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Last reviewed: 07.06.2024
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If someone knew the recipe for eternal youth, it would probably include this plant, or rather, its orange-yellow flowers. This has been known since ancient times, so calendula for the face was actively used in folk medicine, from which it was borrowed by professional pharmacists and cosmetologists. Today on the counters of pharmacies and specialized stores you can see all kinds of preparations and means: creams, masks, tinctures, ointments, oils. How to use them, so that the sunflowers maximally give the skin their beneficial properties?
Indications Calendula for the face
Calendula preparations are used externally and internally. It acts as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory agent, activator of skin cell regeneration. Indications for external use - the presence of acne, early wrinkles, demodecosis, couperosis, pigmentation, insect bites, warts, skin wounds or infections. Calendula is useful for excessive oily secretions, enlarged pores, dandruff, black spots, hair loss and excessive greasiness.
Calendula rinse the throat with sore throat and gums with stomatitis, used for inhalation, spritzing female organs, drink as a choleretic. Candles based on flowers help with hemorrhoids and vaginal problems. In cosmetology, calendula for the face is used to regenerate the skin when damaged, make compresses in the form of lotions and tonics.
Due to the wide range of application, drugs are produced in various forms: ointments, creams, lotions, tinctures, suppositories. [1]
Calendula for acne on the face
Miraculous flowers are widely used not only in folk medicine, but also to maintain the beauty of the skin. A simple, safe and reliable remedy is calendula for acne on the face. Pimples, blackheads, traces after acne, clogged pores, pigment spots disappear, if the case is taken cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations based on calendula. This is facilitated by the components contained in calendula for the face.
- Essential oils destroy harmful microorganisms.
- Flavonoids help resorb pustules and heal acne.
Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties, calendula is able to heal acne and prevent the formation of recurrent rashes. In addition, it solves several other problems: it removes freckles and spots, excess fat, cleans clogged pores, and prevents early wrinkles.
Calendula is used in the form of cosmetic ice, masks, lotions. Ice washed in the morning owners of problem skin. Wipe the face with a cube prepared in advance and blot it with tissues or a paper towel.
The lotion is a concentrated infusion, which is moistened with a sponge to wipe the face in the morning and evening. The lotion should be fresh and should be prepared at least every other day.
In the composition of masks include ingredients that enhance the action of calendula, as well as moisturizing and nourishing, increasing skin tone: it is aloe juice, oat flakes, blue clay, honey.
Calendula for face wrinkles
Many women are particularly interested in the anti-aging effect on the skin, that is, the effectiveness of calendula for the face from wrinkles. Provide this property mainly carotenoids, present in the bright colors of marigolds. They also protect against the negative effects of external factors, soothe the epidermal layer. Due to the content of active components in calendula for the face, the appearance and condition of the skin significantly improves.
Calendula gently moisturizes dry and sensitive skin, as well as delicate baby skin. When applied around the eyes, it reduces the intensity of "caterpillars".
- In the fight against wrinkles, as they say, all means are good. In our case - means with calendula, on the basis of which natural masks are prepared, often multicomponent. They nourish, regulate water balance, and smooth wrinkles.
A simple mask - marigold flowers, lemon juice and yogurt. Another option is a honey-cream mask with grated fresh calendula.
For the prevention and elimination of wrinkles use a mask of the following ingredients:
- calendula;
- rolled oats;
- grape seed oil;
- yarrow.
To the solid ingredients put through a meat grinder add boiling water, stir until the state of mush. Pour 1 tsp. Of oil into the cooled substance.
Ordinary night cream can easily be turned into an anti-wrinkle preparation, if you add a strong decoction of flowers to it. Additionally, olive oil helps to improve the properties of such a cream. An effective way from wrinkles is an even simpler procedure - wiping the face with a decoction of marigolds.
Calendula tincture for facial demodicosis
One of the popular folk remedies is calendula tincture for facial demodex. The medicinal liquid is highly effective in the fight against microscopic parasites called demodex, parasitizing in the sebaceous glands and hair follicles.
- Micro mites feel particularly comfortable deep within the skin where there are enough nutrients for their growth, development and reproduction.
In the evening, they go out, and returning to the skin, "take" with them harmful microflora. This, in turn, provokes skin irritation, pimples and acne.
- Calendula tincture for the face acts as a local anti-inflammatory agent and is part of the complex therapy of demodecosis.
For this purpose, a boltushka is prepared according to the following recipe: mix in equal proportions levomycetin, streptocid, aspirin and tincture of calendula. Recommended and the alcohol tincture itself for wiping the face. Well cleanses and disinfects the skin with a mixture of tinctures of calendula and chamomile or aira.
Ready-made tincture is bought in a pharmacy or prepared independently. To do this, you need 2 tablespoons of flowers, they are placed in 100ml of ethyl alcohol and insist for 2 weeks. Before use, the liquid is filtered.
Calendula ointment for couperose on the face
Couperosis is the formation of vascular formations on the skin, resembling nodules or stars. Some consider the problem purely cosmetic, others are sure that it is a vascular disease. In any case, the mesh on the face is not adorning anyone, and everyone is looking for ways to get rid of it. Calendula is the best helper in this case.
