Banana is a powerful fruit packed with health benefits. It is like a punch of nutrition. High in potassium, Vitamin C and B6 bananas are helpful for both hair and skin. The potassium in fruit nourishes dry skin as well as dry hair.
Simple to peel, eat, and mash, banana pulp can be applied as pack to both hair and face. The fruit has high restoring properties which will undone damage caused by chemical treatments and repeated coloring.
The fruit nourishes and tightens your skin, making you look younger for longer. Add curd to banana pulp before you apply it as a pack. If you have been struggling with dry hair, add curd to the pulp before applying it to your hair. You can also add a teaspoon of add pure glycerin or honey. Almond oil also has the same kind of effect on your hair making it nourished, healthy, and shiny.
Beauty Guru, Shahnaz Husain shares the benefits of banana with out readers. “As a part of facial treatments in our saloons, we offer fruit facial after the face massage. It is becoming increasingly popular. Makes us believe that the fruit is living up to the hype since the customers are also repeating the banana fruit facial,” suggests Husain.
“We use banana packs for hair as well. We make pulp, add curd and honey before applying. The results have been striking since it has wonderful cleansing and revitalizing effect on hair. It makes hair shiny, smooth and makes its luster due to the high content of vitamin C and B,” she adds.
The beauty expert shares some simple ways of using banana to enhance beauty.
How to use the pack – Mash banana. Add curd. Honey. Mix till it in a smooth paste. Apply to hair. Leave for 30 minutes. Wash it off.
You can use the same pack on your face as well. The results will be excellent. You will have smooth and tight skin.
Banana has a great tendency to be mixed with other fruits. You can get desirable effects from the fruit face or hair pack mixing different fruits. You can add, pulp of ripe papaya, add handful or grated apples, orange pulp.
Papaya has high enzyme content making it a wonderful agent to clean the dandruff of the scalp.
Oranges have vitamin C, so it is a great ingredient to add to the banana if you want to balance.
Apples have great toning and cleaning effect when they are mixed with bananas due to the pectin.
It is safe to say that banana is one of the most nutritious and healthy food, not just for body but also for skin and hair.
