Eat Strawberry and get amazing result

Skin & Hair Benefits Of Strawberry:

Strawberries don’t just satisfy your taste-buds, they are proven beauty enhancers that can work wonders for your skin. Strawberry extracts are a lot used in beauty products of top brands. Apart from use, it can be used on your skin as a facial mask, polish or toner to give you a glowing skin. Some of its benefits for skin are as follows:

A. Superb Skin Cleanser:

·         Strawberry has great cleansing properties.

·         Strawberry extracts are often used as an part in skin cleansers, face washes, refreshing bubble baths and rejuvenating face masks as they contain vitamin C, salicylic acid, antioxidants and exfoliants.

·         Salicylic acid removes dead cells from the face while tightening the pores.

·         Ellagic acid being an antioxidant combats skin damage to maintain its youth and brightness. Thus, strawberries remove impurities and soften the skin as well as soothe allergies and other irritants and provide protection against pollution.

B. Improves complexion:

·         Strawberry juice has skin lightening properties. It is effective in removing age spots and freckles.

·         You can squeeze the fruit to extract its juice and place it in a small cup.

·         Apply the juice all over your face with a cotton ball and rinse off with lukewarm water after 10 to 15 minutes to get a glowing skin tone.

C. Skin Toner:

·         Strawberries can be used as a skin toner.

·         Grind them to extract the juice. Mix two teaspoons of this juice with 50 ml of rose water and refrigerate it.

·         You can use it instead of your regular skin toner to achieve wrinkle free, blemish free and younger looking skin. This fruit juice can be stored up to 10 days.

D.  Protection from Ultraviolet Radiation:

Strawberries contains ellagic acid .Applied topically protects the skin against the sun’s unsafe ultraviolet rays, which are mainly responsible for skin ageing.

E.  Anti-ageing Properties:

·         Vitamin C and other antioxidants current in strawberries prevent harm caused by free radicals to the skin and body. Free radicals occur during the process of change of food into energy. Free radicals go faster the ageing process and vitamin C is effective in blocking the damage caused by free radicals.

·         You can make  an anti-ageing face pack by mixing 2 teaspoon of milk cream  and 1  teaspoons of honey  with mashed strawberries.

·         Apply this pack all over your face and neck and leave for 20 minutes. Wash off with clean water and pat dry.

·         Since strawberry has anti-ageing properties, this pack can be right for adult skin by rejuvenating it as well as minimizing pores and lines to give you beautiful glowing skin .

F. conduct of Acne:

·         In strawberry Vitamin C, Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs), salicylic acid and flavonoids .these acids are help in clearing acne and reducing oil.

·         Fresh strawberry masks are effective for people with dry, damaged or acne-prone skin.

·         If you are suffering from acne, take mash 7 to 8 strawberries and mix 1 tablespoon of milk to the mash. Apply this mix on your face and wash after 10 to 12 minutes. This strawberry treatment should be done at least two times a week to get rid of acne as expected.

G. Treatment of Pigmentation:

Strawberries are rich in ellagic acid and oral ingestion of strawberry extract can treat high pigmentation caused by UV rays . They slow up the synthesis of melanin, the chemical that gives the skin its colour.

H. Skin Repair:

·         Vitamin C in strawberries enables the body to grow and repair its tissues as it is mixed up in making collagen.

·         Collagen is water soluble and this vitamin cannot be stored in the body and has to be provided from food sources. A cup of strawberry provides 100% of suggested Daily Allowance (RDA) of vitamin C that play very important role repairing skin damage.

I. Effective Foot Scrub:

·         Strawberries can be effective in giving you supple and crack free feet.

·         You can make are a strawberry foot scrub by mashing 6 to 8 strawberries and mixing them with a small number of drops of glycerine and grounded oats.

·         Soak your feet in warm water for 10 minutes. After taking them out, scrub softly with this mix to exfoliate dead cells and rough skin.

·         Clean off with fresh cold water and moisturize your feet with any cold cream or foot cream.

J. Prevents Alopecia and Hair Thinning:

Strawberries have a high content of ellagic acid, which protect your hair of thinning or falling and can even be effective in delaying androgenetic alopecia. Strawberry also contains folic acid, vitamins B5 and B6 which avoid hair loss.

K. Promotes silky and Shiny Hair:

·         Strawberries can add more shine to your hair.

·         Mash 7 to 8 ripe strawberries and add 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise. Mix it with the strawberry mash to make a smooth paste. Apply it over your hair and scalp and cover it with shower cap for at least 15 to 20 minutes.

Wash your hair and shampoo as usual. This will work as a natural conditioner to give you instant natural shiny hair.

L. Moisturizes your Hair:

·         Strawberries defend the cell membranes of the scalp due to its potent antioxidant effects. They prevent the shape of hydrophobic layer on the scalp surface

·         Applying a mixture of mashed strawberries and egg yolk on your scalp is a great way of moisturizer your hair.

14. Fights Dandruff:

Strawberry can be mixed with phytochemicals having antifungal effects like tea tree oil  gets clear of dandruff

M. Prevents Fungal Growth:

Strawberry is a brilliant source of minerals like copper, manganese and magnesium. Manganese and copper in combination with dicarboxylic acids make complexes that can reduce fungal growth on the scalp.