Pharmacy and home ointments calendula from couperosis on the face have a number of therapeutic functions: heal places traumatized by sun rays, diaper rash, abrasions, cuts, insect bites, cracks and scratches. Ointments successfully cope with varicose veins, dilated capillaries, venous netting, boils, dirty pores. Rough heels and elbows will become soft and nesuchhimi, if they are lubricated with calendula ointment.
- Very dry, damaged hand skin is treated with this ointment, rubbed in place of the usual cream.
According to the instructions, calendula for the face in the form of ointment is applied locally: twice a day apply a thin layer and cover the couperose or damaged areas with a sterile bandage. The duration of the course is related to the severity of the problem. Usually the effect is visible quite soon.
Homemade ointment is prepared from two ingredients: 50g of calendula oil and 4g of natural wax. Substances are mixed until homogeneity and melted on a water bath, without stopping to stir. Use after cooling down.
For reference, we remind you that couperosis is caused not only by bad habits (alcohol, smoking, hot and spicy food), but also by some cosmetic procedures: the use of scrubs, lotions with alcohol, hard sponges and towels, aggressive massages. The skin prone to couperose has to be treated long and hard, and calendula preparations are only one of the means used for therapeutic purposes.
Pharmacodynamics
Before we talk about the properties and benefits of calendula for the face, let's dwell on its composition. After all, it is the active components of the plant that determine these properties. In particular, sunflowers are rich in essential oils, beta-carotene, oleanolic acid, lupeol, carotenoids, saponins, coumarins, quercetin. These compounds contained in calendula, for the face, that is, the skin, are essential: prolong youth, maintain fluid balance, relieve inflammation, regulate the secretion of fat, tone, strengthen the layers of the skin.
- Calendula treats acne and blackheads, soothes irritations, heals lesions including post-acne, inhibits fading, shrinks pores, stimulates metabolism and cell renewal.
Calendula preparations are suitable for all skin types, but primarily for oily and problem skin. They mattify, shrink pores, eliminate rashes and inflamed spots, heal wounds.
- For oily skin, alcohol-free, water-based products are recommended. Dry skin needs oil-based preparations.
They soothe, heal and reduce inflammation. For balance, calendula is combined with moisturizing ingredients. Normal skin needs prevention - and calendula can perform this function as well. The miracle flower normalizes metabolism, restores local immunity, effectively tones the skin.
Calendula has so many useful properties that it is successfully used in many medical spheres. Pharmacodynamics of preparations is due to antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, regenerative properties.
- Active components have a destructive effect on infectious agents, reduce swelling, redness, pain, accelerate healing of damaged areas, restore normal processes in pathological foci.
Calendula for face can be used to wash purulent wound surfaces, in order to evacuate pus and reduce the intensity of inflammation. The remedy stimulates the formation of healthy skin cells, which close wound and damaged areas.
Pharmacokinetics
Calendula flowers for face contain biologically active components with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, partially choleretic properties. These substances are represented by different groups: vitamins, organic acids, saponins, tannins, tannins, carotenoids, flavonoids, glycosides.
- They provide powerful regenerative, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and choleretic effects.
Pharmacokinetics is not deeply studied, but sometimes an increase in immunity has been observed. Due to this effect, the body fights not only the existing disease, but also protects itself from infection from outside.
Dosing and administration
The frequency, methods of application and doses depend on the form of release, the nature of the disease, the age of the patient. So, 2.5% ointment is recommended to apply a thin layer on the damaged areas, up to 3 times a day. The course is one to two weeks.
- Tincture of calendula for the face often have to dilute with boiled water - when gargling the throat, applying compresses, applications, washing infected purulent wounds.
Concentrated substance dries out the skin, it can be applied only topically, to treat pimples. Blots, compresses are kept no longer than 10 minutes. There are recommendations calculated by cosmetologists of proportions and exposure for different types of skin.
Before use, it is necessary to exclude contraindications and the possibility of allergies, make sure that the expiration date of the drug has not expired. Apply any remedy must necessarily be applied to clean skin. After the elimination of the problem, treatment with drugs is stopped, so as not to abuse the active components of calendula.
Calendula extract for face
In cosmetology, calendula extract for the face is very much in demand. The reason for this is its properties: soothing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging. Thanks to them calendula for face is included in the composition of nourishing, sunscreen, children's, moisturizing creams, toilet soap, masks, lipstick, ointments, tonics, lotions, lotions, lotions, lotions.
- In fact, it is a versatile ingredient that is actively used throughout the range and is a natural preservative for cosmetic products.
The extract is obtained from the petals, it contains the most useful components present in the medicinal plant. The substance calendin gets rid of pigmentation, cleanses. Components included in day creams, protect from ultraviolet light in the season of active sun and from freezing cold - in winter. Lotions for problem skin disinfect and eliminate inflammation. Decoctions, tinctures, oils help in the fight against pimples and acne.
- Thanks to carotene, which is rich in extract, regulates the production of skin fat, and bactericidal components evacuate pus and dry wounds.
Calendula is indicated for facial care, baby skin, sunburns, rosacea, irritations. It is one of the best ingredients recommended for rough, rough and cracked skin. In cosmetics, 5-10% extract is used, in medicinal preparations - 20%. The substance is included in hygienic and decorative cosmetics, successfully used at home.
