Ask your grandma, maybe you’ve heard this sentence whenever you ask about something that is not familiar and seems old to you, well if you want to know what’s besan ask your mom or grand-mom. Although today’s topic happens to be about besan for skin, it’s benefits and different skin routine recipes of besan.
First things first, What is besan?
They call it besan flour, gram flour or chickpea flour that consider as one of the most popular skin home remedies in India. The gram flour is a traditional homemade skin remedy for its great skin benefits like fighting aging signs, reducing acne, dark spots, and improving skin’s health.
With besan it’s not surprising why people are getting so excited, a matter of fact some even used it since they were babies by their moms and kept using it in there adulthood life as an exfoliator, acne fighter, and many more benefits yet to be told.
Using besan for skin routine you will get a number of different skin benefits, and there’re different ways to create homemade face packs for various skin concerns. Thus, it will take us to our next point.
Is besan good for face and skin?
For its astonishing skin benefits, besan has been used since olden times, even in some times, people used it as a cleanser or soap. Gram flour is known for its natural ingredients and that makes it perfectly safe for skin application.
Gram flour is a traditional homemade skin care remedy, it’s the ability to fight acne, reduce wrinkles, fine lines and dark spots is incredible. Mixing it with other ingredients such as lemon juice could boost your skin’s natural color and moisture.
Why besan is good for the skin? Because it’s 100% natural and consider safe for daily use, if your skin is losing its moisture or its health the gram flour home remedy could be your the answer you were seeking.
Besan face pack recipes and skin benefits
Dry skin, oily skin, sensitive skin, acne, pimples, age signs, and many more skin concerns, that’s what you get to treat, heal and improve if you start using besan for beauty routine.
Fortunately, we made large researches about besan’s different face packs and their skin benefits.
Here’s beauty recipe of gram flour (besan) you should try :
01- Besan and almond face pack
Ingredients
- 4-6 soaked almonds
- 2 tsp besan flour
- 1 tsp milk
- 3 drops fresh lemon juice
How to use it?
First, make sure to peel off the soaked almond’s skins before grinding, add the rest of the ingredients to the almonds. Using a mixture mix them wall until you make a fine paste.
Apply the smooth paste on your face and neck, leave it for 15-20 and wash it off with cold water.
What does it do?
Leaving the mask on for 20 minutes will allow the skin to absorb its ingredients, such as essential vitamins in the almond that may help to repair the skin’s health. Combining almond with besan for skin whitening will help to reduce tan clean the skin and get rid of impurities.
02- Besan and turmeric face mask
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp besan flour
- 2 tbsp fresh milk
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
How to use it?
With a blender mix the ingredients to make a smooth paste, then apply the paste all over your face and neck.
Wait for 20-30 minutes and wash it off with lukewarm water.
What does it do?
If you have an acne problem, this mask is ideal for fixing it, because it contains turmeric which considers as an antioxidant and has some essential nutrients to help to protect the skin from toxins and improve skin cells production.
Turmeric and gram flour mask are very beneficial in healing acne scars and reducing pimples.
You could apply it to your body to treat dark spots.
03- Besan flour skin-lightning cream
Ingredients
- 4 tsp gram flour
- 1 tsp raw milk
- 1 tsp lemon juice
How to use it?
Simply mix the ingredients to form a fine paste, then gently apply it all over your face (make sure to scrub it in circles).
Wait until the mask is dry and wash it off with warm water.
What does it do?
The work of besan flour for skin lightning is simple, once you leave the mask on your face and it dries, your skin will absorb the mask’s nutrients, and that will improve your skin natural color, clean it, and maintain your skin’s moisture.
04- Besan and orange skin mask
ingredients
- Orange peel
- 2 tbsp gram flour
- Enough milk cream
How to use it?
Note: make sure you sue dried and ground orange peels.
Mix them with a mixture to make a fine paste, apply the mask on your face and neck.
Leave the mask on until it dries, then rinse it off with lukewarm water.
What does it do?
This recipe considers as one of the best besan advantages for skin, after a frequent use your skin will gradually look softer and brighten.
05- Besan and yogurt face pack
How to use it?
Your oily skin makes it hard to take care of, here is besan pack for oily skin you must defiantly try a mixture of besan and yogurt.
Make sure the paste is smooth, apply it on your clean face and leave it for 20 minutes.
