Fuller’s earth is also sometimes called “bleaching clay”, probably because fulling whitens the cloth.”

Now that we have a fair idea of what Fuller’s earth is and how it has been used so far, let’s check in detail the benefits of Fuller’s earth.

Benefits And Uses Of Fuller’s Earth For Skin:

We bring to you the benefits of fuller’s earth on various notes in detail. From the ingredients to use each time, to how to use it, how it works and tips on using it too. Each segment is a paragraph that explains the same. Please read on and be well-informed.

1. Oil Absorber

As an oil absorber, Fuller’s earth can absorb the excess oils formed on our skin layers and along with it vacuum off the impurities with the same as well.

What all you need

• A tablespoon of fuller’s earth
• An equal amount of rosewater
•  A pinch of turmeric

Directions:

1. Mix all the above ingredients well with a spoon, and apply on the face.
2. Wait for ten minutes until the pack hardens on the face, and gently wash off with cold water.

How it works:

What actually happens is that when you apply the mask of Fuller’s earth, it penetrates into the skin and shrinks the pores. This stops the excess of oil production from happening.

Fuller’s earth address issues such as hyperpigmentation because of oiliness on the skin.

Tip:

• Should you have normal to dry skin, use this pack twice a week.
• Thrice a week for ten minutes should you have combo to oily.
• For sensitive skin, we do not recommend this pack.
• The pH levels of the skin would be balanced after every use of this pack.

2. Fairness And Glow

To naturally attain fairness and a wonderful youthful glow on the face, ditch away from the costly commercial products and look at Fuller’s earth for an answer.

What all you need:

• A cup of orange zest
• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth.

Directions:

1. Add a little water to the orange zest and then pour the same into Fuller’s earth to form a coarse paste.
2. Apply the same on your face for half an hour, and wait for it to dry.
3. Once the waiting period is over, gently wash the face with cold running water.

How it works

What happens during this waiting period is that the vitamin C and the natural bleaching properties of orange peel and Fuller’s earth respectively work to bleach the skin and remove dirt, grime and dead skin cells from the skin; Fuller’s earth vacuums the pores off the dirt.

Tip:

• In circular motions exfoliate the skin and this would remove excess oils and dead skin cells.

• For normal to dry skin, this should be done once a week.

• For oily to combo type of skin, this should be done twice a week.

• Not to be used at all for the sensitive and couperouse type of skins.

3. Fights Acne And Pimples

Fuller’s earth would also be the antidote you need when pimples and acne are in abundance attacking your skin.

What all you need

• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth
• Water

Directions:

1. Apply the same on your face for half an hour and wait.
2. Wash your face once the pack has dried up and then pat dry

How it works

During this time, the Fuller’s earth would use its minerals and natural healing powers to dry up the acne and pimples on the face.

Tip

For sensitive skin types, this is the best pack to use. Not for normal to dry skin and flaky couperouse skin types at all.

4. Reduces Scar

We are fed up with the scars on our face, because of the scathing and scraping done when the pimples were around. Let’s do damage control with the help of fuller’s earth and eradicate them all.

What all you need:

• Large potato grated into pulp
• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth

Directions:

1. Mix the two and make a paste.
2. Apply the same all over the areas affected and wait for half an hour.
3. Dab your fingers with olive oil and then gently massage the areas.

How it works

What happens here is that the natural bleaching properties of potato and Fuller’s earth respectively would enter the skin and fade away the scars and marks left behind by the scathing. In return, the skin is also kept cleaned and vacuumed off the dirt and the grime.

Tip:

Use regularly. This is a pack to be used ONLY if you have scars on your face which you want to lighten. The pack can be used for all skin types, except sensitive and couperouse skin conditions.

5. Improves Skin Elasticity

When you try the wonders of Fuller’s earth for the same, you would realise there is no need to get back to the commercial products for the same.

What all you need:

• A large egg

• A tbsp of Fuller’s earth

• A tbsp of rosewater.

Directions:

1. Crack open the egg and place it in a mixing bowl
2. To this, you shall add the Fuller’s earth and rosewater.
3. Mix them well and form a paste.
4. Apply the same instantly on the face and the neck, and relax.
5. Wait for ten minutes and then wash it off using gentle circular motions.