Calendula tincture for face
In the hierarchy of herbs recommended by cosmetologists for facial care, calendula takes second place after chamomile apothecary. The use of calendula for the face is due to its high cosmetic value. From the bright beautiful flowers, a little like yellow-orange chamomile, prepare a number of remedies to correct skin defects: infusions, oils, creams, masks, lotions.
- Calendula tincture for the face differs in that it is prepared on alcohol, not on a water or oil base.
As an additional therapeutic agent, it shows effectiveness in various diseases: from acne - to demodecosis.
For maximum benefit, the tincture should be used according to the rules.
- Check for contraindications for your skin type and cleanse the epidermis first.
- The concentrated tincture should be applied only topically, on pimples and other inflammations.
- In other cases, the drug is diluted with water in proportions: for oily and problem skin - 3:1, with normal and combined - 1:1, to eliminate individual flaws in sensitive skin - 1:3.
- Primochki or applications are kept up to 10min.; masks with aggressive components - the same, masks of mild action - up to 30min.
- Once the problem has been eliminated, the use of calendula preparations should be discontinued.
- The next course, if necessary, can be carried out at intervals of a couple or three weeks.
How to make calendula tincture for face?
Inexpensive preparations of calendula for the face are usually bought in pharmacies or cosmetic stores. Tinctures, ointments, creams - no remedy is in short supply. But there is always a choice, and often women are looking for a recipe, how to make a tincture of calendula for the face on their own?
There are no special secrets, and the preparation requires only two ingredients: flowers and alcohol (or vodka), in the proportion of 2 tablespoons per 100ml. It is necessary to mix the liquid and dry or fresh raw materials, insist for two weeks, then filter.
- Calendula blooms for a long time, so you can harvest the brightly colored petals during the entire growing season. The shelf life of dried calendula is no more than a year.
For compresses and rubs it is better to take alcohol. Quality vodka is preferable for spritzing or internal use.
The raw material placed in a 0.5L jar is slightly kneaded and then poured with alcohol. Tightly covered with a lid, place the jar in a place protected from light (usually in a kitchen cabinet). After two or three days, the contents are shaken, and so several times. After two weeks, the strained potion is poured into another bowl and stored in the same place, in a dark place.
Another option is to take 200 ml of alcohol and a tablespoonful of calendula. Infuse and filter similarly. Stored tincture for internal use up to 1.5 years, then it is suitable only for external procedures.
How to dilute calendula tincture for wiping the face?
Alcohol tinctures are prepared with medical alcohol, which dries and sometimes irritates the skin. Therefore, the drug is applied topically. If there is a need to wipe the whole face or large areas of the body, then the tincture is diluted. How to dilute calendula tincture for wiping the face?
Wiping provides disinfection, cleansing, whitening, treatment, rejuvenation of the skin. Therefore, calendula for the face has a wide range of applications: from banal pimples - to very dangerous demodex mites.
The instructions describe the order of external application of alcohol tincture for therapeutic purposes. Recall that alcohol infused remedies are quite aggressive. Therefore, for cosmetic needs, the same drug should be diluted with boiled water. And before that, check the expiration date, the absence of contraindications and allergic reactions.
Cosmetologists recommend the following proportions:
- for normal and combination skin types - in half;
- for oily or problematic - stronger: in the ratio of 3:1;
- for dry sensitive, locally - 1:3.
Diluted tincture becomes a lotion, however, if applied uncontrollably, it can be dangerous. In any case, using a pharmaceutical product for cosmetic procedures, it should be remembered that it is a drug and that it is not worth abusing it, even for good beauty purposes. The same applies to lotions, applications, masks with the addition of other aggressive components.
Calendula tincture lotion for face
The simplest and most effective way to use calendula for the face - local application of the prepared tincture with a cotton sponge or a stick on pimples, inflammation, spots. But the drug has a significant disadvantage if it is necessary to treat large areas of the skin. This disadvantage is the high content of ethyl alcohol, which adversely affects different types of skin: it causes increased dryness or oiliness, irritation or rash. To avoid such consequences, make a homemade lotion from calendula tincture for the face.
The remedy is prepared very simply: dilute half with cooled boiled water. If it is a sensitive type, the proportions are changed: one third of the tincture is mixed with 2/3 of water. After active mixing means tightly covered with a lid and put in the refrigerator. Take it out of there twice a day, before wiping oily or problematic skin.
- To avoid a negative reaction to the substance, albeit at a reduced concentration, it is recommended to test on a sensitive spot or a small area of the body.
The procedure reduces the production of fat, dries the matured and prevents the emergence of new pimples, comedones. The lotion narrows pores, whitens and regenerates the epidermis.
Lotion is also called aspirin-levomycetin "boltushka" based on marigold tincture. The ingredients for its preparation are as follows:
- 50ml each of tincture and boiled water;
- 4 acetylsalicylic acid tablets;
- 3 tablets of levomycetin.
The tablets should be turned into powder. Mix everything together in a bottle with a tight lid. Boltushka wipe the face 1-2 times a day to get rid of pimples, spots and enlarged pores.
