If our body is protected by clothes, the face always remains open, so it is exposed to negative environmental factors. In addition, after a certain age, the skin quickly loses moisture, the subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles.
How frightening one morning to discover that the skin on the face has changed: wrinkles, irregularities have appeared, it has become lethargic and opaque. For any woman, seeing this in the mirror means just one thing - it's time to take care of yourself and regain your old confidence and youth. However, many are frightened by the prospect of depriving themselves and their loved ones of a significant part of the money, as the rejuvenation procedures in aesthetic medicine clinics and beauty salons are very expensive. But, after all, our grandmothers somehow managed without expensive procedures and at the same time managed to keep their skin young for a long time. It is about how to conduct a course on anti-aging cosmetic procedures at home and what folk remedies can help with that and will be discussed in this article.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest products for facial skin care is good quality water. The water washes away the dead cells of the stratum corneum, cleans the dust, dirt, sweat and fat from the skin.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic procedure, but also a dressing. To preserve the youth of the skin, train yourself to wash your face by combining water. Rinse your face several times with warm water and then with cold water. Hot water expands pores, while cold water narrows them. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with very cold or very hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to peel. Hot water leads to persistent vasodilation and the skin becomes very 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 no more than once a week. The exception is foams and special gels with a therapeutic effect, designed specifically for dry skin. For dry skin, washing and compresses of a decoction of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill are useful. Pour 200 g of boiling water over a tablespoon of any 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, horsetail, milleft, 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 to the skin and, after 20 to 30 minutes, remove the remains with paper towels.
For normal skin, alternating washes with clean warm and cold water are sufficient. But even normal skin requires some care. Washing with water with decoctions of medicinal herbs is very useful. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or clean with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because the component nourishes the skin perfectly and makes it look healthy.
Massage is the backbone of the basics
The 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, the blood circulation improves, the wrinkles of expression and age are smoothed, the muscles are stimulated, which over time lose their elasticity.
Rules for performing "massage at home"
The facial massage presupposes a perfectly clean skin, therefore, before the procedure, it is essential to remove the makeup and wash it well. In addition, the skin must be hydrated with any moisturizing cream or serum with a regenerating effect. The latter option will be even more preferable, as the skin before the massage will receive an additional "push" to rejuvenate.
It is true that there are several contraindications:
- chronic inflammatory processes in the skin of the face;
- burns;
- increased level of facial hair.
It is more effective to have a facial massage before bedtime, but that does not mean that you will not be able to enlist your help in the morning or in the afternoon. For example, the morning eyelid massage allows to relieve "night" puffiness, smooth out the wrinkles in the corners of the eyes and eliminate 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.
And now with more details on how to do the massage correctly, where to start and what movements to use for it.
There are many self-massage options, but the most popular is the classic one. This procedure is based on physical effects on the skin of the face strictly on the specified lines.
These lines include:
- line from the eyebrows to the roots of the hair;
- 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 middle of the nose to the tips of the eyebrows.
All movements must be performed with relaxed hands, pressure and friction are not allowed. You need to start a classic massage with light movements with your fingertips. Gradually, the movements should become more active, perhaps even a light pat on the skin of the face, which will allow it to warm up. But when the skin is ready, you can move on to the next stage.
Smoothing 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 go to a beautician? Very simple!
The movements should not be "stroked", as in the classic massage version, but with strokes and points. The problem areas should first be slightly moistened, not with your fingers, but with the inside of your wrist, as if "pressing" the cream on your skin.
To "destroy" the double chin, you need to use a stronger massage technique. This can be either patting with the palms of your hands and pinching, or rubbing with a towel moistened with water.
Towel massage technique: soak a towel in water, wring it out and wrap it with a tourniquet. Picking up the ends of the towel, stretch it under your chin and pull it up hard, as if you want to tie your jaw. Hold the towel in this position for a few seconds, then loosen it. Repeat the procedure 7 to 10 times. A daily towel massage will give you tangible results in a few weeks.
Massage allows you to quickly achieve the desired effect. Lift the skin, make it firm and elastic, keeping it young for a long time.
