Gram flour, or besan, is a great ingredient for our kitchens as well as for our your skin. In this article, a few face packs have been mentioned with the use of gram flour which give excellent results for skin whitening.

Gram Flour, is a popular ingredient from the age old grandma’s remedies for beautifying our skin naturally. Face packs made with gram flour are very effective with solving most of the problems associated with the skin like tanning, acne, dullness, dryness, oiliness etc. Applying gram flour with certain other ingredients can do wonders to your skin. 

There are a lot of creams available in the market over the counter that claim to have effective results for skin whitening. But why shell out a lot of money to buy the creams and lotions and other things available in the market for skin whitening when we can do it naturally. Also, all these expensive creams contain a lot of chemicals that can have side effects and be harmful for your skin rather than being beneficial. 

Below mentioned are some of the face packs that can be effectively used for skin lightening. Kiss your dark, dull and tanned skin goodbye and go ahead and use these home remedies to see the magical results!

1.

Gram Flour and Lemon Juice for Skin Whitening –

Mix gram flour with lemon juice to form a paste. Wash your face clean and then apply this paste. Leave it until it dries. Then wash with cold water.

Lemon is a natural bleaching agent that helps in skin whitening and gram flour gives a glow to the skin.

2. Gram Flour and Raw Milk Face Pack –

Add cold raw milk to gram flour to form the face pack. Apply on clean face and let it dry. Once dried, rinse with cold water. You would notice a difference in your skin tone from the first application itself.

This face pack is particularly helpful for people with dry skin.

3. Gram Flour, Milk and Turmeric Face Mask for Skin Whitening –

Add a pinch of turmeric to the face pack made from gram flour and cold raw milk. Turmeric not only adds on to the whitening and glowing properties of this face pack but it also helps to reduce pimples.

4. Gram Flour and Curd –

Make a paste by mixing gram flour with curd. Rinse your face well with a face wash and apply the face pack. Let it dry. Then wash with cold water. This gives effective results in lightening the skin tone and making it even.

It is a very helpful and good face pack for people with oily skin.

5. Gram Flour and Milk Cream (malai) Face Mask –

Mix milk cream (or malai) with gram flour to make a face pack. Apply on the face. Wash with cold water once it dries. 

Milk cream is very beneficial in skin lightening and nourishing. 

6. Gram Flour and Aloe Vera Gel for Skin Whitening –

Take some fresh aloe vera gel from the plant and mix it well with gram flour. Apply it on a well cleansed face and leave it until it dries. Then, rinse it off with cold water. If you do not have fresh aloe vera gel you can also use patanjali aloe vera gel to get desired results. 

Aloe vera not only helps in lightening the skin tone, but it also helps in nourishing the skin and giving a glow to it. 

Tip:- Moisturise your skin well after use of all the above gram flour face packs.

Other ingredients that can also be used with gram flour for skin whitening are:-

• Tomato juice
• Orange peel powder
• Honey
• Raw potato juice
• Rose Water
• Multani Mitti (Fuller's earth) & raw cold milk/ rose water/ plain water, etc