Calendula ointment for face
Due to the unique properties of flower petals of an unpretentious plant, inexpensive calendula ointment for the face is in demand in people who have skin problems. For everyday care use pharmacy various manufacturers or homemade ointment, made independently. In any remedy, the main component is calendula for face, rich in valuable components for the skin: carotene and lycopene. The first activates the important vitamin A, the second is a participant in the synthesis of collagen.
Marigold ointment has a whole range of beneficial properties for the skin:
- saturates with minerals;
- updates the damage;
- neutralizes aqueous and poisonous components;
- inhibits various types of germs;
- heals inflammation;
- creates a protective film against external factors;
- gets rid of redness, evens out your skin tone;
- eliminates vasculature, bruises, burns;
- eliminates mosquito bites, pimples and wrinkles.
Healing cracks and ulcers, the ointment does not leave scars. The skin returns tenderness, evenness of tone and relief, freshness and health. The resulting film does not clog respiratory pores, retains moisture, protects from ultraviolet light and winter cold.
For preventive purposes on the face prone to the formation of pimples, the drug is applied 2 times a week. For care, it is applied at night. For protection from frost - before leaving the house, blotting the residue with a napkin, so as not to cause a mask effect on the skin.
Calendula cream for face
Lighter texture than ointment, has a cream with calendula for the face. The cream effectively relieves inflammation, hyperemia, swelling. Thanks to the abundance of useful components quickly heal cuts, pimples and other injuries, narrow pores, normalize the production of fat.
- Calendula for the face is also suitable for lubricating cracked nipples in nursing mothers. If such a need arises, it is important to remember that the product is applied after, not before feeding.
Actually to children such cream is used not earlier than after 3 years of age, and that with the permission of a pediatrician. There are special children's creams "Calendula". They lubricate diaper rash, peeling, arising on the skin of infants.
"Nevskaya cosmetics" produces a cream for oily and normal skin with marigold extract, olive oil and aloe, very useful for the skin. They enhance the properties of calendula, including rejuvenating, normalize oiliness and metabolism. The cream is applied in the morning and evening with massaging movements.
In Switzerland they produce an intensive extra-enriched cream for especially gentle care and restoration of sensitive skin. It is used for treatment of skin pathologies, varicose veins, consequences of various injuries, reduction of muscle pain, healing of sprains. When rubbed into the lower abdomen, the remedy relieves menstrual pain. When lubricating postoperative sutures prevents the formation of keloid scars.
Cream levrana
Inexpensive Levrana day cream mattifies and protects any type of skin from the sun. There are variants with sun protection factor of different degrees - 15 and 50. The products are packaged the Leurana way: each tube is placed in a cardboard cylinder that protects it from bending or damage, and the lid of the cylinder can be conveniently unscrewed.
In addition to calendula hydrolat, SPF15 contains aloe components and natural oils. When applied to the skin with patting movements, the product is easily absorbed and gives a feeling of lightness. There is an effect of brightening and matting. It does not clog pores, does not provoke roughness or rashes.
Calendula face cream SPF 50 promises more:
- natural UV protection for the whole family, including babies;
- component safety;
- Maintaining hydro-balance in the heat of summer;
- neutralizing free radicals;
- softening, moisturizing, matting, disinfecting oily and combination skin.
The product is applied half an hour before going out into the sunlit area. Planning sunbathing, take into account that from 11 to 16 staying on the beach is undesirable and even dangerous. After all, the active sun, especially in overdose, can cause serious burns of the skin.
Users note additional positive aspects of the product: water resistance and non-stickiness. Thanks to the first property you can bathe for a short time without reapplying the cream, the second does not allow dust and sand to adhere to the skin, which is also important for beach vacations.
Face cream with calendula Yves Rocher
The beneficial properties of calendula for the face are maximally inherent in the day and night cream from the French company Yves Rocher - a world-famous manufacturer of cosmetics and perfumes. The company produces products from natural raw materials for consumers in the middle price segment.
- Face cream with calendula Yves Rocher softens, smooths relief, revitalizes, cares for skin of any type.
Pure Calendula Cream is based on calendula extract, includes several types of natural oils and aqueous extract of witch hazel. It is an excellent means for nourishing the skin in winter - both during the day and at night. Dry skin with wrinkles is enriched with oils, moisturized, softened, protected from cold and wind. The cream provides regeneration of epidermis damaged by pimples, prevents weathered and peeling.
The cream is dense, oily, but it absorbs well, it is insensible on the face and does not clog pores. For better distribution on the surface it is better to keep it warm or apply it on a wet face. From practice it is known to moisturize lips well.
If necessary, the night cream can be blotted with a tissue to avoid staining the bed. Or apply a little cream beforehand, so that the skin has time to absorb the rest.
Weleda face with calendula
Weleda baby face product with calendula is ideal not only for the face, but also for the whole body. Favorable for sensitive skin, also in the diaper area. Valuable natural extracts from calendula and chamomile soften, lanolin prevents drying of the skin. The value of the cream with calendula for face is that it intensively saturates the skin with nutrients, keeps it smooth and silky.
- The Swiss pharmaceutical concern Weleda has been producing natural cosmetics for almost a hundred years: since 1921. This 100% certified organic cream is a high-quality hygiene product for babies.
Contains no synthetic fragrances, dyes, preservatives, mineral oils. Like the rest of the products of this brand's baby series, in particular the cream against diaper rash, provides the safest and most effective care for face and body.
