If our body is protected by clothing, the face always remains open, which is why it is exposed to negative environmental factors.
In addition, after a certain age, the skin quickly loses moisture, the subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles.
In order to keep the skin young and fresh, regular treatments are needed to remove dead skin cells, nourish it, and improve blood circulation.
Discover effective ways to rejuvenate your skin and read helpful tips to keep your skin looking beautiful and youthful.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
Good quality water is one of the simplest facial skin care products. Water removes dead cells from the stratum corneum, cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic procedure, but also a healing procedure. In order to preserve the youthfulness of the skin, practice washing your face by combining water. Rinse your face several times with lukewarm water and then with cold water. Hot water dilates the pores, while cold water narrows them. However, washing your face with water that is too cold or too hot is not recommended. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to flake. Hot water causes persistent vasodilation and the skin becomes too sensitive to the cold.
If you have dry skin, wash your face with soft water at room temperature. It is recommended to use a facial cleanser no more than once a week. The exception concerns special foams and gels with therapeutic effect, specially designed for dry skin.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser twice a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream to the skin and after 20-30 minutes remove the remains with a paper towel.
For normal skin, alternating washings with clean lukewarm and cold water are sufficient. But even normal skin requires care. Very useful washing in water with decoctions of medicinal herbs. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe off with a cotton swab dipped in lukewarm water.
Simple folk remedies
For dry skin, washing and compresses from a decoction of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill will be useful. Pour 200 g of boiling water over a tablespoon of one of these ingredients. The resulting broth should be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
For oily skin, a decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, blueberry, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable.
For normal skin, you can use almost any herbal decoction, since each component perfectly nourishes the skin, makes it look healthy.
Rejuvenating masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components until a thick consistency of sour cream, apply to the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, wet your face with moisturizing lotion.
For oily skin, you can prepare a cucumber, lemon and oatmeal mask. 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 cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with lukewarm water.
Massage to improve the structure of the skin
You can rejuvenate your face with a special massage. This ensures the normalization of blood circulation, removes particles of keratinized skin.
Massage improves skin elasticity, improves color and texture.
Twice a week after cleansing the skin, lightly rub your face with your fingertips for 2-3 minutes. It is better to start with the forehead, in the direction of the eyebrows towards the temples.
After that, knead the upper cheeks from the nose to the temples. Then rub your cheeks with your palms from lips to ears and massage your chin with the back of your hand.
The last step of the massage is a light tapping with the fingertips all over the face.
The massage procedure improves blood circulation and stimulates the production of its own collagen, helps skin cells to receive useful substances.
Peeling for effective cleaning
Exfoliation of the face can be done once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit the salons, because you can do this procedure at home. Cleansing of the face is carried out 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 to the coffee grounds. Mix the mixture well, apply on the face, rinse after 10 minutes with lukewarm water. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage into the face, rinse off after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace sour cream with any other fermented dairy product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Remember that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changes in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. In order for the skin to look young and well-groomed, it is necessary to give up bad habits, as well as to diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet should include foods containing carotene, vitamin A and fiber.