18 Ways to Use Baking Soda for Skin
Baking soda Isn‘t a stranger to most of us. All of us see and utilize it in kitchen but perhaps you have ever used baking soda for skin improvement? Otherwise, continue reading to understand the many uses and benefits of baking soda for the skin.
Use Baking Soda for Skin Whitening
Baking soda is alkaline in nature and thus balances the pH levels of your respective skin to really make it glow with radiance. It exfoliates the dead skin and produce them fall off on reveal a brand new new skin from beneath. This works well for lightening your skin as all of the dull dead skin is scrubbed away naturally by baking soda.
1. How you can use baking soda for face whitening?
You only require a facial wash with baking soda. Listed below are such two recipes with baking soda which will whiten your skin.
Use it with water
Get this:
Baking soda- 2 tbsp
Water- 1 tbsp
Do this:
Mix baking soda and water to form a creamy paste
Apply this to your face
Gently rub your face in circular motion with fingers, just for 2 minutes
Wash off with water
Pat dry and apply moisturizer
Do this only once a week
Use it with lemon juice
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Strawberries- 1-2
Lemon juice- 1 tsp
Do this:
Mash the strawberries
Combine baking soda, lemon juice and mashed strawberries
Mix them well and apply to your face
Wait for 2 minutes
Now gently rub the skin with fingers for a minute
Wash off your face with lukewarm water
pat dry and apply moisturizer
Do this once a week
Precaution: Whenever you use baking soda for skin, try to use it only once or twice a week because due to its alkaline nature, it strips off the natural oil of your skin and makes it dry. You just need to use it sparingly with proper gaps so that you just clean off the dead skin and not the oils and other natural moisture of your skin.
2. Use Baking Soda to make Skin Exfoliant
Baking soda is a great exfoliating agent for obvious reasons. It is alkaline and strips off the dead skin cells. When you want to use it as scrubbing agent for your face, you just need to add a little water because it already has a slight grainy texture that will exfoliate skin when you rub it gently there. However, you may add some oil or other ingredients to make it a more effective exfoliant.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Oatmeal- 2 tbsp
Vitamin E oil/ coconut oil- few drops
Water- 1-2 tsp
Do this:
Combine everything and make a paste
Apply on your skin and wait for a couple of minutes before you scrub it
After about 2 minutes, rub your face with fingers in gentle circular motion for another 2 minutes
Now wash off with warm water and pat dry before applying moisturizer
3. Use Baking Soda for Even Skin Tone
Do you have an uneven skin tone due to such reasons as acne scars, dark spots, or freckles? You can use baking soda to make your skin tone even. As baking soda is a good skin neutralizer due to its pH balancing capacity, it can work wonders on your skin.
Baking soda- 2-3 tsp
Rose water- 1/2 a tsp
Aloe vera gel- 1/2 – 1 tsp
Do this:
Add everything and mix well to get a smooth paste
Apply this to your uneven skin
Let it stay there for about 3-5 minutes
Now rub gently with fingers in circular motion for about 1-2 minutes
Wash off with lukewarm water
Pat dry with a clean towel and apply moisturizer
Repeat 1-2 times a week
4. Use Baking Soda for Skin Tan
Have you faced a prolonged exposure to sun that has given you a tan? You can use baking soda to remove such tan. And the best part is that you can use this cheap kitchen ingredients on your hands and legs too. So, grab some soda and follow the steps below.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1/4 cup (or less if you just want to apply it on face)
Vinegar- 2-3 tbsp
Water- 2-3 tbsp
Adjust water and vinegar according to the quantity of baking soda. You need a paste like consistency.
Do this:
Combine soda with water and vinegar to form a paste
Apply this to your face, hands and legs or other areas where you have a tan
Let it stay for 5-10 minutes (you may remove it from face after 2 minutes)
Now gently scrub in circular motion for another 1-2 minutes
Wash off with water
Pat dry and apply moisturizer
Repeat once or twice a week depending upon the severity of your skin tan
5. Use Baking Soda for Skin Tightening
Baking soda is an alkaline substance and for this very reason, it not only sloughs off dead skin cells but also helps in tightening the skin pores. Adding other skin tightening ingredients like honey to baking soda make it more effective remedy for skin tightening.
Get this:
Baking soda- 2 tbsp
Honey- 1 tbsp
Water- few drops
Do this:
Add honey to the baking soda and mix well.
