorbed by the skin to get that gorgeous glow.
For the final step, prepare a watermelon face pack by mixing gram flour, watermelon juice and milk.
Apply this mixture to your face and neck and let it stay for 15 minutes (or till it is dry) before washing it off.
Don’t forget to finish with a moisturizer once you are done with the whole process of the watermelon facial.
wATERMELON cREAM fACIAL
Another major watermelon juice benefits for skin is that it can make your skin brighter. Is the sun making your skin appear dull and lifeless? Don’t worry! Your favourite fruit is here for your rescue. This face mask contains watermelon juice and milk, both of which are known to be excellent for your skin. Watermelon juice can help rejuvenate dull skin. Raw milk is known to be an effective skin cleanser and moisturiser and can help treat sunburns and sunspots.
Things you’ll need:
Watermelon juice – 1 tablespoon
Raw milk – 1 tablespoon
Method:
Mix the two ingredients well.
Apply this mixture to a clean face.
Leave it on for about 20 to 25 minutes before washing it off with cool water.
Don’t forget to follow with a moisturizer
wATERMELON + Aloe vera fACE mASK
Here’s a very simple watermelon mask that will suit everyone. This mask is nourishing, rejuvenating, brightening and restoring. You can use it as often as you want.
How to make it:
2 tablespoons watermelon pulp
1 tablespoon aloe vera gel
1 – 2 teaspoons jojoba oil
To make this mask, all you have to do is put the watermelon pulp and aloe vera gel into a small bowl and mix well. Add the jojoba oil and mix until you get a smooth, runny mixture.
Apply a thin layer of the mask to a clean face. Leave it on for around 20 minutes and during that time reapply every time your skin soaks it up. After 20 minutes, wash the mask off and apply a face cream.
wATERMELON + yOGURT fACIAL mASK
I love each of these ingredients separately, and together they make one of my favorite DIY face masks. It helps brighten my skin, fight dullness and fade occasional acne mark.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon juice
2 teaspoons thick yogurt
1 teaspoon rice flour
Mix well the thick yogurt and watermelon pulp. When smooth, add the rice flour and mix again to get a smooth paste. If you want your mask to be thicker, you can add some more rice flour.
Wash and exfoliate your face. Apply the mask evenly and leave it on for 10 – 15 minutes. Wash it off and apply a moisturizer while your skin is still slightly damp.
wATERMELON + hONEY fACIAL mASK
Watermelon can somewhat help you control the skin oiliness, but its biggest advantage are its hydrating properties. Oily skin is often very dehydrated and dull looking. But this mask will refresh and replenish it in no time.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
2 teaspoons raw honey
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
To make this mask, just put all the ingredients into a small bowl. Mix everything well until your mask is smooth and runny. If you want, you can also add a teaspoon of kaolin clay, for some extra cleansing and oil-absorbing properties.
Apply the mask to a clean face, preferably after a gentle scrub. Do not let it dry on your face – every time it starts to dry, apply another layer. After 15 – 20 minutes, wash off the mask and apply a face cream right away.
wATERMELON + cUCUMBER fACIAL mASK
Both cucumber and watermelon are refreshing, cooling and super hydrating. The mask tones and soothes the skin, makes it plump and supple and adds a lot of natural glow.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
2 teaspoons cucumber puree
1 teaspoon coconut oil
I prepare cucumber puree similarly to watermelon pulp – blend a whole cucumber, then freeze in an ice cube tray. I also warm up the coconut oil a bit, so that I can easily mix it with the other two.
When you have all the ingredients ready, just mix everything well. You can apply it to your face with your fingers or using a cotton ball. Just keep applying it, not letting it get dry, for around 15 minutes. Rinse off and apply your face cream.
wATERMELON + gREEN tEA fACIAL mASK
This mask is packed with antioxidants. It has healing, replenishing and anti-aging properties. It can help you fade skin imperfections, even out your skin tone and make your skin plump and smooth.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
2 teaspoons aloe vera gel
1 teaspoon matcha green tea powder
Everyone can use this mask at least once a week. To make it, first mix the watermelon pulp and aloe vera gel. Add the matcha powder and mix everything well until you get a smooth, even face mask.
Apply the mask to a clean face in as thick a layer as you can. Leave it on for 10 – 15 minutes. Then wash the mask off and apply your face moisturizer, to lock in the moisture.
wATERMELON + pEACH fACIAL mASK
Super nourishing, moisturizing and restoring. This mask hydrates the skin without making it greasy. It softens dry patches, makes the skin smooth and youthful and adds dewy glow.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
1 tablespoon mashed peach
2 teaspoons honey
Mash well a piece of ripe peach until you get a smooth, even puree. You can also blend it until smooth, just like with watermelon. Add the other two ingredients and mix well.
Wash your face with a mild face wash and gently exfoliate it. Apply as thick a layer of the mask as you can. Leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes, then wash off and apply a moisturizer.
wATERMELON + gRAPE fACIAL mASK
This is a perfect face mask for preventing premature aging signs and improving the skin’s firmness, elasticity and radiance. Both grapes and vitamin E have a lot to offer to aging skin. They make the skin soft, smooth, resilient and youthful.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
2 teaspoons grapes pulp
1 capsule vitamin E oil
Blend the grapes or mash the pulp until smooth. Add the watermelon pulp and vitamin E oil. Mix everything well together.
Apply the mask to your face with your fingers or with cotton balls. As with the other masks – reapply every time your skin absorbs it. Leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes and don’t forget to apply a moisturizing face cream afterwards.
wATERMELON + pOTATOE
On top of all the already mentioned benefits of watermelon for skin, potato is an amazing skin brightening and rejuvenating agent, while honey protects and repairs the skin.
How to make it:
2 tablespoons watermelon pulp
2 tablespoons mashed potato
1 tablespoon honey
Boil a potato and mash until soft. Mix 2 tablespoons of the mashed potato with 2 tablespoons of watermelon pulp and 1 tablespoon of honey until you get a smooth paste.
Apply the mask evenly to a clean face. Leave it on for around 20 minutes. Then wash the mask off. Apply a face cream while your skin is still warm and slightly damp.
wATERMELON + bANANA fACIAL mASK
Watermelon is great for skin that is dehydrated, dull and lifeless. Banana and rosehip oil are super nourishing and moisturizing, plus they prevent premature skin aging.
How to make it:
1 tablespoon watermelon pulp
1 tablespoon mashed banana
2 teaspoons rosehip oil
Mash a piece of banana well with the backside of a fork. Try to get rid of all the lumps. Add the watermelon pulp and rosehip oil and mix everything well.
Wash and gently exfoliate your face. Apply the mask as evenly as possible. Leave it on for at least 20 minutes, then rinse it off. Apply your face moisturizer.
- Danielle Lasit