Apple is the most widely grown fruit in the world. Freshly picked apples are a store house of fibres, contain skin friendly nutrients such as copper and Vitamin C, skin-brightening Vitamin A and retinoids, which help to build healthy skin and reduce the risk of skin cancer.
Apples aren’t just delicious but they have potent beauty benefits as well. Its multi-vitamin nutrition and natural fruit acids brighten and lighten the skin and provide protection against tanning. Beauty expert Shahnaz Husain will give you some simple tips.
The fruit acts effectively on your skin by doing away with the pathogens and excess oils and helps to maintain a glowing skin as well as a healthy body.
It can help remove blemishes and is effective in removing pimples. Apart from being packed with vitamins and minerals, apples also contain pectin and tannin, which help to tone and tighten the skin.
Pectin is said to have a soothing effect on sensitive skin. Apples are wonderful skin toner, wrinkle buster and scalp purifier. They also have anti-oxidant properties, helping to prevent oxidation damage and thus delaying visible ageing signs on the skin.
Recent research has revealed that green apples may be of great benefit to the hair, in terms of controlling hair loss and promoting hair growth because they contain polyphenols, which are said to be nature’s perfect antioxidant.
Apples contain fruit acids, which have a powerful cleansing effect on the skin, loosening and removing dead skin cells. This helps to brighten the skin and gradually clear away blemishes, like dark spots.
The fruit acids also reduce oiliness, discouraging and reducing blackheads and whiteheads. Apples can also be used as a scrub, mixing it with ground almonds and a little milk or curd. This can be applied on the face and body and rubbed gently on the skin with small circular movements.
Apples have a healing effect and can benefit acne-prone skin. Grated apple can be mixed with a little curd and applied on skin for acne treatment. Grated apple can also be added to face masks.
Apple cider vinegar, which is obtained from apples, is one of the most useful remedies for common beauty problems. It helps to restore the normal acid-alkaline balance of the skin and scalp. That is why it is of help to pimple and acne prone skin.
If you have dandruff, wash your hair with a mild herbal shampoo three times a week, using less shampoo and rinsing very well with water. Half an hour before shampoo, apply two tablespoons of vinegar on the scalp, massaging it lightly into the scalp. In case of sticky dandruff that adheres to the scalp, soak cotton wool in apple cider vinegar and rub gently on the scalp to dislodge the flakes.
Apple cider vinegar can also be used to restore balance to acne prone skin. Mix one part vinegar with three parts water. Soak cotton wool in the solution and dab on the face.
If there is itching on body skin, apple cider vinegar helps to relieve it. Add some vinegar to bath water and rinse the body with it. It is said that apple cider vinegar also helps in curing warts. It is best to refer warts to a dermatologist, or go for homoeopathic treatment, but if you wish to try home remedies, apply the vinegar on the warts daily using cotton wool. It is said that this causes them to finally fall out.