If needed, add a few drops of water to make the paste smooth enough to apply on your face
Now apply this to your face and wait for 5-10 minutes
Wash off with lukewarm water
Pat dry and apply your regular moisturizer
Repeat 1-2 times a week
6. Use Baking Soda for Sun Burn
If your sun burn has reached a level where you suffer from itching and burning, look no further than baking soda as it has a very soothing effect on such burning skin. This is due to the alkaline properties of baking soda. Use it to make a cool compress for your sun burn affected skin.
Get this:
Baking soda- 2-3 tsp
Cold water- 1 glass
Washcloth
Do this:
Add the baking soda to the glass of cold water and mix well
Now soak the washcloth in this soda mixed water
Take out the cloth and wring it out to discard the excess water.
Place this cold compress over your skin where you have sun burn
Let it come to room temperature which might take anywhere between 2-5 minutes
If needed, repeat the process
You can do this twice a day to sooth your burning skin.
7.Use Baking Soda for Acne Scars
When your skin pores get clogged with dead skin, oil and bacteria, you can see these tiny monsters called acne. And if you don’t deal with them properly, they leave after giving you what is called acne scars. So, if you have some of these scars on your face, what all you need is some baking soda and water. Baking soda will exfoliate the scarred skin and help reveal fresh new skin without scars.
[Don't Miss: Top 11 Top Remedies to Remove Acne Scars]
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Water- 2-3 tbsp
Do this:
You need more of a runny liquid type paste this time and thus more water than baking soda.
Add water to baking soda to get a runny paste but it should be also thick enough so that you may hold it in fingers and apply on your skin
Now apply this paste to your acne scars. Cover the scars well with this paste
Let it stay there for 3-4 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
Repeat 1-2 times a day
9. Use Baking Soda for Skin Rashes
If you didn’t know, baking soda has antibacterial properties too and has some anti inflammatory effects too. Because it can also dry out your skin due to its alkaline properties, you can get relief from itching and swelling that come with skin rashes. Use baking soda to relieve skin rashes.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Coconut oil- 1/2 tsp
Do this:
Add coconut oil to baking soda and make paste
Apply this paste to your skin rashes
Let it stay there for 4-5 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
Repeat again if needed after few hours. You can apply this twice a day
10. Use Baking Soda for Skin Fungus
Baking soda can help contain the growth of fungus on your skin. The plain reason for this is the alkaline nature of baking soda. It makes your skin alkaline, a state where fungi cannot thrive or spread. Once the skin again becomes acidic, fungus can grow there.
Get this
Baking soda – 1-2 tbsp
Water- 1-2 tsp
Vinegar- 1-2 tsp
Do this:
Mix all the ingredients and get a runny paste
Apply this to the skin affected with fungus
Leave for few minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry. Dry out your skin properly because fungus love moist areas
Do this for toenail fungus
If you have toenail fungus, you need the same ingredients but in different quantities to make a foot soak.
Get 4-5 tbsp of baking soda and 1 cup vinegar
Fill a foot basin with water and add baking soda and vinegar to this water
Mix well and soak your feet in this for some time, about 10-15 minutes
Then take out your feet from water and pat dry thoroughly
11. Use Baking Soda for Skin Yeast Infection
Candida fungus or yeast lives on human skin, especially in such areas as mouth, intestinal tract, throat and genitals. When this yeast begins to multiply abnormally, you get what is called yeast infection. Baking soda can treat this skin infection well due to its many properties like alkaline nature, pH balancing capacity, and anti-fungal properties. When you are talking about yeast infection in intestine or internal organs, you would need to consume about half a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with a glass of water every day for about 10-14 days. But when you talk about yeast infection on skin, you can make a paste with baking soda and water and use it on skin for 2-4 minutes. If you have yeast infection of genital area, you may take a sitz bath (hip bath) for this
Get this:
Baking soda- 1cup
Tea tree oil- 4-6 drops
Shallow sitz bath
Do this:
Add baking soda and tea tree oil to the sitz bath and fill it with warm water
Sit in this for few minutes, about 5-10 minutes
Wash off with water and dry completely
Precaution: Don’t do this sitz bath more often. It can be done in once in two or three weeks. As skin of vaginal area is too sensitive, baking soda can disturb the pH balance of the area if used frequently. This may lead to more fungal infection there. Pregnant women should avoid such remedies or talk to their doctor before doing anything with baking soda.
