Honey scrubs
Delicate female skin needs careful care every day. For her constant efforts, care and attention she pays a dazzling radiance, beauty and health. An important point of such care is cleansing. No wonder studies and numerous tests conducted by dermatologists have shown that skin cells do not live longer than 35 days, which means that they should be regularly removed. If this is not done in time, the dead skin scales begin to clog the pores on the face, which leads to a deterioration in the general condition of the skin, its color fades, pimples, redness and irritation appear.
To get rid of all these problems, for many centuries, representatives of the beautiful half of humanity have been using scrubs. These funds help to preserve youth and attractiveness of the skin for many years.
Features of the use of honey in cosmetology
Honey can be called a unique natural remedy, because its composition contains an infinite number of different useful minerals and trace elements. That is why since ancient times, many beauties have used this product to preserve youth and beauty, making it all sorts of masks, creams and scrubs.
Today, honey-based cosmetics are offered in most beauty salons, but you can make a useful potion at home, with your own hands, while the home scrub will not yield to the usefulness of the factory.
Honey facial scrub is a gentle remedy, as it gently performs its work, gently cleanses thin skin, removes dead epithelium particles, while new layers of the dermis remain intact, but rather are saturated with useful honey elements, which are more than 60 units in bee products. In addition, in honey there are vitamins that are responsible for youth, elasticity and radiance of the skin, these are vitamins of group B, E and A.
Honey scrubs will certainly help and have a positive effect if:
- skin became lethargic, "tired", flabby;
- there was a feeling of dryness, tightness on the face;
- peeling and acne;
- the skin became dull, got a painful look;
- symptoms of "spring avitaminosis" appeared on the skin;
- inflammatory processes have begun;
- skin is very sensitive.
Contraindications
The simplest and most effective honey based scrub is a cleaner with salt. As a result of its application, the pores are cleaned, the skin gets additional nutrition, enjoying a light massage, which is only beneficial for everyone. But there is a contraindication to the conduct of this procedure - it is an allergy to the main substance.
To find out if there is an allergy to honey or not, you need to put a small amount on the back of your hand and watch for a few minutes, if there are any changes or not. In some cases, redness, itching, rash may occur. In this case, the honey scrub must be abandoned.
It should not be used if there are dilated vessels on the face, or capillary stars are present, owners of excessive hairiness on the face should also not use honey-based cleansing agents, as well as diabetic patients.
Often, you should not scrub your face with this ingredient either, as this procedure is a kind of stress to the skin, and dermatologists advise that it should be carried out no more than twice a month.
Some girls and women use a scrub with honey in the bath, when the body is as relaxed as possible, well-open pores. Under the influence of high temperatures and high humidity, slags and toxins are removed from the body, pores are uncorked, and the sebaceous glands begin to work at full power.Therefore, if you use a sweet remedy of natural origin in bath procedures - the effect will not take long and will have amazing results, the skin will become smooth, soft and even.
Recipes
From an early age, every woman tries to look 100% full, so the face is given an especially large amount of time. Various means come to the rescue, and one of the most effective is a honey scrub prepared by yourself. Its effectiveness has been proven by leading experts in the field of cosmetology, and anyone can be convinced of this.
The simplest mixture of effective scrub will be a spoon of honey with a spoon of ground coffee. If the composition is very dense, you can dilute it to the desired consistency with milk.
To make the skin smooth and improve its color, you can add oatmeal with a drop of lemon juice to melted honey. As a result, roughness and minor irregularities will disappear, pigment spots will become less noticeable. This method is especially popular with beauties, as evidenced by reviews on the world wide web.
For a mixed skin type suitable scrub with honey, salt, cosmetic clay and a few drops of any vegetable oil. After the procedure, the general condition of the dermis of the face will noticeably improve.
Features of scrub preparation
To prepare the scrub at home, first you need to prepare equipment: a bowl, a spoon and any suitable container in which it will be stored. Then you can begin to prepare the ingredients necessary for the selected recipe, observing the main requirements for the preparation of skin cleansers.
- All dry ingredients must be thoroughly mixed in a bowl.
- After adding honey, you need to mix everything well again.
- For mixing, both a regular spoon and a blender will do.
- Oil, if provided by the recipe, should not be poured immediately, but in parts, interfering with the solution until all the components are soaked. Only then can you pour in the rest of the oil.
- The resulting composition must be shifted to a hermetically sealed vessel. Store only in the refrigerator.
Application rules
Using a home scrub, you need to follow simple rules:
- Apply it to the pre-prepared skin, for example, steamed over a steam bath.
- The tool should not be rubbed too hard, there should be no pain or discomfort during the procedure.
- Use a facial scrub at home is better before bedtime when there is no chance of going outside.
- Do not use the scrub more than once a week. Its frequent use can harm.
- Do not be afraid to experiment. Observing the condition of the skin after cleansing, you can choose the ingredients that best suit your skin and combine them with each other.