Summer is a time of renewal and rebirth.This time of year requires special attention and care for the skin of the face and body. The sun can make the skin look over-dried and tired. It loses moisture and elasticity, tone and color. Most women who think that their skin is too dry use very oily, thick-textured creams to restore the water balance. The reason for the tightness of the skin is often that the sun really dehydrates it. The skin itself can remain quite elastic and healthy. In this case, it does not need oily creams, but light, but very moisturizing lotions or mousses. Fat will not help to retain moisture. Skin whose problems arise in the summer can be successfully restored at home. Dehydrated by the heat, it will return the lost moisture if you use affordable and simple products that are always at hand. We provide several recipes for skin health that will be interesting for both those with dry and oily skin.
The main condition is the water-fat balance of the skin
In order to restore the skin's healthy and radiant appearance,should be saturated with water and oxygen. This can be achieved by regularly using warm compresses and steaming baths. Just remember that steam and high temperatures can be harmful to people with heart or blood pressure problems. They are also not recommended for asthmatics or bronchial diseases, as well as if you have very thin skin and blood vessels are located very close to its surface. Steaming baths are prepared as follows: First, cleanse your face with a suitable lotion or just water with foam for washing. Boil one and a half liters of water and turn off the heat. Pour two or three tablespoons of dry herbs into a container with hot water: linden, chamomile, violet, calendula, etc. Cover your head with a towel and sit so that your face is doused with warm, pleasant and incredibly useful steam. The time required to achieve the optimal result depends on your skin type:
- If the face is dry, prone to redness and irritation of the skin, it is only 5 - 10 minutes;
- If the fat, prone to rashes and formations of black spots and acne, skin - 15 - 20 minutes;
- If the skin is normal - 10 - 15 minutes.
After the allotted time, wash with warm water.water and pat your face dry with a soft towel. After half an hour, use a mask with nourishing properties. Dry skin is very sensitive to sudden temperature changes, climate change, and bad weather. To reduce sensitivity and restore its healthy and radiant appearance, take advantage of several simple recipes for wonderful face masks.
- Vitamin and mineral nourishing face mask
Take five drops of sea buckthorn tinctureoils, St. John's wort, one egg yolk, a little mayonnaise, one tablespoon of kefir or sour milk. Mix all the ingredients and apply to your face for about twenty minutes. After that, wash your face and use any nourishing cream. This mask will smooth out fine wrinkles and make your skin more elastic.
- Moisturizing and nourishing face mask
Take 100 grams of natural honey, 100grams of any vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) and two yolks. Heat the oil slightly in a water bath. Apply the mask in stages in several layers. First the first, then, after five to ten minutes, the second. After the mask dries, soak a cotton pad in a decoction of herbs, chamomile, linden, and wipe your face.
- Citrus Mask for those with dehydrated skin
Take two teaspoons of natural honey andjuice of one grapefruit or orange. Apply the mixture to your face for about ten minutes. After that, wash your face with cool water. This mask will not only moisturize your skin well, but will also cleanse it of impurities, even out your complexion, and lighten it due to the acids it contains.
- Mayonnaise Face Mask
This mask is done when the skinoily. Take one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, which can be replaced with the juice of one lemon, castor oil, mayonnaise and honey. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and apply the mixture to your face for about ten minutes. Do it before bed. After the mask dries, wash your face and apply a nourishing cream. When the skin is dehydrated, do not add vinegar or lemon juice to the described mask.
- Banana mask for damaged and rough skin
Take a ripe banana and mash it into a puree, mix it with one or two tablespoons of cream. Apply the resulting mixture to the skin of your hands for about ten minutes.
- Masks with honey for dry skin
If the skin is dry or dehydrated, for washingThe best solution is a special mixture made from milk and water taken in equal proportions. Note: if your skin is prone to allergies and rosacea, then it is better to avoid honey.
- Moisturizing and toning mask for the neck and face
Take one teaspoon of dry milk.It should be mixed in slightly warm water until a liquid gruel is obtained. Here we also send one teaspoon of honey heated in a water bath. We spread the composition on the skin of the neck and face. Let it soak in for about twenty minutes. After that, you need to wash with warm water.