12. Use Baking Soda for Skin Psoriasis
Use it, but with caution. You can relieve the redness and itchiness of your psoriasis affected skin when you use baking soda sparingly and wisely. If you, however, use it without a thought, you might actually flare up your psoriasis. Why does this happen? Because baking soda makes our slightly acidic skin more alkaline. A little acidic nature of our skin prevent bacteria and fungi to thrive on our skin. Ideally our skin should be slightly acidic. If it’s too acidic, bacteria will grow and if it’s too alkaline then also you may suffer from extreme dryness which in turn lead to more aggravated psoriasis. So, when to use baking soda for psoriasis? Use it when you have thick, scaly heels or other heavily encrusted lesions on your skin. But don’t use it on this type of skin if you have cracks there. And yes, if you are using baking soda for psoriasis, use it in very small quantities and sparingly, say about once or twice a month.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Castor oil- 1 tsp
Do this:
Mix the soda and oil to get a paste
Apply this to your lesions due to psoriasis.
Don’t use baking soda when such skin surface is cracked, just apply castor oil in such cases.
Make Baking Soda Face Masks
Because baking soda has so many benefits for skin issues like acne, rashes, dark spots, pigmentation, sagging, dull and uneven skin tone, you can use this very helpful ingredient to make various face packs and masks and get a younger looking radiant skin. Here are some recipes for baking soda face packs for you.
13. Skin Brightening Baking Soda Face Pack
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Orange juice- 1 tbsp
Do this:
Mix baking soda and orange juice to get a paste
Apply this to your face.
Leave for 15-20 minutes.
Wash off with water, pat dry and apply moisturizer
The Vitamin C present in orange juice works to give you brightened skin. Baking soda, of course, exfoliates the dull skin to shed all dead skin cells which also helps you get brighter face.
14. Acne Remedy with Baking Soda Face Mask
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tsp
Sandalwood powder- 1 tbsp
Rose water- few drops
Do this:
Mix all of the ingredients to get a paste
Apply this to your acne
Leave for 5-7 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
While baking soda regulates your skin’s pH levels and heals the itching and redness, sandalwood powder fights off the bacteria and fungi due to its antibacterial properties. This also prevents pimples and acne breakout. Rosewater and sandalwood powder both provide soothing coolness to your inflamed skin.
Use Baking Soda for Skin Whitening
Baking soda is alkaline in nature and thus balances the pH levels of your respective skin to really make it glow with radiance. It exfoliates the dead skin and produce them fall off on reveal a brand new new skin from beneath. This works well for lightening your skin as all of the dull dead skin is scrubbed away naturally by baking soda.
1. How you can use baking soda for face whitening?
You only require a facial wash with baking soda. Listed below are such two recipes with baking soda which will whiten your skin.
Use it with water
Get this:
Baking soda- 2 tbsp
Water- 1 tbsp
Do this:
Mix baking soda and water to form a creamy paste
Apply this to your face
Gently rub your face in circular motion with fingers, just for 2 minutes
Wash off with water
Pat dry and apply moisturizer
Do this only once a week
Use it with lemon juice
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Strawberries- 1-2
Lemon juice- 1 tsp
Do this:
Mash the strawberries
Combine baking soda, lemon juice and mashed strawberries
Mix them well and apply to your face
Wait for 2 minutes
Now gently rub the skin with fingers for a minute
Wash off your face with lukewarm water
pat dry and apply moisturizer
Do this once a week
Precaution: Whenever you use baking soda for skin, try to use it only once or twice a week because due to its alkaline nature, it strips off the natural oil of your skin and makes it dry. You just need to use it sparingly with proper gaps so that you just clean off the dead skin and not the oils and other natural moisture of your skin.
2. Use Baking Soda to make Skin Exfoliant
Baking soda is a great exfoliating agent for obvious reasons. It is alkaline and strips off the dead skin cells. When you want to use it as scrubbing agent for your face, you just need to add a little water because it already has a slight grainy texture that will exfoliate skin when you rub it gently there. However, you may add some oil or other ingredients to make it a more effective exfoliant.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Oatmeal- 2 tbsp
Vitamin E oil/ coconut oil- few drops
Water- 1-2 tsp
Do this:
Combine everything and make a paste
Apply on your skin and wait for a couple of minutes before you scrub it
After about 2 minutes, rub your face with fingers in gentle circular motion for another 2 minutes
Now wash off with warm water and pat dry before applying moisturizer
3. Use Baking Soda for Even Skin Tone
Do you have an uneven skin tone due to such reasons as acne scars, dark spots, or freckles? You can use baking soda to make your skin tone even. As baking soda is a good skin neutralizer due to its pH balancing capacity, it can work wonders on your skin.
Baking soda- 2-3 tsp
Rose water- 1/2 a tsp
Aloe vera gel- 1/2 – 1 tsp
Do this:
Add everything and mix well to get a smooth paste
Apply this to your uneven skin
Let it stay there for about 3-5 minutes
Now rub gently with fingers in circular motion for about 1-2 minutes
Wash off with lukewarm water
Pat dry with a clean towel and apply moisturizer
Repeat 1-2 times a week
4. Use Baking Soda for Skin Tan
Have you faced a prolonged exposure to sun that has given you a tan? You can use baking soda to remove such tan. And the best part is that you can use this cheap kitchen ingredients on your hands and legs too. So, grab some soda and follow the steps below.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1/4 cup (or less if you just want to apply it on face)
Vinegar- 2-3 tbsp
Water- 2-3 tbsp
Adjust water and vinegar according to the quantity of baking soda. You need a paste like consistency.
Do this:
Combine soda with water and vinegar to form a paste
Apply this to your face, hands and legs or other areas where you have a tan
Let it stay for 5-10 minutes (you may remove it from face after 2 minutes)
Now gently scrub in circular motion for another 1-2 minutes
Wash off with water
Pat dry and apply moisturizer
Repeat once or twice a week depending upon the severity of your skin tan
5. Use Baking Soda for Skin Tightening
Baking soda is an alkaline substance and for this very reason, it not only sloughs off dead skin cells but also helps in tightening the skin pores. Adding other skin tightening ingredients like honey to baking soda make it more effective remedy for skin tightening.
Get this:
Baking soda- 2 tbsp
Honey- 1 tbsp
Water- few drops
Do this:
Add honey to the baking soda and mix well.
If needed, add a few drops of water to make the paste smooth enough to apply on your face
Now apply this to your face and wait for 5-10 minutes
Wash off with lukewarm water
Pat dry and apply your regular moisturizer
Repeat 1-2 times a week
6. Use Baking Soda for Sun Burn
If your sun burn has reached a level where you suffer from itching and burning, look no further than baking soda as it has a very soothing effect on such burning skin. This is due to the alkaline properties of baking soda. Use it to make a cool compress for your sun burn affected skin.
Get this:
Baking soda- 2-3 tsp
Cold water- 1 glass
Washcloth
Do this:
Add the baking soda to the glass of cold water and mix well
Now soak the washcloth in this soda mixed water
Take out the cloth and wring it out to discard the excess water.
Place this cold compress over your skin where you have sun burn
Let it come to room temperature which might take anywhere between 2-5 minutes
If needed, repeat the process
You can do this twice a day to sooth your burning skin.
7.Use Baking Soda for Acne Scars
When your skin pores get clogged with dead skin, oil and bacteria, you can see these tiny monsters called acne. And if you don’t deal with them properly, they leave after giving you what is called acne scars. So, if you have some of these scars on your face, what all you need is some baking soda and water. Baking soda will exfoliate the scarred skin and help reveal fresh new skin without scars.
[Don't Miss: Top 11 Top Remedies to Remove Acne Scars]
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Water- 2-3 tbsp
Do this:
You need more of a runny liquid type paste this time and thus more water than baking soda.
Add water to baking soda to get a runny paste but it should be also thick enough so that you may hold it in fingers and apply on your skin
Now apply this paste to your acne scars. Cover the scars well with this paste
Let it stay there for 3-4 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
Repeat 1-2 times a day
9. Use Baking Soda for Skin Rashes
If you didn’t know, baking soda has antibacterial properties too and has some anti inflammatory effects too. Because it can also dry out your skin due to its alkaline properties, you can get relief from itching and swelling that come with skin rashes. Use baking soda to relieve skin rashes.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Coconut oil- 1/2 tsp
Do this:
Add coconut oil to baking soda and make paste
Apply this paste to your skin rashes
Let it stay there for 4-5 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
Repeat again if needed after few hours. You can apply this twice a day
10. Use Baking Soda for Skin Fungus
Baking soda can help contain the growth of fungus on your skin. The plain reason for this is the alkaline nature of baking soda. It makes your skin alkaline, a state where fungi cannot thrive or spread. Once the skin again becomes acidic, fungus can grow there.