How it works

• What happens here is that the egg helps with collagen and elastin formation. This is how the skin gets its motivation to tighten up and form good elasticity too.
• The rosewater wards the smell off of the egg and the antioxidant in it helps fight free radicals.
• And finally, the Fuller’s earth component in it helps bleach the skin and exfoliate the dirt off the skin too.

Tip:

This is a recipe that can be used for all skin types, except couperouse and dry or flaky skin. This recipe can be used twice a week.

6. Removes Dead Skin

Dead skin cells make the skin look unhealthy, dry, drabby and of course, dead. This is why, we should get a proper cleansing done, and for that, we shall use Fuller’s earth.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of oatmeal
• A teaspoon of fuller’s earth
• A tablespoon of lime juice

Directions:

1. Mix the three ingredients very well in a mixing bowl and form a coarse paste.
2. Apply the same on the face and wait for ten minutes.
3. Once the pack hardens up, it is time to wash it off with cold water.

How it works

What happens here is that while you are washing off the pack, you would be gently massaging the skin and exfoliating off the dirt, grime, and the dead skin cells. This removes the upper layer of dead skin cells, and the face comes as clean. The portion of lime naturally nourishes the skin and bleaches it, along with the Fuller’s earth vacuuming off the remainder dirt and dead skin cells from the face. Oatmeal helps with the exfoliation as an excellent scrub.

Tip:

This should be done twice a week for all skin types, and shouldn’t be used on sensitive and couperouse skin types as well.

7. Treats Oily Skin

This is a recipe that helps balance the pH levels of the skin, helps with oil control and also helps soak and suck up excess oil too.

What all you need:

• A cup of oatmeal grounded to a fine powder.

• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth

• One large cucumber.

Directions:

1. In a blender, make a thorough fine paste of the same and remove.
2. Apply the paste on your face and the neck, and wait for half an hour.
3. When the waiting period is over, you may now gently wash the face off with cold water.

How it works

What happens here is that cucumber acts as an astringent and balances the pH levels of the skin, while the oatmeal acts as an oil absorber. Fuller’s earth here would help clear the pores. Cold water helps close the pores faster and tones the skin.

Tip:

Do this thrice a week for oily skin and once a week for normal to dry skin. This is a recipe that is not meant to be used for flaky and couperouse or sensitive skin types and conditions though.

8. Removes Blackheads And Whiteheads

You may opt for blackhead strips and whitehead comedone removers, which can be painful to use, or simply bank on the healing touches of Fuller’s earth to help get the face rid of the same. The bumps and lumps on the face too can be solved, with Fuller’s earth, and what you can get removed easily would be blackheads and whiteheads too.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of lime concentrate

• An equal amount of Fuller’s earth is added and formed into paste.

Directions:

1. Apply the mask on the areas of the face- the nose, chin and the cheeks where blackheads and whiteheads are mostly seen.
2. Wait for ten minutes and then wash off with cold water using gentle circular motions to clean and exfoliate the skin.

How it works

What happens here is that the Fuller’s earth helps vacuum blackheads and whiteheads. In addition to that, the natural bleaching properties of fuller’s earth and lime help diminish scars and nourishes the skin too.

Tip:

This is a formula not to be used on dry skin or couperouse and sensitive skin types. Do this twice a week for other skin types.

9. Reduces Sun Tan

Sun tan is the worst thing that can happen to our skin, and this is why we would not want to use chemical bleaches to remove it since the skin is already sensitive. What we would use otherwise would be Fuller’s earth.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of sandalwood powder
• A large tomato pulped and mashed
• Fuller’s earth powder

Directions:

1. Form a thick paste mixing all the ingredients
2. Apply it all over the face and the neck, and your hands or any part of the body where the tan is
3. Wait for half an hour
4. Wash off

How it works

• The natural bleaching properties of Fuller’s earth along with its vacuuming properties would start its effect.
• The dead skin cells too would be removed, and the lycopene in tomatoes would help bleach the skin and fight free radicals too.
• Sandalwood powder naturally bleaches the skin and heals or soothes it from inflammation and sunburns as well.

Tip:

This is a formula that should be used once a week and not for dry or sensitive or couperouse skin types at all.

10. Skin Toner

Pores on our skin can house dirt, grime, and pollution, and create eruptions later on- pimples and acne, which we hate and those which are painful too. To avoid this all, it is important to have the skin toned, from time to time. Toning doesn’t mean you have to buy and use expensive commercial toners.

