3 Ways To Include Oatmeal In Your Skincare Regimen

3 Ways To Include Oatmeal In Your Skincare Regimen

Skin Care
By Samprita on 17 Jan 2023
Senior Digital Editor
Samprita Kuncolinkar holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and has been working at GirlStyle India since its inception. She works as a Senior Lifestyle Editor who is deeply in love with all things beauty, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle. Enjoying the online version of the magazine, the genres of her articles keep varying as she loves to move and groove. Apart from her work life, she loves binge-watching Netflix and loves to eat junk food for happiness.

Among the various existing natural skincare ingredients, few are absolute gems that work for all the skin types out there. One of such amazing ingredients that works like wonders is oatmeal. From sensitive skin to soothing irritated skin; moisturising dry skin, exfoliating oily skin and keeping acne away, oatmeal is our superhero.

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You can use this ingredient to do it all in your skincare routine & get rid of troublesome skin issues and achieve healthy and spotless skin. Oatmeal is packed with anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidants, as well as a natural cleansing compound, referred to as saponins, oatmeal can really take your skincare game to another level.

To know how you can include oatmeal in your skincare regimen and utilise its beauty benefits, keep reading further.

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DIY Oatmeal scrub

For oily and combination skin, you can prepare a homemade oatmeal scrub. It gently exfoliates and removes dead skin cells, leaving your skin oil-free and moisturised. All you have to do is to grind oatmeal into a coarse powder. Add two tablespoons of honey and mix it well. Cleanse your face, pat dry and scrub gently with this mixture. Massage the concoction gently to get rid of the oil, dirt and dead skin. Finally, wash off with water and moisturise with a cream. Use this scrub twice a week if you have super oily skin and once a week for combination skin.

Take an oatmeal bath

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If you have sensitive skin that is prone to itchiness, rashes and inflammation, you can take an oatmeal bath to soothe your skin. Mixing oatmeal in your bath water helps in calming and soothing rashes, sunburn, dryness and itchiness as well as other sensitive skin issues. Take a bath with lukewarm water and add one cup of oatmeal into it. Soak yourself in the oatmeal water for approximately 10 minutes and finish it off with a freshwater rinse. Pat dry and moisturise while your skin is damp. Do this every other day to relieve your skin from any irritation and once every week for hydrated and healthy skin.

Prepare an oatmeal face mask

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Take three tablespoons of finely crushed oatmeal in a bowl. Add one tablespoon of coconut oil and a tablespoon of milk or warm water. Mix it well to prepare a smooth paste. Now, apply it on cleansed face and leave it on for about 20 minutes. Rinse it off with lukewarm water and follow up with a moisturiser to seal it in. This face mask does magic for dry,acne-prone and normal skin type. Pamper your skin with this DIY mask, once a week for blemish-free and moisturised skin.

 

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