The Shocking Things Baking Soda Can Do To Your Face

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Washing your face is already a part of your daily skin care routine, but what are you using to do it?

Facial cleaners come in all kinds of different bottles. Though they may promise to clean your face, improve acne, remove makeup and leave your skin feeling hydrated and fresh, they may contain chemicals that could actually harm your skin.

The solution: an easy facial cleanser you can make at home, using a kitchen ingredient.

What you might not have considered is that baking soda can be used for health purposes, too, so you might want to stash another box in your medicine cabinet.

1. Baking Soda And Water
Baking soda is a very powerful facial cleanser, extremely effective in removing the dead skin cells, the dirt and oil from the skin, in preventing an occurrence of acne and in unclogging the pores on the face.

- Simply mix a tablespoon of baking soda and small amount of water to get a paste.

- Moist your skin with warm water and apply the paste on your face with gentle circular movements

- Let it sit for several minutes and then rinse your face with warm water.

2. Baking Soda And Ground Oats

A mixture from baking soda and ground oats is very powerful for cleansing your skin. It will also remove the dark circles under your eyes.

- Make a paste out of ground oats, baking soda and water.

- Massage the face in circular movements using your fingertips.

- Let it stay for 10 minutes and wash it off with warm water.

3. Baking Soda And Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is very helpful for moisturizing the skin. The combination of baking soda and coconut oil will exfoliate and soften your skin.

- Mix 1 part of baking soda and 2 parts of coconut oil.

- After mixing the ingredients, apply the paste on your skin.

- Let it on your skin for a couple of minutes and then wash it off with warm water.

4. Baking Soda And Lemon

The combination of lemon and baking soda is so beneficial for disinfecting the skin, for cleaning the oily skin, for reducing the age spots and for providing with an even skin complexion.

- Put 2 tbsp. of baking soda and 2 tbsp. of granulated brown sugar into one cup.

- Fill quarter of the cup with some lemon juice.

- Mix the ingredients until they are well combined.

- Before application, wash your face first and then gently apply the mixture on your wet skin.

- Leave the mixture to stay for around 10 minutes and then wash it off with lukewarm water.