What all you need:

• A tsp. of mint paste
• A tsp. of Fuller’s earth
• Rose water.

Directions:

1. Mix the two ingredients mentioned with a little rose water to form a paste
2. Apply the paste on your face daily for ten minutes.
3. Wash with cold water

How it works

• While you wait, the toning action happens with mint which is an astringent and shrinks the pores to create even and smooth skin.
• The Fuller’s earth content helps create tightness, firmness and also helps with natural bleaching of the skin, whilst vacuuming the dirt and grime out of the pores.

Tip:

This is a formula which shouldn’t be done on dry, flaky and couperouse skin types. For other skin types, you can use it once a day every day.

11. Treats Skin Irritation

Pathogenic bacteria settle in the pores of the skin and along with the dirt and grime, block the pores. When this happens, the oil glands aren’t able to secrete the much-needed oil for the skin, and they mix with the clogged pores. This, in turn, creates pustules, pimples, acne and other forms of skin diseases and disorders too. The bacterial effect can be done away easily when you use Fuller’s earth and orange peel.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon each of Fuller’s earth
• Orange peel can be mixed with water or uncooked milk to form a paste.

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on your face
2. Leave it for half an hour
3. Gently wash off with cold water

How it works

While the paste is hardening, the clogged pores would be vacuumed and sucked out of the dirt, grime and pollution, and the excess oil too.

The orange peel also helps clean the pores, nourish it, and helps with brightening the skin, as oranges are rich in vitamin C.

Tip:

This formula can be used thrice a week for combo to oily skin and once a week for normal to dry skin. This recipe shouldn’t be used for dry and couperouse or for sensitive skin types.

12. Tighten Pores

What all you need:

• Mint
• Fuller’s earth
• Water

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on your face
2. Leave for ten minutes and allow it to dry.
3. Wash off there after

How it works

While it dries, the mint content helps shrink and minimize the pores and also helps tone the skin. The Fuller’s earth component helps naturally bleach the skin and firm it up. This ensures that the pores are tightened and that the skin is devoid of all irritants.

Tip:

This is a formula that also doubles up to bring to the skin a glow so pretty and nice. Use this recipe for oily to combo skin types, and normal to dry. However, if the skin is couperouse and sensitive, it shouldn’t be used. This formula should be used twice a week.

13. Reduces Inflammation

The good natural ingredient- carrot juice, when mixed with Fuller’s earth can also make the skin glow and bring down inflammation too.

What all you need:

• Carrot juice
• Fuller’s earth

Directions:

1. Apply the paste over the neck and the face
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash the face off after the waiting period with cold water and pat dry.

How it works

Carrot juice now helps to cool and calm the skin and bring down inflammation, whilst the Fuller’s earth would help tighten and brighten the skin using the minerals and its own chemical composition within.

Tip:

This can be done for all skin types, except dry and couperouse skin. Do this thrice a week.

14. Skin Exfoliator

To remove dead skin cells invisible to the naked eye from the surface of the skin, you would need the right home based face mask to make and use.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of powdered almond powder
• A tbsp of raw milk
• A tbsp of Fuller’s earth

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the face
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Gently with wet cotton balls, wipe the face.

While wiping the face, it would be wise to use gentle circular motions on the cheeks, side swept motions on the forehead and upward motions on the neck.

How it works

Almond is full of minerals and vitamins which nourish the skin, and its coarse granules help with the exfoliation. Raw milk adds the right amount of hydration and oils to the skin while balancing the pH levels and the lactic acid in it is a natural skin protectant and bleacher too. The Fuller’s earth is what makes the face pack a tightening aging and a firming agent, along with a natural bleaching agent.

Tip:

This formula should be used every day on all skin types, except sensitive and dry or couperouse skin conditions.

15. Reduces Pigmentation

Skin pigmentation can be aesthetically very unhealthy and displeasing to the eyes. One can DIY the pigmentation reduction at home with the help of Fuller’s earth. Here is a recipe that works like magic when used daily.

What all you need:

• A teaspoon each of curd
• Honey
• Lime juice
• Tomato juice
• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the face
2. Wait for ten minutes, or until it dries off
3. Wash off with cold water

How it works

While the waiting period is on, tomato and lime juice would help bleach the scars and pigmentation and reduce the same. The acid content in the two is what makes the bleaching effect happen naturally. Curd has malic acid in it which further helps bleach the areas where pigmentation is seen, and honey helps soothe and hydrate the skin.

Tip:

This is a formula that works on all skin types, except dry and couperouse skin. Using the face pack thrice a week is more than enough to fast eradicate the scars.

16. Removes Dark Patches

Dark patches, age spots and sun spots on the skin can be very displeasing and annoying. This is why we would want to share with you a secret recipe which has been used many a times by mothers and grandmothers.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth,
• A teaspoon of coconut milk.

Directions:

1. A paste should be formed, and then applied on the spots and patches that need to be removed.
2. Keep the paste on the face for half an hour
3. Gently exfoliate it off under cold water.
4. Repeat thrice a week for normal to dry skin and twice a week for oily to combo skin.
5. Do not use this formula if you have very dry and couperouse skin types.

Tip:

This is a formula best kept chilled and frozen so that it helps with the constriction of blood vessels when directly applied on the face.

17. Removes Dark Circles

To remove dark circles and for good, one needs to have a good amount of sleep and plenty of hydration. However, you can also use a DIY formula which we would like to share with you, to remove dark circles.

What all you need:

• Raw potato paste
• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth
• A little rosewater

Directions:

1. Apply this paste on the eyes for half an hour
2. Wash off with cold water.
3. While washing off, ensure to gently rub the eyelids and the under eyes area, so that circulation happens.

How it works

What happens here is that the constriction of blood vessels in one place is not allowed, and the potato acids work its way into the skin to naturally bleach the area of its darkness.

Tip:

For all skin types this is the best formula to use. This should be done daily.

18. Reduces Wrinkles

We can slow down the aging signs and reduce the formation of wrinkles and fine lines with a special formula – one that works at tightening the skin and firming it up while providing more collagen and elastin on the skin too.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of curd
• An egg white; beaten to a whisk and creamy
• A tablespoon of Fuller’s earth.

Directions:

1. Make a paste of the same and apply it on the areas where you noticed wrinkles.
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash the area dry with cold water.

How it works

Egg white helps with tightening and firming the skin, and also with boosting of collagen and elastin. Curd with its malic acid naturally helps bleach the skin and the same with Fuller’s earth too.

Tip:

This is a recipe which should be used twice a week for all skin types.

19. Makes Skin Fresh And Cool

Fresh, soft, supple and gorgeous skin is what we all want to have. This is why we need a dose of antiseptic in our beauty regimes to kill the pathogenic bacteria that can cause a lot of harm to the skin.

What all you need:

• A teaspoon of fresh neem paste
• Fuller’s earth
• Fresh lemon juice

Directions:

1. Make a smooth paste by mixing the three ingredients together,
2. Gently apply the same to your face and neck.
3. Wait for half an hour and then wash off with cold water.

How it works

While washing off, you would need to gently exfoliate the skin off dead cells and dirt, and the neem would protect the skin with its antimicrobial properties. The lime juice helps nourish the skin and keep it supple while being a natural bleacher too. And the Fuller’s earth helps firm up the skin, bleach the skin and tighten the skin and reducing the size of the pores as well. Fresh looking skin is thus attainable.

Tip:

• Use this formula thrice a week for all skin types, except for the dry and couperouse skin.

• With that, we come to an end on how beneficial it is to use fullers earth for our skin, and we have shared a recipe for each reason too and how it works as well. We now would want to share the benefits of fullers earth for our hair. Let’s read further!

Benefits And Uses Of Fuller’s Earth For Hair

We bring to you the benefits of fullers earth on various notes in detail. From the ingredients to use each time to how to use it, how it works and tips on using it too. Each segment is a paragraph that explains the same. Please read on and be well-informed.

1. Treats Dandruff

Beautiful and shiny hair is what we all desire to have. However, it is dandruff that makes the hair look unhealthy and ugly.

What all you need:

• Pre-soak fenugreek seeds overnight
• A tablespoon of fullers earth
• Lime juice

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the scalp and the roots of the hair
2. Wait for half an hour.
3. Wash off with lukewarm water

How it works

The lime and fenugreek seed content would help nourish the scalp and remove dandruff, while the fuller’s earth would help balance the pH levels of the scalp and exfoliate it too. This should be done especially if you have dry scalp and oily hair.

