In our age, sophisticated and spoiled by scientific achievements, someone can say about home masks for facial skin that this is not relevant, not modern and not effective. However, is it worth agreeing with this opinion?
Of course, many consider salon procedures or the use of expensive cosmetic products from the store more appropriate. However, home masks have a number of advantages compared to purchased products.
First of all, homemade masks are natural, lively cosmetics made from dairy products, fruits, vegetables, berries, honey, cosmetic clay, medicinal herbs and many other natural ingredients. For our skin, exhausted by bad ecology, stress and other costs of modern living conditions, they are a real salvation. For the skin of a modern woman, applying a home mask can be compared to a walk of a city dweller who came to the village through dew.
Further, home masks are a very affordable way of facial treatment in every sense. Compared with purchased products or salon procedures, it can be an order of magnitude, if not a bit cheaper. Home masks are prepared from those components that can be easily found in a store, on the market or in your garden. Often, for their preparation, you do not need to leave the house, just open the refrigerator or kitchen cabinet.
Another plus of home masks is to save time, because it’s very easy to prepare and use them. Agree, today, when we are so short of time, this is important.
And finally - home masks are very effective! You will see for yourself if you choose the right masks for your age and skin type, and you will use them regularly, observing the following rules:
1. Before using any home mask, it is imperative to cleanse your face with a cleansing gel, tonic, and steam compress.
2. Apply self-prepared masks to the face, like any others, with light movements, without pressure.
3. Home masks need to be prepared immediately before use, it is not recommended to store them.
4. Keep a home mask on your face should not be longer than 20 minutes.
Masks for dry skin
Honey face mask (to nourish and moisturize the skin, prevent wrinkles)
Mix 2 tablespoons of flour with yolk and a teaspoon of honey. We apply the resulting mass to the face, after 15 minutes, wash off using warm water.
Avocado face mask (for nourishing and moisturizing the skin)
Mix a teaspoon of avocado oil, half a teaspoon of lavender oil and a teaspoon of kefir with a few drops of lemon juice. We apply a mask, after 10 minutes wash off with warm water, then rinse your face with cold mineral water.
Mustard face mask (for nourishing and moisturizing the skin)
After mixing a teaspoon of dry mustard with a tablespoon of vegetable oil, add a little boiled water to the resulting mass, mix well. The resulting gruel is coated on the face for 5 minutes, then rinse it off with warm water. After sure we use a nourishing cream.
Masks for oily skin
Yeast mask (to remove oily sheen, narrow pores, reduce acne)
Rub a tablespoon of baker's yeast with any dairy product (kefir, yogurt, yogurt) to get a thick slurry. We apply it on the face for about 15 minutes, then, after moistening a cotton swab in cold water, remove the mask.
White clay mask (to narrow pores and smooth skin)
Mix half a tablespoon of white clay with lemon juice and honey (they need a teaspoon). After adding a little cold boiled water, stir until a homogeneous pasty mass is formed. Apply the mask, wash off after 15 minutes, taking cool water. Gently wet your face with a towel, wipe it with a slice of lemon.
Mask with honey and bran (to remove excess sebum, nutrition and skin freshness)
Beat egg white with a teaspoon of honey, a teaspoon of milk, a teaspoon of lemon juice, stir. Pouring a large handful of bran into the resulting mass, mix and apply the mask. After 20 minutes, remove the swab, moistening it in warm water, then rinse your face with cool water.
Masks for the skin around the eyes
Raw Potato Skin Mask (to relieve swelling under the eyes)
After cleaning and washing a small potato, dry it with a napkin and rub on a fine grater. Then, taking two small gauze napkins, put on each tablespoon of grated potatoes and apply them under the eyes so that the potato gruel comes into contact with the edema. After 15 minutes, remove the wipes, pat the skin with a cotton swab, moisten it in a cooled tea.
Walnut face mask (for nourishing and moisturizing thin skin under the eyes)
After cleaning 3 walnuts, grind the kernels in a coffee grinder to make flour. This flour (should be about 2 teaspoons) is mixed with a tablespoon of melted butter, add a few drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice to the resulting mass. Apply the mask to the skin around the eyes, wash off after 20 minutes, taking cool water.
Spinach skin mask (to reduce fine wrinkles)
Squeeze the juice from several spinach leaves to make a teaspoon. Mix it with a teaspoon of cream, which we usually use to care for the skin around the eyes, and an oily solution of vitamin A (10 ml). We apply the resulting mask to the area under the eyes for 20 minutes. After that, remove it with a cotton swab, moistening it in cold milk.
Masks for problem skin
Egg and lemon face mask (for drying and freshness of the skin)
Beating egg white well, mix it with a teaspoon of lemon juice. Having well mixed the resulting mass, apply it to the face. After 15 minutes, wash off using cool water.
Brown bread face mask (to narrow the pores and give the skin a fresh look)
After soaking a piece of crumb of brown bread in water or in sour milk, we apply the resulting slurry abundantly to areas of the skin where there are enlarged pores. After 20 minutes, wash off, taking cool water.
Masks for aging skin
Oil and egg mask (for moisturizing and nourishing the skin)
Grind 2 egg yolks with 50 grams of melted butter, then gradually add 3 teaspoons of olive oil and half a teaspoon of glycerin to them. Continuing to grind the mixture, we also gradually pour into it a quarter cup of chamomile infusion with 30 grams of camphor alcohol. Apply, stand for 20 minutes, then rinse - first with warm water, then rinse with cold.
Gelatin face mask (for softening the skin and smoothing facial wrinkles)
Pour gelatin with any freshly squeezed natural juice, which should be twice as much gelatin. We place the dishes with the resulting mass in a warm place or heat them in the microwave. After swelling of the gelatin, we place the mass in the refrigerator so that it thickens to a gel state. At the same time, it is important not to overexpose the mask so that its consistency does not become too dense. After thickening, apply the mask, hold for 20 minutes, then rinse off using warm water.
Starch mask (to smooth wrinkles, moisturize the skin and eliminate signs of fatigue)
Potato starch in the amount of a tablespoon is dissolved in half a glass of warm boiled water. We bring half a liter of water to a boil and, carefully pouring the starch solution into it, we cook the mixture until it thickens. Then add to it 5 tablespoons of freshly squeezed carrot juice and a tablespoon of cream. Stir thoroughly, apply for 20 minutes. After this period, wash off with warm water and apply a nourishing cream that matches our skin type.
This mask will be especially effective if used for three consecutive days.
Mask of flax seeds (to soften and smooth the skin, giving it a fresher and healthier look)
After pouring 3 teaspoons of flaxseed with water, cook this mixture until it turns into a jelly-like mass. After removing it from the fire and letting it cool, mix it with honey and an oil solution of vitamin A, which you need to take half a teaspoon. Apply the mask to the face, cover it with polyethylene and put a towel on top (to maintain heat). After 20 minutes, wash off using warm water.
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