Citrus fruits for skin care. Grapefruit.

Grapefruit is well-known for its rejuvenating properties. Its composition is very similar to lemons and oranges and contains vitamins A, B, C, D, and P. With the help of grapefruit masks you can fight with freckles and wrinkles, lighten pigmentation spots. Grapefruit refreshes the skin greatly. This fruit is recommended in the care of oily and combined face skin.

Natural homemade recipes for skin care from grapefruit

- Take a tablespoon of yeast and mix with 1 tablespoon of grapefruit juice. Apply the prepared mask on the face. Wait for 20 minutes and rinse with warm water.

- Take 2 tablespoons of grapefruit juice and mix with 1 tablespoon of yogurt and 1 tablespoon of rice flour. Apply this mask on the face and wash off after 20 minutes. With the regular using of this mask recipe you can prevent the appearance of wrinkles, skin becomes smoother, and the process of skin withering will slow down.

- Peel one average grapefruit and mash. Add a cup of sour milk. Put in the refrigerator for an hour. Then apply this mask on the face and neck for 30 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

- Add a tablespoon of grapefruit juice to the pounded egg yolk, and then add a teaspoon of vegetable oil. Mix everything carefully and add a tablespoon of sour cream. The mixture is applied on the face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Citrus fruits for skin care. Lemon.

Lemon is the fruit of the lemon tree. The fruits contain citric acid (7-8.1%), sugar (2-3,5%), vitamins A, B15, B2, R and C, dye, flavanone glycosides, having P-vitamin activity. Seeds of fruits also include essential oil and a bitter substance limonin, branches and leaves have essential oil (0,1-0,25%). The bark contains citronin.

In cosmetology lemon is used as a balm for hair, creams, lotions, for the making of lotions and masks to care for different skin types. Today I offer the great recipes of skin care means from lemon. Choose the best one for you and make your skin beautiful.

Natural homemade recipes for skin care from lemon

- Slice one lemon and pour it with a glass of vodka. Infuse for 10 days. Wet layer of cotton wool or gauze in infusion and apply on the face. After 15-20 minutes remove the mask, but do not wash the face. This mask is especially good for oily skin. It tightens pores and smoothes wrinkles.

- Mix 1 egg yolk with 1 teaspoon of milk and some drops of lemon juice. Apply it on face for 20 minutes, then rinse.

- Dub the face with rich cream and apply thin lemon slices. This mask should be placed on the face not more 10 minutes. Remove the lemon and rinse face with cold water.

- Mix 25 g of yeast with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Add 1 tablespoon of milk, mix everything carefully and apply the mixture on the face with a cotton swab. After 20 minutes, remove the mask with warm water and make a cold compress.

- Mix juice of one lemon with 2 teaspoons of honey. Apply on the face for a minute, and then wash with cold water.

- Mix frothed white of one egg and teaspoon of lemon juice. The mask is applied on the face for 15-20 minutes. Then wash it off first with warm and then cold water. This mask is used for oily, porous skin with wrinkles and pigmental spots, as well as for withered, flabby skin.

- Grate one lemon with peel on a plastic grater, add 100 g of alcohol and strain through cheese-cloth. Then add 1 cup of sour cream or cream, 1 beaten white of egg and 1 teaspoon of glycerin. Apply on the face and after 15-20 minutes remove it with a cotton swab.

- Add 5-10 drops of lemon juice in a tablespoon of honey. The resulting mush is applied on the face for 10-15 minutes. Then wash with cool water. If you need to increase the viscosity of the mask, add oatmeal.

- Pound 1 egg yolk with unrefined vegetable oil (preferably corn oil), then add 1/2 teaspoon water and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Apply on the face with layers (3 layers), hold the mask until drying, and then remove with swab wet in warm water. After this mask rinse your face with warm water and then with cool water. Apply nourishing cream. You’d better to make 6-10 masks for one course.

- To prevent wrinkles take equal amount of lemon juice, carrot juice, yogurt, rice flour and mix everything well. Keep on the face for 20-25 minutes. It is better to make this mask 2-3 times a week.

- Mix 1 teaspoon of rich cream with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, adding it drop by drop, and half a teaspoon of sour cream or mayonnaise. Apply the mixture on the face skin for 20-25 minutes and then remove with a cosmetic spatula. Finally wipe face with a cotton swab moistened with lotion.

Citrus fruits for skin care. Orange.

Orange is the fruit of orange tree, originally from China. Oranges contain 5 types of fruit acids, 14 vitamins, 3 types of mineral substances, various enzymes, and moreover, fruit and grape sugar. But the main advantage of an orange, like all citrus fruits is vitamin C. In 150 grams of orange you can find 80 mg of ascorbic acid. And this is enough for the human daily need in vitamin C.

Interesting! Orange juice is fine in the care of oily and porous skin.

Natural homemade recipes from orange for skin care

- Knead peeled and finely chopped orange with a wooden spoon. Apply the resulting mush on the face, neck, chest, shoulders and cover with gauze. After 15 minutes, wash off the mask with boiled water, and then use your usual skin cream. This mask refreshes and nourishes the skin.