Tip:

The formula mentioned should be used only twice a week for best results to attain. If you have open sores on the scalp, do not use this formula.

2. Straightens Hair

Hair straightening is in trend these days. However, the chemicals used in hair straightening can be harrowing and cause the hair follicles a lot of damage if the right post care isn’t taken. Alternatively, you can use the DIY method we have here for you to straighten your hair.

What all you need:

• 5 spoons of rice flour
• A cup of multani mitti
• An egg white

Directions:

1. Apply the mixture on your hair from root to tip
2. Wait for half an hour to an hour.
3. Emulsify each section of the hair with the fingers in vertical sections, so that the goodness of the formula gets into the hair cuticles
4. Wash off with cold water and pat dry.

How it works

The rice flour acts like a cleanser, while the multani mitti and egg white conditions the hair keeping it straight.

Tip:

This is a formula that can be done once in every fifteen days.

3. Prevents Split Ends

If you ignore split ends, they would travel from the tip by breaking the hair and all the way to the root to pull the hair from the root. This would lead to hair breakage and hair fall, and thus hair loss would happen. What you need is a formula the DIY way to save your hair today.

What all you need:

• 2 tbsp of fuller’s earth
• 3 vitamin E capsules

Directions:

• Mix the above ingredients well and make a paste with a little water added
• Apply the mask on your hair
• Emulsify the hair strands, especially where the spilt ends are.
• Wash off with cold water and pat dry

How it works

The nutrient rich hair pack repairs damaged hair, thus keeping the hair healthy, strong and shiny. The vitamin E helps in repairing damaged hair follicles, encouraging new hair growth.

Tip:

This should be done thrice a week to help soothe and medicate the hair, and to create a lustrous bounce to your hair as well.

4. Treats Hair Bumps On Scalp

If you have bumps and lumps on your head and scalp, chances are they would be annoying when you try massaging and combing your hair. Most people with dry scalps would resonate with this, which leads to redness and inflammation too. To help you rid the scalp of bumps and lumps, one needs to have a hair pack made from fullers earth and honey and lemon juice.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon each of fullers earth
• Honey

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the scalp
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash off thereafter with lukewarm water and then pat dry

How it works

Honey has healing properties. The ingredients seep deep into the skin and the hair follicles to nourish and heal or medicate the scalp.

Tip:

This should be done thrice to four times a week until the bumps and lumps disappear.

5. Softens And Conditions Hair

Soft and silky hair is what we all have a desire to flaunt, but most of us do not have the luxury of the same. Thanks to the pollution, dirt, grime and the dead skin cells and even the hair products we use, our hair is destroyed. To make the hair soft and nice, we need deep conditioning; hence we need the right DIY hair pack.

What all you need:

• A cup of curd
• Fuller’s earth
• Half a lemon juiced up
• A tablespoon of honey.

Directions:

1. Mix the ingredients well and form a nice paste
2. Apply this paste on the hair and wait for half an hour
3. Wash off with cold water and pat dry your hair

How it works

Honey is a natural hydrant, curd helps nourish and deep condition the hair, fuller’s earth helps tame the frizziness and lemon juice is a natural bleaching agent and nourishes the hair too. You now can fall in love with the softness attained on the hair.

Tip:

This is a hair pack that can be used thrice a week for all hair types.

6. Supports Hair Growth

Stop hair fall and hair loss and encourage the follicles on your head to grow. This is what we are going to tell you more about ahead, but first, let’s learn a recipe that uses fuller’s earth with aloe vera to promote hair growth.

What all you need:

• The gel of aloe vera
• A tbsp of lime juice
• A tbsp of fuller’s earth.

Directions:

1. Mix the above ingredients into a nice paste
2. Apply it on your hair
3. Wait for half an hour or until it dries off completely
4. Use a mild shampoo to wash the hair off.

How it works

The aloe vera content is antimicrobial and a hair booster which helps forms more collagen for the hair. The lime juice is what helps nourish the scalp while the fullers earth content in this pack helps exfoliate the scalp off dead skin cells.

Tip:

Use this formula thrice a week for all hair types and your hair would grow long and strong.

