How to strengthen the eyelashes?
The feminine magic is the wave of the eyelashes, the sparks in the eyes, from which even the strongest men become helpless and weak. However, quite often women are unhappy with their eyelashes, and then there is a need to strengthen them, make them thicker and longer.
Causes of poor condition
Eyelashes are hairs that are 3% liquid and 97% keratin. (fiber protein). Basically, their condition is genetically determined, but there are a number of reasons for which it worsens. Negative factors include:
- stress and fatigue,
- the presence of chronic diseases
- bad ecology,
- hormonal disruptions
- poor nutrition,
- avitaminosis,
- use of bad quality cosmetics.
Oil treatment
Strengthen eyelashes can be a variety of ways, but the best option - the funds prepared at home. Depending on preferences, they provide individuality of choice, budgetary use: some of the components are used in household items.
The main assistance in the treatment of eyelashes provide natural oils. It is important to know that cold pressed unrefined oils have the best qualities.
They have healing properties due to their amino acids, acids and vitamins that nourish the skin and activate blood circulation. This contributes to the "awakening" of hair follicles, resulting in improved growth of eyelashes.
Micro- and macronutrients, which are part of the oils, can improve the structural composition of hairs, giving them density and elasticity.
- The most good eyelash care recognized castor butter. It provides comprehensive care.
- Burdock - has a nourishing, firming effect.
- Sea buckthorn - helps to strengthen, accelerate growth and color saturation.
- Olive - in addition to nutrition, improves the elasticity of hairs and prevents their fragility.
- Jojoba - firming, preventing fragility. The means providing protection against bad ecology.
It is possible to use other oils: cocoa, flax, coconut, peach, grape, almond, argan.
Oils are used both individually and in combination.
When mixing oils it is necessary to use glassware. Keep them in a dark and cool place.
There are numerous recipes for the use of such funds. As an example:
- Combine 5 ml of burdock, castor oil and 3 drops of oil vitamins A and E. Apply the mixture on the eyelashes. An hour later, remove the remnants of a cotton pad. It is recommended to apply at bedtime daily.
- Combine olive, sea buckthorn and jojoba oils in equal amounts. Use every other day.
- Combine 5 ml of castor oil, aloe juice and 5 drops of vitamin E oil. Apply daily before bedtime.
- Combine the contents of 1 capsule of fish oil with 5-10 drops of aloe juice and linseed oil. Apply every other day.
For full confidence in the correctness of the choice of oil it should be pre-tested on a small area of skin.
The use of oils requires the implementation of certain rules:
- Before application conduct make up remover
- Apply oils are best brushed from the mascara.
- Take A very small amount of the product, avoiding spreading over the skin and eye contact.
- Apply from the middle of the eyelashes, to the roots it will be distributed independently.
- Best effect is achieved when using a warm substance.
- Any remedy requires carrying out a full course, but not occasional use.
You should not expect a momentary effect from the use of a nutrient: it will become noticeable in 15-20 days.
Each of the courses of treatment with homemade oils is designed for 1-2 months, then you should take a break and resume use.
It is a mistake to keep the oil on the eyelashes for a long time (optimally - 30-40 minutes), as the appearance of eyelid swelling and eye irritation is possible.
Nourishing masks
No less popular are nutritional masks, which include other ingredients besides oils. The most effective include the following recipes.
Black tea is added to warm castor oil. Mask on cotton pads applied to the eyes for 20 minutes.
Vitamins A and E are extracted from gelatin capsules, mixed with any slightly warm oil. Apply on the eyelids for 30 minutes.
1 spoon of brandy is mixed with any oil and incubated for 15 minutes. When applying such a mask is required to tightly compress the eyelids, so that brandy could not burn the mucous.
Strengthen the roots of the eyelashes and the parsley mask: you need to take 10 leaves of parsley, grind them up to a gruel, add 7 ml of aloe juice and the same amount of olive oil. Heat this mixture to 40 degrees. Apply as close as possible to the roots of the eyelashes. Hold for 15 minutes and rinse. It is undesirable to apply this mask on the eyelashes themselves, since such a mixture discolors the hairs.
The contents of the capsule "Aevit" squeeze into burdock oil and this composition is processed tips of cilia.
It is recommended to apply masks once a week, to achieve an accelerated effect, you can apply them every other day.
Compresses
Daily use of decorative cosmetics tires eyes, depletes cilia. Compresses from medicinal herbs can help them to rest and recover. Making them is very simple. Herbs are brewed, and then cotton pads soaked in these broths are applied for 15-20 minutes.