Then wash it off with cold water
What does it do?
This friendly recipe is astonishing for oily skin people, the raw milk (yogurt) contains essential acids that help to adsorb the existing oil from the skin and make it perfectly hydrated.
06- Besan and sandalwood anti-pimples face pack
Ingredients
- 2 tsp besan
- 2 tsp sandalwood powder
- 1 tsp milk
- enough turmeric powder
How to use it?
Make sure to mix them to form a paste, apply the mask all over your face inch by inch, leave it on for 15-20 minutes, or until it dries. Then wash it off with cold water.
What does it do?
Sandalwood and gram flour make a good combination for an anti-pimples face mask.
If it’s ingredients are well absorbed throughout the skin it will develop barriers to protect it and reduce both of acne and pimples.
07- Besan and oats body scrub as an exfoliator
Ingredients
- 3 tsp gram flour
- 1 tsp Oats (grounded)
- 2 tsp corn flour
- A small amount of raw milk
How to use it?
Gently combine the ingredients to make a smooth scrub, apply the scrub on your body before taking a bath.
Leave it for 20 minutes before taking your bath.
What does it do?
You can apply besan flour for skin care as a body scrub only if combined with other ingredients such as oats.
The scrub natural nutrients will help to remove dry skin cells, adsorb skin’s oil, and get rid of dirt to give you smooth clean, and soft skin.
08- Besan and curd face pack for blackheads
Ingredients
How to use it?
When mixing the ingredients you can change their quantity depending on your skin needs. However, keep a constant ratio.
Apply the face mask on your face and leave it for 20 minutes, then wash it off with lukewarm water.
What does it do?
The face pack is loaded with natural ingredients that improve skin’s complexion and work to remove the skin’s blackheads and whiteheads.
09- Besan and honey anti-aging face pack
Ingredients
- Green gram flour
- Honey
- egg white
- lemon juice
How to use it?
Use ingredients quantity per your convenience as long as you maintain the ratio constant.
In a bowl mix white eggs with little lemon juice, and Whisk it lightly. Then add the honey continued by gram flour.
Mix them well to form a fine paste, then apply it to cover all your face.
Wait for 15 minutes and wash it off with cold water.
What does it do?
White egg, lemon juice, and honey all three consider as anti-inflammatory and anti-aging products. the face pack is a natural moisture and skin healer.
Meaning, if you have fine lines, wrinkles, puffiness using besan flour for face mask could be the solution.
10- Besan and milk face pack for blemishes
You will need
- 2 tbsp gram flour
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp yogurt
How you use it?
Mix by a blender to make a smooth paste, apply it to your skin and let it be until it dries.
Wait 20 minutes and wash it off with cold water.
What does it do?
The face pack is perfect for those who want to fade blemishes and have fair skin.
11- Besan face pack for tan removal
Ingredients
- slice of cucumber
- 2 slices of tomato
- 1/2 tsp curd
- a pinch of turmeric
- 2 tsp besan flour
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp honey
How to use it
As you can see this face mask contains a lot of ingredients, simply follow the processes and you will have a fine face mask to remove tan.
For starter, grate both of cucumber and tomato. Your next move to add curd or malai but if you have an oily skin consider adding curd, but if you have sensitive skin consider adding milk cream.
Lastly, add the rest of the ingredients and mix well, then apply the paste on your face and neck.
Leave it on to dry and wash it off with cold water.
12- Besan for dry skin face pack
is you have dry skin or using besan for dry skin recipe is exactly what you need, just gather the following:
- 2 tbsp besan flour
- 2 tbsp malai
- 1 tsp milk
- 1 tsp honey
- a pinch of turmeric
How to use it?
As usual mix all the ingredients to make a smooth paste, then massage it gently on your face and neck.
Wait 5 minutes and wash it off with cold water.
What does it do?
The pack contains high moisturizing, exfoliating and anti-inflammatory properties which could help in dry skin conditions along with a number of other skin benefits.
FAQ
Can you use besan for skin every day?
It’s recommended to not use besan every day for fry and normal skin because it may cause some skin issues.
Precaution
Before you start applying besan flour on your skin, do a path test.
On your forearm rub besan and cover the area with a bandage.
Leave it on for 24 hours and take it off.
If you don’t notice any skin rash, itchy, and redness that means besan flour is perfectly safe for direct application.
