Most often, dry skin of the face occurs in women over40 years. This is due to the fact that over time, sebaceous glands that provide natural hydration and nourishment of the skin, significantly slow down the pace of work and the skin is deprived of natural protection. In connection with this, the production of collagen is reduced, which is responsible for the elasticity and smoothness of the skin. Also on the hydration of the skin are influenced by such factors as diet, stress, disruption of the digestive system, lack or absence of vitamins and minerals, disruption of the endocrine glands. Yes, the external factors - wind, sun, sea water, work at hot furnaces and the like, do not have the best effect on the skin. In young women, even the dry skin looks elastic, matte, there are no wrinkles, pores are imperceptible. But if you touch this skin, you can feel some dryness. The dryest parts of the face, as a rule, are whiskey and cheeks, while the forehead, chin, nose and nasolabial folds often shine. Usually this kind of skin is called beautiful, but this beauty is temporary. Dry skin hates washing with water, even if it is washed with a very greasy soap. Even the most common face cleaning for such skin becomes a serious test. Gradually, the attractiveness of the skin is lost. Dry skin is rough, not too elastic, its pattern is much sharper than in normal or oily skin. Often, dry skin is still very sensitive to wind and sun, temperature changes, various cosmetic products, does not tolerate even a small amount of water. From washing with water, the skin begins to "burn" and become covered with red spots. Therefore, care for dry skin requires special attention. If you take care of your skin correctly, you can prolong its attractiveness and youth for many years. Often, women with dry skin tend to improve the skin by more frequent washing, which for a short time releases the skin from peeling and returns an attractive look. But frequent washing, on the contrary, leads to the fact that the skin can not transfer water at all. Dry face skin should not often be washed with water. And especially you can not do this before you go out. Also, do not often use cosmetics with alcohol, as well as a variety of powders, whitening creams and whites. Cleaning the face should also be done without the use of various pilling and scrubs. If washing is required, then it is better to use only soft water at room temperature, because both hot and cold water contribute to the fact that the skin becomes flabby, wrinkles appear. For dry skin, air procedures are useful, especially in a humid mild climate. Sunbathing is also useful, but only in small quantities and only early in the morning. If you are going to bathe in a bath, bath, pool, river or under a shower, you should first apply face cream, vegetable oil or any other fat: unsalted butter, sour cream or lard. 
In brief about care of a dry skin
To keep the skin young for longer, you need to follow a few simple tips:
Evening care for dry skin
In the evening, skin care is no less important than in the morning. In no case can you go to bed with the remnants of day care. It is necessary to use several types of cleansing, which should be alternated. So the skin will get much more nutrition and will not get used to any particular means. You can use the same morning methods to cleanse dry face skin, only after cleansing it is necessary to apply a fat night cream. In the evening, special attention should be given to toning the skin, because it is at night in the skin that the recovery processes are accelerated, it is at night that useful nutritious creams are applied. And the tonics help to improve blood microcirculation, due to which more oxygen is supplied to the skin of the face, and cosmetic means for care begin to be absorbed more effectively. Better, if both the cleanser, and tonic, and cream - all cosmetics - will be one cosmetic line. Means will complement each other and the skin will receive the highest quality nutrition and care. When it comes to caring for dry face skin, people's recipes will not be superfluous, as they are able to provide the skin with the necessary nutrition and moisturizing, not least, than the purchased cosmetics. We will talk about folk remedies further.
Traditional recipes of tonics, masks and creams
Our great-grandmothers also knew about the benefits of manyhome food for the face. So why do not we also adopt national recipes? There are a variety of masks for the face of dry skin, which not only perfectly cleanse the skin, but also nourish it with a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. And to make such a useful mask is very simple - just look in the refrigerator, for sure there will be most of the ingredients for cooking this or that mask. Yes, and tonics with creams do not difficult, because folk recipes in most cases are distinguished by the simplicity of preparation and composition, but the benefits from them are very many. Often, natural cosmetics is the best. So, let's start in order. As we have already said, tonics are an integral part of proper skin care. Here are a few toner recipes for dry skin:
- Strawberry
Preparing a tonic from 1 tbsp. l. mashed strawberries, which are mixed in 1 tbsp. soft cold water, after which the mixture must be filtered through cheesecloth or cotton wool and add (if any) 0.5 tsp. glycerin. This tonic perfectly tones, cleanses and nourishes the skin. By the way, if you think that you really need a cleaning, such a tonic will definitely have to come in handy. And the vitamins contained in it, surely will please your skin.
