Baking Soda for Acne and Oily Skin
Baking soda is cheap, plentiful, and best of all extremely effective against acne. If you have oily skin, it also makes a good cleanser and facial scrub.
What it does: Good exfoliant for oily skin and helps reduce acne. Use it only once or twice a week as it can be very drying.
How to do it:
1) Mix a small amount of baking soda in your palm with a few drops of water. It will resemble a paste. Massage on your face for one to two minutes. Use as a mild cleansing scrub. Rinse off with water.
2) If you have acne elsewhere on your body – like on your back or chest, keep a box of baking soda in the shower. This way you can grab a small amount in your palm and add this to your shower regimen.
Why it helps: Baking soda is a type of salt which aids in killing bacteria.
This definitely works. I’ve been suffering from acne since I entered puberty, quite a few years ago I found similar info like this online, I tried the BS paste and it worked. A friend of mine stopped me and asked what I was using on my face for my acne I told him about the BS paste, he immediately went and told his girlfriend about it. It works, honest. Up to this very day, I am enjoying acne free skin, thanks to BS paste. I use the paste about 4-7 times a week.
I’ve tried proactiv, neutrogena, u name it, but the acne came back once I stopped usiing these products. And unlike proactiv, BS paste won’t lighten ur complexion.
Thanks for sharing this great tip. I have oily skin and I tried baking soda the past few weeks because I didn’t have time to buy my usual mask. So it works great and moreover it saves me some money
Sure, baking soda is great. I have melasma and tried everything…but nothing happened..i just read that BS its a good exfoilator and thought why not give it a try..Believe me my melasma is lighter and I just do not want to stop using BS, I massage my face with BS, olive oil and water (a very little quantity of each)every day. have been doing it just for last four days. No doubt it does not cure melasma but it surely becomes lighter..great feeling…Try it!