Rice water: 4 beauty tips for skin and hair
It is a fact: we admired for a long time the brilliant and smooth hair of Asian women.Silky, almost unreal hair.When, in parallel, we fight to hydrate our hair or discipline it a little bit.And what about their radiant milky skin?Today, the editorial staff reveals their ancestral beauty secret: rice water.Rich in vitamins, minerals, iron, potassium, zinc and magnesium, it energizes, softens, soothes and chandelong our hair and our skin.We give you 4 beauty tips to use it on a daily basis.
How to recover rice water for your care?
Here there are two schools.As a rule, Asian women wash the rice several times before cooking it in water.It is this whitish liquid that they recover for their care.But you can also completely recover the cooking water, which will be even more loaded with nutrients.
Note that rice water keeps maximum 6 days in the refrigerator.Perfect if you don't necessarily have time to have a mask just after dinner or lunch.It is even even better: after 2 days of "fermentation", it contains even more antioxidants.
1 - Rinse her hair with rice water: mask or lotion?
Again, you have the possibility to use it according to 2 processes:
The starch contained in rice water tames the hair fiber.It is applied to the lengths and let it dry for about twenty minutes.We then rinse to obtain smooth hair, without having used a gram of silicone.Magical !
Use like a conditioner, rice water strengthens and chandelier hair.So you soap hair and rinse abundantly with rice water.Then you finish with a rinse with clear and cold water, preferably.This strengthens and tightens the hair scales.
2 - Face mask with rice water
If you have been interested.closely to the care rituals of Asian women, you know that they are particularly followers of rice powder.It masks imperfections, matifies the skin and protects it from the sun with.Hence the milky complexion of many Asian women, moreover synonymous with beauty during history.
Here, we invite you to use rice water once again in the form of a lotion or mask.For the first, we rinse we face with rice rice water then in clear water.And for the second (preferably use the cooking water), let it be placed for about twenty minutes before rinsing with lukewarm water.
Know that rice water contains antioxidants and inositol which contributes to the regeneration of cells.Perfect for fighting the first signs of age.Rice water also has astringent virtues by tightening pores and refining skin texture.A real magic recipe at a very low price!
3 - Rice water in the bath, for a spa at home
Have you always dreamed of waking up the Cleopatra that lies dormant in you?It's a good time to test.We put the goat milk aside and we immerse ourselves in a delicious rice water bath.Of course, you will not be able to fill the whole bathtub under penalty of eating rice for three months in a row...But if you rice 2 or 3 times in the week, keep this water preciously in the fridge.
Sunday evening, pour a hot bath and pour the three pans of rice water in it.Add a few pink petals, turn on a few candles and slip into the bath.Rice water will deeply hydrate your skin.You can completely rub it on your body before rinsing you.A delight!
4 - in drink, to rehydrate and treat
It may be surprised, but yes, you can completely drink the rice water before or after cooking.She even has a lot of health virtues!It is also recommended in case of slight gastroenteritis, because it contains a lot of starch and rehydrates.In fact, it is precious for our digestion.
Small tips: do not hesitate to soften it by mixing a little honey and cinnamon with.As we specify to you above: 6 days maximum conversation in the fridge.
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