If our body is protected by clothing, the face always remains open, which is why it is exposed to negative environmental factors. In addition, the skin quickly loses moisture after a certain age, subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main causes of the first wrinkles.
How scary one morning to discover that the skin of the face has changed: wrinkles, irregularities have appeared, it has become dull and dull. For any woman, it means only one thing to see this in the mirror - it's time to take care of yourself and regain your former confidence and youth. However, many are afraid of the prospect of depriving themselves and their loved ones of a significant portion of the money because rejuvenating procedures in aesthetic medicine clinics and beauty salons cost a lot. But after all, our grandmothers managed somehow without expensive procedures, and at the same time managed to keep their skin youthful for a long time. It is about how to conduct a course of anti-aging cosmetic procedures at home and what folk remedies can help with this and will be discussed in this article.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest skin care products for the face is good quality water. Water washes away dead cells in the stratum corneum, cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can not only become a hygienic procedure but also a healing one. To maintain the youthfulness of the skin, you need to practice washing your face by combining water. Rinse your face several times with warm water and then cold water. Hot water dilates the pores, while cold water narrows them. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with too cold or too hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to flake off. Hot water leads to persistent vasodilation and the skin becomes too sensitive to cold.
If you have dry skin, wash your face with soft water at room temperature. It is recommended to use a facial cleanser more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with a therapeutic effect designed specifically for dry skin. For dry skin, washing and compressing from decoction of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill is useful. Pour 200 g of boiling water over a tablespoon of one of these ingredients. The resulting broth should be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool. For oily skin, a decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horseradish, yarrow, banana, cornflower, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser twice a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream on the skin, and after 20-30 minutes, remove the residue with a paper towel.
For normal skin, rinsing with warm and cool clean water is sufficient. But even normal skin requires a little care. Washing with water with decoction of medicinal herbs is very useful. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because every component nourishes the skin perfectly and makes it look healthy.
Massage is the backbone of the basics
Daily facial massage allows you to keep it in good shape, ensuring its firmness and elasticity. Due to the constant blood flow during the massage procedure, blood circulation is improved, expressions and age wrinkles are smoothed, muscles are stimulated, which over time lose their elasticity.
Rules for conducting "home massage"
Facial massage requires completely clean skin, so it is important before the procedure to remove makeup and wash thoroughly. In addition, the skin should be moisturized with any moisturizer or serum with a regenerating effect. The latter option will be even more preferred because the skin before massage gets an extra "push" to rejuvenate.
True, there are a number of contraindications:
- chronic inflammatory processes on the facial skin;
- burns
- increased level of facial hair.
It is most effective to do a facial massage before bedtime, but that does not mean you can not resort to its help in the morning or afternoon. For example, eyelid massage in the morning allows you to relieve "night" swelling, smooth out wrinkles in the eyes, get rid of dark circles.
Important:the massage procedure should not last more than 10-15 minutes, and for the first time, the session time should be 3-5 minutes at all.
And now more detail on how to do massage properly, where to start it and what movements to use for this.
There are many options for self-massage, but the most popular is the classic. This procedure is based on physical effects on the facial skin strictly along the specified lines.
These lines include:
- line from eyebrows to hair roots;
- from the corners of the lips to the middle of the ear;
- from the center of the chin to the earlobes;
- from the wings of the nose to the temples;
- from the center of the nose to the tips of the eyebrows.
All movements must be performed with relaxed hands, pressure and friction are not allowed. You should start a classic massage with light strokes with your fingertips. Gradually the movements should become more active, perhaps even a light pat on the skin of the face, which makes it possible to warm it up. But once the skin is ready, you can move on to the next step.
Smoothing of facial wrinkles with massage
High-quality facial rejuvenation at home is impossible without massage. How to get rid of wrinkles and double chin if there is no money to visit a beautician? Very simple!
The movements should not be "strokes", as in the version of the classic massage, but tapping and point-like. Problem areas must first be moisturized lightly and not with the fingers, but with the inside of your wrist, as if "pressing" the cream into the skin.
To "destroy" the double chin, use a harder massage technique. This can both pat with palms and squeeze and even rub with a towel soaked in water.
Towel massage technique: soak a towel in water, wring it out and roll it up with a turnet. Take the ends of the towel, stretch it under your chin and pull it up with force, as if you want to tie the jaw. Hold the towel in this position for a few seconds, then release it. Repeat the procedure 7-10 times. A daily towel massage will give tangible results in a few weeks.
Massage allows you to quickly achieve the desired effect. It lifts the skin, makes it firm and elastic and keeps it youthful for a long time.
