For fans of strawberries and honey, isn’t it delicious to eat these two foods at the same time? Apart from providing deliciousness when eating, it turns out that strawberries and honey also provide various benefits to the body, especially your face!
Strawberries are known as one of the fruits rich in antioxidants and honey acts as an anti-aging agent. And most surprisingly the combination of these two can actually turn off acne.
How can these two combinations kill acne? Do you eat or make juice? If you want to know, keep reading!
BENEFITS OF HONEY
1. Moisturizes the Skin
Most skincare and beauty products will use honey as their basic ingredient. This is because honey can moisturize the skin of the face from the inside. Enzymes found in honey make it able to penetrate into the skin while softening and stretching it.
2. Acts As Anti-Aging
The natural antioxidants contained in honey can help your face control wrinkles and fine lines. At the same time, it also acts to control free radicals that can prevent the aging process from occurring.
In addition, honey can also help your facial skin prevent and relieve inflammation and allergies that make your skin worse and more easily damaged.
3. Accelerates Wound Healing
If your face has scars due to acne, do not worry because honey can speed up the wound healing process and remove scars on the face. Honey acts to kill bacteria, remove dead skin cells, and stimulate the formation of new skin on the face to cover wounds.
4. Preventing And Killing Acne
Honey is known as one of the agents in killing and preventing acne from forming on the face. For your information, honey has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that can remove excess oil from the facial skin. In addition, it can also clean the pores from clogging to prevent the formation of acne on the face.
BENEFITS OF STRAWBERRY
1. Protects Skin From UV Rays
Ellagic acid is a very effective antioxidant in protecting the skin from harmful UV rays. Studies conducted by universities in Korea have found that mice exposed to UV rays show a reduction in wrinkles after being given ellagic acid in contrast to mice that have not been treated.
2. Reduces Oily Skin
Rich in Vitamin C, strawberries are often used in facial and beauty care products to reduce oily skin. This acidic strawberry fruit is effective in removing excess sebum formed on the face as well as nourishing and making your skin look more glowing!
3. Brightens the Skin
Strawberry juice is very effective in removing acne scars and brightening the skin. Containing skin lightening extract and ellagic acid, strawberries also work in reducing the formation of dark spots on the skin.
4. Anti-aging
Rich in ellagic acid which is an antioxidant that works in preventing the destruction of collagen where it makes the aging process on your face happen quickly. Ellagic acid has a photoprotective effect that fights damage to UV rays on the face. So, strawberry is very good in preventing the aging that forms on the face and gives a healthy and soft facial effect.
Strawberry + Honey Face Mask
For those of you who want the benefits of strawberries and honey, you can combine these two ingredients and make it as a face mask.
Ingredients:
- Strawberries (3 to 5 seeds)
- Honey (1 tablespoon)
How to prepare:
- Wash the strawberries and place them in a bowl.
- Crush the strawberries until they become a paste.
- Then, put a tablespoon of honey and mix well.
- Once done, apply on the entire surface of the face and leave on for 15 minutes.
- Then, wash until clean using warm water.
- Do this 1 to 2 times a week.
- If you notice, strawberries and honey are often used in most skincare products and even beauty. So for those who want to kill acne overnight, do not forget to DIY face masks at home.
Good luck!
Sources: Dabur.com, Bellatory.com, India.com
