HL: YouTube/Ijfina Amalia
Brilio.net - One of the facial problems that many people often experience is the appearance of blackheads. Even though it is a trivial facial problem, blackheads are quite annoying for some people. According to Healthline (6/3) blackheads are small lumps that appear on the skin due to blocked hair follicles. These blackhead lumps appear on the surface of the skin and look dark or black.
Blackheads are a type of mild acne that is not only on the nose but can appear on a person's back, chin, neck and chest. If explored further, blackheads form when dead skin cells and oil accumulate and clog the skin pores. There are many factors that cause stubborn blackheads, such as excess sebum, pollution, dirt, or not carefully removing makeup residue.
One part of the face where blackheads often appear is the nose. Blackheads on the nose can ruin your appearance, making your face look rough. To treat blackheads, you can use a pore pack or pore strip. Apart from its ingredients which can remove blackheads, this pore pack is also quite easy and practical to use.
However, the porepacks that are widely sold on the market are quite expensive, so sometimes if blackheads appear they can burn a hole in your pocket. Therefore, there are various ways to treat blackheads using simple ingredients that are available in the kitchen. Among them are baking soda, coffee and egg whites.
Can baking soda and coffee be useful in facial care?
Launching from Bebeautiful.in (6/3) baking soda has benefits in treating skin problems such as acne and blackheads. This is because baking soda contains exfoliators such as anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory which can help overcome blackheads and acne problems.
In addition, baking soda is not only an exfoliant but helps reduce the size of pores so that it can prevent dirt and particles from clogging skin follicles.
Likewise, coffee has long been known to have various benefits, not only as a favorite drink for many people. Coffee is also good for treating blackheads. This is because coffee contains amino acids, carboxylic acids, trigonelline and chlorogenic which are useful for minimizing the appearance of pores and reducing blackheads.
Not much different from these two ingredients, egg whites are also rich in benefits for facial care.
photo: YouTube/Ijfina Amalia
Egg whites have long been used as a natural ingredient to treat blackheads and other skin problems. According to the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology (2019), egg whites have various benefits, such as shrinking pores and helping to remove blackheads, because the lysozyme enzyme content in egg whites can destroy the bacteria that cause blackheads and acne. Apart from that, the ingredients contained in egg whites can also absorb excess oil, remove skin cells and dust that sticks to the face.
So how do you treat blackheads on your face using kitchen ingredients such as baking soda, coffee and egg whites? You can follow the method shown by this beauty vlogger, reported by brilio.net from the YouTube/Ijfina Amalia channel.
Materials and tools:
photo: YouTube/Ijfina Amalia
- Baking soda
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee
- 1 chicken egg (take the white)
- Water
- Facial tissue
- Container and brush
How to use:
photo: YouTube/Ijfina Amalia
1. Just take baking soda in a container, stir briefly and apply directly to your nose. The goal is to open the skin pores.
2. After scrubbing your nose for a while using baking soda, then rinse and dry using a tissue.
3. The next step, make a blackhead mask by mixing egg white and enough ground coffee.
4. Stir until evenly mixed. Then cut the tissue into several pieces, according to the length needed.
5. Next, apply the mask to your nose and chin or areas that have stubborn blackheads. Then place the cut tissue on the area that has been smeared with the coffee and egg white mask mixture.
6. Next, cover the tissue with another mask. Do the same thing until it completely covers your nose or chin.
7. Wait until the mask is dry then rinse your face using facial wash. Stubborn blackheads will instantly disappear.
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