Homemade beauty products - a source of youthful skin
But you will not be satisfied with just the massage. Yes, the skin will constantly receive the necessary support, and the face will have beautiful contours, but it is possible to improve the color of the skin, smooth it and give it shine only with the help of creams, lotions and masks. It is not necessary to buy them, as almost any cosmetic product can be made at home and their properties will not be worse than those on the store shelves. How and what to make high quality home cosmetics? How to use it correctly and are there any contraindications to the use of these funds? Let's find that out now.
Homemade facial lotions There are many recipes for making homemade facial lotions. Here are just a few of them.
Parsley lotion
To prepare this lotion, you will need 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 the parsley and let it ferment for half an hour. Then, heat the infusion in a water bath for 7 to 10 minutes. Then let the solution cool. When the water is hot, strain and pour wine into the infusion. The lotion is ready. Helps restore skin's radiance and healthy appearance. It removes makeup perfectly and can easily replace expensive face care products.
Mint lotion
To prepare the mint lotion, you need to take 2 tablespoons of dried mint (or 5 tablespoons fresh), half a liter of boiling water, 4 tablespoons of boric alcohol, 1 teaspoon of table vinegar, 2tablespoons of marigold tincture and a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Pour boiling water over the mint and cook for 10 minutes. After cooling, strain the infusion and pour the remaining ingredients into it. This lotion is very good in the summer, because in addition to its main function - cleaning the skin - it also performs another one - the refreshing one.
Homemade facial creams - the most effective recipes
An effective cream to rejuvenate the skin of the face 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 any brandy. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth. The cream can be used immediately after its preparation and, in addition, it can be stored. Transfer the dough to a glass container and close with a lid (but not metal), remove in a cool, dark place.
This 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 with warm water.
The effect is incredible! The skin is smooth, uniform, elastic and this result is obtained after the first application.
Anti-wrinkle cream of oats
An arbitrary amount of oats is mixed with a teaspoon of glycerin, a teaspoon of camphor and a yolk. It is necessary to apply this type of cream only in the area of mimic wrinkles, as it has a high penetrating power. When applied to other areas of the face, it can disrupt natural collagen production. The exposure time for the "oatmeal" cream is 1 hour. After the procedure, the mixture must be washed with warm water. You cannot store the cream!
Homemade natural anti-wrinkle masks
The mask is an excellent tool to complete the facial skin care procedure. There are natural masks in 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 some recipes for good anti-wrinkle masks.
Oil mask
Mix a tablespoon of softened butter with the yolk of an egg, a tablespoon of a grated apple on the finer grater and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the product on the clean skin of the face, hold for 20 minutes and remove the remains with a cotton swab dipped in water. The mask moisturizes and nourishes the skin perfectly, has a tensing effect and combats fine wrinkles from aging.
Fruit and vegetable vitamin mask
The skin also needs vitamins, which are found in large quantities in the most common "gardeners": cucumbers and currants.
The cucumber should be peeled and grated on a fine grater. Take a tablespoon of the resulting cucumber porridge and mix it with a tablespoon of blackcurrant porridge. Add a tablespoon of heavy cream to the mixture and mix everything. The mask is applied to the face for 20 minutes, after which it is washed with warm water.
Its effect is to instantly give the skin shine and freshness. The complexion improves and, with it, the mood improves.
Rejuvenating masks
Facial masks have excellent rejuvenating results. To make a handmade mask, you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components until you get a thick sour cream consistency, apply to the skin for 15 minutes and rinse with 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 oats. Chop 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 100 grams of oats. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply to previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Facial scrub can be performed once a week. To do this, you do not need to go to beauty salons, as you can do this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is done with exfoliating. You can cook yourself. The most popular cleaning ingredients are coffee and sea salt.
Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of sugar and 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Stir the mixture well, apply to the face, rinse after 10 minutes with warm water. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage on the face, rinse after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace the cream with any other fermented milk product - whey, kefir, low-fat cream.
Don't forget that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changes in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. For the skin to be young and well cared for, it is necessary to abandon bad habits, as well as diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet should include foods that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber (pumpkin, carrot, orange, banana and their juices, all types of cabbage, fish, nuts).
Using simple massage techniques and homemade cosmetics, you will restore your skin to its former attractiveness, and for that you will not need expensive procedures in beauty salons or imported creams and masks that promise stunning results from the first day of use. As the saying goes: "Houses and walls help". And in combination with a strong desire to change for the better, you can achieve much more.