A woman's desire to always be well-groomed andbeautiful is invested in us by nature itself. Even in the most ancient times, women sought ways to improve and preserve what nature had given them: they washed themselves with dew, milk, collected various herbs to wash themselves with decoctions. In the modern world, we have more opportunities to take care of our beauty and appearance. For this purpose, a lot of cosmetics have been created, we have various knowledge about care methods, and beauty industry specialists are at our service. But among all this diversity, the most accessible and no less effective methods of caring for your appearance are still successful. Some of them will be discussed in our article. Most charming representatives of the fairer sex pay special attention to caring for the delicate skin of their face. We all would like to always have a fresh complexion, as if shining from within. To achieve this result, you need to be able to maintain not only an even skin tone on your face. You need to lighten it, and also, if necessary, whiten traces of freckles, age spots and similar unpleasant consequences. To achieve this, we will use such means as effective whitening face masks that can be made at home. We all remember that a woman's face is her business card. So let's make sure that there are no unnecessary marks on it!
To itself the cosmetician
Whatever masks you plan to make for yourselfat home, take care of some subtleties. After all, any activity has its own nuances and requirements for its implementation - to achieve the best result. What should you know when starting to whiten your own face? There are not too many such moments, they are not difficult to implement, but you should know about them and take them into account so that the procedure does not bring you trouble when performing it. Preparing the inventory
- Prepare a container in which you willmix ingredients for the future procedure. The most suitable material for this is glass, porcelain, plastic utensils. Avoid using metal or wooden plates. These materials may react with the components of the mask, which can adversely affect the skin;
- Brush for application: sometimes you can do without it, using only your own fingers, but using a brush to apply masks evenly will be much more convenient;
- Sponge for washing off the leftover mask from the skin surface. It can be made of a special material like loofah, but in the absence of it, a foam sponge or cotton pad will do;
- If you do not plan to wash after the procedurehair, then make sure that when applying the mask on their face they do not get dirty. To do this, you can use a rim, ribbon, cap, which will hide your hair and prevent the possibility of accidental falling on the face on which the mask is applied;
- A piece of gauze. We will use it to squeeze the juice out of the product, if we only need it. Or in order to squeeze out excess moisture from the mask to prevent it from draining from the skin of the face. Or, after moistening the gauze in the mask, we will put it on the face in this way. In this case, it will be necessary first to make holes in the material for the eyes, nose and lips
Attention:time matters Let us explain what we mean: to achieve a visible effect from using absolutely any procedure, and not just whitening our delicate skin, you need regularity and frequency. Do not expect that after doing the manipulation once, you will immediately achieve a visible effect, and even be able to maintain it for a long time. It is advisable to do whitening masks in the evening, and after them - do not allow direct sunlight to affect the skin. It is important to know that some recipes for whitening masks contain components that can dry out the skin on the face. Accordingly, if your skin is prone to dryness, you should either choose another mask recipe with a similar effect, or do not use the procedure more often than indicated in the recipe. Always apply a cream to your face after that, corresponding to your skin type.
Recipes of our grandmothers, moms, and now our
- Cucumber mask
The easiest mask to make, which helpswhitening your face and evening out its skin tone, this is a mask made from cucumber. Such a simple vegetable, grown in a garden bed, not in a greenhouse, is quite capable of coping with the task. However, remember that this mask is not designed to eliminate too complex problems. What you should do: take a cucumber, thoroughly bathe it under running water, chop it on a fine grater (remember that the grater must be made of plastic) and apply to your face. The action time is from 15 minutes to half an hour
- Mask based on clay
It can even cope with pigment spots,and not only with freckles. You will need 70 grams of kaolin (white clay), 10 grams of talc, the same amount of baking soda. Mix the dry ingredients, and then dilute this mixture with a 2% boric acid solution to the state of gruel or fairly thick sour cream. Apply this mask to your face, carefully avoiding the eye and lip area.
- Yeast Mask
Yeast baking lovers will appreciateUseful properties of yeast for facial skin, if you make the following mask: mix about 15 or 20 grams of yeast with lemon juice (can be replaced with orange or grapefruit), until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Do not overdo it with the juice, so that the mask does not become runny. Apply it to the skin and hold for at least 20 minutes. Yeast contains B vitamins, which are indicated for problems with any type of skin. This mask perfectly brightens the skin tone and whitens freckles
- Protein mask
If you need to lighten your skin prone todry or normal, then prepare a mask for yourself using this recipe: mix egg white and hydrogen peroxide (3%) in a ratio where 2 or 3 parts of egg white will account for 1 part of peroxide. Use a teaspoon as a measure. Then mix this mixture with cottage cheese, of which you will need approximately 1 teaspoon
- Almond mask - a recipe for aristocrats
The mask is easy to prepare and effective inapplication. About half a cup or glass of almonds should be poured with boiling water, which will require one glass, for about 5 minutes. Then the water can be drained, and the almonds can be chopped with a blender or a meat grinder. After that, mix the resulting mass with lemon juice until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. A course of masks should be carried out in this mode: 2 times a week, the total number of procedures is at least 30 (40 is possible).
- Mask of bell pepper
With skin pigmentation on the face it helps uscope with pepper. Making a mask from it is as easy as from a cucumber. Just take one fruit, wash it thoroughly. Then grate it and apply it to your face, paying special attention to the area of increased pigmentation. Keep the mask on your face for at least half an hour
- Berry Mask
Masks based on this have a whitening effect.berries, due to the fruit acids they contain. Use strawberries, raspberries, black currants to get a whitening effect for your face. Mash the amount of berries you need for a single portion of the mask and apply it to the skin surface. This is where the piece of gauze we mentioned above comes in handy.
- From radish
If you mix in 2 tablespoons of pureedblack radish, about 1 teaspoon of milk and a few drops of lemon juice, you will get an excellent mask for oily skin with a whitening effect
- Kefir mask
To achieve a brightening effect for our facecan be done by using fermented milk products such as kefir or sour milk. Mix ground oatmeal and one of the above drinks until smooth, add a few drops of lemon juice. Moisten a gauze mask and apply to your face. As the fabric dries, moisten it again. You need to keep this mask on for about 20-30 minutes.
- Mask from parsley
The humble parsley is waging a very active fight againstpigment spots, freckles, redness and other manifestations that prevent our skin from shining with its pristine whiteness. To deal with this, let's take 25 grams of parsley root, pre-chopped, pour boiling water over it and put it in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. After that, strain the resulting broth, cool it a little, take gauze again and soak the fabric with the resulting liquid. Apply the fabric to the face and hold for at least 15 minutes, wetting the fabric as needed
- Mask from sauerkraut
If you like to eat fermented foodscabbage, do not drain the juice from it, but use it as a skin whitening agent. The substances it contains perfectly lighten the skin tone, whiten freckles and not too deep pigment spots. In order for the juice not to flow, we will again need to use gauze folded in several layers. Do not forget that after taking any of the listed recipes, you must thoroughly wash off the remains of the mask from your face and apply cream to your skin. Make sure that in the summer it is a cream with protection from sun rays. If you do not follow this recommendation, then it will be much more difficult for you to maintain the effect of the above procedures. Remember that direct sunlight on your face threatens us not only with its undesirably dark color, but also with the appearance of premature wrinkles. Let's not expose ourselves to such an ill-considered risk. Previously, representatives of the aristocracy protected the whiteness of their faces with the help of hats with wide brims. In the summer, we can easily take advantage of their experience so as not to spoil the effect obtained from using masks.