7. Reduces Hair Fall

For those with an oily scalp, the hair follicles are blocked and clogged most of the times. This leads to lack of nourishment for the hair follicles and hence breakage in the long run. What you need to do here is to create a hair pack for oily scalps that can help.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of fuller’s earth soaked in warm water for four hours

• A tbsp of soap nut powder/reetha powder

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the hair from the root to the tip and emulsify the strands well.
2. Massage the scalp well
3. Wash the hair off with cold water and a herbal shampoo

How it works

The massage boosts circulation in the roots and on the surface of the scalp. The mixture helps condition the scalp and vacuum out the hidden dirt too. You would have lesser hair fall noticed. The soap nut is rich in vitamins A, D, E, and K and is known to impart shine to your hair and make it smooth, besides promoting hair growth.

Tip:

This is a formula that can be used thrice a week.

8. Gives Shiny Hair

Shiny hair is what every woman wants to have, which is why we are here to bring to you a formula that would work like magic. This would be a homemade pack to use.

What all you need:

• A scoop of rice flour
• Fuller’s earth (depends on the hair length)
• An egg white

Directions:

• A scoop of rice flour
• Fuller’s earth (depends on the hair length)
• An egg white

Directions:

1. Form a paste by mixing them all.
2. Gently apply the paste on the hair from root to tip and emulsify the hair strands well
3. Wash off with cold water thereafter.

How it works

The egg white helps with collagen and elastin boost, and the rice flour acids help bring shine to the hair, while fullers earth naturally bleaches the hair to a nice tone to make it smoother and shinier.

Tip:

• This is a pack that can be used for all hair types, BUT NOT FOR DRY hair!

• With that, we come to an end on how beneficial it is to use fuller’s earth for our hair, and we have shared a recipe for each reason too and how it works as well. We now would want to share the benefits of fuller’s earth for our body. Let’s read further!

Benefits And Uses Of Fuller’s Earth For Body:

We bring to you the benefits of fuller’s earth on various notes in detail. From the ingredients to use each time to how to use it, how it works and tips on using it too. Each segment is a paragraph that explains the same. Please read on and be well-informed.

1. Relieves Tires Limbs:

Back in ancient times, warriors rubbed wet clay and sometimes fuller’s earth to ease their inflamed feet and joints, after workouts and a war. If you have tired limbs from a hard day out, aching feet and joints too, you could use fuller’s earth for relief.

What all you need:

• Fuller’s earth
• Warm water

Directions:

1. You would need to immerse your body in warm water for some time.
2. Thereafter, make a paste of fuller’s earth with water and apply it to the zones that need a healing touch.

How it works

The fuller’s earth paste would help penetrate into areas that the senses cannot enter, and bring relief.

Tip:

Do this for half an hour and then wash off with warm water.

2. Warm And Cold Compressor

You could use fuller’s earth for cramps and aches, joint stiffness relief and even for menstrual pains, muscle pains and insect bites or sunburns too.

What all you need:

If you choose to use a warm compress, you would need:

• A tbsp of fuller’s earth
• Warm water

Directions:

1. Apply the mixture on the affected zone
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash off thereafter.

Tip:

The same can be done for a cold compress, where cold water is used instead of warm water; same period of a wait too.

3. Heat Relief

With the heat wave running rampage and amok across the nation, everyone is searching for ways to find relief from the same.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of water
• Fuller’s earth

Directions:

1. Apply the pack on the entire body
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash off with cold water

How it works

The paste would harden the paste and the body would let out trapped latent heat. This would also soothe the body from sunburns and heat burns too and brings the body’s temperature back to normalcy without the worry of a stroke.

Tip:

However, do not use this on the chest, since it would cool soon and attract respiratory issues.

4. Reduces Blackening Of Neck

Since the back of the neck is exposed to the heat, harsh chemicals, dust, pollution, dirt, grime and the harmful UV rays of the sun, more melanin is formed to protect the skin; darkening thus happens. This can have long-term negative effects, and the skin can start aging before time as well. With fuller’s earth, you can cleanse the area.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of the fuller’s earth
• Water

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the skin
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash off with cold water

How it works

The skin would be vacuumed thoroughly once the paste starts to harden and the skin would also bleach out naturally too. Even the dead skin cells from this area would be removed, leaving behind a toxic free skin to flaunt and a glowing lighter skin too.

