Rice water for skin: Uses, benefits and effectiveness

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In rice water contains many ingredients such as vitamins, minerals... But we often ignore this type of water. Here are the uses and benefits of rice water that you should know.

1. Uses of rice water


Japan is the country that saw and applied rice water in the world's earliest general health and skin health care (about 1000 years ago). Today, rice water has been used more commonly. Particularly for the skin, this water has a soothing and firming effect. Some uses of rice water such as:
1.1. Conditioning Hair After shampooing, you can apply a small amount of essential oil from rice water from the roots to the ends of your hair to have a pleasant fragrance. The incubation time should last at least 10 minutes. Then you can rinse your hair.
1.2. Shampoo Rice water can be used as a shampoo by adding a little castile liquid soap to fermented rice water combined with aloe vera and chamomile tea.
1.3. Cleanser and toner Put a small amount of rice water on a cotton ball and gently apply it to the face and neck like a toner. To clean your skin, gently massage rice water onto your skin.

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Nước vo gạo được sử dụng phổ biến trong chăm sóc và làm đẹp da

1.4.Bath Bathing in rice water brings a sense of relaxation. You can soak in a mixture of soap bubbles, vitamin E and rice water.
1.5. Body scrub Rice water is used to exfoliate the whole body with a mixture of:
A little sea salt Orange / tangerine peel essential oil 1.6. Sunscreen Buy sunscreen with rice water extract that improves protection from the sun's rays.

2. Benefits of rice water


2.1. Rice water brightens skin Rice water helps to lighten skin or reduce dark patches. In the beauty products manufacturing industry. Rice water is a fairly common ingredient in products such as soaps, toners, lotions, etc.
A 2013 study found that rice wine (fermented rice water) can help improve skin tone. damaged by the sun. Rice wine increases collagen in the skin, keeping it supple and preventing wrinkles. Rice wine also has natural sun protection properties.
Other studies show clear evidence of the anti-aging benefits of fermented rice water because of its antioxidant properties.

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Nước vo gạo giúp làm sáng và cải thiện làn da bị tổn thương

2.2. Dry skin Rice water is known to help reduce skin irritation caused by sodium laurel sulfate (SLS), an ingredient found in many personal care products.
2.3. Damaged hair Bleaching is a popular beauty treatment. But hair bleaching entails serious hair damage. Rice water will help restore hair damage, including split ends.
2.4. Digestive disorders In the case of food poisoning, you may be advised to drink water to wash the rice. However, many studies suggest that drinking a lot of rice water containing arsenic can lead to cancer, vascular disease, hypertension, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
2.5. Helps to treat eczema, acne, rashes and inflammation Rice water can help soothe the skin and erase dark spots caused by skin diseases like eczema.
2.6. Eye diseases Rice water can help improve many eye problems such as macular degeneration.
2.7. Sunscreen Chemicals found in rice have been shown to help protect skin from the sun's rays.

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Thành phần hóa chất có trong gạo giúp bảo vệ da khỏi tác động của tia UV

3. How to use rice water to cover your face


Here are a few different ways to prepare rice water.
3.1. Boiling water to wash the rice Wash the rice thoroughly and drain. Use about four times the amount of water to wash the rice. Stir the rice and water together and bring to a boil. Strain the rice water from the rice with a sieve. Store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week. Dilute with plain water before use. 3.2. Soaking rice water You can also make rice water by soaking rice in water. Follow the same process as above, but instead boil the rice and water. Soak the rice for at least 30 minutes before pressing the rice and straining it through a sieve. Finally, put the rice water in the refrigerator. 3.3. Fermented rice water To make fermented rice water, use the same process of soaking rice. Then, instead of leaving the water in the fridge (after squeezing and straining the rice), leave the water in the jar at room temperature for a day or two. When the box starts to smell sour, put it in the refrigerator. Dilute with plain water before use.
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