- Mix 2 tablespoons of fat cottage cheese with juice of half an orange and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil. Apply the mixture on your face for 15-20 minutes. This mask nourishes, softens skin and adds elasticity.

- Dissolve 1 spoonful of yeast in a mixture of orange juice and water to the consistency of thick sour cream. Apply on the face for 15-20 minutes. This mask tightens enlarged pores and removes shine.

- Squeeze the juice from one orange. In a cup of juice add one fresh egg yolk, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of camphor alcohol. Mix components until a homogeneous composition. Apply on the face for 15-20 minutes regularly.

- Prepare 1 tablespoon of chopped orange peels and 1 tablespoon of almonds. Mix the powders and diluted with warm water until the consistency of sour cream. Apply the mask on the face with light massage movements. After half an hour wash the mask off with warm boiled water. This mask smoothes small wrinkles.

Citrus fruits for skin care. Mandarin orange.

We know about wonderful properties of citrus fruits since ancient times. In ancient China people knew about therapeutic qualities of lemon. They used lemons as a mean for wounds healing, and during pulmonary diseases. In the XI century Avicenna used orange juice for the preparation of medicines. Lemon fruits are considered as indispensable remedy for many dangerous diseases in the Arabian countries.

Citrus fruits contains:
- Thiamin (vitamin B1);
- Riboflavin (vitamin B2);
- Ascorbic acid (vitamin C);
- Tocopherol (vitamin E);
- Nicotinic acid (vitamin PP).

Citrus fruits have been used in cosmetics at all times. Their leaves, flowers and fruits are rich in essential oils. Aromatic oils, produced from the citrus, are added to creams and lotions as a fragrance ingredient. Sure natural citrus masks and tonics will give cheerfulness to your skin and raise your spirit!

Mandarin orange

Like other citrus, mandarin is an ancient citrus culture. Pulp of mandarin orange is about 65% of the fruit weight. Mandarin pulp contains pectin, glycosides, mineral salts, essential oil, vitamins C, D, B1, B2, provitamin A, vitamin D, which has antirachitic effect, and vitamin K, which can provide elasticity of blood vessels.

Interesting! Fresh juice from mandarin slice or peel can heal the skin and nails are affected by fungus. It should be repeatedly rubbed into the affected places.

Natural masks from mandarin for skin care

- Peel one mandarin and squeeze the juice. Rub the facial skin with cotton wetted in the juice. Also you can make the great mask. Wet a thin layer of cotton or cloth from several gauze layers in the juice and put on face and neck for 15-20 minutes. After removing the mask clean the skin with a humid cotton and then dry one. Make this mask 2-3 times a week. One course is 15-20 masks.

- Pound dry tangerine peel into powder and mix 1 teaspoon of this powder with 1 teaspoon of egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of sour cream. Apply the mask on the face and neck for 20 minutes.

- The mask for hair. Take juice of 2 tangerines, add 10 drops of balm oil and 1 tablespoon of dry mustard. Mix everything carefully. Apply the prepared mixture on your hair along the entire length. In 20 minutes wash your head with shampoo.

Facial skin care steps

Actually facial skin needs the protection and attentive care more than any other human organ. It is because the skin is influenced by both internal and external factors. Also age has very important meaning. After a number of years, our skin requires more and more care. New skin cells in young and healthy skin are formed every 28 days. This skin is elastic and well moistened. But with age metabolism is losing speed and intensity and as result our skin grows old. This is a natural process and it is impossible to avoid skin aging. We can only reduce the speed of this process.

Poor nutrition, insufficient physical activity, alcohol, smoking, stress, and adverse external factors (ultraviolet rays, air pollution) contribute to premature aging of the skin. We have to delay biological withering of the skin. To do this, make sure that the breathing, nutrition, hydration and skin self-rejuvenation are full. It is necessary to provide facial skin with a solid support and protection. The sooner you start doing it, the later first wrinkles will appear on the face.

Skin care includes some reasonable steps: cleansing, moisturizing, and nourishment. Generally this scheme works for any type of skin.

Cleansing is essential for rest and renewal of the skin. It must be made in the morning and evening. Beauticians speak about the cleaning abilities of soap uncomplimentary. It skims and dries our skin, tightens pores, leaving them muddy. It is better to use lotion, tonic, cosmetic milk or foam for washing. With their help you can restore the acid-base balance and moisture level of skin and clean pores deeply.

Moisturizing is the most important stage. Regardless of the skin type you always have to apply any moisturizing cream before make-up. Day cream is easily absorbed by the skin and makes it soft and smooth, preventing moisture loss. But do not forget that the cream is applied only to pre-cleaned skin.

As a rule, night cream has the function of nourishment. Apply cream on the clean, warm and relaxed skin. It will help facial skin to get rich in nutrients coming from the blood and also to receive the additional moisture from the outside. Everything will let skin to relax effectively during sleep.