How to take care of the skin?

Make-up can brighten any woman and make her brighter, however, even the most correct make-up will not hide skin imperfections. And for it to look great, you should carefully, and most importantly - to properly care for the skin.

The most important indicator of beauty is grooming, and only proper daily care will help you always look good. And on the well-groomed skin and make-up looks completely different. Our recommendations will help you understand how to properly care for the skin, in order to look perfect forever.

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Definitions of your skin type

In order to properly care for the face and choose the right cosmetic products, first of all, you need to know your skin type.

Important! If you have oily skin of the face, then it should not be excessively nourished, and if dry, you can not overdry.

You can determine your skin type yourself.

Dry skin

Very delicate and gentle, at a young age it is very beautiful - no blackheads, pimples and dilated pores. However, with age, dry skin increasingly lacks nutrition and moisture, and without getting it, it starts to fade quickly.

Important! Often, dry skin is too sensitive, prone to peeling and irritation.

Oily skin

Very different from dry - more coarse, dense, with dilated pores. However, a big plus of this kind of skin is that it is able to produce a protective film on its own, hence it is better protected than others from negative environmental influences.

Unlike dry, oily skin, aging is much slower, but because of the strong secretion of sebum, acne and acne often appear on it, and the enlarged pores look unaesthetic. But if you choose the right type of skin care for a fatty type, then it can get a clean and clear appearance.

Combined leather

At first glance it may seem normal, which is far from the truth. With this type of skin, the middle zone of the face is fatter than the rest of the body. The areas of the cheeks may be prone to dryness.

Normal leather

The name speaks for itself. In adults it is rare. It is smooth, smooth, elastic and soft, like a child.

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Learning how to take care of your facial skin

After determining what type of skin you have, you need to buy care products for your type.

Important! Means marked "for all types" to purchase is not recommended. Perhaps such a means and good quality, however, in order for your skin to receive exactly what it needs, the care products should be matched correctly.

Basically, facial care products are the same - it is:

• day and night cream;
• tonic;
• makeup remover;
• scrubs;
• mask;
• Eye Cream.

Important! Creams must be divided into day and night, because they have different functions and purposes:

• Day cream promotes the formation of a protective film on the skin, which protects our skin from the negative effects of the environment.
• Cream for night use should be more active, because at night our skin is more susceptible to care products. So in the night cream should contain many useful substances and vitamins.

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Principles of Proper Care

The basic rules of how to properly care for the face are based on cleansing, moisturizing, nourishing and toning. Only such a comprehensive approach will provide the opportunity to achieve the desired effect and prolong the youthfulness of the skin, protecting it from harmful effects - both internal and external.

Cleansing

The first and, perhaps, the most important stage in the proper care of the face skin is cleansing every day. For a day, dust settles on the surface of the skin, a lot of harmful substances from the environment and sebum accumulate. Here you can add foundation, powder and other decorative products.

All this cocktail not only clogs the pores, leading to the formation of black spots, blackheads, comedones, inflammations and other troubles, but also absorbed well by the skin, causing it intoxication. It is because of this that skin cleansing should be done correctly and regularly.

Washing

Before you start washing, make-up and dirt that accumulated during the day, eliminate a special cleanser for the skin. It can be milk, lotion or micellar water.

Important! Lovers of natural home remedies will benefit from a method that many actors use when removing their makeup - heat any vegetable oil and apply a thin layer on your face, and after a minute remove it from your face. Oil is not only able to cleanse the skin, but also to moisten it well.

Directly for washing it is better to use purified water, because the skin has the property of absorbing substances that are contained in the liquid. Ideally, it is desirable to use rain or melt water for this procedure, but simply filtered tap water will also work.

In this case, experts in the field of cosmetology advise to abandon soap, because of the alkali contained in it, which has a harmful effect on the skin's water balance. It is better to give preference to milk, gel or foam for washing.

Peeling

Peeling is preferably carried out a couple of times a week with a specially selected scrub. This procedure is designed to exfoliate keratinized cells, deep cleans pores, smooth out the relief.

Scrubs are applied to damp skin, rubbed lightly, without strong pressing.

Important! With pronounced couperose, skin irritation or severe inflammation, the procedure of peeling is contraindicated.

It is enough to prepare home scrubs for the face. For this:

• You can use fine sea salt, ground coffee or sugar, mixed with thick sour cream or cream in equal proportions.
• Honey also has a cleansing effect. To do this, it is applied to the face with massage movements, and after thickening, remove with a cotton disc or a napkin soaked in warm infusions of herbs.

