Mask from a potato for the face
Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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Potatoes are a product that has been an integral part of the daily meal of the Slavic people for more than three centuries. It is generally believed that it contains a lot of starch and nothing more. In addition, potatoes contain vitamins and minerals, proteins and amino acids. Having fiber in its composition, it has a positive effect on digestion. Due to their useful properties, many women use potato face masks.
The use of potatoes for the skin
The vitamins and minerals contained in the potato have a beneficial effect on the human skin. Interestingly, even brewed or baked, it can be used with advantage for the skin. Grated raw potatoes are an excellent remedy against swelling and bruising. It is also used to relieve swelling, having first cooled in the refrigerator. Kashitsa, made from a vegetable, relieves pain with burns, promotes early healing of the wound. With the addition of honey, you can use it to fight against pimples and spots on the skin. Mask of potato for the face gives the skin firmness, velvety, makes it more tender.
Puree from potatoes baked on charcoal is used to treat abscesses and boils, external inflammatory process. Mashed potatoes and broth soften and purify the skin. Especially effective in areas of the body with a rough skin by nature: elbows and heels.
Acts as the main component of natural face masks. By adding various ingredients, the smart housewives receive face masks with a variety of properties and a way of application. The most effective and useful recipes for facial masks from a potato face will be given below in the article.
Recipes for face masks from potatoes
Nourishing mask from potato for the face. A tablespoon of puree mixed with a spoonful of milk in a ratio of one to one. Add half a tablespoon of moisturizer and oatmeal. Stir well, apply to the skin. Massage your face for five minutes. Hold for a minute or more, rinse with warm water.
For dry skin. Boil two medium uncleaned tubers. Stir and add the egg yolk, 30 ml of milk, a teaspoon of mayonnaise. The resulting mixture is applied to the face. To sustain 10-15 minutes. After rinse with warm water. There is another version of the mask with the same amount of ingredients, but instead of mayonnaise add sour cream.
In the continuation of the topic the following recipe. Mix on a tablespoon of mashed potatoes with oatmeal. Add a spoonful of olive oil, egg yolk, warm milk. Beat to a thick consistency. Apply a mask, cover with a dense cloth or towel for about twenty minutes. Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water and pat dry with a tissue.
For a quick moisturizing, add 1 teaspoon of glycerin and 50 g of milk to one crushed potato. The mask should be warm. Apply on face and neck for 10 minutes. After washing with boiled water. After each application of the mask, apply moisturizer.
For oily skin use a mixture of potato starch with egg white. Whip mass to apply to the skin, pay special attention to problem areas. Wait until completely dry and rinse with cool water. It well narrows the pores and removes greasy luster.
To fight acne, grate the vegetable on a fine grater, squeeze the juice and wipe the face twice a day.
The easiest to prepare a recipe - peeled tuber cut into circles.
Place on the face for a while. Then wash with cool water. Such a procedure softens and whitens the skin, helps to remove puffiness.
Reviews of facial masks from potatoes
"It seemed that it could be easier? Boil one potato, mix with the other additives and wool. But not everything is so simple, girls. Observe the proportions. I added a lot of milk, and get a thick mixture did not work. Somehow it was applied, but the mask was constantly spreading. In general, the skin has improved, but the nerve cells have spent more. So be careful! "
"My daughter has a teenage period. It's time for acne, so to speak. Tried a drying cream, but you just stop using it, acne starts again. I remembered my old grandmother's way. I squeezed out the potato juice and forced my daughter to wipe my face. She strongly resisted, they say, 21 century in the yard, and she like in the 60's. But the result did not keep itself waiting. So the daughter now herself rubs, presses, flushes. True girlfriends do not say what exactly is fighting with pimples, "- Love, 39 years old.
"A smart way, and most importantly not requiring much time and effort. I make potatoes, I specially put a couple of pieces more. Milk is always in the house, eggs too. I mash the family and parallel the mask. It is especially pleasant to put warm on the face, it is felt, how the skin absorbs in itself useful substances. After application, the skin is soft, tender and pleasant to the touch ", - Svetlana, 43 years old.
"Of all the masks recipes from potato for the face, I use one for many years. Raw potatoes cut into circles and eyes. I keep about five minutes. Very well removes puffiness from the eyes and bruises beneath them. "- Galina, 51.