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, subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main causes of the first wrinkles.
To keep the skin young and fresh, it is necessary to regularly treat dead skin cells, nourish it and improve blood circulation.
Learn about 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 stratum corneum cells, cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With proper care, daily washing can become not only a hygienic but also a therapeutic procedure. To preserve the youthfulness of your skin, train to wash your face by combining water. Wash your face several times with warm and then cold water. Warm water widens the pores and cold water narrows it. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with too cold or too hot water. At low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and starts flaking. Hot water causes constant dilation of blood vessels, 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 face wash no more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels that have a healing effect, created specifically for dry skin.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser 2 times a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply nourishing cream to the skin, and after 20-30 minutes, remove the residue with a paper towel.
For normal skin, it is enough to wash alternately with warm and cold clean water. However, even normal skin needs some care. It is very useful to wash with water with decoctions of medicinal herbs. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe with a swab soaked in warm water.
Simple folk remedies
Dry skin benefits from washes and compresses of decoctions of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill. Pour one tablespoon of any of these ingredients into 200 g of boiling water. The resulting broth should be insisted on for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
A decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horseradish, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, cold-legged, eucalyptus leaves is suitable for oily skin.
For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, because each component perfectly nourishes the skin, gives it a healthy look.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show great rejuvenating results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components 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, moisturize your face with a moisturizing lotion.
For oily skin you can prepare a mask of cucumber, lemon and oatmeal. 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 on previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Massage to improve the structure of the skin
You can rejuvenate your face with a special massage. This ensures normalization of 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 rub 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 incense. Then rub your cheeks with your palms from your lips to your ears and massage your chin with your nape.
The last stage of the massage is a light tap with your fingertips on the whole face.
The massage procedure strengthens blood circulation and stimulates the production of its own collagen, helps skin cells to obtain useful substances.
Scrub for efficient cleaning
Facial scrubs can be done once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons as you can perform this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is done by scrubbing. You can make 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, 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 your face, rinse after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace the cream with another fermented milk product - serum, kefir, non-fat cream.
Remember that facial rejuvenation is not possible without dietary and healthy lifestyle changes. To keep the skin young and cared for, it is necessary to give up harmful habits, as well as diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet should include foods that contain carotene, vitamin A and fiber.