Ice Cube On Face: 13 Benefits and Homemade Face Packs

Recently, to beat the scorching heat of summer, I started using Ice cubes on my face. And in a week, I noticed a great difference in my skin. That’s when I came to know about Skin icing.  Our face is the most delicate part of our body, which is exposed to many different conditions like dust, pollution, sweat, sun rays, and also the changing weather condition that takes a toll on the face. Rubbing an ice cube on the face is one of the great therapy, which you can give to your skin.

Ice therapy helps to rejuvenate and refreshes your skin. It is not at all expensive and anyone can make it in their home. No matter your skin has blackheads, sunburn, pigmentation, or even acne scars. Ice helps to deal with all of them and works like magic on them.

So, let’s see the different types of ice cube packs and also what are the benefits of an ice cube on the face. Check out the blog-

Benefits of Ice Cube on Face

“Skin Icing” “Ice Facial” “Ice Therapy” all these are just different synonyms, to rub ice on your face. Ice for skin is a prevalent Korean trend and many great actresses and also beauty conscious people use Ice on their skin. Even Alia Bhatt uses Ice on her skin daily. Let’s see the benefits of an ice cube on face-

1. Gives you Glowing Skin-

Who doesn’t love glowing skin? We all wish to have glowing and brightening skin. Ice is one of the cost-effective remedies to give you just that. Rubbing ice on your face daily helps in the proper blood circulation, making your face more lively and radiant.

2. Makes Product Absorption Better-

Many celebrities use this technique. Whenever you apply any night cream or any serum, rubbing an ice cube over it helps in the proper absorption of these products. Ice helps to reduce the pore size, which helps the cream to stay in the face for time being.

3. Minimizes Pores-

This is one of the benefits, why I started using Ice cube on my face. It helps to shrink down the pores making skin flawless and smooth.

4.  No Dark Circles-

There are many reasons for the dark circles, one of them is not getting proper blood. Now, when you rub ice on the dark circles, it helps in increasing the blood circulation in that area, and also makes the skin soft. Removal of dark circles cannot happen in a day, it may take some time to show the results.

5. Calm and Soothes Acne-

If you are just tired with acne popping out again and again, just take a block of ice once in a day and rub it on your skin. The ice cube on acne works like magic. Ice helps to minimize oil production in the skin and helps to cure the acne.

6. Helps Foundation Look Flawless-

One of the great beauty hacks. After you have applied the foundation, rub an ice cube on your face. This will help the foundation to stay longer and will also give your makeup a flawless look.

7. Reduces Wrinkles-

Getting aging lines and wrinkles is the worst nightmare for every woman. Rubbing an ice cube daily on your face helps to shrink down the wrinkles and also remove the signs of aging. It reduces the existing one and also restricts the formation of the new line.

8. Softens Lips-

Frustrated with chapped lips? Well, ice therapy will help rescue it. Rubbing ice cube wrapped in a cloth on your soft lips helps to heal the lips and also relieves any inflammation. It also removes the dead skin cells and makes your lips soft and smooth.

 9. Relieves Sunburn-

The best way to relieve yourself in summers is to rub a cube of ice on your face. When you rub a cube of ice, you help your skin to cool down, and also reduce any inflammation and redness. Sunburns take time to fade away, but ice cubes increase the process.

10. No more Oily-Look-

Ice therapy is even good for oily skin people. Oily skin tends to breakouts and also have acne very easily. Ice helps to reduce the production of oil in the face, it shrinks down the pores and there will be no more oily-look.

11. Exfoliates Skin-

Get rid of those dead skin cells, by skin icing your face for just 10 minutes in a day. Rubbing your face with a milk ice cube (described below) helps to remove the dead skin cells from your face and give you a glowing and radiant look.

12. Helps Makeup to Stay-

Just 2 minutes for your face and you will give yourself a great look. Ice helps the makeup to stay and also rejuvenates and refreshes your skin. It helps in the proper exfoliation and gives us a beautiful glow.

13.  Eases Swelling and Inflammation-

If you have got puffy eyes and any inflammation senses on your skin, then rubbing ice on your face will help you relieve from it. Ice helps to numb the area of the pain and helps in reducing inflammation.

Homemade DIY Ice Face Mask

Giving your skin ice therapy helps to take away all kinds of stress from your skin. It makes your skin lively and also refreshes it. It helps to increase blood circulation and makes your face glowing.  Some of the DIY Ice Face Mask is as follow-

1. Green Tea Ice Cube for Face-

This ice cube helps to get rid of puffy and tired eyes. Green tea is a great antioxidant, it helps to reduce the swelling around the eye and also removes the dark circles.

How to make it:

• Take 2-3 green tea bags
• Water and Ice Tray
• Put green tea in hot water
• Make a strong green tea
• Pour the water into an ice cube tray and freeze it.
• Apply this green tea ice cube daily around your eyes
• Do not wash it afterward

2. Milk Ice Cube for Face-

An Ice cube which helps in the glowing of the skin. Milk is rich in lactic acid, which helps in removing the dead skin cells and helps to give the face a natural and radiant look.