- Weleda grows and harvests the raw materials for its production needs by hand in its own organic farm. Unique methods guarantee high quality at all stages and the final product in the end.
According to reviews, the cream is well absorbed, quickly relieves redness, dryness and flaking. For preventive purposes, mothers apply the product at night, on the dry bathed body of babies. The only caveat is that the cream is quickly consumed when performing massage.
Baby face cream with calendula
The description of children's face cream with calendula produced by the Ukrainian company "Domashniy Doctor" emphasizes its unique properties, valuable specifically for children's skin. The product carefully cares for delicate skin, improving its condition: softens, moisturizes, disinfects, relieves irritation. Calendula cream for face and body of babies has antimicrobial and regenerating effect, creates a protective barrier on the skin.
- The product from "Home Doctor" is easily distributed and quickly absorbed, without greasy and sticky traces. It can be used for massage. Thanks to its composition, it is allowed to treat children's skin from the age of three.
Another inexpensive mass-market product provides nourishment and moisturizing of babies' skin vulnerable to adverse factors. This is a universal phytocream with calendula by Ukrainian brand Fito Product with moisturizing, anti-inflammatory, analgesic properties. When applied to clean dry skin, it creates a thin protective layer. Baby cream can also be used for massage.
Floresan Cosmetics Kids Protective Cream for Walking protects against wind and snow, provides comfort and optimal moisturizing in cold weather conditions. Apply to exposed body parts before going out for a walk.
Universal cream for children with calendula and D-panthenol is produced by Iris Cosmetic from Belarus. It is designed to nourish and moisturize the skin of children from the first day of birth.
Belarusian product "Careful Protection" Modum For Kids for winter care also contains calendula components. It maintains the hydrolipidic balance, generously nourishes and renews delicate skin, and actively combats sweating.
Cosnature Calendula Face Tinting Cream
Germany manufactures cosnature Calendula Face Tinting Cream for all skin types. The product moisturizes, evens out the tone, gives natural beauty. It is used in combination with the cleansing foam of the same name: it is applied daily to the face, neck, décolleté, gently massaging these areas.
- Calendula, grown using organic technologies, ensures the high quality of the preparation. Calendula tinting facial cleanser includes a balanced composition with oils: almond, sunflower, jojoba, babasu.
Vitamin E soothes, protects against dryness, supports immunity. The cream has a pleasant fragrance, light texture, delicate toning. Light-reflecting color pigments give visual freshness and evenness of relief. Mask redness, bags under the eyes, minor imperfections. The shade is universal, easily adapting to any skin color. The product is suitable for everyday use.
German cosmetics in general are characterized by high quality, versatility and natural composition. Local laboratories use both their own and raw materials from all over the world. Formulas are developed by professional dermatologists, all products are subjected to strict control. The naturalness and quality of this brand's cosmetics is confirmed by a special international certificate.
Calendula mattifying face cream spf 15 Levrana
It can be difficult for women with oily or combination skin to find a cream that satisfies her whims. Lucky are those who have discovered Levrana Calendula mattifying face cream spf 15. It is suitable for any age, is able to provide comprehensive care and effective UV protection.
- The advantage of Levran products is that they use natural ingredients and innovative technologies in the production process and refuse substances extracted from petrochemical raw materials.
What is the specialty of Levran's calendula facial cleanser? Uniqueness is provided by the structure identical to the lipid layer of the skin. Thanks to this property, the product is effectively absorbed and penetrates into the skin at the cellular level.
The component marigold hydrolat, i.e. Calendula, stops inflammation, hyperemia, helps to heal the consequences of burns and violations of skin integrity. Thanks to sunscreen elements cream prevents the harmful effects of ultraviolet light. Aloe gel moisturizes and soothes the skin. The product as a whole activates blood circulation and collagen production, which postpones the inevitable processes of skin aging.
Regular use of the cream results in noticeable changes for the better:
- shrinks enlarged pores;
- stops excessive fat production;
- to camouflage stains and other defects;
- inflammation and unhealthy redness disappear.
The mattifying product gives your skin beauty, health and protective powers. It becomes moisturized, smooth and clean.
Cosnayce Calendula Face Tinting Cream
Cosnature (Cosnature) Naturkosmetik is a dynamically developing cosmetic brand; products under this brand are manufactured in Germany by the Cosmolux concern. Hence the name. The concept of the brand is the use of balanced formulas without harmful components in the production process. Calendula Face Tinting Cream from Cosnace is a vivid example of this approach.
- Calendula Face Cream formula contains calendula, sunflower and almond oils.
These organic components intensively nourish, regenerate, maintain firmness and elasticity. The preparation is especially useful for dry, sensitive skin. The dermis enriched with carotenoids significantly increases elasticity, becomes soft, tender and supple.
- Light-reflecting pigments make the face fresh, healthy, even, moisturized. Small irregularities are camouflaged.
The toner contains vitamin E, babassu and jojoba oils, which soothe the skin, preventing it from drying out and irritation with regular application. The product from Kosneiche smells pleasant, easily absorbed into the skin of the face, neck, décolleté, provides its breathing. The cream should be used in the morning, during the procedure gently massage the application area.
Calendula oil for face
Calendula oil for face acts very quickly on the skin. It has accumulated fatty acids, tannins, vitamins, chlorophyll. Due to its useful composition and effective action, the oil can be used as a first aid remedy for traumatized skin. The product can also be used internally, if there are appropriate indications and doctor's prescriptions.
Medicine also recommends calendula oil preparations for face in the following cases:
- for healing wounds, inflammation;
- to treat the oral mucosa;
- in the presence of varicose veins, bruises, capillary nets.
The effectiveness of the oil is manifested in the acceleration of skin metabolism and epithelization, i.e. Surface healing. Sensitive skin becomes more resistant to unfavorable external factors. Problematic is healed by normalizing the function of sebaceous glands and cleansing from bacteria. The oil protects against dryness, ensures prevention of sunburns and flakiness.
For acne make oil wipes and lotions. With oily skin prepare masks with additional ingredients. Addition of marigold oil in other masks contributes to the quality of cleansing of the epidermis. For moisturizing and protection in dry hot weather, a few drops of the product are rubbed into the surface, going outdoors.
Hydrophilic facial oil a pieu.
What is hydrophilic oil, it is obviously not necessary to explain. It is a water-soluble product used to remove makeup. Usually it is a mixture of oils and emulsifier, which makes it hydrophilic. When the product comes in contact with water, it becomes a whitish emulsion, which should be washed off from the skin surface.
- Hydrophilic oil for face a`pieu serves to remove quality cosmetics, from which it is not easy to get rid of without the risk of damaging the epidermis.
Cleansing product with calendula for face delicately removes impurities and decorative cosmetics from the skin characterized by high oiliness and inflammation. The oil is applied to a dry face, massaged until the makeup dissolves and the residue is washed off with warm water.
The substance works gently, preserving the natural acidity and moisture balance on the surface. It does not allow for a feeling of tightness or greasy shine. The skin becomes smooth, matte and soft.
In addition to calendula oil for face, the formula includes tea tree oil. Both components have a complex effect: they soothe irritations, normalize the function of sebaceous glands, remove poisons, tone, cleanse from dirt and microbes. Healing components of plants activate the renewal process, strengthen vascular walls, offset the effects of free radicals.
Calendula decoction for face
To prepare a decoction of calendula for the face is easy. It is enough to buy dried flowers in the pharmacy to pour boiling water over them at home, insist at room temperature and filter. It is in the flowers concentrated maximum flavonoids, coumarins, saponins, phytosterols, carotenoids, essential oils, minerals, vitamin C. The proportions are standard: 2 tablespoons per cup of water. Ready decoction wipe the face. 2-3 times throughout the day.
- According to research, orange flowers are more valuable than yellow flowers. In the textile industry, the plant raw material is a natural dye for bright sunny colors.
From calendula for the face in the form of decoction is useful to prepare cosmetic ice. The ice is also easy to make: the prepared decoction is poured into molds and put in the freezer.
- Thanks to the ice, the blood rushes, the face becomes ruddy and the pores tighten. By the way, you can add other herbs useful for the skin to the ice: chamomile, mint, parsley.
Use ice as needed: wiping the face in the morning with ice cubes, it is realistic to get rid of acne, enlarged pores, wrinkles and slack skin.
Decoction helps to suspend the process of aging, improve tone, lighten irregular blemishes, strengthen blood vessels, restore elasticity and tone of the skin.
Calendula mask for face
Many women prefer home cosmetics. Calendula face masks are for such lovers. Masks - one of the easiest ways to rejuvenate the skin, activate blood circulation and nutrition, eliminate spots and wrinkles, reduce irritation and inflammation. Depending on the composition, masks can solve various problems: eliminate dryness, rashes, color and relief defects.
- Masks come in cream, jelly and paste, film, wax, liquid, wraps. Mask with antibiotics and calendula for the face resembles a paste and is prepared according to the following formula.
A tablet of levomycetin and aspirin are rubbed to the consistency of powder, diluted with alcoholic preparation of marigolds with distilled water in half. The mixture, similar to thick sour cream, is applied daily to pimples, each time withstanding for 30 minutes. Such treatment is carried out for 2 weeks.
Oily skin helps to reduce this mask: in 100ml of distilled water pour 20ml of calendula and so much flour to form a mushy mass. Procedures are done twice a week, for half an hour.
Dry skin is nourished by a mixture of calendula and petroleum jelly applied for 20 minutes. The moisturizing effect is created by a jelly mass of tincture with starch, kept for the same time.
Calendula lotion for face
Calendula-based lotions for the face are produced by many cosmetic companies. They are designed to cleanse and tone, reduce symptoms of inflammation, eliminate oily shine and shrink pores. Thanks to these actions, the face is visually fresher and healthier. An important task of lotion-tonics is to prepare for application of the following care products on the cleansed skin and to enhance their effect.
Among a number of calendula lotions for the face, the product of Clean Line attracts with its affordability and effectiveness. When wiping the face with a sponge soaked in the lotion along massage lines, unpleasant shine and inflammation disappear from the skin, and pores are significantly reduced.
Effect brand alcohol lotion has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. It is used to treat acne, pimples, inflammation and burning spots on the face and body. Cleanses, moisturizes, soothes the dermis.
- EkoKod brand offers a lotion with calendula extract and menthol for disinfection and toning of oily and problem skin.
