In recent times, we’ve seen beauty bloggers rub everything, from turmeric to live snails, on their faces in pursuit of glowing skin.
But this latest ‘natural face mask’ might be the strangest yet.
Beauty vlogger, Rochelle Wickramasuriya, from Sri Lanka, made a chill face mask, with her friend, Habiba, which involved rubbing actual chilli and cayenne pepper onto her skin, in order to tighten it, brighten it and stimulate the blood flow.
The 22-year-old shared this most unusual of treatments on her Instagram page, via a video that has been viewed more than 120,000 times in five days.
‘GET THE JLO GLOW USING ALL NATURAL PRODUCTS [sic],’ she headlined her recent post.
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Get the J Lo glow: 22-year-old beauty blogger, Rochelle Wickramasuriya, recommends putting chilli and cayenne pepper in a mix on your face for glowing skin (pictured)
Good advice: The Sri Lankan blogger is known for her treatments and beauty advice, and she has 30,000 Instagram followers who regularly tune in, like and comment
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‘I was doing some research on ancient beauty secrets using natural ingredients and came across chilli,’ Ms Wickramasuriya told Daily Mail Australia, when explaining her inspiration for the bonkers treatment.
‘We [she and her friend] came up with a mask using milk fat, which we both used many times in the past.
‘We tested it out a few times and it gave us amazing results.’
Ancient beauty: The blogger says she came up with the idea when researching ancient rituals – she discovered that chilli was a regularly used natural ingredient for the skin
Tighten and brighten: Testing it out with her friend, Ms Wickramasuriya found the treatment to have ‘amazing results’ – she therefore shared an Instagram video with her followers
CHILLI TREATMENT INGREDIENTS AND METHOD
INGREDIENTS
* 1 1/2 Cups of whole milk
* 1 tbsp of lemon juice
* Pinch of cayenne pepper
* 1/4 tsp of cinnamon powder
* 1/2 tsp of honey
METHOD
1. ‘Add lemon juice to milk just before it reaches boiling point.’
2. ‘Once curdled, separate the milk fat and whip it until it becomes smooth.’
3. ‘Leave in fridge to chill.’
4. ‘Mix cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and honey with the milk fat.’
5. ‘Apply all over face avoiding the eyes and other sensitive areas. ?
6. ‘Leave it on for 30-45 mins until it dries. Wash it off.’
For those who might want to try the treatment at home, Ms Wickramasuriya recommends mixing whole milk with lemon juice, cayenne pepper, cinnamon powder and honey.
The blogger’s un-appetising-looking paste is then to be applied to the entire face ‘avoiding the eyes and other sensitive areas’.
It should then be left on for ’30-45 minutes until it dries’, Ms Wickramasuriya says on Instagram.
‘Wash it off and VOILA! Glowing skin!,’ the vlogger captioned her recent Instagram post.
According to Ms Wickramasuriya, the unusual beauty treatment ‘instantly adds a glow to the skin, brightens skin, tightens skin, [and] stimulates blood flow.
‘The main ingredient, cayenne pepper, is enriched in vitamins and antioxidants, which increases collagen production and also helps reduce/prevent wrinkles, acne scars and pigmentation, [sic]’ the blogger wrote.
‘Its anti inflammatory properties also helps tackle acne and scarring.’
Recipe for success: Mixing milk with lemon juice, cayenne pepper, cinnamon powder and honey, the blogger’s treatment is to be applied to the entire face avoiding sensitive parts
Hidden benefits: According to Ms Wickramasuriya, the unusual beauty treatment ‘instantly adds a glow to the skin, brightens skin, tightens skin, [and] stimulates blood flow’
If all of this sounds like a bit of a tall order for a bit of pepper and chilli, then consider the Instagram comments, which seem to be swaying towards positive after a trial:
‘I tried it still haven’t washed it off waiting 20 more minutes it’s currently burning [sic],’ one person wrote, to which Ms Wickramasuriya replied that if it was burning a little bit it was fine, but if it was unbearable, it should be washed off:
‘Thank you I just took it off it made my skin feel very smooth definitely got the “glow” totally worth it [sic],’ the same commenter wrote underneath Ms Wickramasuriya’s response.
So what do you think? Would you rub chilli on your face for glowing skin?
Anti inflammatory: She also believes that it can help to reduce and prevent wrinkles, as well as tackling acne and scarring
Disbelief: While commenters have been quick to say that the treatment is controversial, many seem won over by its benefits upon trial
Worth it: One person said that while her skin felt as though it was burning a little when she first applied the treatment, it was very smooth and ‘glowed’ afterwards