The cosmetics industry develops thousands of masks, offering them both for professional salons and for home use. However, home-made masks made from natural ingredients will always be preferable to factory-made options.
After 25 years, girls should start taking care of their face and not only wash it with clean water, but also nourish it with various masks. Otherwise, inadequate care will appear in the early imitation wrinkles and a noticeable deterioration of the skin condition.
What face masks are there?
Typically, face masks are categorized by the effect they produce. There are different types of masks:
- nourishing, moisturizing, toning and cleansing - they are created for continuous skin care and maintenance in perfect condition;
- anti-inflammatory, whitening, anti-couperose - this group of masks successfully fights against visible skin imperfections;
- anti-aging masks, lifting - belong to the anti-aging group and help strengthen facial skin.
How to determine your skin type
Before choosing a face mask, you need to determine your skin type. In classical cosmetology, it is customary to distinguish between skin types:
- stressed,
- dry,
- normal,
- combined.
Since the needs of different skins vary significantly, a face mask should be chosen at home, depending on the skin type.
As a rule, this is not a problem, as girls are usually attentive to their appearance and skin type can be easily determined even by looking at themselves in the mirror. However, sometimes difficulties arise. Therefore, to accurately determine your skin type at home, wash your face with regular neutral soap and do not apply any product on it.
After about an hour and a half, place a well-absorbent paper towel on your face. Take a closer look at the napkin and rate the degree of oily skin:
- If there is a trace of sebum all over the surface of the napkin, it means that the skin is not tight at all and you have a kind of oily skin.
- If there are no marks on the napkin, but the skin does not peel and does not feel tight, then your skin type is normal.
- If there are no greasy marks on the napkin, but you feel noticeable tightness, then your skin is of a dry type.
- If in the center of the napkin, your forehead, nose and chin are pressed with a bold mark, and in the area of application of the cheeks and temples the skin has left no trace (dry or normal), then such a distribution ofuneven fat content indicates a combination or mixed skin type.
Nourishing face masks at home
Nutritional masks are needed to replenish the lack of nutrients, vitamins and trace elements in the skin.
Recipe # 1. Nourishing mask for oily skin (honey)
A simple composition made from 2 teaspoons of honey, 20 drops of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of low-fat sour cream is ideal for oily skin. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until smooth, apply the resulting mixture on your face. Keep on for 20 minutes to half an hour, then rinse with warm water.
The mask will nourish the skin, giving it color, radiance and beauty.
Recipe # 2. Nourishing mask for dry skin
To nourish dry skin at home, use the following ingredients:
- 1 egg yolk,
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 half tablespoon finely flakes with oatmeal.
Pour the oatmeal with very warm milk, let it soak a little (10-15 minutes). Beat the egg yolk with a fork and stir the flakes. Put the mass on your face and leave for 20 minutes.
This soothing mask with deep penetration into the pores nourishes dry skin, relieves the feeling of tightness and flaking, leaving it soft and supple.
Recipe # 3. Nourishing mask for normal skin
is a big misconception that normal facial skin does not need nutrition and care, vitamin supplementation. Nourishing mask for normal skin based on grapes gently and carefully cares for the skin, soothes it.
Crush 6-7 grapes of any white (or black as a last resort) variety, remove all seeds and husks, combine the grape mass with 1 tablespoon sour cream. Put the mass on your face, hold for 20-30 minutes, and then rinse with warm water. The mask is so nourishing that even irritated skin can be healed.
Moisturizing mask at home
Natural moisturizing face masks keep your skin hydrated. Most often, hydration is needed in summer and spring, when, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation and ambient temperature, some of the moisture is lost from the surface layers of the skin. Even mild dehydration can lead to decreased skin elasticity, the appearance of laziness and wrinkles.
Recipe # 4. Moisturizing mask for oily skin
The following recipe will help moisturize oily skin. Rub 1 egg white and mix with 20 ml of liquid honey until softened. Add 1 tablespoon chopped oatmeal. Put the mask on your face, leave it on for 20 minutes. Rinse first with warm water, then rinse face with cold. You can replace flakes with potatoes or starch to help tighten your pores and nourish your skin.
Recipe # 5. Moisturizing mask for dry skin
Dryness is perfectly eliminated with a cottage cheese mask.
Dry skin especially needs hydration, not only in summer and spring, but generally at any time of the year. Mix about 30 g of regular fat cheese with 2 tablespoons of milk, warmed to body temperature. Bring the mass to a homogeneous consistency, without lumps. Apply the resulting mask on the skin for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
Recipe # 6. Moisturizing mask for normal skin
To moisturize normal skin, use a grapefruit mask. To do this, mix the chopped pulp of two grapefruit slices with 1 egg yolk. Put the mask on the skin for 15 minutes. Then rinse with warm water.
Toning and cleansing homemade face masks
Cleansing and toning masks have a beneficial overall tonic effect on the skin, activate the subcutaneous circulation and clean the pores of the face from sebaceous secretions, give it a youthful appearance.
Recipe # 7. Toning mask for oily skin
Oily skin is perfectly toned by a white clay mask. To prepare it, dissolve 2 tablespoons of white clay in cold boiled water, add 1 egg white, 3-4 drops of lemon juice and 5 ml of honey. The resulting homogeneous mass should resemble sour cream in consistency. Put the mask on your face and wait until it dries completely. Rinse the clay mask with warm water once it is completely dry.
Recipe # 8. Cleansing Mask for Dry Skin
Dry skin is significantly improved and cleansed by the action of white clay. To prepare a mask at home, take 1 tablespoon of white clay, 2 times more milk and 5 ml of honey. Mix until smooth and apply on face. After 10-15 minutes, rinse the mask and finally, after cleansing, use a moisturizer.
Recipe # 9. Toning mask for normal skin
Normal skin will quickly regain freshness and firmness with a lemon peel face mask. Stir 1 egg yolk and 20 ml low-fat sour cream, add finely grated dish of 1 lemon. Keep the mask on your face no more than 30 minutes.
Homemade face whitening masks
Many girls dream of getting rid of feathers and generally whitening their faces. At home, whitening face masks will help alleviate age spots, even age spots.
Recipe # 10. Cucumber whitening mask is known to everyone for its good effect. Finely chop a medium (seedless) cucumber and mix with your daily nourishing cream or sour cream. Apply the mass on the face for 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
Recipe # 11. The following face whitening mask turns out to be quite liquid. At home, mix liquid honey and lemon juice in equal parts by volume. Soak gauze napkins in the resulting mass, which are then placed on your face. Leave on for 15 minutes, then remove tissue and gently rinse face with water.
Anti-aging face masks at home
Over time, the skin begins to age - this is an inevitable process. But when the first wrinkles of the problem appear, it should not lose heart, but include a rejuvenation procedure in regular skin care. Regular use of anti-aging collagen masks allows you to delay the appearance of new age-related changes in facial skin and soften existing small wrinkles.
Recipe # 12. Aloe vera rejuvenating face mask at home is very popular. Combine a tablespoon of the juice of this plant with the same amount of nourishing face cream and premium vegetable oil (preferably olive oil). Stir and apply the mask a little warm, hold on face for 10 minutes.
Recipe # 13. In summer, you can make a mask from fresh plantain leaves. Grind the leaves into gravel and mix with honey in equal parts. If the mixture is too thick, like a gelatinous mixture, dilute it a little with water. Hold this liquid on your face for at least 15 minutes. Remove first with a damp swab, then rinse face with fresh water. And botulinum toxin is not needed.
Masks with lifting effect for the face at home
The fight against facial skin suspension requires constant attention from women over 30 years old. Therefore, when the skin starts to fade, you should be armed with time-tested tools that will help align the top layer of the epidermis.
Recipe # 14. This vitamin anti-aging face mask is prepared at home from pharmacy ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon pink clay piled
- 1 ampoule of vitamin A
- 30 ml unscented green tea prepared.
Gently dilute the dry clay with tea and, stirring constantly, bring the mass to a homogeneous structure. Add vitamin A and apply the entire mixture on the skin. The mask lasts 25 minutes. Regular use of this recipe restores skin firmness and health.
Rinse this mask with plenty of cool water.
Recipe # 15. Natural and effective growth can be noticed in egg white. Rub a protein into a stiff foam and mix with two teaspoons of soaked oatmeal. The exposure time of the mask on the skin is 15 minutes.
According to girls, there is an uplifting effect: there is a tightening of the skin.
How to properly apply a face mask at home
Before applying any mask, you should cleanse your face from decorative cosmetics with a mild makeup remover. A refreshing gel usually completes the makeup removal procedure, but you can use an additional peeling.
Pre-layering of dead cells is desirable for good penetration into the facial skin of all the substances that make up the mask, this will ensure its greatest effectiveness. Cleaning can also be used at home, as for example with any coffee cleaning recipe.
When applying masks, follow the general rules for cosmetic formulations at home:
- The mask application procedure cannot be done "on the run". Set aside all household chores and spend half an hour just for yourself.
- Any effective face mask at home should be prepared (mixed) shortly before use. The remaining mass can not be saved.
- All the ingredients of the mask should be taken with good quality, and ingredients like sour cream, fruit, kefir, etc. , should be fresh.
- Before applying the mask, the face should be cleansed in the usual way. Owners of oily and combination skin will probably also need a pre-exfoliation peel. After cleansing the skin, open its pores as much as possible, you can steam them over the bath or make a warm, moist compress. This will allow all the ingredients to be absorbed as much as possible and have the best impact.
- To keep the hair away from the face, tie it in a bun and secure it with something.
- The mask should be applied, depending on the durability, with clean hands, brush, gauze or cotton. Most masks should be placed not only on the face, but also on the neck and décolleté. An exception would be drying masks for oily skin, because in the décolleté area the skin is much drier.
- Place the homemade mask along the massage lines, performing mid-face movements on the temples. An exception is the skin directly around the eyes; you do not need to put a mask on it.
- Rinse the mask with clean water. Better yet it is better not to take it from the tap, but to prepare in advance a container of boiled water, cooled to body temperature.
- After rinsing the mask, you do not need to wipe the face, gently wipe off excess moisture with a clean towel. On a wet face, apply a cream suitable for your skin type.
- Do not expect an immediate effect from the first procedure. Homemade facial masks should be repeated regularly at intervals of 1-3 times a week. The duration of the course should be at least 3 weeks.
Precautions when using household masks
For girls with a tendency to allergies, before putting on the mask prepared at home, it is necessary to do a test on the wrist or the inside of the elbow. If signs of an allergic reaction appear, take an antihistamine and do not use this product.