From whitening your skin tone to removing acne, yogurt is a miracle beauty ingredient which can do wonders in beautifying and evening out your skin. If you want to get radiant white skin, you must apply yogurt on your face everyday. If you have acne or your face is sun burnt, these yogurt face masks can really help. This article is presenting 7 types of yogurt face masks that you can use to get soft, white, smooth and acne free skin.

Rich in probiotic, a good bacteria along with calcium, lactic acid, protein and many other nutrients, yogurt  gives your body and skin a boost. Yogurt is a part of our daily diet which can be used in your day to day skin care rituals to enhance the beauty of our skin. Lactic acid, which is a form of alpha hydroxy acids which exfoliate your skin by removing dead skin cells and bringing out fresh skin on the outside. There are many benefits of yogurt for skin that you can reap by making various yogurt face masks.  

7 Yogurt Face Masks for White, Flawless and Acne Free Skin

1) Yogurt face mask lightens your skin to make it fairer

Ingredients you will need:

2 spoons of yogurt

one spoon of lemon juice

Process:

Mix full -fat yogurt in a bowl with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Mix this with help of spoon and apply this preparation on your face and neck.

Wait for 20 minutes so that the mask dries up completely and wash off with cold water to end the process.

Why this yogurt face mask helps a lot in whitening your skin tone?

Yogurt is rich in lactic acid which lightens your complexion by inhibiting the bad enzyme tyrosinase which helps in production of melanin and vitamin C present in lemon juice improves your complexion and makes it brighter. Moreover, this face mask evens out your skin by removing all sorts of facial blemishes.

How often should you use this face mask?

Use this recipe daily for see amazing whitening results.

2) Yogurt moisturizes dry and patchy skin to make it dewy and super-smooth

Ingredients you will need:

2 spoons of yogurt

One spoon of honey

Process:

Mix yogurt and honey together and beat this mixture well before applying on face. Dab this mixture on face and let it stay on face for 20 minutes before rinsing it off with cold water.

Why this home remedy work in moisturizing and softening your skin?

Honey is a natural humectant which locks in moisture into skin and yogurt has natural fat present in this which heals dry and chapped skin. Regular usage of this recipe makes your complexion velvety and soft.

How often should you use this yogurt face mask?

Use this mask daily for best results.

3) Yogurt removes dark spots and pigmentation marks to make your skin flawless

Ingredients you will need:

2 spoons of yogurt

2 spoons of tomato pulp

Process:

Mix tomato pulp and yogurt together and apply on your face and neck. Let it dry up for 30 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.

Why this yogurt face mask helps?

Lactic acid in yogurt clears skin discoloration skin and lycopene present in tomato is a skin lightening active compound which lightens  dark/brown spots and dark pigments on skin.

How many times should you use this face mask?

Use this mask daily for best results.

4) Yogurt face mask reduces fine lines and wrinkles to make your skin youthful

Ingredients you will need:

Two spoons of yogurt

One spoon of oats

Process:

Mix coarsely ground oats with yogurt and scrub this mixture on your face for 5 minutes and leave this mask on face for 15 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water to finish the process.

Why this face mask benefits in removing fine lines?

Yogurt is rich in B vitamins such as B1, B2, B12 that fight free  radicals that cause wrinkles. And lactic acid too helps to remove fines lines and wrinkles.  Oats are packed with anti-oxidants that fight cell damage that prevents wrinkles and fine lines.

How often should you use this recipe?

Use this recipe thrice a week.

5) Sunburn relief with yogurt face mask

Ingredients you will need:

One spoon of yogurt

Few drops of chamimile essential oil

Process:

Add few drops of lavender essential oil to one spoon of yogurt and apply all over your sun burnt skin to soothe and relax it instantly.

Why this recipe helps in healing sun burnt skin?

Zinc contained in yogurt help to cool and soothe your skin which calms your  skin  after getting burnt by stroke of sun and chamomile essential oil has anti-  inflammatory properties that help in healing sun tanned skin well. Moreover, this face mask helps to lighten your skin as well.

How often should you use this recipe?

Use this recipe every day till you get complete relief.

6) Yogurt mask for removing dark circles very effectively

Ingredients you will need:

2 spoons of yogurt

a pinch of turmeric

Process:

Beat yogurt with help of spoon and add a pinch of turmeric to it and smear this paste around your under eyes areas.  After 20 minutes, wash it off with lukewarm water.

Why this home remedy is effective in fading ugly dark circle around eyes?

Lactic acid and probiotic present in yogurt help to eliminate dark circles around eyes. Turmeric is a natural anti-oxidant that has anti-inflammatory properties that help to remove water retention around your eyes, thereby, lightening dark circles.

How many times should you use this yogurt face mask?

Use this recipe twice a day for fast results.

7) Yogurt helps to cure acne also

Ingredients you will need:

Two spoons of fat-free sour yogurt

3  spoons of fuller's earth/multani mitti

A pinch of camphor

A pinch of turmeirc

Process:

Add fuller's earth and all ingredients together and apply this mixture on your acne and acne-affected skin. Leave it on your skin for 30 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.

Why this yogurt face mask works in removal of acne?

Camphor has  menthol which heals acne very effectively and turmeric has wound healing properties that fight acne and fuller's earth has magnesium chloride that dries up acne and excess oil on face resulting in prevention of  acne. Yogurt contains health bacteria that heals acne and pimple very well.

How often should you use this recipe?

Use this recipe daily before taking shower.

By now you have learnt the 7 ways to use yogurt face masks to get white, smooth and acne free skin. Incorporate these face mask recipes into your beauty regimen and get set to flaunt fair, glowing and spotless skin naturally without burning a hole in your pocket.