Lanolin cream

Lanolin cream

According to the famous trendsetter Coco Chanel, beauty is a formidable weapon, and a woman has the face she deserves. Anyway, it is important for any woman to be beautiful and attractive with smooth, beautiful skin of the face, shiny healthy hair and well-groomed hands. This can be helped by an inexpensive and effective product manufactured by Nevskaya Cosmetics, a lanolin cream whose composition is based on lanolin.

A bit of history

About lanolin cream is mentioned in the Bible, as well as in the records of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It was used mainly for dry skin to rid it of cracks. The benefits of this wonderful natural product, extracted from the wool of sheep, was already known at that time. Very soon they knew about lanolin cream in other countries, it appeared in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Already in the XIX century, it was noticed that the cream with lanolin has a much better effect than any of its analogs based on paraffin or vaseline. But here in the 60s of the XX century, when lanolin cream was in great demand, doubts arose about its safety. The reason for this was the frequent cases of allergies that occurred when using this product.

As it turned out, pesticides were to blame for everything, with which farmers disinfected animal hair from pests. So it turns out that lanolin thus contains and accumulates this substance that causes allergies. As soon as it became clear, the cream manufacturers immediately began looking for a solution to the problem of cleaning raw materials from pesticide residues. It took another 10 years, and on sale already appeared purified product.

Currently

Today you can find lanolin cream for children and adults on sale; it is safe even for pregnant women.

A modern product has a high degree of purification and only positive feedback from its users.

The cream has a softening effect on the skin, relieves it of peeling, the absorption process is very fast, and the biologically active components are perfectly absorbed by the skin.

However, one should not get carried away with the use of lanolin cream in those areas of the body where hair growth is undesirable.

The composition with a non-greasy texture, vitamin E and lanolin, is able to provide an effective softening effect and penetrate quite deep into the skin. This food for the skin, its hydration and stimulation of the blood supply in it. The skin becomes soft and elastic. It is recommended for those who have dry and combined face skin. The cream can also lubricate the hands, elbows, knees, and men can use it instead of after shaving cream.

This tool can retain all its healing qualities for two years, if it is stored in a dark and dry place.

Composition

Lanolin, harvested from sheep's wool, is able to protect our skin as well as protects sheep from the harsh effects of nature. This ingredient is a product of the work of sheep sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles. It has good absorbability and excellent emollient qualities.

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects cells from free radicals. Normalizes the process of blood clotting, relieves burns and wounds, makes invisible scars. With vitamin E, the skin ages more slowly. On the recommendation of beauticians, cream with vitamin E can be used for itching, ulceration of the skin, burns, wounds and stretch marks.

Application area

Moisturizing and nourishing dry skin. It can be used in children if, for one reason or another, dryness occurs on the skin.

Apply a small amount of cream, it is recommended to do it twice a day.

About the benefits

The main cosmetic properties of this product include:

  • ease of penetration into the skin;
  • the ability to soften its dry areas;
  • the ability to deliver cosmetic and medicinal ingredients deep into the skin;

Lanolin contained in the composition of the product from "Neva cosmetics", similar to those substances that make up human sebum. It is this substance and contributes to the rapid impregnation of the stratum corneum of the skin and its lesser insight for moisture evaporation. Thus, the skin loses moisture much less. In addition, the skin acquires the ability to additional absorption of moisture and ambient air, so that the elasticity and youthfulness of the skin persist for quite a long time.

Lanolin cream based on animal fat is recommended to use:

  • with very dry, cracked, chapped and coarse skin;
  • with faded, dehydrated skin on the face and neck;
  • with age-related skin changes in the eye area;
  • with itching and the presence of corns;
  • for the healing of cracks in the lips, as well as if cracks appeared on the nipples due to breastfeeding.

For face

This product will be most useful for those women whose skin on the face and neck is very dry and dehydrated. Powerful moisturizing properties of the cream perfectly restore the properties of the skin, giving it smoothness and elasticity. In addition, this cosmetic product applied to the face will protect it from negative UV exposure, thus preserving the skin's youthfulness.

For hands

Learn more about the main uses:

  • to soften the skin of rough and callused hands;
  • if the hands were bruised and cracked, because they had been in water, clay or earth for a long time, then no means better than lanolin cream could be found - it is he who will be able to return his hands natural softness and elasticity in the shortest time possible;
  • indispensable for coarse layers of skin. Due to the transdermal barrier in its deep layers, the water balance is restored, softness and smoothness returns to hands;
  • when rubbing the product into the nail cuticle, their health is restored.

To achieve the effect, you should simply purchase a lanolin cream and do not forget to put it on problem areas every day - best of all before going to bed.

For legs

In this case, lanolin-based cream will also come to the rescue. He will be able to rid your feet of cracks, corns, rough crusts on the heels, which arise as a consequence of prolonged wear of shoes, in which the legs are very uncomfortable.

To solve the problem, the feet should be steamed before bedtime, and then thickly smeared with lanolin cream The effect will be even better if, after rubbing the cream into the feet, put on cotton socks.

Do this procedure with legs for a few days - you will be surprised at the result, because the heels will be like a baby.

For chest

Unfortunately, this is a fairly common problem when breastfeeding, and moms have to endure severe pain when they put the baby to the breast. But the problem can be easily helped, one has only to get all the same miracle cure - lanolin cream.

Just lubricate between feeds with rough and cracked nipples this product, and the skin will heal quickly and in the future will not crack. A two-millimeter layer of cream and several days of such procedures are enough to forget about cracking and irritation on the nipple surface forever.

But for more confidence, before starting to use lanolin cream, consult your doctor about this.

For men

Men cannot escape from a razor, with the rare exception when they wear a magnificent beard all their lives, like the old believers have a beard.But most still have to shave every day and from drying out the skin of the face, which is inevitable in this case, they will again be saved by lanolin cream.

After shaving with a sufficiently thick layer, apply the product on the surface of the skin, wait a couple of minutes until the product is absorbed, and then carefully remove the residue with a soft cloth.

How to apply

Before applying the lanolin cream, thoroughly clean the skin with soap and warm water, and then dry it until moisture is completely absorbed. The tool is rubbed into the skin with fingertips with circular massaging movements. They need to be performed until the cream is completely absorbed, and it is desirable to do this 3-4 times per day.

Although the cost of this product is small and you can buy it without problems in every pharmacy, you can also prepare it yourself if you wish.

Do it yourself

Homemade lanolin cream consists of:

  • lanolin;
  • beeswax;
  • vegetable oil;
  • ylang ylang essential oil.

Cooking method:

  1. We melt steamed lanolin, adding beeswax (a tablespoon) and 50 ml of vegetable oil to it. Everything should melt and become a homogeneous mass.
  2. We fill the prepared container with the resulting composition and add an essential oil to it - a few drops.
  3. Gently mix everything and wait until it hardens. The cream is ready, it can be used to soften the skin on the hands, feet and even on the face.

About contraindications and side effects

If you have ever had an allergic reaction to wool, then, most likely, it can also occur on lanolin cream, because it is obtained by processing sheep wool. Although, judging by user reviews, this phenomenon is extremely rare.

Anyway, it is better to do a trial test before the first application of lanolin cream, rubbing a small amount of the product on the elbow bend and holding it there for a few minutes. If there is no reaction, everything is in order, and itching or redness on this area of ​​the skin will let you know that this product, unfortunately, is not for you.

You should also know that inadvertently caught lanolin cream inside the body can lead to severe poisoning.

The video below presents an overview of the creams of the Neva Cosmetics manufacturer.

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