Blue Nila is a Moroccan beauty product well known in South-Saharan culture.
Nila is a royal blue powder. The women of the Sahara use it to lighten the complexion, to soften dark and rough areas such as the knees, elbows, feet or tops of the hands.
Its natural formula moisturizes and leaves the treated areas soft and silky. It also helps reduce the appearance of dark spots and signs of aging. With Nila your skin will remain young and luminous.
Properties of Nila
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Lightens the complexion and dark areas such as knees and elbows. Nila naturally lightens the complexion.
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Evens out the complexion.
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Reduces brown spots.
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Anti-aging treatment that softens the skin.
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Filters the copper color that henna leaves on white hair.
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Moisturizes the skin.
Recommendations
For face, body and hair. To lighten the complexion. As a facial and body beauty treatment. As a natural pigment to mix with henna preparations to reduce copper reflections. As a body and hair mask.
Nila can be combined with other plant powders, vegetable oils, oily macerates, hydrosols, essential oils and vegetable glycerin.
Some recipes using Nila:
Facial beauty mask for:
- Gently exfoliate dead skin.
- Naturally lighten the complexion.
- Fade brown spots on the face.
- Soften the skin.
- Restore radiance to the complexion.
Exposure time: 25 to 30 minutes.
Ingredients :
- 1 teaspoon of Nila Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
- 1/2 teaspoon of Aloe Vera Oil
- 3 drops of Argan oil
(a little squeezed lemon juice) possibly
In a container, gently mix the ingredients until you obtain a homogeneous paste. Apply to slightly damp, clean skin (cleansed with rose water ).
Leave on for up to 25 minutes, then you can exfoliate using circular movements which allow the mask to be removed.
Once the exfoliation is finished, rinse the skin with clean water. Then wash with natural soap (Argan or Prickly Pear) until there is no longer any blue trace.
Finally, moisturize the skin well with a cream.
Advice + Now & Already: Apply this mask once a week for good results. Spray rose water regularly on your face for a radiant complexion.
- Clean, brighten and soften dark and rough areas (knees and elbows)
Exposure time: 25 to 30 minutes.
Application of mask to damp skin.
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons of Nila
- 2 teaspoons of Alum stone powder
- 1 spoonful of neutral Henna
- 2 teaspoons of Coconut Oil
- 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
Take a bowl then add the Nila powder, then the neutral henna and the alum powder. Mix everything then add the lemon juice and coconut oil, then mix until you obtain a homogeneous paste.
Apply the mask to the parts of the body to be treated, leave on for up to 30 minutes then proceed to exfoliate the mask using circular movements.
Once the scrub is finished, wash with natural soap then rinse the skin with clean water. Repeat the operation if necessary. Finally, moisturize the skin with organic Argan oil.
Scrub with Black Soap, Kessa Glove and Nila extract for:
- Eliminate dead skin.
- Naturally lighten the complexion.
- Soften the skin.
Exposure time: 5 minutes.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon of Nila Powder
- 30 g of black soap
- A few drops of argan oil
- In a container, add the black soap , Nila powder and a few drops of organic Argan oil . Mix until a homogeneous mix is obtained.
Apply the soap to your damp skin, leave for up to 5 minutes then exfoliate with a kessa glove . Exfoliate the entire body.
Once the scrub is finished, rinse with clean water to dry the skin, then apply nourishing oil such as coconut oil .
Ingredients: Indigofera tinctoria. Organic and natural nila powder.
Storage condition: store in a dry place away from heat and light.
