Those pesky large pores make your skin look older, and they detract from your natural beauty. Have you been trying to figure out how to minimize your pores?
If so, you’ll find that you can use natural, home remedies to help shrink your pores.
If you want a smooth complexion free of enlarged pores, here’s a look at some great home remedies to try.
Try these natural remedies to reduce and minimize those unsightly, large pores and have a soft, smooth complexion.
Try these natural methods to help minimize or reduce the size of your open pores.
① Exfoliate Your Face
When your pores are blocked with oil, it often makes them look larger. However, if you cleanse properly, you can shrink those pores.
One of the best ways to minimize the appearance of your pores is to start exfoliating regularly. This helps to slough away dead skin cells, which can mix with oils to make pores look larger.
How To Do It:
Make your homemade scrub with some ground almonds and ground orange peels, mix them with yogurt or milk to create a paste-like consistency.
Gently massage on your face and let it sit for about 15 minutes and rinse off with cool water. It will cleanse skin and eliminate dead skin cells.
With this all-natural scrub, you can effectively reduce the appearance of large pores on your face.
② Minimize Pores with Lemon Juice
Another great home remedy to try for minimizing pores is lemon juice. The natural enzymes in lemon juice help to firm and tighten your skin while brightening and purifying skin.
The juice also helps to shrink your pores because if the acids it contains.
How To Do It:
To naturally shrink your pores, mix 2 tbsp of cucumber juice, 2 tbsp of rose water, and a 2 tablespoon of lemon juice.
After mixing well, use a cotton pad soaked in the mixture and gently rub over the affected skin.
You’ll notice that pores look visibly smaller after using this easy remedy.
③ Tighten Pores with Papaya
You can also make your own papaya facial to help tighten your pores. When you apply mashed papaya to your skin, it helps to close and shrink the pores on the skin.
Papaya is a natural pore tightening method that exfoliates and purifies skin, eliminating excess oil and blackheads. It also helps to unclog any pores that are blocked.
How To Do It:
Mashed some ripe papaya and gently massage on your face (you can add raw honey for added moisture, or you can throw some milk for gentle exfoliation).
Let it sit for 15 minutes and rinse it off with tepid water.
④ Shrink Pores with Ice
If you want to shrink those unsightly, large pores, start using some ice cubes on the chin, forehead, nose, and cheeks. It’s a great remedy that provides you with fast results, so it’s a perfect option to use before applying makeup.
The ice cubes will instantly shrink your pores and leave you with smooth, beautiful skin.
Since pores are minimized, it helps to keep makeup from getting inside your pores, reducing problems with acne, infections, and clogged pores.
How To Do It:
To use this remedy, wrap an ice cube in a cloth or paper towel.
Gently apply to your face, using gentle pressure.
The coldness will tighten skin, minimizing pores and helping to keep your skin oil-free.
⑤ Reduce Pores with Tomato
Whip up your own tomato remedy to reduce your pores. It’s a great natural method for dealing with large pores because it helps to cleanse the pores while making them appear smaller.
Since tomatoes have astringent properties, applying tomato to the skin helps to tighten skin, minimize the size of pores, close open pores, and remove any extra oil.
How To Do It:
Make your tomato astringent by combining a couple of drops of fresh lime juice and 2 tablespoons of fresh tomato juice.
Mix well and then apply this astringent to your face to eliminate the large pores. Using the tomato astringent also helps to reduce and prevent blemishes.
⑥ Try an Oatmeal Mask
You can also use an oatmeal facial mask to effectively eliminate large pores, and oatmeal works well because it won’t clog your pores and it’s hypoallergenic.
How To Do It:
Make your pore minimizing mask with honey, apple cider vinegar, and oatmeal.
Simply mix the ingredients, just adjust the amount to make a paste-like consistency mask.
Gently massage the mixture into your skin and leave it on for several minutes.
The mask will shrink your pores, tighten skin, and improve your complexion.
⑦ Tone Pores with Raw Honey
Raw honey offers an excellent option if you want to tone pores and eliminate excess oil on your skin.
Aside from that, raw honey is a natural humectant that would leave your skin supple and moisturized.
How To Do It:
Combine some raw honey with a bit of lemon juice and sugar.
Gently massage the honey mixture into your skin, allowing it to stay on the skin for several minutes.
Gently rinse the honey mixture away using warm water.
Another option is to combine milk powder and honey, using the mixture as a face mask to help reduce the size of pores while closing the pores.
