Are you looking for best natural ingredient for skin lightening? Tomato face mask is a best option that leave your skin radiant, rosy and bright than ever before.
Why Tomato is good for Skin?
Tomato is an excellent food which is good for skin. Eating tomatoes promote the youthful skin as well as provide natural sun protection from the UV rays. Tomatoes has cooling properties that soothe the sunburn and also rich in Lycopene (Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant) which offers many skin benefits that include protection from skin cancer, protect skin from UV rays and delay skin aging. Tomatoes contained astringent properties that tighten the large pores. Moreover, tomatoes also possess natural acids which help regulate oily skin.
Tomato contain antioxidants, vitamin A and vitamin C. Tomatoes are widely used for the skin treatments and it can cure acne, pimples, tomatoes shrink the open skin pores, tomato pieces can be used as exfoliating scrubs and cleanse the skin.
Face Masks Made with Tomato:
Tomato and Lemon Face Mask for Skin Lightening –
If you want to simply lighten your skin tone then use tomato lemon face mask. Tomato and lemon have skin lightening properties that help out with skin discoloration, lighten acne scars and Hyperpigmentation.
Ingredients –
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ ripe tomato
Steps –
- Blend half tomato and make a smooth puree
- Mix tomato puree with half teaspoon lemon juice
- Apply mixture all over your face with the help of cotton ball
- Sit for 20-25 minutes
- Rinse off with cold water
- Pat dry then apply a drop of olive oil to moisturize
Tomato and honey Face Mask for Skin Brightening –
Do you want to brighten your dull skin? If yes, then try tomato and honey face pack. Tomato can slightly tan your skin that gives you a gorgeous glowing skin. Honey and tomato have skin brightening and lightening properties.
Ingredients –
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ ripe tomato
Steps –
- Blend a half tomato to get a smooth puree
- Mix tomato puree and honey in a bowl
- Apply the prepared mixture of honey and tomato on your face
- Sit for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes, wash off your face with cold water
Tomato and Cucumber Face Mask for Skin Rejuvenating –
Rejuvenate your skin with hydrating and refreshing cucumber. Tomato and cucumber has the natural astringents which tighten the large pores. Cucumber hydrates the oily skin and prevents the further oilyness.
Ingredients –
- ¼ cucumber
- ½ ripe tomato
Steps –
- Wash and peel ¼ cucumber
- Blend cucumber to get a fine pulp
- Blend tomato to make a smooth puree
- Mix tomato puree and cucumber pulp thoroughly
- Apply the mixture on your face in a circular motion
- Sit for 15 minutes
- Rinse off with cold water
- Pat dry
Honey, Oatmeal and Tomato Facial Mask –
If you have blackheads then use tomato for blackheads. The mask of honey, oatmeal and tomato will help you to get rid of blackheads. When you add oatmeal in honey and tomato then you will get the exfoliating effect and the mixture become thick, so it’s become easy to apply.
Ingredients –
- 1 tablespoon ground oatmeal
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 ripe tomato
Steps –
- Squeeze a pulp and juice from tomato, blend it to make a puree
- Mix 1 tablespoon tomato puree, 1 tablespoon honey and 1 tablespoon ground oatmeal to make a paste
- Apply the mask on your face and neck in a gently circular motions
- Sit for 20-25 minutes
- Wash off your face with cold water
Apply Tomato to Remove Blackheads –
Tomatoes have antiseptic properties that help in de-clogging the pores which helps to get rid of blackheads.
Ingredient –
- Only 1 tomato
Steps –
- Mash the tomato and use its juice as a facial treatment
- Apply the tomato juice on your face and nose (where the blackheads are commonly found)
- Allow the tomato juice on your face for 2-3 hours
- Tomato treatment will dry up the blackheads, so the blackheads will fall off naturally from your skin surface
Tomato and Buttermilk Face Mask to Heal Sunburnt Skin –
If you want to heal and soothe your sunburnt skin then try this homemade face pack. Tomato contained Lycopene that shields the skin from the harmful UV rays.
Ingredients –
- ½ ripe tomato
- 4 tablespoons buttermilk
Steps –
- Squeeze the juice from tomato
- Mix 2 tablespoons tomato juice with 4 tablespoons buttermilk
- Apply the solution on your face
- Leave it for 30 minutes
- Wash off with cold water
- Pat dry
Tomato Cleansing Mask –
Tomato has antiseptic and oil removing properties that cleanse your skin as well as the avocado has the hydrating properties that is too important for the healthy skin. Use tomato facial cleanser mask to get a fair and glowing skin.
Ingredients –
- 1 avocado
- 1 tomato
Steps –
- Squeeze the juice from tomato
- Mix one tablespoon crushed avocado and one tablespoon tomato juice, make a paste
- Apply the paste on your face and let it for 15-20 minutes
- Wash off with lukewarm water
- Pat dry with soft towel
Tomato and Sugar Face Pack for Glowing Skin –
The combination of tomato and sugar is an ideal for skin lightening. Tomato has acidic content that kills the fungi and germs which create several skin problems.
Ingredients –
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 medium size tomato
Steps –
- Cut the tomato into pieces and put into the blender then add sugar into a blender
- Blend tomato and sugar together to make a solution
- Apply the solution on your face with your fingertips or cotton ball
- Sit for 45 minutes
- Rinse off the face mask with cold water
- Repeat this method for few week
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Conclusion:
Tomato has become a very important part of my daily life. I always try to add more and more tomatoes in my daily diet because it has several health and skin benefits. If you want brighter, glowing, soft and aging-free skin then try the above face masks. All face masks deliver a best result, but it takes a time may be few weeks or few months. In market, tomato skin care products are also available; if you want you can try those products also. But the homemade treatments of tomato are evergreen because it never delivers any harmful effect.