Avocado for your skin

Avocado for your skin

    Do you often use avocado in your salads? Next time, you can also try mashing up the fruit and applying it as a mask for your skin. Colloquially known as alligator pear, the exotic greenskinned, fleshy fruit has an abundant amount of vitamins and nutrients including beta-carotene, lutein, Vitamins B6, C, E and K, selenium, zinc, folate and potassium. In fact, avocado oil has long been used for beauty products like cleansing creams, facial masks and bath oils. Here are the beauty benefits of avocados: 

CLEANS SKIN Rich in Vitamin A, avocado helps to remove dead skin cells from your body. The fruit oil can be easily absorbed by skin and makes for a great massage lotion. It penetrates deep into the skin layers and restores nutrients. In turn, this helps stimulate growth of new skin cells and improves your skin’s blood circulation. 

GOOD MOISTURISER As a moisturiser, avocado helps to soften dry skin. Moreover, if you suffer from dry spots caused by sunburn or eczema, it helps to moisturise, repair distress and inflammation, and protects your skin from future damage. Avocado oil is also used on lips to prevent chapping. 

REDUCES WRINKLES The antioxidants and amino acids in avocados help to get rid of toxins that promote premature aging and wrinkling of the skin. 

 
HOW TO MAKE AVOCADO FACE MASK Take half a portion of a ripe, soft avocado and mash it into a creamy pulp in a bowl. Add one-fourth tablespoon of honey and stir well. Apply on skin and leave it for 10 minutes. Rinse face with a cool washcloth.