If our body is protected by clothing, the face is always exposed, so it is exposed to negative environmental factors. In addition, after a certain age, the skin rapidly loses moisture and subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons why the first wrinkles appear.
How scary it was to discover one morning that the skin on the face had changed: wrinkles, irregularities appeared, became lethargic and dull. For any woman, seeing this in the mirror means one thing - time to look at yourself and regain your old confidence and youth. However, since rejuvenation procedures in aesthetic medicine clinics and beauty salons are so expensive, many fear the possibility of depriving themselves and their loved ones a significant chunk of money. 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 apply 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 facial skin care products is quality water. Water cleans dead cells in the stratum corneum and cleanses the skin from dust, dirt, sweat and oil.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic, but also a healing procedure. To keep the skin youthful, train yourself to wash your face by mixing it with water. Rinse your face several times with lukewarm water and then with cold water. Warm water expands the pores while cold water narrows the pores. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with very cold or very hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin dries out and begins to exfoliate. Hot water causes permanent 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 facial cleanser more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with therapeutic effect, specially designed for dry skin. For dry skin, it is helpful to wash and compress from a decoction of chamomile, violet, 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 should be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool. Chamomile for oily skin, St. A decoction of St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser 2 times a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream to the skin and remove the residue with a paper towel after 20-30 minutes.
For normal skin, alternating washes with warm and cold clean water are sufficient. But even normal skin needs some maintenance. It is very useful to wash herbs with boiled water. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe it with a swab dipped in warm water. For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, as each ingredient perfectly nourishes the skin and makes it look healthy.
Massage is the backbone of the basics
Daily facial massage will keep it in good condition, firmness and flexibility. Thanks to the continuous blood flow during the massage process, blood circulation is improved, expression and age wrinkles are corrected, muscles are stimulated and lose their elasticity over time.
Rules for "home massage"
Facial massage requires perfectly clean skin, so it is imperative to remove makeup and wash thoroughly before the procedure. In addition, the skin needs to be moisturized with any moisturizing cream or serum that has a regenerating effect. The second option is even more preferable, as the skin before the massage will receive an additional "push" to rejuvenate.
True, there are a number of contraindications:
- chronic inflammatory processes in the skin of the face;
- burns;
- increased level of facial hair.
It is most effective to do a facial massage before going to bed, but that doesn't mean you can't seek help in the morning or afternoon. For example, morning eyelid massage allows you to remove "night" puffiness, remove wrinkles in the corners of the eyes, and get rid of dark circles.
Important:The massage process should not take more than 10-15 minutes and the first time the session should be 3-5 minutes.
And now in more detail about how to do the massage correctly, where to start and what 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 the skin of the face, strictly along the lines indicated.
These lines include:
- the line extending from the eyebrows to the hair follicles;
- 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 ends of the eyebrows.
All movements should be done with relaxed hands, pressure and friction are not allowed. You should start a classic massage by lightly stroking your fingertips. Gradually, the movements should become more active, perhaps even slightly touching the facial skin, allowing it to warm. However, when the skin is ready, you can proceed to the next stage.
Removal of facial wrinkles with massage
High-quality facial rejuvenation at home is impossible without massage. How do I get rid of wrinkles and jowl if I don't have money to visit a beautician? Very simple!
The movements should be in the form of hitting and pointing, not "stroking" as in the classic massage version. The problem areas should be moistened first, not with your fingers, but with the inside of your wrist, as if "pressing" the cream onto your skin.
To "destroy" the double chin, you must use a stiffer massage technique. This can be both patting with palms and pinching or even scrubbing with a towel dipped in water.
Towel massage technique: Dip a towel in water, squeeze it and roll it with a tourniquet. Take the ends of the towel and stretch it under your chin and pull it up with force as if you want to bind the chin. Hold the towel in this position for a few seconds, then loosen it. Repeat the procedure 7-10 times. Daily towel massage will give tangible results within a few weeks.
Massage allows you to get the desired effect quickly. It lifts the skin, makes it taut and elastic, and keeps it young for a long time.
Homemade beauty products - a fountain of youthful skin
But you will not be full of massage alone. Yes, the skin will constantly receive the necessary support and the face will have beautiful contours, but only with the help of creams, lotions and masks it is possible to correct, smooth and shine. There is no need to buy them, because 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 such funds? Let's figure it out right now.
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 rooted), 50 ml of white table wine and 1 glass of boiling water. Pour boiling water over parsley and let it steep for half an hour. Then heat the infusion in a water bath for 7-10 minutes. Then wait for the solution to cool. When the water warms up, strain and pour wine into the infusion. The lotion is ready. It helps to restore shine and healthy skin 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 dried mint (or 5 tablespoons of fresh), half a liter of boiling water, 4 tablespoons of boric alcohol, 1 teaspoon of table vinegar, 2 tablespoons of calendula tincture and a teaspoon of lemon. Juice.
Pour boiling water over 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 in addition to its main function - cleansing the skin - it is also one more - refreshing.
Homemade face creams - the most effective recipes
An effective cream to rejuvenate the 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, 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 can be stored separately. Transfer the mass to a glass container and cover 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 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 and 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 such a cream only to the facial wrinkles area, as it has high penetration power. When applied to other parts of the face, it can disrupt natural collagen production. The exposure time of the "oatmeal" cream is 1 hour. After the procedure, the mixture should be washed off with warm water. You cannot keep the cream!
Homemade natural anti-wrinkle masks
The mask is an excellent tool to complement the facial skin care procedure. There are natural masks in stores but you can buy them just to spend a fortune. Or you can save money by making your own mask at home.
Here are a few recipes for good anti-wrinkle masks.
Oil mask
Mix a tablespoon of soft butter with the yolk of an egg, a tablespoon of apples grated on the finest grater and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the product on cleansed face skin, wait 20 minutes and remove any residue with a cotton swab dipped in water. The mask perfectly moisturizes and nourishes the skin, has a tightening effect and fights fine age-related wrinkles.
Vitamin mask from fruits and vegetables
The skin also needs vitamins found in large quantities, the most common "garden dwellers", cucumbers and black currants.
Cucumbers must be peeled and grated on a fine grater. Take a tablespoon of the resulting cucumber porridge and mix it with a tablespoon of currant oatmeal. Add a tablespoon of fat sour cream to the mixture and mix everything. The mask is applied to the face for 20 minutes, then washed off with lukewarm water.
Its effect is to give the skin an instant radiance and freshness. The skin improves and the mood improves with it.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Mix the ingredients to a thick sour cream consistency, apply to the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, wet your face with a moisturizing lotion.
You can prepare a cucumber, lemon and oatmeal mask for oily skin. Chop 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 100 grams of oatmeal. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply to pre-cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Facial peeling can be done once a week. To do this, you don't need to visit salons because you can do this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is done with a scrub. 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, 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Mix the mixture well, apply on face, 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 the face, rinse after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace the sour cream with any other fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Remember that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changing 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 containing carotene, vitamin A and fiber (pumpkin, carrots, oranges, bananas and their juices, all kinds of cabbage, fish, nuts).
Using simple massage techniques and homemade cosmetics, you will restore your skin to its former charm, and for this 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 it says: "Houses and walls help". And with the desire to change yourself for the better, you can achieve much more.