If our body is protected by clothing, then the face always remains open, 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 first causes of wrinkles.
To keep the skin young and fresh, regular procedures are needed to remove dead skin cells, nourish it and improve blood circulation.
Learn 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 good quality water. Water washes away dead cells in the horny stratum, cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic but also a healing procedure. To keep your skin youthful, train yourself to wash your face by combining water. Rinse your face several times with warm water and then with cold water. Warm water widens the pores, while cold water narrows. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with too cold or too hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to peel off. Hot water leads to permanent vasodilation, and the skin becomes too sensitive to cold.
If you have dry skin, wash your face with soft water at room temperature. It is recommended to use the facial cleanser no more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with a therapeutic effect, which are 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 on the skin and after 20-30 minutes remove the residue with a paper towel.
For normal skin, washing with warm and cool clean water is sufficient. But even normal skin needs some care. Washing with water with herbal decoctions is very useful. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe with a swab dipped in warm water.
Simple folk remedies
For dry skin will be useful washing and compresses of chamomile, violet, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill decoction. Pour 200 g of boiling water into one tablespoon of any of these ingredients. The resulting broth should be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
Decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, cabbage, eucalyptus leaves is suitable for oily skin.
For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal plants, because each component perfectly nourishes the skin, gives it a healthy look.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show great rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. The components are diluted to a thick cream consistency, applied to the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, moisturize your face with a moisturizing lotion.
You can prepare a mask of cucumber, lemon and oatmeal 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 skin structure
You can rejuvenate your face with a special massage. It normalizes blood circulation, removes keratinized skin particles.
Massage improves skin elasticity, improves color and texture.
Twice a week after cleansing the skin for 2-3 minutes, gently slide your face with your fingertips. It is better to start from the forehead, from the eyebrows to the temples.
Then knead the upper cheeks from the nose to the temples. Then rub your cheeks with your hands from your lips to your ears and massage your chin with the back of your hand.
The last stage of the massage is a light flick of the fingertips all over the face.
The massage procedure improves blood circulation and stimulates the production of collagen itself, helps skin cells to receive useful substances.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Facial peeling can be done once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons, because you can perform this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is performed 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. Mix the mixture well, apply on face, after 10 minutes rinse with warm water. For normal and dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage on face, after 10-15 minutes rinse. For oily skin, replace the sour cream with any other fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat cream.
Do not forget that facial rejuvenation is not possible without changes in diet and healthy lifestyle. 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 that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber.