7. Apricot-Honey Facial Scrub to Remove Unwanted hair
Apricot, apart from all its vitamins and minerals, contains a wonderful antioxidant called Lycopene. Now whether this lycopene or some other component of apricot helps remove hair is not known exactly but yes apricot does help remove your facial hair! For this, you need to prepare a facial scrub using apricot as the main ingredient and honey as the secondary ingredient. But that doesn’t mean honey is not giving you its fine properties to remove hair and soften your skin.
How to make apricot-honey facial scrub to remove unwanted hair?
Ingredients:
- Dry apricots- 1/2 cup
- Honey- 1 tsp
Preparation:
- Grind the dry apricots to get its powder.
- Mix honey to this.
- Apply this mixture on your face.
- Leave for 5-10 minutes.
- Now scrub gently with your fingers in circular strokes.
- Keep on scrubbing for at least 15-20 minutes.
- Wash off with lukewarm water.
- Repeat this 2-3 times a week.
8. Orange-Lemon Peel Mask to Remove Unwanted Facial Hair
Orange peel has been one of the favorites for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for various ailments. Orange oil extracted from orange peel is present in many cosmetic products that claim to cleanse your skin. It also has high reserves of vitamin C just like lemon juice and lemon peels. The properties of these citrus peels naturally bleach your hair and make them invisible. Mixing them with some natural exfoliating agents will help you get rid of unwanted facial hair effectively.
How to make citrus peel mask scrub to remove hair?
Ingredients:
- Dry orange peel (powdered)- 1 tsp
- Dry lemon peel (powdered)- 1tsp
- Oatmeal- 1 tsp
- Ground almond (almond meal)- 1 tsp
- Olive oil- 1-2 tsp
- Rose water- 1 tsp
Preparation:
- Mix all the powdered ingredients- orange peel, lemon peel, almond meal and oatmeal.
- Add rose water and required amount of olive oil to make a paste.
- Apply on your face and leave for 5 minutes.
- The rub gently in circular strokes.
- Do this for about 5-10 minutes.
- Wash off with water.
- Repeat 2-3 times a week.
9. Homemade Gelatin Peel-off Mask to Remove Facial Hair
Now this is one of the best remedies to pull of facial hair instantly, with gelatin peel off mask that you can make at home. You can feel it’s quite a mess and smelly too. While smell of gelatin can be suppressed with the use of any essential oil or lemon juice, how messy it would be, depends upon how you handle the whole procedure of making and applying this homemade peel off mask. And yes, keep your eyes and eyebrows away from the gelatin mask. Eyebrow hair on your face are sure not unwanted!
How to make and apply gelatin peel off mask for unwanted facial hair?
Ingredients:
- Unflavored gelatin- 1 tbsp
- Milk- 2-3 tbsp
- Lavender essential oil- 1-2 drops OR lime juice- few drops
Preparation:
- Mix gelatin and milk and essential oil or lime juice if using.
- Microwave for 15 seconds. Don’t overheat.
- Apply this immediately to your face. As gelatin sets very fast, you need to apply a coat over your face, or just areas on face from where you want your hair to go away. Be careful though, the thing will be hot too. You will at least get 2 minutes before the gelatin sets completely. So, manage your time and apply a coat over facial hair.
- Don’t apply near eyes and over your eyebrows.
- It will take about 10-15 minutes for gelatin mask to dry off.
- Once dried, peel it off your face. The hair and even blackheads will come off with the dried thing.
- If you accidentally put this paste on eyebrow hair, just wet your fingers and rub your eyebrow hair with this wet finger. If it has set badly, you may use a little warm water to take it off your eyebrows.
10. Saw Palmetto Extract to Remove Unwanted Facial Hair
This is a very useful herbal remedy for those women who suffer from hirsutism. Saw palmetto is a palm like plant. It has anti-androgenic properties. Women suffering from hirsutism have high levels of androgen, the male sex hormone. Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have high levels of androgen which results into growth of hair at unwanted places like chin, upperlips, breast and even abdomen. Saw palmetto reduces this high level of male hormones through its anti-androgenic effects.
How to take saw palmetto for unwanted facial hair removal?
While saw palmetto can be brewed as tea, its not that effective in this form. This is because the fatty acids of this herb are not water soluble. The extract of saw palmetto is available in capsule form. Saw palmetto extract is derived from its berries. This extract is rich in fatty acids and phytosterols. Before buying any such extract, you should make sure that it contains fat soluble saw palmetto extract. The dosage recommended for saw palmetto in order to treat hirsutism is 160 mg two times a day. This will be enough for removing unwanted hair from your face though you might need to take this extract for a long period of time.
Precaution: Pregnant and nursing women should not take saw palmetto extract due to its effects on hormones. Those who take blood thinning drugs should consult their doctor before taking this herbal extract.
