Hello to all the winsome beauties out there! :)
This is my first post on MABH. To introduce myself, my name is Oshin, a student, a part time chef, a part time writer who loves eating, writing, singing, sleeping etc etc etc.
Being blessed with an excessively oily skin, I am constantly suffering from frequent breakouts which had made my face look like a battle field with pimples and once the pimples are gone my face looks like the Varanasi roads during rainy season. The latter with puddles and the former with lots of ugly acne marks everywhere. Winters have always been a delight for me and there are numerous reasons for this – be it the gajar ka halwa.. hara bhara kebab and off course my clear oil free skin.
I wanted to try something other than my HG face wash (Oriflame) and being a huge fan of homemade recipes I decided to combine the benefits of some of the materials easily available in our kitchen and compile it in a form of a beauty recipe of my own.
So, here is how it goes..
Ingredients Required: (for a mixture that would last you around 1.5 months)
- Masoor dal – one cup
- Gram flour (or besan) – one-fourth cup
- Oatmeal (or ‘jau ka atta’ as it is commonly called) or oats – half a cup
- Almonds – 8-9
- Raw rice – one fourth cup
- Turmeric – a pinch(or two)
Procedure:
- Grind the masoor dal, almonds, raw rice separately.
- Then mix all the powders together. The mixture won’t be smooth because the masoor dal and the almonds may not grind to a smooth powder.
- Mix two three spoons of besan and one spoon of oat meal (If you had used oats in place of oat meal, grind the oats to a powder and then mix it). Mix a pinch or two of turmeric.
The final mixture would look like this..
How to use the ubtan?:
For me, I simply wet my face a little and dampen the mixture and apply to my whole face. After 1-2 minutes. I wash it by gently scrubbing it off. (If you have pimples on your face, don’t scrub. Just wash it off with lots of water). You can also mix it with rose water or curd and then apply it. If you have dry skin, then mix it with milk cream (or malai) and then apply it. I use it 2-3 times a day i.e every time I wash my face.
I have started seeing the effects within 10 days. The pimple spots have visibly lightened and it has somewhat added a glow to my face. I also use it as a body scrub sometimes.
About the ingredients used:
Oatmeal acts as a great scrub. Almonds are loaded with vitamin E which would help you to get a healthier glowing skin. Rice powder consist of skin lightening agents which would lighten the skin and would provide an extra benefit in the form of a natural sunscreen. Turmeric acts as a natural detoxificant, fights acne and combats its marks. Masoor dal acts as a gentle scrub and has an additional benefit of skin brightening.
So, you can give this a try if you are looking for a homemade ubtan which would acts as a face wash as well as a mild scrub. :)
Loved the recipe! Thanks for sharing dear! xo
Thanx a lot :-) :clap:
superb scrub :) nice post Oshin
Thanx dear :-)) :-))
I am trying this for sure! Neat pics and very informative post.. Welcome to MABH family Oshin :)
Thankyou dear…its my pleasure for sure :-* :-) :-)) :handshake:
Sounds amazing! :yes: I am gonna try it! Lovely DIY Oshin! :heart: :-))
thankyou :blush: :blush:
perfect diy 4 oily skin :yes: gonna try soon :-)
thankyou :-)) :-))
welcome :-)) :-))
Nice DIY Oshin and a nice name too…. :)
thanx a lot :-)) :dance:
thanx dear :hugright:
I am definitely tying it.. welcome to mabh oshin.. beautiful name u have
Thanx mansi :kissblow: :handshake:
Thanks for the ubtan recipe Oshin….its very useful
Thanx dear…do try it
Skin Damaged BY Scrubbing ….Need Serious Help ?
My Skin Was Fair But due to tan it became dull ,so to reduce tan i used Ubtan (mixture of sandal dust,turmeric,rose water ,cream ,glycerin ) and the recovery of my Skin Was good .But one Day someone Advised me that better to remove the ubtan by Scrubbing when it Get Dry ,After that advice I scrubbed My Skin very hardly 10-12 times ( in 1-2 Months ) .And after sometime I realised that My skin color again goes dull so I left that advise of scrubbing and Now I am using Ubtan normally but Now Ubtan is stopped working on my skin even when i am removing it gently.I think My skin is Dead OR Badly Damaged .
Please Somebody Help Me Out ,If You can it really will be favor on me ……..Thanks in Advance………………….
It might be something internal – ensure you are getting enough iron and magnesium in your diet and take care of your digestion :) Its better using ubtan than chemical face scrubs.
Drink fruit juices on empty stomach. Also can drink beg juices like beetroot tomato carrot mix, n cucumber lemon blend. U wil get nutrients iron from inside
Hi mam , thanks for this nice post plz give me suggestion my skin is not fair at the near of my lips area means my skin more darker at lower and upper the lips than my cheeks so plz give me home remedies to achieve even skin tone thanks.
Hi mam….plz give me a home remedies for my left and right part of my lips area is darker than my cheeks i want even skin so plz suggest me…THANKS.
Plz give me suggestion… I am using masur daal and milk facepack since one year my skin is tatally fair now can i stop to applying this facepack now my naani says that i must continue this otherwise my achieved fairness will lost because masur daal efective only till then we are applying this otherwise i will lost my fairness is it true or not plz suggest me what can i do ? Thanks in advance.
dear anamika never stop applying the facepack you are using. afterall its best to take care of your skin. me too apply two type homemade ubtan for my skin, specially on neck, face and back side which takes half an hour.its so effective that i got fair complexion which was wheatish before. my first ubtan is made from wheat flour,malai, both milk and curd. after applying these mixer i leave it for five minutes after the applyied mixer go half dry i start rubbing gently and after when no mixer left on the skin i apply second ubtan which is made from curd and multani mitti. the proess of using this ubtan is same as first ubtan. thus both ubtan take half an hour of applying, leaving dry and rubbing…after it i take bath and then my skin is so clear, smooth. i dont feel to go parlour for costly treatments for making skin fair.
barley flour is known as jau ka atta . is it different from oat meal or same which is used in this receipe.
I have acne since last 2 years. I went for treatment also but there is no improvement. so pls someone kindly suggest some natural and home remedies for it. my skin is getting dull day by day n it’s too oily. I also suffer from dandruff. pls it’s a humble request someone pls help me. Thanks in advance.
Hi. Can I use masoordal face pack daily?
hi oshin ooats doesnt suit me i get breakoouts can i use this face pack daily without ooats .And do almond is suitable for acne oily skin