How to make it:

• Just take some milk
• Transfer it into an ice tray and freeze it
• Use one milk ice cube daily

3. Tomato Ice Cube for Face-

Tomato Ice cube helps to remove tanning, acne, and pigmentation. It prevents wrinkles and fine lines and helps to give a natural, fresh look.

 How to make it:

• Take one tomato, cut it and grind it
• Squeeze out the juice from it
• Take one cucumber, cut it and grind it
• Squeeze out the cucumber juice from it
• Mix tomato and cucumber juice
• Add 1 tbsp. of honey
• ½ tbsp. of lemon juice
• Mix it properly and transfer it into the ice tray
• Freeze it and use it every day.

4. Rice Ice Cube for Face-

Just like rice water is effective for hair, similarly, rice ice cube helps to tone and moisturize the skin. It minimizes the pores and helps in removing aging lines.

How to make:

• Take 1 tbsp. of cooked rice and mash it with the help of rose water
• Mix 4 tbsp. of milk
• 3 tbsp. of rose water
• Make a proper solution
• Transfer the solution into an ice tray and freeze it
• Use it daily.

5. Potato Ice Cubes for Face-

Potato helps in tightening of the skin. It removes acne, pigmentation, and also dark circles. Potatoes are rich in vitamin B, C, zinc, niacin, and iron. They fade away the scars and also lightens the blemishes.

How to make:

• Take on large potato, peel it, cut it, and grind it.
• Strain the juice of it.
• Add 1 tbsp. of milk
• Few drops of essential oil
• Mix them properly and transfer it into an ice tray
• Freeze it.

6.Coffee Ice Cube for Face-

Coffee is one great antioxidant. It helps to rejuvenate the skin and adds a natural glow on the face. Coffee also helps in reducing the appearance of cellulite. It is a great exfoliator and helps to remove dead skin cells.

• How to make:
• Take 2 tbsp. of coffee
• 4 tbsp. of milk
• 1 tbsp. of honey
• 2 tbsp. of Aloe vera gel
• 2 tbsp. of lemon juice
• Mix them all in a bowl
• Pour it into an ice tray and freeze it.
• Massage your face with coffee ice cube daily.

7. Cucumber Ice Cube for Face-

We all know cucumbers are known for providing cooling sensation in the skin. They help to remove dark circles, puffy eyes, and also wrinkles.

How to make:

• Take a cucumber, peel it, cut it and grind it
• Squeeze the juice of it
• Add 1 tbsp. of honey and 1 tbsp. of tomato juice in it
• Mix them properly
• Transfer the solution into an ice tray and freeze it.

8. Dark Chocolate Ice Cube for Face-

We all know how effective dark chocolate is for the face. We have seen many dark chocolate facials and also dark chocolate masks. But here, we have brought to you Dark Chocolate Ice Cube. Packed with antioxidants, dark chocolate helps in rejuvenating and glowing skin. It protects the skin from tanning and also fights wrinkles.

How to make:

• Take a few pieces of dark chocolate and boil them
• Once you get a paste, add some water.
• Transfer it to the tray to freeze it.
• You can also use dark chocolate powder
• For dry skin, Dark chocolate and milk are best.

9. Aloe Vera Ice cube for Face-

We all know how effective aloe vera is for our skin. It helps to soothe the skin and also makes it glowing. It helps in removing dark circles and also hydrates and nourishes the skin.

How to make:

• Take an aloe vera leaf and extract the gel from it.
• Now grind the gel to make a consistent paste
• Add rose water in it
• Transfer the solution to the ice tray and freeze it
• Rub one ice cube daily.

How to use Ice Cube on Face?

Now, we know all the benefits and different types of Ice cube face mask. We know ice cube helps to remove acne, blackheads, pigmentation, etc. But there are certain tips on how we should use an ice cube on our face.

• Excess of everything is bad. The same goes for rubbing an ice cube on the face. It should be done, only once a day and never use ice directly on your face. It may harm your skin cells.
• When you make ice cube of certain ingredients, make sure the ingredients do not go into the eye.
• Always rub ice cube in a circular motion.
• The whole ice cube therapy should not last more than 10-15 minutes.
• Make sure your face is clean and without makeup before you apply an ice cube on the face.
• The max. time to put ice on a particular area of your face is just one minute.
• If you apply a lot of makeup, rubbing ice before applying makeup will help you.
• Ice Therapy in winters is not recommended, as decreased blood circulation can lead to dryness and flakiness of the skin.

I hope you enjoyed this blog Benefits of an Ice cube on face and homemade ice cube mask for glowing and beautiful skin.  It is free and you can use it whenever you want.

Which DIY ice cube therapy will you use?

 

FAQ

1. Can we apply Ice Cube Directly on Face?

We all know how great and effective are ice cubes for our face. But we should never apply them directly. Applying ice cubes directly on the face can damage delicate capillary in the skin. Always wrap it in a cotton cloth.

 

2. How long should I rub Ice on my Face?

Rubbing a cube of ice on the face is very beneficial for our skin. The whole process of rubbing the ice cube on the face should not last more than 15 minutes. Also, always rub the ice in the circular motion.

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