⑧ Sandalwood and Calamine Mask
The combination of ingredients helps to reduce sebum production and also helps to tighten pores on the face for more beautiful looking skin.
How To Do It:
Make your pore reducing mask by combining a teaspoon of sandalwood powder with a teaspoon of calamine powder.
Then, add several drops of lemon juice to the powders and mix. Gently massage the face mask to skin, focusing on the areas where you have large pores.
Let it sit for 15 minutes and rinse off with tepid water.
⑨ Egg White Mask
Egg whites offer great results if you have oily skin. You can make your own face mask from lemon juice and egg whites, and the mask will shrink pores and tighten skin.
How To Do It:
Make the mask by mixing a couple of drops of lemon juice with one egg white.
Immediately apply the egg white mask to your skin using a makeup brush, applying evenly.
Once the egg whites start drying, they will pull dirt and debris from the pores while lightening your skin.
Make sure you let the mask dry completely before you wash it away.
⑩ Close Pores with Glycerin
Glycerin also helps to close open pores and helps in reducing large pores.
How To Do It:
Add few drops of pure glycerin to 1 tbsp of vitamin E oil and apply on your face to get rid of large pores.
⑪ Use Yogurt to Tighten Pores
Yogurt is another great ingredient for reducing blemishes and tightening your skin and pores.
How To Do It:
Use yogurt by applying fresh, Greek yogurt (or plain yogurt) right to the skin each day.
Allow the yogurt to sit on skin for about 10 minutes. The lactic acid in the yogurt helps to slough away dead skin, tighten skin, and reduce pore size.
The yogurt also helps to pull dirt and excessive oil from your pores.
⑫ Butter and Salt Remedy
Use your own butter and salt toner to help reduce the look of large pores.
How To Do It:
Mix some butter with salt, make a paste and apply it over the open pores. Leave it for 15 minutes.
Afterward, wash and rinse it with your gentle facial wash and splash with cold water.
This mask covers up the open pores and reduces their size.
⑬ Apply an Almond Mask
One of the best natural ways to shrink your pores is to apply your own almond mask.
How To Do It:
To make the mask, start by soaking a few almonds in hot water for at least eight hours (or overnight).
Then, use the soft almonds to make your almond paste. Mix the almond paste with one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice.
Use a soft bristle brush to apply the mask to the affected area (with large pores) while gently apply this mixture on your face using a circular motion.
Leave the almond mask on your face for 30 minutes. Use warm water to rinse the mask away. It will leave you with clean, smooth skins and dramatically minimized pores.
If you want to reduce pore size, home remedies can help. By using natural ingredients, you’ll stay away from products with nasty chemicals, and you’ll end up with more beautiful skin.
Manisha yadav says
10/01/2015 at 9:40 ammam meri age 27 years h please mujhe bataiye daily use me konsi face cream better rahegi
nitika says
05/30/2015 at 11:04 amthank u
priyanka says
05/30/2015 at 8:10 amI got pimples from my teenage .I used to get small to large pimples on my face.now I am 25 ,pimples got reduced but open pores are formed because of many pimples from many years.I went for two sittings of chemical peels and found no result and left it.please suggest me the solution for open pores on my face.I also tried some of the home remedies and didn’t find any result
Emma says
04/17/2015 at 8:18 amHi,
In the past just week my pores on my face have become awful, it was sudden. They look like they are stretched and are creating fine lines all over my face, mostly my cheeks and smiles lines. The pores all awful. I am only 28 years old. I had been exfoliating with a salicylic face wash and using a salicylic moisturizer, so I don’t how my pores got this way. My skin is oily but maybe its dehydrated. I drink plenty of water though, and am now using hydrating face wash and cream, but have seen no change. Pores are still large and stretched creating lines. I read so many different things to do.. some say to exfoliate and some say don’t bc you are drying your skin out more. I’m at a loss.
deep says
03/31/2015 at 8:48 pmi have oily skin..& have too many facial pores…what preventive measures should i take to reduce or eliminate it…i have also using ACV but it doesnt show any best effect…m so worried…kindly help me…
Priya says
03/24/2015 at 12:57 amHi .. please let me know, with in how many days of consistant usage i can see a pinch of result on my face ?? For normal skin.
Thanks a lot.. Ur Tips are wonderful 🙂
Calleigh says
03/24/2015 at 2:43 am@Priya,
Since we are using natural ingredients, the results may vary. Give it a try for a month or two (with consistent use) and soon you will see improvements.