- Lotion for skin with grape juice
Grape juice is obtained from the pulp of grapesberries. Knead and leave for two hours, then strain the juice. The resulting 400 milliliters of juice should be mixed with two tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of salt. Strain the mixture and add one glass of regular vodka to it. Sprinkle your face with water and lubricate it with the resulting lotion. Leave for two hours, after which you can wash your face. The mixture can be stored in the refrigerator for about a month.
Soft and smooth handles
Delicate and sensitive skin of the hands is constantlyis exposed to negative and aggressive factors: cold, sun, water, detergents. Therefore, care for it should be appropriate - proper and thorough. To moisturize and nourish the skin of your hands, use the following recipes:
Honey is great not only for facial skin,but also the body. For example, the skin on the shins often peels and dries out. Take some honey and warm it up in a water bath. Wet the skin on the shins with hot water and rub the warm honey into it thoroughly. Leave it for about thirty minutes. Then rinse the treated areas with warm water. Lubricate the skin on the elbows and knees with lemon juice or the juice of any citrus fruits. You can simply rub them with lemon or orange peel.
The Secret Secrets of Cleopatra
In order for the skin on the body to become elastic,moisturized and smooth, you should take a relaxing bath once every five or seven days. They say that Cleopatra herself, the great and beautiful queen of Egypt, preferred such a bath. To prepare such a bath, mix half a glass of butter and half a glass of milk. Pour this mixture into a warm bath and immerse yourself in it for fifteen minutes. After this, do not dry your skin with a towel, but rather put on a soft terry robe and go to bed.
- Another secret of Cleopatra is a luxurious cream:
Take 40 milliliters of distilled water andaloe juice. Add to them an infusion of rose petals, which can be prepared from two tablespoons of rosebud leaves, steamed in one glass of boiling water and infused for about thirty minutes. Instead of infusion, you can also take rose water. You will need 20 milliliters of rose water. Heat this composition in a water bath. Add 100 grams of pork fat to the mixture. The cream is applied once a day to the skin of the neck and face. It can be stored in the refrigerator.
- From the rose petals, you can prepare a moisturizing lotion and use it in case the skin is dehydrated.
Take two tablespoons of rose flowers andjasmine. Steam them in two glasses of hot water. Let it brew for 6 hours. Then strain and add vitamin B1. This lotion perfectly tones and refreshes the skin of the face and neck. It is also suitable when the skin is too oily. If the skin is oily or dehydrated, you can use the following composition: Apply corn or olive oil to the skin. Then make a hot compress from a decoction of chamomile, calendula or any other herb. Apply grated cabbage leaves to the skin for twenty minutes. The course consists of twenty procedures, which should be carried out three times a week. You can add yolk, honey, oil or flour to the cabbage gruel.
- To improve the complexion, toning, nutrition and moisturizing, masks with carrot juice perfectly suit:
If your skin is oily, take two tablespoons.sour cream, one teaspoon of carrot juice, one yolk. Mix all the ingredients and spread on your face for twenty minutes. Then wash with water. This same mask can be prepared a little differently for dry skin. Take one tablespoon of sour cream and mix it with one teaspoon of carrot juice. Apply to your face and leave for fifteen minutes. Wash with warm water.
- Scarlet juice
Take one hundred grams of ordinary aloe leaves andput them in one liter of cool water. Leave the infusion for two hours. After that, boil for about five minutes. Do not bring to a boil. Strain the decoction and pour into a container that is suitable for storing in the refrigerator. The resulting lotion can be used to wipe the skin on the neck and face several times a day. This composition is also great for compresses, which should be done three times a week for ten minutes. After the compress, do not forget to use a nourishing cream.
- Mask of chamomile:
Take one tablespoon of anyvegetable oil, natural honey, one egg yolk, half of one glass of chamomile infusion. The infusion is prepared from two tablespoons of dry chamomile flowers brewed in one glass of hot water. Leave the mask on the skin for twenty minutes, then wash with hot water. The course is about one and a half months twice a week. We recommend reading:
