The cosmetics industry develops lots of masks and offers them for both professional salons and for home use. However, homemade face masks made from natural ingredients will always be preferable to factory-made options.
After 25 years, girls need to start taking care of their face and not only wash it with clean water but also feed it with various masks. Otherwise, inadequate care will manifest itself in early mimicry of wrinkles and a noticeable worsening of the skin condition.
What face masks are there?
Typically, face masks are categorized according to the effect they produce. There are mask types:
- nourishing, moisturizing, toning and cleansing - they are designed for constant skin care and maintenance in perfect condition;
- anti-inflammatory, bleaching, anti-couperose - this group of masks successfully fights against obvious skin imperfections;
- anti-aging, lifting masks - belongs to the anti-aging group and helps tighten the facial skin.
How to determine your skin type
Before choosing a face mask, determine your skin type. In classical cosmetology, it is common to distinguish between skin types:
- fed,
- dry,
- normal,
- combined.
As the needs of different skins vary markedly, a homemade face mask should be chosen depending on the skin type you are.
As a rule, this is not a problem as girls are usually aware of their appearance and skin type can be easily determined even by looking at themselves in the mirror. However, difficulties arise. Therefore, to accurately determine your skin type at home, wash your face with regular neutral soap and do not apply products on it.
After about an hour and a half, attach a good absorbent paper towel to your face. Look at the napkin closely and assess the degree of oily skin:
- If there are traces of sebum all over the surface of the napkin, it means that the skin is not dense at all and you have an oily skin type.
- If there are no marks left on the napkin but the skin does not peel off and does not feel tight, your skin type is normal.
- If there are no greasy marks on the napkin, but you feel obvious tightness, your skin is of a dry type.
- If your forehead, nose and chin in the middle of the napkin are marked with a bold mark, and in the application area of the cheeks and temples the skin has not left marks (dry or normal), then such an uneven distribution of the fat content indicates acombination or combination skin type.
Nourishing face masks at home
Nourishing masks are needed to rebuild 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 and apply the resulting mixture on your face. Keep it on for 20 minutes to half an hour, then rinse with warm water.
The mask nourishes the skin and gives it even color, radiance and beauty.
Recipe # 2. Nourishing mask for dry skin
Use the following ingredients to nourish dry skin at home:
- 1 egg yolk,
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 half tablespoon of fine oatmeal flakes.
Pour oatmeal with very hot milk, let it soak a little (10-15 minutes). Whisk the egg yolk with a fork and stir in the flakes. Apply the mass on your face and leave it for 20 minutes.
This soothing mask with deep penetration into the pores nourishes dry skin, relieves the feeling of tightness and flakes and leaves it soft and velvety.
Recipe # 3 Nourishing Mask for Normal Skin
It is a big misconception that normal facial skin does not need nourishment and care, saturation with vitamins. Nourishing mask for normal skin based on grapes gently cares and cares for the skin, soothes it.
Crush 6-7 grapes of any white variety (or black as a last resort), remove all seeds and peel, combine the grape pulp with 1 tablespoon sour cream. Apply the mass on your face, hold for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with warm water. The mask is so nourishing that even irritated skin can heal.
Moisture masks at home
Natural moisturizing face masks keep skin hydrated. Most often, hydration is necessary in summer and spring, when part of the moisture under the influence of ultraviolet radiation and ambient temperature is lost from the surface layer of the skin. Even mild dehydration can lead to a decrease in skin elasticity, the appearance of flaccidity and wrinkles.
Recipe # 4 Moisturizing Mask for Oily Skin
The following recipe helps to moisturize oily skin. Whisk 1 egg white and mix with 20 ml liquid honey until smooth. Add 1 deep tablespoon of chopped oatmeal. Apply the mask on your face, let it sit for 20 minutes. Rinse first with warm water and then rinse your face with cold. You can replace the flakes with potatoes or starch to help tighten the pores and nourish your skin.
Recipe # 5 Moisturizing masks for dry skin
Dryness is perfectly eliminated with a curd.
Dry skin especially needs hydration, not only in summer and spring, but generally at any time of the year. Bland ca. 30 g plain fat cottage cheese with 2 tablespoons 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 Masks for Normal Skin
Use a grapefruit mask to moisturize normal skin. To do this, mix chopped pulp of two grapefruit slices with 1 egg yolk. Apply the mask on the skin for 15 minutes. Then rinse with warm water.
Toning and cleansing of homemade face masks
Cleansing and toning masks have a general tonic beneficial effect on the skin, activate subcutaneous circulation and cleanse the pores of the face from sebaceous secretions, giving it a youthful look.
Recipe # 7. Oily Skin Mask
Oily skin is perfectly toned by a white clay mask. To prepare it, dissolve 2 tablespoons 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. Apply the mask on your face and wait until it dries completely. Rinse the clay mask with warm water as soon as it is completely dry.
