If our body is protected by clothing, then the face remains open at all times, which is why it is exposed to negative environmental factors. In addition, after a certain age, the skin loses moisture quickly, subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles.
How frightening one morning to find out that the skin on the face has changed: there are wrinkles, irregularities appear, it is hurt and dull. For any woman, this is just one thing in the mirror - it's time to take care of yourself and regain your former confidence and youth. However, many people fear the prospect of a significant portion of the money for themselves and their loved ones, because rejuvenation procedures in aesthetic medicine clinics and beauty salons cost a lot. But after all, our grandmothers managed in some way without expensive procedures, while at the same time they managed to keep their skin young for a long time. It is about how to take a course of anti-aging cosmetic procedures at home and the folk remedies that will help with this and will be discussed in this article.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest facial skin care products is high quality water. Water washes away dead cells of the stratum corneum, cleanses skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can be not only a hygienic procedure, but also a medicine. To preserve the youth of the skin, train yourself to wash your face by adding water. Rinse your face several times with warm water and then cold water. Hot water widens pores, while cold water narrows them. However, washing your face with too cold or too hot water is not recommended. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to flake. Hot water leads to constant vasodilation, and the skin becomes too sensitive to the 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 foam and gels that have a therapeutic effect, designed specifically for dry skin. For dry skin, it will be useful washing and compressing from a decoction of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill. Pour 200 g of boiling water over a tablespoon of any of these ingredients. The resulting broth must be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool. For oily skin, a decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, oats, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves are suitable.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser 2 times a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream on the skin, and after 20-30 minutes, remove the remains with a paper towel.
For normal skin, alternate washes with warm clean and cool water are sufficient. But some normal skin requires some care. It is very useful washing with water with decoctions of medicinal herbs. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe with a swab dipped in warm water. For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because each component nourishes the skin perfectly and makes it look healthy.
Spinal massage is the basics
Daily facial massage allows you to keep it in good shape, ensures its robustness and elasticity. Due to the constant blood flow during the massage procedure, blood circulation is improved, wrinkles are manifested and age is made, muscles are stimulated, which loses its elasticity over time.
Rules for doing a "home massage"
Facial massage assumes perfectly clean skin, therefore, before the procedure, it is necessary to remove makeup and wash thoroughly. In addition, the skin must be moisturized with any moisturizing cream or serum with a regenerating effect. The second option is even better, because the skin before the massage gets extra "pressure" to rejuvenate.
True, there are some contraindications:
- chronic inflammatory processes on human skin;
- burns;
- increased level of facial hair.
Doing a facial massage before bedtime is more effective, but that doesn’t mean you can’t turn to help in the morning or evening. For example, morning eyelid massage allows you to relieve "night" puffiness, remove wrinkles in the corners of 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 in more detail about how to properly massage, where to start and the movements to use for this.
There are many options for self-massage, but the most popular is the classic one. This procedure is based on physical effects on human 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 middle of the chin to the earl;
- from the wings of the nose to the temples;
- from the middle of the nose to the tips of the eyelashes.
All movements should be done with relaxed hands, pressure and friction are not allowed. You need to start a classic massage with a light stroking with your finger. Gradually, the movements should become more active, perhaps even a light pat on the human skin, which will allow it to warm up. But once the skin is ready, you can move on to the next step.
Smiging facial wrinkles with massage
It is impossible to do a high quality facial rejuvenation at home without a massage. How to get rid of wrinkles and double chin if there is no money to visit a beautician? Very simple!
The "stroking" movements, as in the version of the classic massage, should not be just tapping and point-like. The problems must be moistened first, and not with your fingers, but with the inside of your wrist, as if "pushing" the cream into the skin.
To "destroy" the double chin, you need to use a more intense massage technique. This can be patting with palms and pinching, and even rub with a towel soaked in water.
Towel massage technique: soak a towel in water, take it out and roll it up with a tour. Taking 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.
The massage allows you to quickly achieve the desired effect. It lifts the skin, makes it firm and elastic, keeping it young for a long time.
