If our body is protected by clothing, the face is always exposed, so it is exposed to negative environmental factors.
In addition, after a certain age, the skin quickly loses moisture and subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons why the first wrinkles appear.
To keep skin young and fresh, regular treatments are needed to remove dead skin cells, nourish them and improve blood circulation.
Find effective ways to rejuvenate your skin and read helpful tips to keep your skin beautiful and youthful.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest facial skin care products is quality water. Water cleans dead cells in the stratum corneum and cleanses the skin from dust, dirt, sweat and oil.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic procedure, but also a healing procedure. To keep skin youthful, train yourself to wash your face by mixing it with water. Rinse your face several times with lukewarm water and then with cold water. Warm water expands the pores while cold water narrows the pores. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with very cold or very hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin dries out and begins to exfoliate. Hot water causes permanent vasodilation and the skin becomes very sensitive to cold.
If you have dry skin, wash your face with soft water at room temperature. It is recommended to use facial cleanser more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with therapeutic effect, specially designed for dry skin.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser 2 times a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream to the skin and remove the residue with a paper towel after 20-30 minutes.
For normal skin, alternating washes with warm and cold clean water are sufficient. But even normal skin needs some maintenance. It is very useful to wash herbs with boiled water. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe it with a swab dipped in warm water.
Simple folk remedies
For dry skin, it is helpful to wash and compress from a decoction of chamomile, violet, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill. Pour 200 g of boiling water over a tablespoon of any of these ingredients. The resulting broth should be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
Chamomile for oily skin, St. A decoction of St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable.
For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because each ingredient perfectly nourishes the skin, giving it a healthy look.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Mix the ingredients to a thick sour cream consistency, apply to the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, wet your face with a moisturizing lotion.
You can prepare a cucumber, lemon and oatmeal mask for oily skin. Chop 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 100 grams of oatmeal. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply to pre-cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Massage to improve the texture of the skin
You can rejuvenate your face with a special massage. This ensures normalization of blood circulation, removes keratinized skin particles.
Massage increases skin elasticity, improves color and texture.
After cleaning the skin, gently pat your face with your fingertips for 2-3 minutes twice a week. It is better to start from the forehead towards the eyebrows towards the temples.
After that, knead the upper cheeks from the nose to the temples. Then rub your cheeks with your palms from lips to ears and massage your chin with the back of your hand.
The last step of the massage is to tap the whole face with your fingertips.
The massage process increases blood circulation and stimulates the production of its own collagen, helping skin cells to absorb beneficial substances.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Facial peeling can be done once a week. To do this, you don't need to visit salons because you can do this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is done with a scrub. You can cook it yourself. The most popular cleaning ingredients are coffee and sea salt.
Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of sugar, 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Mix the mixture well, apply on face, rinse off with warm water after 10 minutes. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage the face, rinse after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace the sour cream with any other fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Remember that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changing nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. In order for the skin to be young and well-groomed, it is necessary to give up bad habits, as well as diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet should include foods containing carotene, vitamin A, and fiber.