Are you familiar with the beautiful Ayurvedic health drink, ‘ golden milk’? This age-old medicinal beverage blends the benefits of turmeric with regular milk or coconut milk (you can also add coconut oil) to promote overall health and well-being. Now, you can incorporate a similar beauty treatment called a ‘golden mask.’ This easy do-it-yourself formula helps achieve a flawless look with its excellent hydrating and anti-inflammatory properties. As you nourish your body with the wholesome golden milk, pamper your skin with this homemade facial mask for a radiant and rejuvenated appearance. Let’s explore further:
Why Is It Called The ‘Golden’ Mask?
Let’s start with the most basic question that might have kept you wondering till now. Why does the mask have the word ‘golden’ in its name? Well, the answer is a no-brainer. This facial mask has a beautiful golden-yellow hue from the earthy, bright yellow herb ‘turmeric.’ Like the nourishing drink ‘golden milk,’ this mask contains turmeric. Turmeric is one of Middle Eastern countries’ most widely used herbal beauty ingredients, and we Indians swear by it. However, coconut milk is replaced with yogurt in this sunshine-yellow mask for all the good reasons, and we will talk about it later. It also features a couple of other ingredients that are pretty skin-friendly and enhance the beauty-boosting power of turmeric and yogurt to a great extent. (1) (2)
DIY – Golden Facial Mask Recipe
The golden facial mask recipe is a simple and easy-to-follow one. Moreover, you do not need to splurge on expensive or rare supplies as all its ingredients are usually in our kitchen. So, here is the step-by-step procedure to come up with this natural beauty formula:
Supplies Needed:
- Organic turmeric – 2 teaspoons
- Greek yogurt – (1/2) cup
- Organic honey – 1 teaspoon
- Organic coconut oil – 1 teaspoon
- Lemon – 1 small
- A mixing bowl
- A spoon
- A hand grater
- Lukewarm water
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Steps To Follow:
- Wash and clean the turmeric and peel it off. Grate it with a hand grater or ground it finely.
- Take the Greek yogurt in a mixing bowl and beat it well.
- Add the grated or ground turmeric to the beaten yogurt.
- Pour honey and coconut oil into it.
- Squeeze out the fresh juice of the lemon into the bowl.
- Combine all ingredients thoroughly to form a smooth paste. It should be neither too tight nor too runny. Come up with a medium consistency that would not drip easily.
- Apply the mask to your face, skipping the eye and lip areas.
- Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Then, rinse it off with lukewarm water.
Tips:
- It is highly recommended that you use organic raw turmeric instead of the generic store-bought ones available in the market. Those are primarily found in the form of powder and contain dyes in excessive amounts.
- Though Greek yogurt yields the best results, you can also replace it with plain organic yogurt in the case of unavailability.
- Coconut yogurt (as the name suggests, it is yogurt made from coconut milk and infused with all its goodness) can also be considered an excellent option for this mask.
- Always use pure, raw, organic honey in your homemade facial masks. It doesn’t contain impurities and provides the most impressive outcomes.
- It is better to use extra virgin coconut oil on our skin. However, you can also go for the organic version.
Goodness Of Golden Facial Mask
Now, it’s time to know what is so damn good about this golden facial mask. Let’s explore:
- Turmeric is loaded with a powerful antioxidant named ‘curcumin’ (which gives the herb the excellent sunshine-yellow color), making it a potent anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal agent. While used in this mask, turmeric itself keeps signs of aging (wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, etc.) at bay by fighting against damaging free radicals, heals and prevents breakouts by unclogging skin pores and destroying acne-causing bacteria, improves skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, etc. by treating them efficiently, increases the elasticity of the skin, improves its texture, and brightens up the complexion.
- Yogurt is a superfood for the skin that nourishes it profoundly and moisturizes it naturally. Being rich in lactic acid, yogurt plays a crucial role in skin exfoliation by dissolving dead cells, eventually improving the texture and tone of the skin. On the other hand, the zinc content of yogurt can make the skin flawless by reducing acne, blemishes, scars, and sun spots.
- The skin-hydrating abilities of honey are widely appreciated. Hence, it can lock the natural moisture in our skin and nourish it from the inside. It also has incredible antioxidant and antibacterial properties, which help prevent premature aging and eradicate acne and breakouts.
- Coconut oil has outstanding hydrating qualities thanks to its high essential fatty acid content. Besides, it is antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial by nature, which makes the mask even more beneficial.
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Summary
Explore the ‘Golden’ Mask’s beauty secret, named for its golden-yellow hue from turmeric. Like ‘golden milk,’ this DIY facial mask combines turmeric with yogurt for radiant skin. The easy recipe includes organic turmeric, Greek yogurt, honey, coconut oil, and lemon. Apply, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then rinse. Tips suggest using organic raw turmeric, Greek yogurt, or coconut yogurt. The mask’s goodness lies in turmeric’s anti-aging and anti-inflammatory benefits, yogurt’s skin-nourishing properties, honey’s hydration, and coconut oil’s skin-friendly features.
