How to cleanse the skin

The guarantee of beauty of the facial skin is proper care and regular cleaning. How to cleanse the skin, how to determine the type of skin and how to choose the right cleansers, how to help your skin get health and look well, without spending extra money and time on procedures, we will tell you in detail in this article.

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Why should I take care of the skin?

It looks good, every woman dreams of being always fresh and attractive. But, external factors, the environment, UV radiation, stress and bad habits are mercilessly reflected on the face skin. Unfortunately, no makeup can not give your face a healthy appearance.

Only properly selected facial cleansing and mask will return your face fresh freshness. It would be nice to go to the salon and use the services of specialists, but not always enough time, money or just laziness. But as they say, beauty requires sacrifice, so sacrifice the hour of your time for the benefit of the beauty of your facial skin.

We offer you useful and effective ways to clean your face at home, as well as a few folk recipes. Using the achievements of folk wisdom and natural remedies in cosmetology gives very good results.

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Where to start?

It is very important to know what kind of skin you have. This will determine the appropriate type of means and methods for caring for it. There are 4 types of skin: oily, normal, dry and combination.

Important! To find out what type of your skin, after you wake up in the morning, take a thin paper napkin in a spread out and blot your entire face. If there is a large fat stain - then you have oily skin. If only in some areas of the face - a combined, dry napkin - respectively, or normal, or dry.

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How to properly clean the skin at home?

And so you have decided on the type, proceed to the procedure. We clean the skin at home in three stages. The general rules of such a cosmetic procedure are as follows:

1. Pore opening. For a surface cleaning of your type, select the appropriate skin remedy, wash thoroughly. But this is not enough for high-quality cleaning of pores. This procedure only removes external dirt, and your skin requires more "deep intervention".Be sure to steam the skin with steam trays, before you start to deep cleaning.
2. Cleansing effect. The cleanser chosen by you apply to the skin of the face and neck, whether it is special cosmetic or prepared with your own hands. Soak up the right amount of time. If necessary, rub gently - most often this method is used if the composition includes abrasive particles.
3. Closing the pores. Apply the mask. Rinse your face with cool water. Rub in the face and neck skin moisturizer.

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What is surface cleaning?

Every morning and evening you have to start with cleansing your face, since even at night the sebaceous glands work, not to mention the fact that in the daytime your skin is subject to the above factors. To do this:

1. Apply clearing cream or a special makeup remover.
2. Leave for a while so that the substance will dissolve the remains of make-up and sebum.
3. Wipe your face with a cotton swab soaked in it.
4. Rinse with warm water.

Important! If you have oily skin use lotions on an alcohol basis, they remove excess fat, cleanse, disinfect skin, and narrow pores. In case of dry skin, choose neutral products

How to clean the skin with home remedies - recipes

If you follow the current trend - use only natural and safe means, use proven folk remedies that quickly return the attractiveness and freshness to your skin.

Method 1

The easiest way, which does not require cost, since every housewife has ingredients in the kitchen. Use soda, salt and soap. Proceed as follows:

1. Take a small container.
2. Mix in it in equal proportions salt of fine grind and soda.
3. In another container, make soap foam, you will need shaving foam, cosmetic soap or 72% laundry soap.
4. Wash with warm water.
5. Apply soap foam to the face.
6. Dip your fingers in a mixture of salt and soda.
7. Lightly massaging movements apply a salt-soda slurry on the face.
8. Pay more attention to problem areas, but avoid the area around the eyes.
9. Leave for 5-10 minutes.
10. Wash off first with lukewarm water and then cool.
11. Wipe the skin with a toner.
12. Apply a moisturizer.

Important! This method is suitable for oily skin. When using this mask, the skin becomes matte and clean.

Method 2

1. In a small container, pour a couple of tablespoons of bran.
2. Take 3% hydrogen peroxide.
3. Mix peroxide with bran to consistency of gruel.
4. Rinse your face with warm water to make it slightly steamy.
5. Apply the mixture.
6. Leave it for 10 minutes.
7. Wash off alternately with warm and cold water.

Method 3

Use natural sour-milk products, such as whey or curdled milk. This mask has a light whitening effect. In addition, a very sour skin that is very healthy for the skin supplies the skin with vitamins and simultaneously moisturizes it.

