Natural facial masks for dry skin

Dry skin is most commonly prone to wrinkles and lines as it is unable to retain moisture and the sebaceous glands cannot produce sufficient amounts of sebum. This type of skin becomes often dehydrated and needs special care by continually moisturizing it. Masks for dry skin are made of chamomile, lavender, peppermint, bananas, avocado, honey, milk, yoghurt, tomato, egg yolk, butter, strawberries etc.
Dry skin can benefit a lot from periodical use of hydrating masks. They have many moisturizing ingredients that help the skin to have more balance. They may have plant extract, essential oils, and nourishing vegetable oils or milk derivates.

To make classic facial mask at home for dry skin, take 1/2 avocado and 1/4 cup of honey. Mash together these 2 ingredients for an easy face mask. Apply to your face and leave for 5 minutes before removing with a washcloth and some trepid water. You will definitely enjoy the smell and feeling of this mask on your face. Honey and avocado are particularly rich in moisturizing properties.

Generally benefits of avocado are numerous: it is filled with monounsaturated fats, Vitamin B and E, nutrients excellent for moisturizing and rejuvenating dry or tired skin. Use this fruit in the next masks too.
First recipe: take 1 avocado and 3-4 drops of almond oil. Peel and mash avocado and add almond oil until the mass is consistent. Apply to face while massaging it gently. Let it rest for 30 minutes and rinse off with warm water.
Second recipe: you need 1 avocado, 1 teaspoon of apple vinegar, 1 egg white, 3 teaspoons of olive oil. Peel and mash avocado and start adding the rest of the ingredients. Egg white should be beaten before you put it in. When the mass is done, apply to face and wash off after 20 minutes or so. This mask provides great moisture for skin, making it soft and elastic.

To prevent wrinkles, make a paste of bananas, yogurt and honey and apply it on the skin for 15-20 minutes then clean it with warm water. You’ll need 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey and 1 banana.

Refreshing tomato mask. You need 1/4 peeled and seedless tomato. Chop it. 3 teaspoons of yogurt, 1 teaspoon peeled and then grated cucumber, 1 teaspoon of aloe vera gel, 3 teaspoons of oatmeal (finely ground). Additional ingredients are 2 mint leaves, fresh and crushed so the essential oils run out of the leaves. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Apply on the face and leave on for about 10 minutes. Wash off with lukewarm water.

Popular milk mask for face. Take 1 teaspoon powdered milk, 1 tablespoon runny honey, 1 teaspoon aloe vera gel and 2 drops essential oil and mix ingredients well. Apply to face, let sit for 15 minutes, wash off with warm water.

Natural facial masks for normal skin

Depending on every skin type (normal, combination, sensitive, oily or dry) there are fruits and vegetables to enhance the beauty of your appearance. Women that have a normal skin are the most lucky of us, as their epidermis has a fine even texture, a proper balance between oil and moisture contents and is therefore moist and neither greasy nor dry. For this type of skin there are masks for maintenance that may consist of any of the following: carrots, honey, peaches, rose petals, papaya, limes, oranges, bananas, strawberries, cucumbers, almonds and many others.

For example, a fresh and healthy looking complexion can be obtained instantly by applying on your face a paste of mixed bananas and strawberries. Leave it for about 20 minutes and you will notice the difference immediately.

Apple mask for normal skin. You need 1 apple, cored & quartered and 2 tablespoons honey. Drop the apple pieces into a food processor and chop. Add honey and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Pat the mixture onto your face with a light tapping motion, tapping until the honey feels tacky. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then rinse.

Strawberry mask. You need 1/2 cup strawberries, very ripe and 1/4 cup cornstarch. Mix strawberries and cornstarch together to make a paste and apply it to your face, avoiding the delicate area around your eyes. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then rinse it off with cool water.

Another facial masks for normal skin. Take 1/2 cup of mustard and grind it in two liters of water. Make a paste of it with some rose petals. Apply it on the face and wash it off after half an hour.
Make a mixture of yolk of 2 eggs and add some honey and three drops of vegetable oil and apply it on the face. Wash it off after 20 minutes.
Take one cup of curd. Add the juice of two limes to it and make a mixture. Apply it on the face. After half an hour wash the face with cold water.

Finally peachy facial mask for normal skin. You need 1 medium peach, 1 tablespoon honey and oatmeal. Cook peach until its soft, mash with a fork, add honey and oatmeal until its a thick consistency. Apply to skin. Keep for 10 minutes, and then rinse well with cool water.

Traveling to Citrus country. Part 2.

Here you’ll find some recipes of lotions from citrus for various kinds of skin. Washing mixture for sensitive skin is for beginning. You need juice of half a lemon, 1 teaspoon glycerin and ¼ glass of water. Mix everything and wash the face every morning.

Lotions for greasy skin with big pores and skin with freckles. Take juice of one lemon and mix it with mineral water (proportion 1:1). Use the lotion 2-3 times a week and don’t wash it then.
Cut the peel of one orange into small pieces and put into glass jar. Pour it with boiling water and keep to infuse for the whole day and then filter the mixture. Use this lotion in the morning and evening.
Prepare mixture from juice of one lemon, half a glass of fresh cream, ¼ glass of vodka and one yolk. Clean the face with this lotion after working day. Keep it in the fridge.

Lotion for dry and normal skin. Mix one yolk with ½ glass of sour cream or cream and add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Mix everything carefully and add ¼ glass of vodka and juice of half a lemon. Keep the lotion in the fridge.

Lotion for aging skin. Pour peel of three lemons with glass of boiling water and stay for 10 hours. Then filter and add juice of three lemons, 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of cream, 3 tablespoons of cologne and half a glass of infusion from jasmine and rose petals. Mix everything carefully.

Anti-wrinkled lotion. To prevent wrinkles appearance, clean skin with milk and lemon lotion. Pour juice of one lemon into ½ liter of milk and stir slowly.

Traveling to Citrus country. Part 1.

Country of oranges, mandarins, lemons and grapefruit can offer magical skin care. Masks, lotions, tonics and others are good for all types of skin. Masks with lemon are especially good for greasy skin. Masks with lemon juice refresh, whiten and nourish skin greatly. After orange masks skin becomes shining and velvety. For dry and normal skin you can use masks from mandarins. Grapefruit, like lemon, whitens skin, but more softly.

Masks for any type of skin. Clean an orange and slice to thin circles and put on the face and neck. In 20 minutes take mask away and rinse the face with cool water. It’s fine vitaminous mask.
Press a half a lemon and mix with 1 tablespoon honey. Put mask on the face with brush for 20 minutes. Then clean face with cold water. This mask isn’t recommended for sensitive skin.

Masks for greasy skin. Mix juice of half a lemon with 1 white-egg. Put on the face with brush. In 15-20 minutes clean with cool water. This mask draws pores well.
Mix 1 tablespoon wheat flour with grapefruit juice. Put on the face for 15-20 minutes, and then wash face with warm water. Mask nourishes skin well.

Mask for skin with acne. Mix beaten white-egg with juice of half a lemon and add 1 tablespoon ground oaten flakes. Put mask on the face for 20 minutes. Then wash the face with fresh tea added to water.

Mask for normal and dry skin. Reduce mandarin in mixer together with peel. Add 1 tablespoon sour cream. Put mask on the face with brush for 15-20 minutes. Wash face with cool water.

Anti-aging masks. Orange mask is fine biostimulants. Take juice of half an orange and mix it with 1 tablespoon oaten flakes and 1 tablespoon milk. Put mixture on the face for 20 minutes, and then wash face with warm water.
Mix 1 yolk with ½ teaspoon vegetable oil and juice of half a lemon. Put the mixture on the face and neck. In 15-20 minutes wash face with warm water and then rinse with cold one.

And finally the famous recipe from Madame de Pompadour. Mix one lemon grated with peel and 100 ml of spirit. Filter mixture through gauze. Then add a glass of sour cream or cream, 1 beaten white-egg and 1 teaspoon glycerin. Put mask on the face for 15-20 minutes and then take it away with piece of cotton wool.

Tea for beautiful hair

Ordinary tea can be considered universal mean for hair too. It treats, strengthens, refreshes and so on. Try and probably you’ll like today’s recipes.

If you see that hair has stopped to grow, but become to fall out actively, try to make a 10-days course of tea procedures. You should rub into head skin warm strong tea infusion every day. You can do it separately from washing your head and don’t wash infusion.

If you have dandruff, prepare tea decoction. Pour 1 teaspoon of dry black tea with ¼ glass of boiling water and boil 2-3 minutes. Then add 1 tablespoon castor oil and 1 tablespoon vodka to 1 tablespoon decoction. Put this mixture on the head skin and hair and tie a towel above. Keep it for 2-3 hours. Then wash head with warm water. Make this procedure 2-3 times a week and dandruff will disappear.

Refreshing hair rinse not only refreshes hair but also save them from extra greasiness and makes hair light, silky and docile. Pour 1 tablespoon green tea with ½ liter of boiling water, shut with cover and keep to brew. Rinse hair every time after washing.

Use black tea as a hair rinse to darken hair and add shine. Take 2-3 tablespoons dry black tea for 2 glasses of water and boil 15-20 minutes. Keep brewing before it becomes pleasantly warm. Put infusion on the hair evenly, comb your hair and let to dry. It is the simplest way to give dark hair reddish tint, which lasts till the next head washing.