Introduction: DIY Rice Flour Facial Mask

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Prepare the ingredients :
1)2 tablespoon of rice flour
2)1 tablespoon of honey
3)1 tablespoon of green tea ( optional )

Rice Powder/ Rice Flour
Rice powder or flour is a widely known ingredient to treat blemishes, wrinkles and pigmentation. In fact, this ingredient has been used as an anti-aging skin treatment in many Asian countries for centuries. The Geishas in Japan, for example, use rice powder in their beauty routine and despite their heavy makeup, their skin remain porcelain smooth.
http://www.vivawoman.net/2011/08/12/diy-beauty-skin-brightening-with-rice-powder/

UV protection

A reader pointed out that rice water can make our skin photosensitive but based on what I’ve read, rice powder can actually protect our skin against the harmful UV rays. In fact, I understand that field workers in various Asian countries often apply something of a paste made from rice powder and water to protect their skin from the sun.
http://www.vivawoman.net/2011/08/12/diy-beauty-skin-brightening-with-rice-powder/


Exfoliating properties
Besides offering UV protection, rice powder has exfoliating properties and so that can help to keep the skin looking brighter. Other than that, rice powder has a chemical structure similar to ceramide, and ceramide increases collagen production to make skin more supple.
http://www.vivawoman.net/2011/08/12/diy-beauty-skin-brightening-with-rice-powder/

Use it alone or with other ingredients
In this picture, I’ve only used pure rice flour mixed with mineral water into a paste. However, you can also mix the rice flour with yogurt or even milk or honey. It’s really your choice of ingredients. Apply on your face and neck and rinse off after 10 minutes or when the paste dries. Easy peasy!
http://www.vivawoman.net/2011/08/12/diy-beauty-skin-brightening-with-rice-powder/

Instant brightening effects
Here are pictures I took of my hand in the experiment. The first picture is where I applied half my hand with the paste but the contrast wasn’t so great. The bottom two pictures show how my hand looked before and after applying the paste on the entire area. The brightening is quite remarkable right? Okay, the lighting probably accounted for some difference but I did not do any photo enhancement and my skin did look brighter to my naked eyes. But do note that the effects are temporary; you’ve got to use this treatment frequently like once or twice a week over a course of a month to see a change in your skin tone.
http://www.vivawoman.net/2011/08/12/diy-beauty-skin-brightening-with-rice-powder/

Step 1: Add Honey & Rice Flour

Add 2 tablespoon of rice flour & a tablespoon of honey ..

MIX MIX MIX until it is consistency 

Step 2: Add Green Tea ( Optional )

I had added a tablespoon of green tea ( optional ) 
*if you added green tea into the mask , it will be more smoother mixture 

Step 3: Apply on Your Face

Lastly , apply the mask & let is rest for 20 minutes =)

Step 4: Results:

My skin is smoother & softer =)
You will just gonna love it !

Drink the green tea , you don't wanna waste it <3 

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