When our body is protected by clothing, the face always remains open, which is why it is exposed to negative environmental factors. In addition, after a certain age, the skin quickly loses moisture, subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons why the first wrinkles appear.
How scary it was one morning to discover that the skin on the face has changed: wrinkles, irregularities have appeared, it has become sluggish and dull. For any woman, seeing this in the mirror means only one thing - it is time to take care of yourself and regain your earlier confidence and youth. However, many fear the prospect of depriving themselves and their loved ones of a significant portion of the money as rejuvenating procedures in aesthetic medicine clinics and beauty salons cost a lot. But our grandmothers somehow managed to do it without expensive interventions, and at the same time they managed to keep their skin youthful for a long time. It's about how to take a course of anti-aging cosmetic procedures at home and what folk remedies can help with, and it is discussed in this article.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest face care products is good quality water. Water washes away dead cells of the stratum corneum and cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic but also a healing procedure. To keep the skin looking youthful, train yourself to wash your face with water. Rinse your face several times with warm and then cold water. Warm water expands the pores while cold water narrows them. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with water that is too cold or too hot. At low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to peel off. Hot water causes persistent 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 that you use a facial cleanser no more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with therapeutic effects that have been specially developed for dry skin. For dry skin, washing and compressing from a decoction of chamomile, violet, 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 needs to insist for 20 minutes, strain and cool. A brew made from chamomile, St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable for oily skin.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser twice a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream to the skin and remove the remains with a paper towel after 20 to 30 minutes.
Alternating washes with warm and cold clean water are sufficient for normal skin. But normal skin also needs some care. Washing with water with decoctions of medicinal herbs is very useful. Once a week, wash your face with a sud or wipe it with a swab dipped in warm water. For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because each component perfectly nourishes the skin and makes it look healthy.
Massage is the backbone of the basics
Daily facial massage allows you to keep it in good shape, ensures its firmness and elasticity. The constant blood circulation during the massage process improves blood circulation, expression and age wrinkles are smoothed, muscles are stimulated, which lose their elasticity over time.
Rules for performing the "home massage"
A facial massage requires perfectly clean skin. Therefore, before the procedure, it is imperative to remove makeup and wash it thoroughly. In addition, the skin must be moisturized with a moisturizer or serum with a regenerating effect. The latter option is even more preferable because the skin is given an extra "push" to rejuvenate before the massage.
True, there are a number of contraindications:
- chronic inflammatory processes on the skin of the face;
- Burns;
- Increased facial hair.
It is most effective to have a facial massage before bed. However, this does not mean that you will not be able to resort to their help in the morning or in the afternoon. For example, you can use a morning eyelid massage to relieve "night" puffiness, smooth out wrinkles in the corners of your eyes and remove dark circles.
Important:The massage process should not take 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 massage properly, where to start and what movements to use for it.
There are many ways to massage yourself, but the most popular is the classic one. This procedure is based on physical effects on the skin of the face that exactly match the lines indicated.
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 middle 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 should be performed with relaxed hands, pressure and friction are not allowed. You need to start a classic massage with light stroking with your fingertips. Gradually, the movements should become more active, perhaps even a light tapping on the skin of the face, which may allow it to warm up. When the skin is done, you can move on to the next stage.
Smoothing facial wrinkles with massage
A high-quality facial rejuvenation at home is not possible without a massage. How to get rid of wrinkles and double chins when there is no money to visit a beautician? Very easy!
The movements should not be "caressing" as in the version of the classic massage, but tapping and punctiform. Problem areas must first be slightly moistened and not with your fingers, but with the inside of your wrist, as if you were "pressing the cream into the skin""would.
To "destroy" the double chin, you'll need to use a harsher massage technique. This can include patting your palms, pinching, and even rubbing with a towel soaked in water.
Towel massage technique: soak a towel in water, wring it out and roll it up with a tourniquet. Take the ends of the towel, straighten it under your chin, and forcefully pull it upward as if to tie your jaw. Hold the towel in this position for a few seconds, then loosen it. Repeat the process 7-10 times. A daily towel massage will produce tangible results in just a few weeks.
