Benefits of Sesame For Your Skin

You will have learned all the wonderful health benefits of sesame seeds and how good sesame seed oil is to cook with, but have you considered how useful it is for your skincare?

Did you know that sesame seed oil is the main ingredient in many skincare products? Because sesame seed oil is rich in antioxidants, it pulls toxins from your skin. I hear that sesame seed oil can even clear the skin of pimples, and fade dark spots.

Time to Add Sesame Seed Oil to Your Beauty Routine

How do Sesame Seeds Create Beautiful Skin: They are full of zinc, which is an essential mineral to produce collagen. Zinc is great for healing damaged tissues anywhere in the body. Also, sesame oil is known to prevent skin-related disorders.

Cleans up the Skin:

Sesame seed oil contains antioxidants that help in detoxifying your skin. The oil attracts oil-soluble toxins when applied to the skin.   A good mixture is to mix half a cup sesame seed oil with half a cup apple cider vinegar and a quarter cup water which can be washed away with hot water and soap. Apply every night after splashing your face with water.

For Glowing Skin:

Sesame seed oil helps to create glowing skin:

• Keeps skin flexibility by keeping it soft and supple.
• Heals mild cuts and scrapes.
• It helps tighten the facial skin.
• Pulls out toxins so that you get fewer pimples.

Try a facial for glowing skin. Apply sesame oil all over your face and massage it in thoroughly.   Next, scrub your face with rice powder. Then wash it off with warm water. Afterward, rinse your face with cold water to close the pores.

 Healing Properties:

Sesame seed oil has excellent healing properties because it is a natural anti-inflammatory agent with antibacterial properties. This helps to get rid of skin fungi such as athlete’s foot. To control vaginal yeast infections apply sesame seed oil mixed with warm water.

Helps you to Avoid and Heal Sunburns:

Apply sesame oil to your skin daily will help prevent the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun from damaging your skin. Also, helps prevent wrinkles and reduces the risk of skin cancer. After exposure to the sun, sesame seed oil can treat sunburns. It also is a natural barrier protecting your skin from smoke and pollutants in the air.

Good for Babies:

A sesame oil massage improves growth and improves sleep. Rashes on the baby’s skin especially where the diaper (from elimination toxins) can be protected with sesame seed oil by rubbing it in and it also decreases dryness of the skin. Apply it to the nose and ears for protection against common skin problems.

Treats Cracked Heels: Rub sesame seed oil into your heels every night before going to bed, then put on some cotton socks that you do not mind getting stained. Within a couple of days of doing this, you should notice softer feet.

 Note: Only buy organic cold-pressed sesame seed oil.

Find out the Benefits of Sesame For Your Hair -Sesame oil is more than for stir-frying; it is great for your hair and skin. Let’s look at what it can do for your hair now.

Another great thing to use sesame oil is for oil pulling.  Oil pulling has been used for oral health for thousands of years in Ayurveda to reduce dental plaque, whiten your teeth and boost overall health.   The sesame seed oil has excellent healing properties because it is a natural anti-inflammatory agent with antibacterial properties.  Find out how to do oil pulling here.

 More Natural Beauty Treatments:

Dr. Oz Lemon Facial Cleanser  Unleash the anti-aging power of lemons with this homemade facial cleanser. You probably have the ingredients for this natural anti-aging cleanser in your fridge right now. Try this lemon facial cleanser.  Lemon has so many health benefits who knew you could also put it on your skin. The high acid content decreases outbreak-causing bad bacteria. The healthy probiotics from the yogurt help promote good bacteria.

Randy’s Homemade Mango Mud Mask – Just mango itself is great for your skin. It is astringent and nourishes the deeper layers of skin with its beta-carotene and Vitamin C.

Carrot Face Mask  Easy,  inexpensive and healthy!  The ingredients contain natural antiseptics and antioxidants which kill germs and protect the skin from damaging free radicals.

Also, be sure to try these Great Sesame Recipes

 Creamy Tahini Dressing:  Easy, delicious and creamy.  I love this tahini salad dressing recipe for its simplicity but mostly because it gives me a creamy dressing that is vegan.  Most creamy dressings contain milk products which for many individuals is hard to digest and contributes to weight gain. The other great thing about this dressing is that it full of very good protein.

Gomashio Seasoning: A tasty addition to a meal.  This gomashio seasoning is a Traditional Japanese Macrobiotic Seasoning that I learned to make in my macrobiotic days a long time ago. It is so tasty and a wonderful addition to a meal.

Creamy Chick Pea and Rice Pie:  A hearty nourishing meal.  This chickpea pie is a very tasty meal which does take a little extra time to prepare but it is worth it. The great news is that it is dairy-free meaning it is vegan and gluten-free too!

Yummy Molasses/Tahini Cookies Are Good for You -These molasses/tahini cookies are Middle Eastern-inspired, delicious, and easy to make!  Also, they are vegan, and gluten-free too!  And they are so very yummy. They are a very healthy cookie full of nutrients from the molasses,  tahini, stevia and coconut oil. Thick, dark, syrupy, sweet blackstrap molasses is more than something to make candy or cookies with; it has many benefits, from helping prevent cancer to getting rid of grey hair. It is a superfood full of health benefits.

Delicious Turkish Tahini and Molasses Dessert – This tahini and molasses dessert is from Turkey which they call ‘Tahin Pekmez’.  It is so easy and fast to make as it requires no cooking or no baking.  All you do is mix it up and that only takes a few minutes and voila it is done!  It can be eaten with a spoon, but it is a very very sweet dessert.  Traditionally it is eaten with fresh crunchy bread dipped in or mixed in it.

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