Important! This procedure eliminates dead cells and softens the skin. In addition, this procedure is indicated for inflammation, in contrast to the scrubs from the stores, because honey is a natural antiseptic.

Cleansing masks

It is impossible to choose the right facial skin care without cleansing face masks, which should also be done a couple of times a week. Before applying the mask, cosmetologists recommend making a steam bath using decoction of herbs or essential oils.

Important! This procedure helps to open the pores and eliminate toxins. However, some skin problems, including first place couperose, are a contraindication to this procedure.

The most effective in cleansing is considered a mask from cosmetic clay. In the process of selecting clays, the skin type is necessarily taken into account:

• white clay is good for a mixed skin type;
• green and blue for greasy;
• red - ideal for dry skin.

Moisturizing

After cleaning, the skin needs moisturizing, which can be achieved with creams matched to the age and type of skin:

• For young skin, a light gel with a moisturizing effect is desirable.
• For more mature it is preferable to choose not just moisturizing, but complex care, where the main role will be played by nutrition, as well as giving the skin elasticity.

Typically, a moisturizer is applied in the morning.

Masks with a moisturizing effect are much more effective. Use them is recommended a couple of times a week. It is important to remember that store masks, in addition to useful ingredients, have unwanted substances in their composition - flavoring agents, preservatives, dyes, also strongly absorbed by the skin. Avoid their negative effects by using home-made masks.

Important! To properly care for the skin of a very dry type of face, you should use tonics and( or) thermal water.

But it should be remembered that moistening consists not only in the use of moisturizing agents, but also in the use of a rather large amount of liquid. It can be noted that the dehydrated skin becomes thin and wrinkled, and also begins to peel off. In this case, the establishment of a proper drinking regime will help.

Toning

Lotions and tonics help to maintain proper skin care. How to use these tools - you can find out from the instructions on the packaging of each of them. Choose these funds preferably on a natural basis, without the alcohol content.

Many women prefer a series of products for children. This has its advantages: as a rule, care products for babies contain only natural ingredients - they do not cause allergies and addiction.

Important! You can also prepare the lotion yourself from herbal decoction. It is stored in the refrigerator, and pre-heated.

To the procedure of toning can also be attributed and home cryotherapy, which helps restore elasticity and freshness. For this, in the morning, it is enough to wipe the face with ice cubes, prepared from herbal decoction: thyme, sage, nettle, chamomile.

Important! This procedure excellently tones up the skin, eliminates traces of fatigue and swelling, narrows the pores. Sharp cooling improves microcirculation, strengthens blood vessels, which is a good prevention of the appearance of a capillary mesh. The skin becomes more elastic, and fine wrinkles are quickly smoothed out.

Nutrition

Any skin, especially a mature one, needs food, which, as a rule, it receives from creams and nourishing masks. Nourishing cream should be applied overnight, and before use it is recommended to slightly warm up in hands. After 10-15 minutes, excess cream is removed with a napkin, otherwise - clogging of the pores can occur, leading to the formation of comedones.

As in all other cases, you can pick up skin care products in the form of a mask in the store. But most women prefer to cook them themselves at home.

Important! Excellent nutritional properties are such products: flesh of aloe, cucumber, potatoes, cream or sour cream, honey, egg yolk. The composition is selected, depending on the desired effect and skin type.

The mask is applied for 10-15 minutes, and then washed off with running water or herbal decoction. At the end you can wipe your face with an ice cube.

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General recommendations

Facial skin needs not only proper care, but also seasonal protection, after all, frost, sun, wind, temperature changes can adversely affect its condition:

• Before you go outside in the daytime, even in winter, it is better to use a day cream with UV filters, which protects the skin from the negative effects of the sun.
• In summer, the protection index should be higher - not less than 30, while in winter there will be enough 15.
• If the day cream with a high UV protection can not be purchased, you can apply sunscreen before the release.
• At low temperatures it is recommended to use a protective cream that is able to prevent the harmful effects of frost.

Important! Use the means for moistening in winter, should be no less than an hour and a half before going out.

In this article, we have revealed to you the topic of how to properly care for the skin. Follow these simple tips, apply masks and other skin care products on a natural basis from home products, and then very soon you will notice a noticeable improvement in the condition of your face, which will certainly be noticed by the people around you.