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    Home » Blog » DIY Beauty

    DIY Rice Flour and Rice Flour Face Mask

    Published: Jan 2, 2013 · Modified: Sep 30, 2019 by Tash · This post may contain affiliate links · 15 Comments

    DIY Rice Flour and Rice Flour Face Mask

    Rice flour has been used by women around the globe for thousands of years to enhance their beauty and the clarity of their skin. In Feudal Japan, it was often used by the Geisha to maintain a soft porcelain hue and for warding off hyper-pigmentation, UV exposure, and aging while looking delicate, feminine, and refined.

    Today, you can still reap the many benefits of rice flour in your beauty routine. There are so many ways that you can use it, and it is so simple to make at home with the white rice you have on hand.

    Some examples of rice flour's benefits include:

    • It's great as a cosmetic primer (just brush it on in a thin layer, then apply your make-up)
    • As a setting powder for make-up
    • Reduces shine
    • Soaks up excess oil
    • Heals acne
    • Can be used as a facial scrub
    • Can be used as a facial mask (works well mixed in facial clay)
    • It reduces inflammation
    • Lightens the skin with consistent use (this includes stubborn hyperpigmentation and other dark spots)

    Rice flour can be found at any Indian or Asian food markets, but I chose to make it myself at home to see how it went, and I'd say it came out just as expected!

    Check out the video at the bottom of the post to see how I did it.

    Table of Contents

    • How to Make a Rice Flour Face Mask for Beautifully Clear Skin
      • Loving Preparation - Rice Flour Face Mask Recipe

    How to Make a Rice Flour Face Mask for Beautifully Clear Skin

    Rice flour can be used in a number of different skincare recipes, but my favorite one at the moment is mixing it with manuka honey and a drop of my favorite essential oil, tea tree.

    Rice Flour Mask with Manuka Honey

    This mask is fantastic if you have acne, redness, and inflammation in the skin. The manuka honey is highly anti-bacterial and very soothing to inflamed angry skin, just make sure to get manuka honey with a bioactivity of 16+ or higher.

    You can learn more about the amazing benefits of manuka honey here - it's definitely one of my must have clear skin remedies!

    The rice flour will brighten hyperpigmentation, reduce redness, and smooth the skin while the medicinal honey kills acne-causing bacteria and restores moisture.

    Loving Preparation - Rice Flour Face Mask Recipe

    To begin, slowly stir a small amount of manuka honey into about one tablespoon of homemade rice flour until you reach the desired consistency. I used about equal parts of each and then added a drop of lavender essential oil for relaxation and for its skin calming properties.

    If the mask is too runny, simply add more rice flour to thicken it. If it's too thick, add a little more honey and so on until you reach the desired consistency.

    Rice Flour Mask with Rose

    Another favorite mask is rice flour and rose water. This mask smells sooo good! The rose fragrance is perfect for calming the nerves during stressful events and uplifts the spirits after a long day.

    Rose water is known to be astringent, cooling, anti-bacterial, and calming for the skin which is why it is used for a variety of skin ailments like sunburn, redness, acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Learn how to make your own rosewater here.

    Preparation

    All you have to do is slowly pour the rose water into 1 TB of rice flour. It should reach the consistency of a thick lotion. If it gets too thin and runny, add more rice flour to thicken the mask. Mixing in a bit of kaolin clay adds a nice purifying touch to this mask recipe.

    Apply to the face evenly and leave on for 15-20 minutes, or until dry. 

    As you rinse, use the rice flour to gently exfoliate your skin. Use this mask 2-3 times a week.

    Be sure to check out my video tutorial below 🙂

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    DIY Rice Flour and Rice Flour Face Mask - Learn how to make a simple mask with the healing power of rice flour for soft radiant skin.

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    1. Harshika says

      August 25, 2017 at 6:09 am

      Thank you for sharing informative article.

      Reply
    2. veena says

      February 26, 2015 at 9:15 am

      Which variety of rice should i use... We get almost 30 kind of brown and white rice locally

      Reply
      • Tash says

        February 26, 2015 at 9:44 am

        Hi Veena!

        I have used jasmine rice with great results!

        Reply
    3. Christy Y says

      February 05, 2014 at 10:49 am

      For those who have tried this, did you use honey or rose water?

      Reply
    4. Sathish Kumar says

      January 10, 2014 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks

      Reply
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    6. minaki z says

      June 14, 2013 at 12:28 am

      just tried it..it's effective! skin brightened and oh so smooth...so happy

      Reply
      • Tash says

        June 14, 2013 at 6:09 pm

        =)

        Reply
    7. Andrea Coco says

      May 14, 2013 at 9:00 am

      Wearing a rice flour mask as of this moment hihi^^

      Reply
    8. Shermin Ng says

      May 06, 2013 at 4:18 am

      You can just go to the market to buy rice flour ^^

      Reply
      • Tash says

        May 06, 2013 at 5:28 pm

        You sure can! I'm just a bit too lazy to go to the market sometimes =)

        Reply
    9. tonidaclitan says

      April 27, 2013 at 2:43 am

      I have my rice flour mask as I post this comment teehee 😀

      Reply
      • Tash says

        April 29, 2013 at 9:33 am

        =) hope you like it!

        Reply
    10. darwisa tandih says

      March 16, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      Thank you for such advisable tips...

      Reply
      • Tash says

        March 16, 2013 at 9:56 pm

        You're welcome! =)

        Reply

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