Tip: Do it once a week.

5. Prevent Allergies

The clay is filled with minerals such as magnesium that are by nature anti-allergens. When the minerals come into contact with the skin, they reduce inflammation and protect the skin from allergies.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of the earth
• Water

Directions:

1. Apply the paste on the skin
2. Wait for half an hour
3. Wash off with cold water

How it works

The anti-allergenic fuller’s earth soothes the inflammation causing the allergy to disappear in no time.

Tip:

The skin would be detoxed from dirt, grime, pollutants and would have now a barrier against cosmetic products that have hypoallergenic in it.

6. Kills Bacteria

We all know that pimples, acne, pus, pustules and other skin disorders are the remnants of bacteria. This is why for many centuries fuller’s earth has been used to cure blemishes and acne.

What all you need:

• A tablespoon of fuller’s earth
• Half a lemon juiced up
• Half a tomato pureed.
• A pinch of Turmeric

Directions:

1. Apply it on the face and the neck
2. Wait half an hour
3. Wash off with cold water

How it works

The component of fuller’s earth would naturally vacuum the dirt and grime from the pores, and remove the bacteria from the affected zones too. When it comes to turmeric; the antiseptic herb and anti-allergen herb helps protect the skin and brings a glow to the skin as well. Finally, the juice of lime and tomato are natural nourishing agents and natural bleachers too.

Tip: This should be done twice a week for all skin types.

7. Blood Circulation

The presence of iron in fuller’s earth is known to be very beneficial for our body since it helps transport oxygen to various parts of the body. This means, when you massage the body with wet fullers earth, circulation is improved. This also means that there is a boost in skin cell regeneration and repair of the same as well.

What all you need:

• Fuller’s earth
• Water

Directions:

1. Apply wet fuller’s earth paste all over the body
2. While it is wet, gently massage the body from top to toe and then allow it to dry
3. Wash off with cold water
4. The massage should be done for fifteen minutes, once in a week

How it works

In doing so, the dead skin cells are removed from the skin, which brings to you a healthier and much more vibrant body to flaunt. And of course, blood circulation is improved too.

Tip: Not to be done for dry and flaky skin or couperouse skin types.

8. Antiseptic

As an antiseptic, one can use fuller’s earth to treat blemishes and acne.

What all you need:

• A tbsp of fuller’s earth
• Tomato juice
• A pinch of turmeric.

Directions:

1. Apply the paste formed on the face and the neck
2. Allow it to dry for fifteen minutes
3. Wash off thereafter and pat dry.

How it works

The component of fuller’s earth would naturally vacuum the dirt and grime from the pores, and remove the bacteria from the affected zones too. When it comes to turmeric; the antiseptic herb and anti-allergen herb helps protect the skin and brings a glow to the skin as well. Finally, the juice of tomato is a natural nourishing agent and a natural bleacher too.

Tip: This should be done twice a week for all skin types. This should be done twice a week and at night before you sleep for the best results.

With that, we come to an end on how beneficial it is to use fullers earth for our body, and we have shared a recipe for each reason too and how it works as well. We now would want to share tips and prevention notes on using fuller’s earth. Let’s take a look!

FAQ

There are many questions that come to mind about the safety of fuller’s earth, which we would want to know about. For example.

1. What does medical science say about consuming the clay?

It isn’t safe, say experts with medical science, since it can block and clog the intestines.

2. Is it safe for pregnant women to consume fuller’s earth?

No evidence has been shown yet to prove the same or not prove the same, however, only your doctor would be best to advice.

3. Why is it not good for dry and couperouse skin types?

This is because the earth has high absorbing powers which would further dehydrate the skin cells, and make it drier.

4. Why can’t we apply it on the chest?

This is because of its high cooling properties and hence it can cause problems to the respiratory tract.

5. Can I create stones in the kidney?

Yes, consuming the earth can do so.

We hope these answers come in handy and hope this mini guide on the benefits and uses of fuller’s earth for skin, hair, and body comes in handy too.

Disclaimer: Before you use any of the recipes here, it would be wise to first check with a skin and hair expert to determine if your skin or hair type can use fuller’s earth or not. Even before you think of consuming or using fuller’s earth for the body, your doctor and a skin specialist should be consulted. It is the word of the experts over what is written here and elsewhere at all times!

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