Aloe Vera is known for its incredible benefits. It is used in a lot of home remedies for skin and hair. It is good prevention in the case of sunburn and acne. Aloe Vera plants store water in its leaves. Its leaves contain more gel and some water, also it contains a lot of nutrients. Aloe Vera is also known as ‘Ghritkumari’ in hindi. There are many amazing benefits of Aloe Vera for skin and hair. Here, Goldy Hunjan – the professional makeup artist in Punjab, is providing some of them.

Benefits of Aloe Vera for Skin:

• Prevention from signs of aging
• Add Moisture
• fight acne and lighten blemishes
• Prevents sunburns and also helps in reducing tan
• Helps in healing wounds
• Reduces Stretch marks
• Prevent dark spots

Benefits of aloe Vera for hair:

• Promotes hair growth
• Removes dandruff
• It maintains the ph balance of the scalp
• It conditions hair

Benefits for Skin

Aloe Vera gel contains lot of nutrients which are very good for skin. These nutrients help in skin nourishment.

1. Prevention from signs of aging

Wrinkles and fine lines start appearing with increasing age. Aloe Vera is a natural remedy to treat such signs of aging. Make a moisturizing pack for this purpose. Take one teaspoon of aloe vera gel, half teaspoon of olive oil and one teaspoon of instant oatmeal. Mix all these ingredients and make a paste.

Apply this paste on your face and keep it for 25 minutes and then rinse it off with cold water. Skin aging causes skin drying, aloe vera moisturizes the skin and removes dead skin cells from the skin. Thus, it makes skin smooth and supple.

2. Add Moisture

Aloe vera is known as a good moisturizer for skin. You can extract aloe vera gel from aloe vera leaves and can directly apply it on your skin or there are plenty of aloe vera gels available in market. Aloe vera provides hydration to your skin.

3. Fight acne and lighten blemishes

Aloe Vera has anti-bacterial properties, thus it helps to prevent acne.  It also works wonders for clearing the blemishes. Mix aloe vera with few drops of lemon juice and apply it to your skin.

This will help in reducing acne and blemishes from skin. Because of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, it helps in reducing the problem of acne.

4. Prevents sunburns and helps in reducing tan

Due to the presence of compounds like polysaccharides, aloe vera gel helps in repairing skin. It is used to treat sunburns as it has soothing effect.

Apply aloe vera gel directly on sun burn area. Anti-inflammatory properties of aloe vera gel helps in reducing redness and soothes the skin.

5. Helps in healing wounds

Aloe vera, due to its anti-inflammatory properties, is very effective in fighting against wounds. Apply aloe vera gel on wounds and insect bites in order to treat them.

6. Reduces stretch marks

With rapid weight gain or during pregnancy when our skin loses elasticity, gets damaged and gets stretch marks. You can get rid of these marks easily by simply using aloe vera gel regularly.

7. Prevent dark spots

Aloe vera prevents skin discoloration. Application of aloe vera gel regularly will help in removing dark spots from skin.

Benefits for Hair

There are so many amazing benefits of aloe vera for skin and hair as well. It contains a lot of nutrients which are very beneficial for hair. These nutrients help in hair nourishment.

1. Promotes hair growth

Aloe vera gel not just works for your skin, but also works wonders for hair. It has a lot of benefits for your hair also. Application of aloe vera gel on hair promotes hair growth.

You can mix two tablespoons of aloe vera gel with one table spoon of castor oil and then apply it to your hair. Gently massage for 5 minutes.

Keep it overnight, and rinse it off in the morning with gentle shampoo. Aloe vera reduces dead cells from scalp and thus promotes hair growth.

2. Removes Dandruff

Aloe Vera gel not only helps is hair promotion, but also removes dandruff problem. It removes dead skin cells from scalp that clog your hair. Its anti-microbial property fights against with infections and soothes the scalp.

3. It maintains the ph balance of scalp

Aloe vera can help to maintain the ph balance of your scalp. Surfactants contained in shampoos alter the ph balance of hair. This results in damaged hair. Aloe vera helps to restore the ph balance of your hair and hence keep your hair healthy.

4. It conditions your hair

Also, aloe vera is a natural conditioner for hair. It helps in nourishing your hair and strengthens your hair and makes it shiny.

You can use this gel after shampooing your hair or even as a leave-in treatment. Enzyme present in aloe vera gel removes dead cells from scalp and repairs your damaged hair.

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