Look at the skin in the left side of the picture and then look at the plant on the right side of the picture. Honestly I was not born with that skin and today I have that lovely skin just because of the Aloe Vera Plant extract that I am using on my skin every single day since 4 years. I had dry flaky skin and I am not fond of putting chemicals on my body, this is when I started trying multiple natural remedies at home - Tomato Juice, Lemon Juice, Papaya Extract, Turmeric and the list is long. But when I used Aloe vera extract for the first time, my skin felt happy and smooth. That was the start of my skin healing journey and I immediately got an Aloe vera plant of my own in my little home garden.

The aloe vera extract helps remove dead skin cells, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties which helps with reducing acne causing bacteria and results in crystal clear skin. With its moisturising properties, it makes your skin as smooth as honey.

Recently I have planted Aloe vera in one more pot to keep my stock full.

How do I use it every day as a natural Skin healer?

I first wash my face with a mild facewash in the morning to remove any over night oil and dirt. Then I take off one leaf from the plant in the morning.

Then I take a clean plate and a clean knife, and cut the aloe vera leaf in pieces both horizontally and vertically.

I take a steel bowl to collect the extract, I keep scooping out the aloe vera extract with a steel spoon and put it in my container. Using a spoon to take out the white aloe vera extract is the best strategy - it saves wastage of extract and your time. Then I blend the extract thoroughly until it becomes a consistent runny gel, if you face trouble making a runny mixture of your gel with your fingers then you can use a hand-held electric blender but it results in wastage of extract because quite a good amount sticks upto the blender blade and goes wasted. So I would recommed using a spoon and your fingers to blend it.

Then I apply the gel over my face until it gets dry and wash it off with plain water.

I do it every morning from scratch as I do not want to store the Aloe vera extract and lessen its effectiveness.

One thing I would like to highlight, whenever you take off the aloe vera leaf from the plant there will be a yellow colored chemical dripping off its tail, avoid using it. Its plant latex and contains Aloin which is considered bad for the skin. All in all, aloe vera as a natural home remedy is doing wonderful for me.

What about you? Do you have a natural remedy for any of your ailments or problems that you use?

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