Korean Beauty: 韩国小编三招天然洗脸法！

Wanting a fair skin? Or a better skin tone with more vitality? Before you rush to the skin care salon, how about trying out easy and simple DIY skin care at home? Before you toss out the green teabag you used this morning, or the rice water used to boil rice for today’s meal, think twice and use them to apply it on your skin. Here are some cleansing water remedies that you can try out now.

想要白嫩嫩的肌肤？或是想要唤醒肌肤的活力好气色？除了美容院，你也可以自己在家里DIY简单快捷的美容护理。在你丢掉用过的绿茶包前，或是倒掉用过的洗米水前，想一想，你会发现原来它们都可以用来涂在脸上的。这期，Hf韩国小编介绍三个最爱洗脸水的秘方，赶紧试试看吧！

Rice

Rich in vitamin B and minerals essential for beauty, rice does not only make a staple food to live on, but is great for your skin. Just keep the rice water you used for boiling rice and use it as a cleansing water to splash it on your face multiple times at the very last step of washing off your face. Rice water has the benefits of brightening skin tone, anti-aging and adding glow to the face by stimulating blood flow. It also has a moisturizing effect and tightens pores. In just a few days of using rice water, you can spot a flawless and brightened face with less sun spots, age spots and hyperpigmentation.

米

米除了对我们平常饮食生活十分重要外，它含有丰富的维他命B和矿物质，对皮肤非常好。只要在妳洗脸的最後一步，把每一次煲饭留下的洗米水洒在脸上几次，就可以刺激血液流动，又有美白，抗老，加强肤色光泽的功效。除此之外，它也有保湿和收紧毛孔的作用。如果妳坚持用这米水的秘方数天，你的肌肤不但会减少雀斑，老人班和色素沈淀的问题外，还会变得无瑕疵，带有光泽！

Photo via www.secretsofsushi.com

Green Tea

Green tea ice cream! Green tea chocolate! Green tea latte! What is up with Asia and all the green tea fix? Recently, though, green tea has been commercialized in beauty products with products such as green tea skin care products popping up everywhere. However, there’s a way you can enjoy the same benefits of green tea without buying merchandised products. Simply use the used green tea bags and rub them over your face as a facial mask or get two green tea bags and put them on each of your eyes to treat swollen eyes.  Otherwise, you could cool down green tea water and use it as a facial wash as illustrated above with rice water. When used on skin, green tea will make your face glow and help reduce your pore size, tightening the skin.

绿茶

绿茶雪糕？绿茶巧克力？绿茶拿铁？小编就是不明白这股疯魔整个亚洲的绿茶潮！不过，最近绿茶就经常被商业化，就像到处都会看见的绿茶美容产品。不过，妳不一定要去买，在家里DIY也可以享受绿茶的美容功效。你可以把用过的绿茶茶包擦在脸上当面膜外，也可以用两个茶包敷在眼睛上，便有消肿的功效。否则，你也可以用凉的绿茶水当作洗脸水，这可以让妳的肌肤变得更光泽，减少毛孔的大小，紧致肌肤。

Photo via sixpacktech.com

Milk

Ever had that moment when you took out the milk carton you kept in the fridge and found out that it had expired? Don’t worry. You can now use it on your face. If you can’t eat it, let your skin have it. Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra is known to have used milk as her beauty secret. The lactic acid in the milk serves as a great skin exfoliator, while the natural fat will moisturize and smoothen your skin. Use milk as cleansing water, bath, or a facial mask by adding honey. You will be able to notice your smooth skin in a few days.

牛奶

试过从冰箱拿了牛奶出来，却发现它已经过期了？不用担心，你可以把牛奶敷在脸上！埃及皇后，克丽奥佩托拉为人所知的美容秘密就是牛奶。牛奶里的乳酸就有很好的去角质功效，而天然脂肪可以滋润和滑肤的作用。所以，把牛奶用来洗脸，沐浴，或是加上蜜糖当作面膜，你会发现肌肤会有明显平滑的感觉。

Photo via susieburrell.com.au

TEXT: JISU
TRANSLATION: NII
GRAPHICS: TONY W/HOKK FABRICA