For a beautiful personality, complexion is not important. There are many beautiful women who have dark complexion and there are many normal looks women who have fair complexion. Many people wish to change their dark skin to a fair one. Try these pastes, mixtures or scrubs. If done daily, you will see a difference in about 10 days.

7 Effective Tips for Getting a Fair Complexion

• Lime or lemon juice, turmeric, honey, etc are natural bleach that improve skin complexion. They remove tan and make your skin fairer. (Note that lemon juice is more effective than lime juice for getting fair complexion).
• Cucumber juice can be applied on dry as well as oily skin to get fair skin complexion. To make cucumber juice, grate (kaddukash) cucumber (with skin) and squeeze it. Only 1/2 to 1 teaspoon is sufficient for a single application.
• Apply a mixture of equal amounts of lemon and cucumber juice on the face and whole body. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash off. If your skin is dry, use honey and lemon juice.
• First scrub your face with cucumber slices and then apply cucumber juice (with skin on cucumber) to your face, leave it there overnight and wash in the morning.
• Apply a mixture of 3-4 drops of lime juice and a grated tomato on face and neck for 15 minutes for 15 days. Wash with cold water.
• Mix some turmeric to yogurt and apply it on the face, neck and arms for 30 minutes. Then wash with cold water.
• Make a scrub of sandalwood powder mixed with almond powder or almond oil and milk. Massage gently on the darker areas like neck, around lips, below eyes, etc.

Note: All the mixtures, pastes and scrubs should be prepared freshly as they do not keep for a long time.