Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s gram flour body scrub

The luminous beauty queen and ex-Miss World credits her radiant skin not to the arc lights or an arsenal of beauty products, but a simple gram flour body scrub recipe that’s been widely used by generations of Indian women. Concocted from gram flour, yoghurt, milk, sandalwood powder and turmeric, ubtan as it’s called in Hindi is traditional pre-wedding skin care regimen and a constant in Indian households. Gram flour gently exfoliates, drawing out deep-seated dirt from pores and tightening skin, while turmeric’s antibacterial properties cleanses skin and tackles hyperpigmentation. Milk/milk cream or yoghurt acts as a moisturising base whose lactic acid combats free radicals to hydrate and brighten skin.