Provides not only makeup removal, but also fine cleansing and toning of the skin. Smoothes wrinkles, nourishes, prepares the skin for cream application.
Calendula oil lotion is produced by Argital. In addition to calendula, the key ingredients are yarrow, chamomile, olive oil, green clay. The complex of active ingredients acts as an anti-inflammatory, soothing, toning, healing, anti-allergenic agent, neutralizes the negative effects of free radicals.
Chamomile and calendula for the face
Cosmetology actively uses the useful properties of chamomile and calendula for the face - both professional and home. Inexpensive herbal lotion brand Erbelinica is designed to eliminate inflammation at home. It is a yellow liquid that, when applied topically to the skin, relieves redness and stops the development of inflammation.
- The composition with chamomile and calendula for the face is natural, acts favorably on the skin and does not cause discomfort.
Universal pharmacy cream "Chamomile-Calendula" performs the tasks of moisturizing and soothing dry sensitive skin. It is a cosmetic line of Styx Naturcosmetic Austria. Light day cream enriches the skin with necessary natural components - oils, extracts. It cares for the skin, eliminates dryness, tightness, irritation. The skin becomes firmer and more elastic, reduces the tendency to wrinkles. It is applied twice a day, including on the eyelids. The cream is universal, but many people are especially suitable for the winter period.
Calendula in combination with chamomile and St. John's wort - good helpers for problematic oily skin. From the three herbs make an infusion: a glass of boiling water should take a tablespoon of each of them. The decoction washes oily skin.
- Calendula regulates sebum function, cleanses, soothes, relieves irritation and inflammation.
- Chamomile has soothing and anti-inflammatory properties and improves the condition of exhausted, acne-prone, flabby skin.
- St. John's wort heals wounds and burns, clears oily skin, treats rashes, and relieves itching.
Calendula ice for face
Calendula is an excellent antiseptic used to fight excessive oiliness. To tone, nourish, saturate with moisture use calendula ice for the face. Prepare it in the form of convenient cubes using molds, filtered water and various herbs, including calendula for face. This is one of the simple but effective means for facial care. The recipe is as follows:
- 1 tbsp. Spoon of herbal raw materials pour a glass of boiling water, insist, filter, pour into molds and freeze in the chamber.
A cube of cosmetic ice is rubbed on the face clearly along the massage lines: chin - cheekbones and ears; middle of the forehead - temples; along the lower eyelids inwards, along the upper eyelids - outwards of the eye area. The effectiveness of such morning procedures sometimes exceeds not only expectations, but also similar industrial preparations.
- With regular use of flower ice, pores are narrowed, tone is improved, inflamed spots fade, and the face is fresh and youthful.
When acne marigolds can be mixed with other herbal ingredients: chamomile, nettle, St. John's wort, burdock. Sometimes in the treatment of acne infusions are recommended to take internally. But recommendations for internal use can only be given by a doctor.
Chamomile and calendula ice for face
Cosmetic ice is an elementary and effective means of solving some skin problems of the face. It is an ancient way of beauty support practiced by famous beauties of different times and nations.
Chamomile and calendula facial ice combines the beneficial properties of both herbs. In some ways they are similar, in other ways they are different. The ice is suitable for all skin types and all ages.
- It remains to find out why you need to bother with ice, how is it better than ordinary water or decoction of chamomile or calendula for the face?
The advantages are several. When treating the skin, ice melts, and melted water is better than ordinary water absorbed into the skin, saturating it with healing components of herbal decoction. Cold and massaging activate blood circulation, increase metabolism and tone. As a result of these manipulations, oiliness is normalized, narrowing pores and reducing skin folds. Local centers of inflammation are removed, the contour is tightened. The face shows a delicate blush, healthy color.
- With some problems ice can not be used: with couperose, wounds, skin pathologies, extensive inflammation.
For morning procedures, ice should be prepared in the evening. You can wipe in the morning and at night, massaging the face for two minutes. If the cold becomes unpleasant, the procedure should be completed. Treated with ice, the skin is left to dry, so that the active substances are better absorbed. About 20 minutes after the procedure, the face is wiped with toner and covered with cream.
Application for children
Most often calendula for children is used externally. Newborns can be bathed in healing herbs, including calendula, because the plant relieves diaper rash and inflammation, removes pimples and rashes, heals wounds. Daily marigold bath soothes, gets rid of cracks and roughness, mosquito bites and sunburns. Any baby ointment, decoction or oil can be prepared independently.
- The only condition - do not give the tincture internally to children under 12 years of age.
A baby's delicate skin needs protection from birth. Too dry or humid air, cold and sun, environmental pollutants have a negative impact on the face, hands and skin in other unprotected areas.
- Nourishing cream "Calendula" for the face and the rest of the skin was developed by Weleda specialists. The plant-based product moisturizes, nourishes, helps the skin to breathe and the child to feel comfortable.
Regular use for children provides skin protection from external irritants, prevents rashes, roughness, microcracks. Cream rubbed in hands is used in cold weather, some time before leaving the house, so that the product has time to absorb into the skin.
The eponymous cream for dry and sensitive skin is offered by Bubchen, a 100% organic certified cream. Recommended by midwives and dermatologists to soothe irritated skin. Free of preservatives and dyes, it is intended for newborns from the first days of life.