- Herbal infusion
For the preparation of this tonic followsUse one of the types of herbs - elderberry flowers, lime blossom, chamomile or sage. Preparing the tonic is as follows: a handful of herb pour 1 tbsp. boiling water and insist for 10 minutes, after which the infusion is filtered and cooled. Such tonics clean and soften the skin, remove irritation.
- Floral
By 2 tbsp. l. rose, poppy, jasmine, linden and chamomile petals, pour boiling water (200 grams), insist for an hour, then drain.
- Poppy
Pour a glass of boiling water 2 tbsp. l. grains of poppy seeds or 10 petals of fresh flower, insist 1 hour and strain. Rinse your face with water instead of washing. It is irreplaceable tonic in the event that the face was cleaned.
- Egg
Grind 1 egg yolk with vegetable oil and add gradually 250 grams of milk or cream.
- Honey
Mix 1 tsp. honey, 1 tsp. glycerol, 1 tbsp. l. alcohol, 70 ml of water and 2-3 g of borax. Keep a similar tonic is needed only in the refrigerator. The mask for dry facial skin, as recently mentioned, is an excellent source of nutrients for the skin. There is an incredible number of recipes for masks, but we will only consider the most affordable and most popular. Wash off the mask with a mild warm or room temperature water. So:
- Honey-and-egg
1 yolk, 1 tsp. honey and 1 tsp of sunflower oil mix thoroughly and apply to the skin for 15-20 minutes. By the way, not only a wonderful moisturizing of the skin, but also a good cleansing.
- Yellow
Add 1 egg yolk of one raw egg with 1 tsp. cream and apply for 15-20 minutes.
- Curd
1 tbsp. l. Cottage cheese grinded with 1 tbsp. l. sour cream and 0,5 tsp. salt. Apply to the skin for 15-20 minutes. Such a mask is very effective in cases when the skin has signs of inflammation.
- Yeast
Grind 20 g of yeast from 1 tbsp. l. milk and 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil. Apply for 15-20 minutes. This mask is also suitable for those women who need to clean the face.
- Cucumber
Grate on a fine grater 2 fresh cucumber and a little sour cream and apply mass on the face for 20-25 minutes. This mask not only moisturizes the skin, but also perfectly whitens it.
- Apple-protein
1 peel fresh apple, grate on a fine grater and mix with egg white. Apply the mask for 20 minutes.
- Mask-biostimulator
2 tbsp. l. honey mixed with 1 tbsp. l. juice of aloe and put on 10-15 minutes. The processes of skin regeneration are very effectively stimulated. In addition, the skin receives the vitamins so necessary for it.
- Carrot-grapefruit
Flesh or juice 1 grapefruit mixed with 1 tsp. sour cream, 1 tsp. carrot juice and 1 tbsp. l. rice flour. Apply a mask to the face, décolleté area and neck for half an hour. This mask should not be abused, as there is a deep cleansing of the facial skin. 
Creams for dry skin
After the mask for dry facial skin and toning,should apply nourishing cream. Folk recipes also offer a lot of types of creams for dry skin of the face. Consider the 3 most popular and effective creams:
- Yellow and creamy cream
Mix 100 grams of cream with 1 yolk, juice of half a lemon and 1 tsp. cognac, balsam or vodka. Such cream can be stored only in the refrigerator and not longer than 7 days.
- Yolk-cream sour cream
Juice half a lemon, 100 grams of sour cream, 1 egg yolk to mix and store also in the refrigerator and no more than 7 days. Then all the vitamins in this cream will just collapse.
- Nutritious cream
To prepare the cream you need: 0.5 tbsp. frozen or fresh strawberry or strawberry juice, 1 dessert spoonful of lanolin and powder from oat flakes or flour. Lanolin dissolved in a boiling bath, add oat powder and beat, adding gradually berry juice. Cream can be left on the face for no more than two hours, after which the rest of the creams should be removed with soft napkins. But there are exceptions: the cream can be left for the whole night, but it should be applied with moist cotton swabs in warm water with clapping movements. So, we figured out that if you have dry facial skin - folk recipes are quite capable of providing proper care. We hope that you will not have problems with caring for your skin, and you will always look young and beautiful! And natural cosmetics and vitamins will certainly help you with this. We advise you to read:
