Preparation of masks for improving the complexion at home
Last reviewed: 26.11.2021
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Masks for improving the complexion do not lose their relevance. Many women are concerned about the skin condition of the face regardless of age. Everyone wants to look beautiful.
But even if the face has no obvious flaws, acne or acne, the very skin color of the face can give off fatigue and a lack of vitamins. There are many facial care products. An important place among them belongs to all kinds of masks that help improve the complexion. Like other cosmetics, facial masks can be factory and homemade. The latter are very popular, both because of savings, and because of the fact that when preparing such masks, it is possible to independently control the proportions of raw materials. Masks that are made by themselves, can be conditionally divided into single-component and multi-component. They can be prepared from fruits, vegetables, oils. In the composition of these masks for the improvement of complexion, various pharmaceutical preparations can be added.
It should be remembered that the mask refers to the final stages of the skin care procedure. Therefore, they are always applied to the cleansed skin.
Recipes for masks to improve the complexion
Most often the recipes for making home masks to improve the complexion are fairly simple and simple.
Watermelon mask
You need a fresh ripe watermelon to use. Its pulp can be kneaded or simply cut into thin strips, as when kneading the pulp can give away a lot of juice and be too dry. Apply to clean and dry skin for 15-20 minutes. Then gently wash off the mask with warm water. Masks are recommended to use every other day for 20-25 days. In addition to watermelon, you can also use melon. From such a mask the skin acquires a more healthy appearance.
Cucumber mask
Such a mask will help to lighten the complexion and even its tone.
To do this, pulp the cucumber and apply it to the previously cleansed skin of the face. You can put thin pieces of cucumber on your eyelids. So keep the mask for 15-20 minutes and then rinse with warm water.
Mask from parsley
Fresh parsley should be crushed and add a little vegetable oil. The resulting mixture is applied to the face for 20 minutes, then rinsed.
Coffee Mask
Coffee grounds after the boiled coffee left in the evening covered with polyethylene or saucer, so it does not dry up, and in the evening put on the skin of the face for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water. It increases the tone of the skin, smooths the color, gives smoothness and uniformity, contrary to the existing fears, does not tone the body and does not disturb sleep.
After using this mask, you must apply a nourishing cream on your face.
Apricot mask
Take the pulp of a peach or apricot and mash. Then add an equal amount of oatmeal. All is mixed until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The mask is applied to the skin of the face abundantly. It lasts 15 minutes and is washed off.
If the skin is dry, then a little olive oil can be added to the composition.
There are masks with a more complex composition.
Beer mask
This mask uses light beer, as well as potato flour, carrots and egg yolk.
To about 50 ml of beer, you need to add one yolk and a tablespoon of raw carrot puree (or simply wiped through a fine carrot grater) and potato flour. The resulting mixture is brought to homogeneity. Then apply on face for 20 minutes. It is important to pay attention that after the expiry of the period the beer mask is washed off with warm beer, and only then the face is washed with water.
Egg mask
Beat one egg, add a tablespoon of lemon juice and the same amount of sour cream, apply the mixture on your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
In this recipe, instead of lemon juice, you can use any other citrus juice.
Oatmeal-linseed mask
One teaspoon of flax seed should be poured with boiling water and insisted until the liquid is completely cool. Oat flakes to grind and pour them with linseed infusion. The resulting mushy mass should be applied to the face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
This mask has a pronounced whitening effect.
Aspirin mask
One of the most popular masks was a mask made of ordinary aspirin with honey added. Other components are possible, but at the core still lies honey and aspirin.
To prepare this mask, you need to take 4 tablets of aspirin, drop a little water on them, so that they soften and swell a little. Then crush the tablets. To the received weight we add one teaspoon of water and half a teaspoon of honey. Honey should be liquid. The resulting mixture is applied to the face for 10 minutes and then washed off with warm water.
This mask has a feature - it can cause a burning sensation on the face. If such manifestations have occurred, then the mask should be rinsed immediately. Even with a good perception of the skin with a mask of aspirin, it is not recommended to use it more than once a week.
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Cabbage Mask
Two sheets of white cabbage to grind to the standing of kashitsi, then add to it two tablespoons of homemade yogurt. The mixture should be applied to the face for 15 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.
This list of most popular means among the people. There are many more recipes that allow you to prepare masks for improving your facial skin at home.
Reviews of masks to improve complexion
With such a huge variety of recipes that allow you to prepare masks for yourself at home and improve your complexion, it's difficult to make a choice. Nothing so characterizes this or that find as the opinion of those who have already tried it on themselves. So we can find today different opinions about all sorts of recipes for preparing home masks to improve the complexion.
The most flattering reviews can be found about masks from aspirin, as well as beer mask, egg and oats - linen. But listening to the opinion of others, you need to determine for yourself about the desired result. Such masks as beer and coffee can give the skin a darker shade of gold, which is not desirable if the face has pigmented spots. For such skin, an oatmeal-linseed mask is better, as it is the one leading those who wanted to get rid of pigment spots, to lighten freckles or to smooth out bright traces after acne or acne.
Quite scantily speak of masks of frayed fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon and cucumber.
Very good reviews about masks that contain sour cream or curdled milk, but only those about them respond well, who have no difficulty with the fat content of the skin.
In any case, it is important to understand that there are many individual characteristics of both the skin and the body. In each case, the effect can be unique. And if the choice is made correctly, then the masks to improve the complexion will pleasantly surprise with their results.