Recipe for oily skin:

1. In a small container, pour a few spoons of yogurt and add 2 tbsp.l.bran before the formation of gruel.
2. Apply on face for a while, allow to soak.
3. Rinse with warm water.

Important! Prostokvasha makes it possible to quickly whiten, remove pigment spots to remove redness and inflammation of the skin, sour-milk products are very important for youth and beauty, they stimulate the production of collagen, and this slows down the aging of the skin.

Method 4

This method is also suitable for oily skin:

1. In any pharmacy, buy an alcohol tincture of calendula.
2. Mix in equal parts tincture and mineral water.
3. Apply every day as a lotion.

Method 5

Increased work of the sebaceous glands provokes acne and acne. In this case, such a cleansing mask for oily skin helps:

1. Take one spoonful of oat flakes, honey, tea tree oil and one egg yolk.
2. Mix.
3. Apply gruel to problem areas.
4. Leave it for 10-15 minutes.
5. Wash the mask first with warm water and then with cool water.

Method 6

This option is for different skin types. Proceed as follows:

1. Brew oatmeal with boiling water, if you have dry skin - add a few drops of milk or olive oil.
2. Add a couple drops of lemon juice to the cooled slurry.
3. Apply on face.
4. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
5. Rinse with warm water.

Method 7

To make the skin look fresh and healthy, use black( white, pink, green, blue) clay. It can be purchased at any pharmacy. Clay possesses a pulling property, and if you notice small rashes after the cleansing procedure - do not worry, this clay pulled out stale dirt and toxins.

Use it this way:

1. Dilute clay with water until the consistency of sour cream.
2. Apply the substance to the face.
3. Massage by rubbing clay into the skin.
4. Allow to dry.
5. Rinse the clay with water.
6. Make an easy scrub.
7. Rinse with warm water.

Important! Instead of water, you can dilute the clay infusion of herbs.

Method 8

Use decoctions of medicinal herbs: celandine, chamomile, calendula, yarrow, St. John's wort, especially the most effective is the decoction of the leaves of the white lily. Use also aloe juice - a plant that actually is on each window sill.

To do this:

1. Trim the oldest scarlet leaves, it is good that they are perennial leaves.
2. Leave them for 7-10 days in the refrigerator.
3. Grind and squeeze the juice.
4. Dilute at a ratio of 1: 5 with water.
5. On the water bath steamed for 2-3 minutes.
6. Allow to cool.
7. Apply to face.
8. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
9. With a cotton swab, remove excess funds from the face.

Method 9

Use fruit acids. Enzymes, which are part of their composition, have an exfoliating effect. That is why they are included in the composition of various cosmetics for skin care.

Important! Such a means not only reduces the amount of pigmented spots, but also smoothes small scars and wrinkles, all thanks to an improved metabolic process that restores a healthy complexion, while the skin becomes tender and smooth. All this wealth is found in fruits, berries and vegetables.

Use any berry with an acidic medium as follows:

1. Spread the spoon to the state of gruel.
2. Apply the pulp along the perimeter of the face, avoiding areas around the eyes.
3. Leave for a few minutes, depending on the skin type.
4. Rinse with warm water.

Method 10

For dry skin, we offer a recipe with homemade mayonnaise, made by hand:

1. Pound egg yolk with vegetable oil in a blender or mixer.
2. Add a couple of spoons of sour cream.
3. Apply to face.
4. Lightly massaging movements rub into the skin of the face and neck.
5. Wash off with warm water.
6. Wipe with a towel.

Important! This procedure is called "first aid" - it is used if there is no time for more painstaking processes.

Method 11

You will be helped to rejuvenate sauerkraut. It is an indispensable source of vitamin C. It acts as a bleach, nutritious and cleansing element.

To soften and soak tired skin, use a mask made from a mixture of sauerkraut, cottage cheese and sour cream:

1. Take 1 tsp.of each ingredient, mix.
2. Apply mask to face.
3. Leave it for a while.
4. Rinse with warm water.

If you have dry skin:

1. Apply once a week a mask of sauerkraut juice and raw egg yolk.
2. Add a little olive oil to the mixture of eggs and cabbage.
3. Leave on the face for 10-15 minutes.
4. Rinse with warm water.

Method 12

Use a mask with sponge - this product has a vasodilating and exfoliating action. Together with the mask, the dead cells of the epidermis are washed away.

Important! If you have sensitive, irritable skin, it is not recommended to use masks from bodyguards.

Principle of application:

1. Mix the powder with water and 3% peroxide solution to the type of sour cream.
2. Apply a thin layer on the face.
3. Wait 15 minutes.
4. Rinse with warm water.
5. Apply a moisturizer.

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What are steam trays?

Under the influence of hot steam, the skin is cleansed, softened and moistened, it becomes more elastic, the blood supply and sweat glands improve. Without steam baths, no deep cleaning is carried out.

Do it this way:

1. If you do not have a special steamer, take a normal pan.
2. Pour refined or mineral water into it.
3. Boil, add to it the collection of antiseptic herbs that you have at hand, for example: chamomile, calendula, celandine, plantain, oregano, turn, lime color in the proportion of 1 tbsp.on 1 tbsp.water.
4. Allow to infuse for about 10 - 20 minutes.
5. Collect the hair in a bundle or just tie the head with a kerchief.
6. Cover your head over the steam.
7. Determine the distance between the surface and you - it should not be less than 20 cm. Hot steam is dangerous - there may be a normal burn.

Important! Use also in steam baths essential oils - they have a beneficial effect on both the skin and the general tone of the body.

How to clean the skin at home with a deep cleansing?

This can be a special cosmetic or mechanical face cleaning.

To prepare a scrub for home deep scrub at home, you will need the remnants of freshly ground natural coffee:

1. In a small container, mix a couple of spoons of freshly ground coffee with 1 tbsp.l.sour cream or yogurt.
2. Kashitza apply on the face.
3. Massage the skin for 2-5 minutes.
4. Hold your face over the water bath for 5-10 minutes.
5. Rinse with tepid water with the rest of the coffee.
6. Wipe your hands with alcohol and the face skin with 3% hydrogen peroxide.
7. Wrap your index fingers with a bandage or gauze to prevent infection from mechanically removing acne.
8. Proceed to remove the black dots.
9. At the end of the procedure, wipe the skin with peroxide.

Important! Procedures for steam cleaning are not recommended for people with bronchial asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, in the presence of dermatoses, couperose and excessive facial hair.

How to narrow the pores after a deep cleansing of the face?

Prepare a lotion for oily skin:

1. Take a glass of tea leaves of green tea.
2. Add 2 tbsp.l.lemon juice or vodka.

Lotion for fading and oily skin:

1. In 0.5 cups of boiled water add 1 tbsp.l.honey and lemon.
2. Stir.
3. Leave for a day.
4. Use the composition once a week.
5. Apply to face.
6. Leave for 10 -20 minutes.
7. Rinse with warm water.

Use the broths of strawberries for dry skin:

1. Take the dry leaves and strawberry berries.
2. Fill them with warm milk or water.
3. Insist for about an hour.
4. Strain.
5. Add 1 tsp.glycerin.
6. Use to cleanse dry skin in the morning and evening.

For dry skin, very useful milk nourishing tonics:

1. In the enamel container, place the flesh of 1 banana or orange.
2. Add in it 1 tsp.lemon juice and 1 tbsp.l.of powdered sugar.
3. All this mix with 1 glass of milk.
4. Blend the mixture to boiling.
5. Cool the mass.
6. Apply the slurry for 15-20 minutes.
7. Wash with warm water.

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Useful advices for

• Never go to bed with make-up on your face.
• Do not use defective makeup.
• Use only suitable make-up and age make-up.
• Maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• Take time to self-massage the face and neck.
• Pay attention to rest and sleep.
• Drink plenty of water, only not at night.
• After the cleansing procedure, always apply moisturizing cream.
• Eat more vitamins.
• Do not abuse fatty and fried foods.
• Do not drink a lot of carbonated liquid.

Using our tips and you can easily maintain the elasticity, purity and whiteness of your face! Always maintain a good mood - positive emotions not only prolong life, but also affect the beauty of your skin.