Recipe No. 8. Cleansing mask for dry skin
Dry skin is visibly improved and visibly cleansed with white clay. To prepare a mask at home, take 1 tablespoon 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 off, and finally, after cleaning, apply a moisturizer.
Recipe # 9. Tone mask for normal skin
Normal skin will quickly return to freshness and firmness with a lemon peel face mask. Stir in 1 egg yolk and 20 ml low-fat sour cream, add finely grated crust with 1 lemon. Hold the mask on your face for a maximum of 30 minutes.
Bleaching of homemade face masks
Many girls dream of getting rid of freckles and generally get face bleaching. At home, white face masks will help ease age spots, even age spots.
Recipe # 10. Cucumber bleach mask is known by all for its good effect. Finely grate a medium-sized cucumber (no seeds) and mix with your daily nourishing cream or sour cream. Apply mass on face for 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
Recipe # 11: The following bleaching face mask turns out to be quite fluid. At home, mix liquid honey and lemon juice in equal parts. Soak gauze napkins in the resulting mass, which is then placed on your face. Keep it on for 15 minutes, then remove the napkins and gently rinse your face with water.
Face masks for home aging
Over time, the skin begins to age - this is an inevitable process. However, when the first problem with wrinkles appears, one 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 on the facial skin and smooth out existing small wrinkles.
Recipe # 12. Aloe vera rejuvenating face mask is very popular at home. 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 it on the face for 10 minutes.
Recipe No. 13. In the summer you can make a mask of fresh plantain leaves. Grind the leaves to a liquid 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 grit on your face for at least 15 minutes. Remove it first with a damp cotton swab, then rinse your face with cold water. And no botulinum toxin is needed.
Masks with a lifting effect for the face at home
The fight against sagging skin on the face requires constant attention from women over 30 years. Therefore, when the skin begins to fade, you need to arm yourself with time-tested means that help align the top layer of the epidermis.
Recipe # 14. This vitamin anti-aging face mask is made at home from the pharmacy's ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 1 rounded tablespoon of pink clay,
- 1 ampoule of vitamin A
- 30 ml non-flavored green tea brewed.
Carefully dilute the dry clay with tea and stir continuously with 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 the firmness and health of the skin.
Rinse this mask with plenty of cold water.
Recipe No. 15. Natural and effective lifting can be observed in egg white. Whisk one protein into a stiff foam and mix with two teaspoons of soft oatmeal. The exposure time for the mask on the skin is 15 minutes.
According to the girls, there is a lifting effect: there is a skin tension.
How to use a face mask correctly
Before applying a mask, cleanse your face with decorative cosmetics with a mild makeup remover. A refreshing gel usually completes the make-up removal procedure, but you can use an extra peel.
Pre-peeling of dead cells is desirable for good penetration of the skin of the face on all substances that make up the mask, this will ensure its greatest effectiveness. Scrub can also be used at home, for example, according to any recipe for a coffee scrub.
When applying masks, follow the general rules of home cosmetic formulations:
- The mask application procedure cannot be performed "on the run". Put all housework aside and spend only half an hour on yourself.
- Any effective homemade face mask should be prepared (mixed) just before use. The remaining mass can not be stored.
- All components of the mask must be of good quality and ingredients such as sour cream, fruit, kefir, etc. must be fresh.
- Before applying the mask, clean the face in the usual way. Owners of oily and combination skin probably also need an initial peel. After cleansing the skin, open the pores as much as possible, they can be steamed over a bath or a hot, wet compress can be made. This allows all the ingredients to be absorbed as much as possible and get the best effect.
- To keep the hair away from your face, tie it in a bun and secure it with something.
- The mask should be applied, depending on the consistency, with clean hands, a brush, gauze or cotton pad.
- Most masks should be applied not only on the face but also on the neck and décolleté. An exception is the drying of masks for oily skin, because the skin in the décolleté area is much drier.
- Apply the homemade mask along the massage lines and perform movements from the center of the face to the temples. An exception is the skin directly around the eyes; you do not need to apply a mask on it.
- Rinse the mask with clean water. It is better not to take from the tap, but to prepare a jug of boiled water in advance, cooled to body temperature.
- After rinsing off the mask, do not wipe your face, and soften excess moisture gently with a clean towel. Apply a cream that suits your skin type on a moist face.
- Do not expect an immediate effect from the very first procedure. Homemade face masks should be repeated regularly at intervals of 1-3 times a week. The duration of the course must be at least 3 weeks.
Home Mask Precautions
For girls who are prone to allergies, it is necessary to perform a test on the wrist or the inside of the elbow before applying the prepared mask at home. If signs of an allergic reaction appear, take an antihistamine and do not use this product.