With the massage you can 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 fountain of youthful skin
But you won't be fed up with massage alone. Yes, the skin constantly receives the necessary support and the face has beautiful contours, but it is possible to improve the color of the skin, smooth it and give it a shine only with the help of creams, lotions and masks. It is not necessary to buy them, since almost any cosmetic product can be made at home, and its properties are no worse than those on the shelves in the store. How and from what can high-quality household cosmetics be made? How to use it correctly and are there any contraindications to the use of such funds? Now let's find out.
Homemade Face 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 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 steep for half an hour. Then warm the infusion in a water bath for 7-10 minutes. Then let the solution cool down. When the water warms up, pour it off and pour wine into the infusion. The lotion is ready. It helps restore the skin's radiance and healthy complexion. It removes makeup perfectly and can easily replace expensive face care products.
Mint lotion
To prepare a 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 vinegar, 2 tablespoons of marigold tincture and a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Pour boiling water over the mint and let it burn for 10 minutes. After cooling, strain the infusion and pour the remaining ingredients into it. Such a lotion is very good in summer because in addition to its main function - cleaning the skin - it also provides additional refreshment.
Homemade face creams - the most effective recipes
An effective facial skin rejuvenation cream 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 heavy cream, one egg yolk, half a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice, one teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of cognac. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth. The cream can be used immediately after preparation and can also be stored. Transfer the mass to a glass container and close it with a lid (but not made of 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 must be washed off with warm water.
The effect is amazing! The skin is smooth, even and elastic, and this result is achieved after the first application.
Oatmeal Anti-Expression Wrinkle Cream
Any amount of oatmeal is mixed with a teaspoon of glycerin, a teaspoon of camphor and an egg yolk. It is necessary to apply such a cream only in the area of expression lines, as it has a high penetrating power. When applied to other areas of the face, it can disrupt the natural production of collagen. The contact time for the "oatmeal" cream is 1 hour. After the procedure, the mixture must be washed off with warm water. You cannot store the cream!
Homemade natural anti-wrinkle masks
The mask is an excellent tool for performing facial skin care. There are natural masks available in stores, but you can only buy them if you want to spend a fortune. Or you can save money by preparing your own mask at home.
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 an apple grated on the finest grater and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the product to the cleansed skin of the face, hold it for 20 minutes and remove the remains with a cotton swab dipped in water. The mask moisturizes and nourishes the skin perfectly, has a firming effect and combats fine age-related wrinkles.
Vitamin mask made from berries and vegetables
The skin also needs vitamins, which are found in large quantities in the most common "gardeners": cucumbers and black currants.
The cucumber must be peeled and rubbed on a fine grater. Take a tablespoon of the resulting cucumber gruel and mix it with a tablespoon of gruel with black currants. Add a tablespoon of high-fat sour cream to the mixture and mix everything. The mask is applied to the face for 20 minutes and then washed off with warm water.
Its effect is to give the skin an instant glow and freshness. The complexion improves and with it the mood.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you will need white clay and serum. Dilute the components to a thick consistency of sour cream, apply to the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - moisturize your face with a moisturizing lotion after this process.
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 to previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes and rinse with warm water.
Exfoliate for effective cleansing
The face peeling can be done once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons, since you can do this process at home. The face is cleansed with a peeling. You can cook it 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 it to the face and rinse off with warm water after 10 minutes. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage onto face, rinse off after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace the sour cream with another fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Do not forget that facial rejuvenation is impossible without a change in diet and a healthy lifestyle. In order for the skin to be young and well-groomed, bad habits must be given up and the diet varied with vitamins and minerals. The diet must include foods that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber (pumpkin, carrots, oranges, bananas and their juices, all kinds of cabbage, fish, nuts).
With simple massage techniques and homemade cosmetics, you can restore your skin to its former attractiveness. To do this, you do not need expensive procedures in beauty salons, nor imported creams and masks that promise amazing results from day one. As the saying goes: "Houses and walls help". And when combined with a great desire to change for the better, you can achieve a lot more.