Homemade beauty products - a source of youthful skin
But you will not be full of massage alone. Yes, the skin is constantly getting the necessary support and the face will have beautiful contours, but it is possible to improve the skin tone, smooth it and only give it radiance with the help of creams, lotions and masks. It is not necessary to buy them because almost any cosmetic product can be made at home and its properties will not be worse than those found on the shelves of the store. How and from what to make high quality home cosmetics? How is it used properly and are there any contraindications to the use of such means? Let's find out right now.
Homemade Facial Lotions There are many recipes for making homemade facial lotions. Here are just a few of them.
Parsley Lotion
To prepare such a lotion, use a tablespoon of fresh or dried parsley (preferably with roots), 50 ml of white table wine and 1 glass of boiling water. Pour boiling water over parsley and let it brew for half an hour. Then heat the infusion in a water bath for 7-10 minutes. Then allow the solution to cool. When the water gets hot, strain it and pour wine into the infusion. The lotion is ready. It helps to restore radiance and healthy skin on the skin. It removes makeup perfectly and can easily replace expensive facial care products.
Mint lotion
To prepare mint lotion, take 2 tablespoons dry mint (or 5 tablespoons fresh), half a liter of boiling water, 4 tablespoons boron alcohol, 1 teaspoon table vinegar, 2 tablespoons calendula tincture and a teaspoon lemon juice.
Pour boiling water over the coin and keep on fire for 10 minutes. After cooling, strain the infusion and pour the remaining ingredients into it. Such a lotion is very good in the summer, because in addition to its main function - to cleanse the skin - it also performs a more - refreshing.
Homemade face creams - the most effective recipes
An effective cream for rejuvenating facial skin should not contain artificial preservatives and other chemicals. Here are some recipes for effective anti-wrinkle creams.
Creamy face cream
To create your own "live" cream you will need: 100 grams of cream, an egg yolk, half a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice, a teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of cognac. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth. The cream can be used immediately after cooking, and in addition it can be stored. Transfer the mass to a glass container and close it with a lid (but not metal), remove it in a cool, dark place.
Such a cream is applied in a thick layer, almost like a mask. The exposure time is at least 20 minutes. After the procedure, the cream should be washed off with warm water.
The effect is amazing! The skin is smooth, even, elastic, and this result is achieved after the first application.
Oatmeal anti-expression wrinkle cream
An arbitrary amount of oatmeal is mixed with a teaspoon of glycerin, a teaspoon of camphor and an egg yolk. It is necessary to apply only such a cream in the area of mimicking wrinkles, as it has a high penetrating power. When applied to other areas of the face, it can interfere with the natural production of collagen. The exposure time for the "oatmeal" cream is 1 hour. After the procedure, wash the mixture with warm water. You can not store the cream!
Homemade natural anti-wrinkle masks
The mask is an excellent tool for performing the facial care procedure. There are natural masks in the shops, but you can only buy them to spend a fortune. Or you can save money by preparing your own mask at home.
So here are a few recipes for good anti-wrinkle masks.
Oil mask
Mix a tablespoon of soft butter with the egg yolk of an egg, a tablespoon of grated apple on a fine grater and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the product on cleansed facial skin, hold it for 20 minutes, and remove its residue with a cotton swab dipped in water. The mask moisturizes and nourishes the skin perfectly, has a tightening effect and fights fine age-related wrinkles.
Vitamin mask from berries and vegetables
The skin also needs vitamins, which are found in huge amounts in the most common "gardeners": cucumbers and blackcurrants.
The cucumber should be peeled and grated on a fine grater. Take a tablespoon of the resulting cucumber porridge and mix with a tablespoon of blackcurrant porridge. Add a tablespoon of fat sour cream to the mixture and mix everything. The mask is applied to the face for 20 minutes, after which it is washed off with warm water.
Its effect is to immediately give the skin radiance and freshness. The skin color improves, and thus the mood improves.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components to a thick sour cream, apply on the skin for 15 minutes and then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - wet your face with a moisturizer after this procedure.
For oily skin, you can prepare a cucumber, lemon and oatmeal mask. Chop 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 100 grams of oatmeal. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply on previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Peeling for effective cleansing
Facial exfoliation can be performed once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons because you can perform this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is performed with a scrub. You can cook yourself. The most popular cleansing ingredients are coffee and sea salt.
Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil, a teaspoon of sugar, 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Stir the mixture well, apply on face, rinse after 10 minutes with warm water. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage on the face, rinse after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace sour cream with any other fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Do not forget that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changes in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. In order for the skin to be young and well-groomed, it is necessary to give up bad habits as well as diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet should include foods that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber (pumpkins, carrots, oranges, bananas and their juices, all types of cabbage, fish, nuts).
Using simple massage techniques and homemade cosmetics, you will restore your skin to its former appeal, and for this you do not need expensive procedures in beauty salons or imported creams and masks that promise amazing results from the first day of use. As the saying goes: "Houses and walls help". And combined with a great desire to change yourself for the better, you can achieve much more.