Get this
Baking soda – 1-2 tbsp
Water- 1-2 tsp
Vinegar- 1-2 tsp
Do this:
Mix all the ingredients and get a runny paste
Apply this to the skin affected with fungus
Leave for few minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry. Dry out your skin properly because fungus love moist areas
Do this for toenail fungus
If you have toenail fungus, you need the same ingredients but in different quantities to make a foot soak.
Get 4-5 tbsp of baking soda and 1 cup vinegar
Fill a foot basin with water and add baking soda and vinegar to this water
Mix well and soak your feet in this for some time, about 10-15 minutes
Then take out your feet from water and pat dry thoroughly
11. Use Baking Soda for Skin Yeast Infection
Candida fungus or yeast lives on human skin, especially in such areas as mouth, intestinal tract, throat and genitals. When this yeast begins to multiply abnormally, you get what is called yeast infection. Baking soda can treat this skin infection well due to its many properties like alkaline nature, pH balancing capacity, and anti-fungal properties. When you are talking about yeast infection in intestine or internal organs, you would need to consume about half a teaspoon of baking soda mixed with a glass of water every day for about 10-14 days. But when you talk about yeast infection on skin, you can make a paste with baking soda and water and use it on skin for 2-4 minutes. If you have yeast infection of genital area, you may take a sitz bath (hip bath) for this
Get this:
Baking soda- 1cup
Tea tree oil- 4-6 drops
Shallow sitz bath
Do this:
Add baking soda and tea tree oil to the sitz bath and fill it with warm water
Sit in this for few minutes, about 5-10 minutes
Wash off with water and dry completely
Precaution: Don’t do this sitz bath more often. It can be done in once in two or three weeks. As skin of vaginal area is too sensitive, baking soda can disturb the pH balance of the area if used frequently. This may lead to more fungal infection there. Pregnant women should avoid such remedies or talk to their doctor before doing anything with baking soda.
12. Use Baking Soda for Skin Psoriasis
Use it, but with caution. You can relieve the redness and itchiness of your psoriasis affected skin when you use baking soda sparingly and wisely. If you, however, use it without a thought, you might actually flare up your psoriasis. Why does this happen? Because baking soda makes our slightly acidic skin more alkaline. A little acidic nature of our skin prevent bacteria and fungi to thrive on our skin. Ideally our skin should be slightly acidic. If it’s too acidic, bacteria will grow and if it’s too alkaline then also you may suffer from extreme dryness which in turn lead to more aggravated psoriasis. So, when to use baking soda for psoriasis? Use it when you have thick, scaly heels or other heavily encrusted lesions on your skin. But don’t use it on this type of skin if you have cracks there. And yes, if you are using baking soda for psoriasis, use it in very small quantities and sparingly, say about once or twice a month.
Get this:
Baking soda- 1-2 tsp
Castor oil- 1 tsp
Do this:
Mix the soda and oil to get a paste
Apply this to your lesions due to psoriasis.
Don’t use baking soda when such skin surface is cracked, just apply castor oil in such cases.
Make Baking Soda Face Masks
Because baking soda has so many benefits for skin issues like acne, rashes, dark spots, pigmentation, sagging, dull and uneven skin tone, you can use this very helpful ingredient to make various face packs and masks and get a younger looking radiant skin. Here are some recipes for baking soda face packs for you.
13. Skin Brightening Baking Soda Face Pack
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tbsp
Orange juice- 1 tbsp
Do this:
Mix baking soda and orange juice to get a paste
Apply this to your face.
Leave for 15-20 minutes.
Wash off with water, pat dry and apply moisturizer
The Vitamin C present in orange juice works to give you brightened skin. Baking soda, of course, exfoliates the dull skin to shed all dead skin cells which also helps you get brighter face.
14. Acne Remedy with Baking Soda Face Mask
Get this:
Baking soda- 1 tsp
Sandalwood powder- 1 tbsp
Rose water- few drops
Do this:
Mix all of the ingredients to get a paste
Apply this to your acne
Leave for 5-7 minutes
Wash off with water and pat dry
While baking soda regulates your skin’s pH levels and heals the itching and redness, sandalwood powder fights off the bacteria and fungi due to its antibacterial properties. This also prevents pimples and acne breakout. Rosewater and sandalwood powder both provide soothing coolness to your inflamed skin.
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