- Makeup blogger Habiba has used banana peel to get rid of acne
- She uploaded a video showing the technique to her Instagram account
- It works because of properties in the peel that reduce inflammation
- The blogger has more than 28,000 followers on Instagram
Lauren Ingram For Daily Mail Australia
99
View
comments
One beauty blogger has uploaded a video claiming you can use banana peel to cure your acne, in a natural alternative to expensive skincare products.
Habiba, who goes by the name makeupholic_moon on Instagram and is based in Los Angeles, uploaded a short video showing how to use the organic waste for better skin.
All you need, she says, is an organic banana peel that is ripe, but not overripe. ‘Yellow with dark spots’ is best according to the blogger.
Scroll down for video
Too good to be true? Makeup blogger Habiba, who has an Instagram account called makeupholic_moon, has claimed you can get rid of acne with banana peel
Step one: You need to cut a piece of peel from a ripe organic banana and rub the white side onto the area where you have a pimple
According to the video, all you need to do is simply cut a small piece of the peel from the banana, and rub the white part on the acne-affected area.
Then leave the peel on your face for two hours, by which time it will have turned dark.
Rub the blackened peel on the area again, and then remove. Leave the residue on your face overnight, not washing it off until the next morning.
Is it a cotton ball? A cloud? It’s the world’s cutest Bichon…
‘I smelled poo, but I waited ’til my husband noticed it so I…
Parenting lifeline in your pocket! The best apps for mums…
Finding it impossible to get your eight hours a night? Sleep…
Magic: After leaving the banana on for two hours you can take it off, but leave the residue on overnight
You should keep doing this, Habiba claims, once a day until your acne disappears. She said that personally it has worked wonders for her skin.
‘I was shocked my acne disappeared within couple hours the inflammation was decreasing and eventually by next morning my acne disappeared,’ she wrote on Instagram.
The blogger also wrote that the technique had been ‘validated by a doctor’ but had not been proven in clinical trials.
‘By next morning my acne disappeared’: Habiba says that she has had incredible success with this technique
Social star: The blogger has more than 28,000 followers on Instagram and posts videos about skincare and makeup
It supposedly works because of some of the properties in a banana peel that reduces inflammation, as well as the antioxidants which refresh the skin.
Habiba has more than 28,000 followers on her Instagram account, where she post beauty and skincare photos and videos.
She is a fan of natural and organic alternatives, having previously posted about natural hair and face masks.
Share or comment on this article
See the moment a massive brawl breaks out at a Dallas…
CCTV appears to show moment bomb goes off at Istanbul…
Busted! Dad sends message to teen daughter after finding…
Video appears to show gunman being shot then bomb detonated
GRAPHIC video shows Iraq air force attack IS convoys
Dramatic motorcycle accident on highway when load detaches
Kitten climbs out of display and into puppy’s pen in pet…
Amazing: Car can spin sideways without turning its wheels
Man caught violently shoving bag of FECES down woman’s…
179 dollar Huffy bike is challenged on an off-road trail
See the wall Mark Zuckerberg is building at his Hawaii…
People run through Ataturk airport moments before explosion
EXCLUSIVE: Slush funds to pay ‘personal consultant’ Huma…
Food fight! Massive brawl erupts in Mexican restaurant in…
EXCLUSIVE: Stacey Dash’s wage gap gaffe! She told Meredith…
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I trusted you to create art and what you f***ing…
Cold-blooded killers: How three ISIS suicide bombers herded…
Hola España! Obama girls land in windy Madrid after jaunt to…
Boarding school girl, 15, her aunt and a family friend are…
They’re TIED: Trump vs. Clinton is suddenly too close to…
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Manziel puffs on suspicious…
Are they an item? MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski quietly divorces…
PIERS MORGAN: How can Kim Kardashian call herself a feminist…
Trump on top: Republican pulls ahead of Hillary Clinton by 4…
Comments (99)
Share what you think
-
Newest -
Oldest -
Best rated -
Worst rated
The comments below have not been moderated.
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
Find out now