Besides being a food, perilla leaves also have surprising uses in beauty, especially skin whitening.

Perilla contains many nutrients that are especially good for the skin such as Vitamin A, B, C and minerals… which help increase moisture, prevent aging, improve hyperpigmentation, increase collagen production, increase the connection between tissues and inhibit the formation of melanin, helping the skin to be brighter and more even-toned…

Perilla leaves also help increase skin metabolism, prevent dark pigmentation from developing, giving you healthy, white skin from the inside.

In addition, the active ingredients aldehyde and priseril from perilla leaves have antiseptic properties, heal damaged skin, remove dead cells and enhance the ability to absorb nutrients.

Perilla leaves have effective beauty uses.

With the above uses for the skin, with just a few perilla leaves, you can have bright, smooth, rosy skin with the following methods:

Perilla leaf mask

The simplest and easiest way to whiten your skin is to prepare a handful of perilla leaves, wash them and drain them. Then grind or pound them and mix them with a little clean water. Then apply it on your face for about 20 minutes and rinse with water. Do this 2-3 times a week for bright white skin.

Combine perilla leaves with honey

Skin care with a mixture of honey and perilla leaves increases the effectiveness of skin whitening faster. With just a few simple steps below will help you have smooth, rosy white skin:

Wash the perilla leaves and drain, then put them in a blender with a little water, blend until smooth and pour into a bowl. Then, add about 2-3 tablespoons of honey to the mixture and mix well, you can add a little lemon juice. 

Skin care with a mixture of honey and perilla leaves increases the effectiveness of skin whitening faster.

After washing and drying your skin, apply the mixture, massage gently and leave for about 10 minutes. Rinse your face with warm water.

Combine perilla leaves with yogurt

This is one of the ways to whiten skin with perilla leaves that most women apply. Because yogurt contains many vitamins (B2, B5, B12) that give a bright and even skin tone. 

First, you need to prepare 10 perilla leaves and 2 tablespoons of unsweetened yogurt. Wash and puree the perilla leaves with a little filtered water, then add 1 tablespoon of yogurt and stir well. 

The whitening formula using perilla leaves and unsweetened yogurt is used by most women.

Wash your face with warm water, dry it and then apply the mixture evenly on your skin for 10-15 minutes so that the nutrients can penetrate deep into the skin. Finally, wash your face again with clean water to complete the skin whitening process with perilla leaves.

Apply regularly 2-3 times a week to maximize the effectiveness of this beauty method .

Combine perilla leaves with lemon 

Lemon contains a large amount of Vitamin C and minerals that help fight the aging process of the skin. At the same time, it reduces the production of melanin pigments that are harmful to the skin, helping the skin to be white, healthy and radiant.

Therefore, many people apply the bathing method using perilla leaves and lemon to have healthy, rosy white skin.

Bathing method using perilla leaves and lemon to remove dead skin cells and whiten skin.

Specifically, boil 3 liters of water and then add perilla to the boiling water. After 5 minutes, turn off the stove, add 1 teaspoon of salt to the pot. Pour the water into a large basin and mix with cold water and squeeze in lemon to bathe.

Apply this whitening method 3-4 times/week to whiten your body and remove dead skin cells.