‘Straight from the kitchen’ is becoming extremely popular in skin care, beauty and health. With more and more harsh chemical based products being dissed, our kitchen is explored for multi-tasking like never before. So lets know some wonderful ways to use vinegar for skin tone and radiance. Vinegar is one ingredient which adds value and uplifts texture of the foods and skin with equal splendor. Vinegar is power packed with all the benefits of health and beauty. Imagine such a little bottle in the kitchen, covering everything, from pampering your taste buds to adding glow and nourishment to your skin and hair, also efficient as a natural cleaning supply, this smart solvent is a must have for every household.
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Apple cider vinegar is like a magic box for any woman. Its incredible benefits to skin and hair care make it a most desired product for women who believe in the beauty and health without using harsh chemicals. It is inexpensive and has not many side effects. It even helps in fighting some serious health hazards like diabetes, blood pressure and helps in quick first aid. Its anti-microbial properties controls cancer by maintaining skin pH balance. It is a weak acid, which contains acetic acid and water. It is used as a preservative and additive in food for taste and texture. Vinegar is prevalent as a health tonic from biblical times and its production is more similar to wine production, so it enlightened mankind about micro-organisms and fermentation processes in earlier times.
Health Benefits of Vinegar:
1- Controls diabetes:
Vinegar has stimulating effects on insulin in our body. It also increases insulin sensitivity for people ailing with insulin sensitivity. It is a known cure for treating type 2 diabetes.
2- Helps in heartburn and acid reflux:
Vinegar helps in maintaining body pH balance and thus increasing the metabolism of our body. It also helps in maintaining alkaline and acidic components in the body.
3- It helps in containing food related allergies:
Some studies suggest that people with food allergies from eggs, chicken and starch were given vinegar and it helped in reducing their respective impacts. But discuss with your healthcare provider before attempting to consume any allergic food item.
4- Controls hypertension:
Vinegar is believed to be a good cure for treating hypertension. Acetic acid in vinegar helps in controlling hypertension and rennin activity.
5- Controls oral hygiene and bad breath:
Anti-microbial properties of vinegar helps in controlling oral bacteria. These cause diseases of mouth and gums and vinegar helps in fighting the infections. And gives a pleasant mouth odor.
6- Healthy skin and hair:
Vinegar promotes healthy skin and hair. A spoonful works wonders on skincare and hair nourishment. As it maintains pH level in the body, it helps in shedding excessive acidic and alkaline impacts. It also removes toxins and bacteria from skin and scalp.
7- Used a preservative:
Due to strong anti-microbial properties vinegar is used as a preservative from centuries. It controls and removes the microbes which ferment and act upon the food and make it rotten.
Some Wonderful Ways To Use Vinegar For Skin Tone:
Skin must be nourished and groomed in as healthy and nutritious way as possible. As skin is the first level from which signs of aging pop up. Even the impacts of sun and poor nutrition can be contained by using vinegar regularly. Some benefits of using vinegar for skin tone are:
1- Antiseptic:
Vinegar contains acetic acid and has anti-microbial properties. Vinegar kills bacteria that attack skin and cause infections and deformities on the skin. This bacteria if left unattended, furthers the pigmentation and spots on skin and causes darkened skin tone and dull and dry spells. These antiseptic properties make ACV a demanded ingredient by most woman.
2- Maintaining skin pH levels:
Vinegar maintains pH levels and keeps up with skin elasticity and turgidity. The skin remains youthful and radiant.
3- Anti-inflammatory and astringent:
Vinegar is an anti-inflammatory so it helps in subsiding the soreness and blisters on skin pores. It also helps in removing grease and dirt from skin pores and brings back the glow and radiance. As an astringent it helps in natural exfoliation thus again building on rich skin tone.
4- Control excess oily patches on skin:
Oily skin (Read: Skin remedies for oily skin) causes patches and spots on face. Being a natural astringent apple cider vinegar or vinegar controls oily secretion and removes excessive oils from the glands.
5- Aids circulation in body:
Vinegar helps in better circulation in body. As natural alpha hydroxy and acetic acids from ACV stimulate skin capillaries and gives a smooth soft skin.
6- Apple cider vinegar helps in lightening skin tone:
Vinegar if used regularly can aid in lightening skin tone too. Some of the other uses of vinegar to get light skin tone are:
– As an exfoliator or scrub:
Mix lemon and baking soda with vinegar and apply on face. Rub with a cotton swab and allow it to dry. Now wash your face with lukewarm water. This helps in clearing the deepest layers of skin and giving neutralizing effects. This furthers the process of skin lightening.
– Cleanser:
Apple cider vinegar has natural astringent properties so it helps in deep cleansing of the skin. Just add equal amount of water and vinegar and apply on your face, now wash your face
– Skin softener:
Apple cider vinegar softens the skin and prevents dry spells on the skin. Thus dark patches are averted by the skin smoothening. Add honey, wheat flour and vinegar in equal quantities and apply on your face. Keep it for a few minutes and wash the face. Anti-microbial hydrating properties make the skin dirt free and soft. This helps in making the skin smoother and lighter in tone, over time.
– Skin Toner:
Being an excellent skin toner ACV helps in balancing the pH level and balancing acidity and alkalinity of skin. This helps in clearing debris and adding lighter tone to the skin. Also, it makes the skin so smooth and radiant that it appears as an altogether different skin tone.
– For removing aging and dark spots:
ACV removes dark spots and aging lines from the skin. Thus helps in making the skin tone lighter and rich.
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Some precautions when using ACV:
1- ACV is acidic and damaging to teeth enamel, if undiluted ACV usage is done
2- ACV may adversely impact the potassium levels in the body so keep a check on them
3- There are certain allergic reactions to ACV which are very common like hives, swelling and short breaths.
4- It may also aggravate indigestion and heartburn if undiluted ACV is taken for long
5- Vinegar also reacts with different medicines in our body and blocks their efficient absorption.
6- It also has a pungent smell thus it may cause nausea and headaches
7- It may also cause caustic burns in esophagus if taken in its concentrated form
8- It affects the stomach wall lining due to its acidic levels.
Apple cider vinegar is an excellent natural aid for skin toning and lightening the skin. But do keep check of the above methods of consuming or using them. Since it is acidic in nature, it may cause reverse impacts too. Be sure to dilute as natural ACV is extremely concentrated and has corrosive implications. Check with your health care provider for more.
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Minu Manisha