Such compresses will appeal to those women who do not like to feel the fat content of oils on their eyelashes.
The healing effect is achieved by using cornflower, chamomile, sage, calendula, birch leaves, coltsfoot, black and green tea.
Herbal compresses eliminate fatigue, refresh the eyes, have a beneficial effect not only on the eyelashes, but also on the eyes, eyelids.
They are very useful to those who spend a long time at the computer.
Professional tools
If you do not want to use folk remedies for any reason, You can use professional drugs.
When choosing them, you should carefully examine its composition.
You should pay attention to the fact that some of these tools are composed of the prostaglandin hormone. It provides a pronounced rapid effect, but does not always have a beneficial effect on the body.
Beneficial effect on panthenol lashes:
- will make they are thicker;
- keratin restore structure;
- proteins will strengthen and accelerate growth;
- natural oils will enrich nutritional components.
In the complex, these ingredients feed the hair follicle, activate blood circulation, normalize metabolic processes.
Most Popular Companies
The most famous brands that produce care products for eyelashes and eyebrows include:
Bielita-Bitex. Balsam "The Power of Nature" includes a whole range of nutritional components: castor oil, panthenol, aromatic extract. The advantage of balm is the patented formula "EMortal Pep", restoring the function of hair follicles.
Mirra "Lux". The drug contains a complex of various oils.
Belor Design. The product is applied before painting the eyelashes with mascara, protecting it from the adverse effects of cosmetics. The composition includes panthenol, burdock oil and white willow oil.
RefectoCil. Restores the cellular composition of the eyelashes after painting.
Minox. A feature of this tool is the presence of coral extract in it.
Chocolatte. One preparation contains a complex of nutritious oils.
These funds help restore and enhance the growth of eyelashes, nutrition of hair follicles.
Prevention of problems
In order to prevent possible problems with cilia, you need to care for them constantly.
Regular attention should be paid to hair strengthening procedures.
Do not abuse the services of eyelash extension: it leads to the depletion of natural cilia.
Twice a year it is required to take vitamins A, B, E, C, which are useful for hair, with courses.
These vitamins, in addition to their common positive qualities - treatment, nutrition, accelerate growth, strengthen eyelashes and have a number of other advantages. Vitamins A, E form keratin. Vitamin D promotes shine and elasticity.
In pharmacies, there are other necessary eyelashes drugs: fish oil is a panacea for all problems; Aloe juice provides additional hydration.
In order to preserve the health of cilia requires special attention to the proper removal of makeup.
If you do not wash off makeup for the night, then, drying up, mascara causes irritation. Women involuntarily begin to rub their eyes. Eyelashes, wrapped in a "cocoon" of mascara from such a mechanical impact just break. When they are clean, they are soft and elastic, therefore, do not break. When removing makeup do not use soap. It dries the skin and eyelashes. Before going to bed, you must free eyelashes from decorative cosmetics, using specially designed makeup remover for this purpose.
You need to take off cosmetics very carefully, it does not exert pressure on the skin and move with a cotton pad from the outer part of the eyelid to the inner. When using waterproof mascara it is recommended to use a two-phase lotion. At the same time, do not rub the eyelids with a cotton pad, but for some time apply moistened cotton pads on them and then remove the cosmetics with gentle movements.
It is desirable to provide eyelashes an opportunity to relax from the makeup.
By making the right choice of mascara, you can prevent many problems.. Some brands offer carcasses with a double function: make in combination with care. The presence of carcass vitamins A, B5, E, F is considered a huge advantage of cosmetics. And if it also contains keratin with lanolin, then this mascara is flawless: it will not only make up the color, but also protect the cilia.
Reviews
Reviews on the care of eyelashes a variety of. Many believe that enough home use of any oil, and this provides an excellent result, helps to grow beautiful eyelashes.
Of the professional tools, the largest number of positive characteristics is addressed to the product under the brand name. Minox. At the same time, its disadvantages are also noted: inconvenient packaging and the absence of an applicator.
Effective in terms of prevention of problems with cilia recognized Bielita-Bittex “The Power of Nature” and Mirra “Lux”.
In the epicenter of the discussion is a medical drug. Careprost. In addition to its main purpose - reducing intraocular pressure, it is rapidly accelerating the growth of eyelashes. But the constant impact on the healthy eyes of the drug can lead to diseases.
The eyes are the mirror of the soul. And it would be desirable that the frame of this mirror was not whitish and rare, but fluffy and beautiful. Genetics can be tricked by finding out the answer to the question of how to strengthen eyelashes.
See the following video for a mask recipe for strengthening eyelashes and eyebrows.