Pharmacy and home preparations of marigolds are in demand in folk medicine and pediatrics. Especially popular is the decoction with which otolaryngologists prescribe children to gargle the throat. Other preparations are used in the therapy of the same diseases as for adults. The dosage is prescribed by a doctor.
Use Calendula for the face during pregnancy
To be safe to use during pregnancy, any medicine must be subjected to many studies. However, it is almost unrealistic to conduct them, because no one would jeopardize the health and life of the mother and fetus.
- It is especially dangerous to take various medications in the first trimester.
Calendula for the face or for other organs can not be used if it is prepared on an alcohol base, which can cause harm if it penetrates the placenta. For the same reason, it is forbidden to use an alcohol tincture for a woman breastfeeding a baby. Ointments and creams are less dangerous, but their application should be coordinated with a doctor.
Contraindications
Typical contraindications to use are genetic intolerance and a person's tendency to allergies. These factors are especially relevant in the case of illiterate use of home remedies that dry out the skin, provoke irritation and sloughing of the epidermis.
- Industrial cosmetics are safer, as they have a balanced composition and have almost no contraindications when applied externally. Alcohol preparations are prescribed in short courses. The same applies to patients with kidney and liver pathologies in decompensation.
Not all calendula preparations for the face are acceptable for thin dry skin. A relevant contraindication for alcohol preparations is the presence of scratches or wounds. Ointments are applied carefully, if the affected area is extensive and deep.
Oral administration is contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, newborns and children under 12 years of age. In any case, prescription to children is possible only after comparing the benefits and risks.
Calendula is not taken internally when:
- low blood pressure;
- cardiovascular problems;
- biliary stone pathology;
- asthma;
- exacerbation of diseases of the digestive organs.
Marigold-based preparations can reduce reaction time, so it is not recommended to use them internally for drivers and people working with complex mechanisms.
Side effects Calendula for the face
Any remedy, including calendula for the face, can provoke allergies of varying intensity. Its symptoms are hyperemia, itching, tingling of the skin in places of application. During washing of the wound surface, there may be a feeling of pain in the stomach, bitterness in the mouth and heartburn.
With internal use of the tincture, general clinical manifestations, including such serious ones as edema and anaphylactic shock, are possible.
- If such symptoms are present, you should discontinue use and call an ambulance.
An important point is the respiratory activity of the patient. Dyspnea can cause severe side effects up to asphyxia.
Calendula stains on the face
Many women are bothered by spots, from calendula on the face they disappear. Spots can be seasonal, after acne or age spots - calendula tincture successfully whitens all defects of this nature. To enhance the effect of tincture mixed with fresh juices: for oily skin - with lemon, for normal and combined - with cucumber. Lotion is applied locally, on the problem points.
Calendula tincture for face in the presence of age pigmentation is combined with the following ingredients, in equal proportions:
- with lemon juice;
- with almond, olive or other vegetable oil;
- with currant juice.
Such a mixture should be smeared on dark areas regularly, several times a day. Prepare such a remedy should be prepared in the measure of use, because it is suitable for a day. After a week, the result will be visible.
Another recipe is a mixture of tincture half diluted with water and natural honey. Stirred mass is applied to a sponge and wipe the spots, preferably at least 5 times a day. The course - one week, followed by a week's break and another course. Usually two weeks is enough to eliminate the most persistent pigmentation. If after wiping there is a burning sensation or irritation, you can add the same amount of water to the mixture.
Small scars and spots left after illiterate removal of pimples, eliminate pure tincture. A cotton swab moistened with the liquid, actively wipe the affected areas to cause increased blood circulation. Thanks to this, the epidermis is more actively restored, and the scars become inconspicuous.
Freckles also removes freckles fresh juice of flowers and leaves. It is mixed with the juice of potatoes, raspberries, currants, strawberries and wipe the face two or three times daily.
Overdose
If the correct dosage and course are observed, overdose is unlikely. With different methods of application, it is expressed by increased adverse reactions: abdominal pain, burning, redness, swelling on the locations that have been treated with calendula for face.
There is no specific antidote, therefore treatment is symptomatic. If unpleasant symptoms appeared at the beginning of the treatment course, then further use is discontinued. Residues of the drug are removed from the surface by washing. If the use of calendula is mandatory, then treatment should be started with a minimum amount.
Storage conditions
Calendula ointment provides standard storage conditions: clean, ventilated room, without direct sunlight and at a temperature of up to 25 degrees Celsius. Calendula for the face in the form of tincture is stored similarly. Allowed the presence of sediment in the bottle, it is not a critical factor.
- It is not allowed to get the preparations into children's hands, who out of curiosity may taste alcohol or ointment preparations.
Marigold candles are placed for storage in a room with a temperature of 5 to 12 degrees above zero. Under the right conditions, ointments in unopened form remain suitable for 2 years, candles - 4.
When problems with the skin of the face appear, everyone wants to get rid of them quickly. Velvet, marigolds or calendula for the face - a good assistant in this case. However, many problems can be prevented, if you follow the diet, work and rest, avoid stress, properly care for the skin. It is also important to pay attention to the fact that the skin condition can signal hidden health problems.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug " Calendula for facial skin" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.
Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.