Homemade beauty products - a fountain of youthful skin
But you will not be full of one massage. Yes, the skin will always get the necessary support, and the face will have beautiful contours, but the color of the skin can be enhanced, made smooth and radiance only with the help of creams, lotions and masks. They do not need to be bought, as almost any cosmetic product can be made at home, and its properties will not be worse than the properties on the shelves in the store. How and from what to make high quality home cosmetics? How to use it properly, and are there any violations of the use of those funds? Let’s figure it out now.
Home Facial Lotions There are many recipes for making homemade face lotions. Here are just a few of them.
Parsley Lotion
To prepare such a lotion, you will need one 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 the parsley and let it brew for half an hour. Then heat up the infusion in a water bath for 7-10 minutes. Then let the solution cool. When the water is hot, strain it and pour wine into the infusion. The lotion is ready. It helps to restore radiance and a healthy complexion to the skin. It removes makeup perfectly and can easily replace expensive facial care products.
Mint lotion
To prepare mint lotion, you need to take 2 tablespoons of dry mint (or 5 tablespoons of fresh), half a liter of boiling water, 4 tablespoons of boric alcohol, 1 teaspoon of table vinegar, 2 tablespoonsof calendula tincture and a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Pour boiling water over the mint 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 its main function - cleansing the skin - it also makes another - rejuvenating.
Homemade face cream - the most effective recipes
Artificial preservatives and other chemicals in creams should not be effective in rejuvenating human skin. Here are some recipes for effective anti-wrinkle creams.
Cream face cream
To create your own "live" cream you will need: 100 grams of cream, one egg yolk, half a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice, one teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of any cognac. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth. The cream can be used immediately after preparation, and in addition, it can be stored. Transfer the mass to a glass container and close with a lid (but not metal), remove in a cool dark place.
Such a cream is applied in a thick layer, almost like a mask. The exposure time is 20 minutes. After the procedure, the cream must be washed with warm water.
The effect is amazing! The skin is smooth, even, elastic, and this result is achieved after the first application.
Oatmeal anti-wrinkle cream
An arbitrary amount of oatmeal is mixed with one teaspoon of glycerin, one teaspoon of camphor and one yolk. Such a cream only needs to be applied to the area of mimic wrinkles, since it has a high penetrating power. When applied to other parts 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, the mixture must be washed with warm water. You can't store the cream!
Homemade natural anti-wrinkle masks
The mask is an excellent tool for completing the facial skin care procedure. There are natural masks in the stores, 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 masks like anti-wrinkle.
Oil mask
Mix a tablespoon of soft butter with one egg yolk, a tablespoon of grated apple on the best grater and one teaspoon of honey. Apply the product on cleansed facial skin, hold it for 20 minutes and remove its remains with a cotton swab dipped in water. The mask perfectly moisturizes and nourishes the skin, has a tightening effect, and fights age-related smooth wrinkles.
Vitamin mask from berries and vegetables
The skin also needs vitamins, which are found in huge quantities in the most common "garden dwellers": cucumbers and blackcurrants.
The cucumber must be peeled and grated on a fine grater. Take a tablespoon of the resulting cucumber gruel and mix with a tablespoon of black currant. Add a tablespoon of fatty sour cream to the mixture and mix everything. The mask is applied to the face for 20 minutes, followed by washing with warm water.
Its effect is to instantly bring radiance and freshness to the skin. The complexion improves, and with it the mood is improved.
Renewal of face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenating results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components to a thick sour cream consistency, apply them on the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse them in water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, wet your face with a moisturizing lotion.
For oily skin, you can prepare a mask of cucumber, lemon and oatmeal. Cut 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 100 grams of oatmeal. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply to previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse in warm water.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Facial exfoliation can be done once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons, because you can perform this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is done with a scrub. You can cook it yourself. The most common cleansing ingredients are coffee and sea salt.
Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of sugar, 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Stir the mixture well, apply it, rinse off after 10 minutes with warm water. To dry normal skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage on your face, rinse off after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, substitute any other fermented milk product for sour cream - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Don’t 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. Foods that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber (pumpkin, carrots, oranges, bananas and their juices, all types of cabbage, fish, nuts) must be included in the diet.
Using simple massage techniques and home cosmetics, you will return your skin to its previous attractiveness, and for this you will not need expensive procedures in beauty salons or imported creams and masks that promise great results from day oneuse. As the saying goes: "Houses and walls help". And coupled with a strong desire to transform yourself for the better, you can achieve much more.