Natural scrubs
Probably, many tried to rub their body in the steam room with healing clay, salt, coffee, honey. These products are often used in saunas and baths. The reason for the popularity is simplicity and reception, and application, no preparations are needed, I took the jar and smeared the body. The basic rule is that the scrub should be applied when you go into the steam room a second time, but not the first. Do not apply scrub to soft places.
Honey in conjunction with salt is a good diaphoretic. The skin when using honey is vitaminized, gets additional moisturizing, toxins are quickly removed from the body. In the ceramic dishes we put honey and mix it with salt. After warming in the bath, we rub the mixture with the body. It is necessary not only to smear the body and sit, but we rub the mixture well with the skin, then the coarsened particles of the epidermis are removed, then we wash off with warm water. Honey with salt is a good stimulant of sweating. After the mixture is applied, it is better to refrain from drinking for another 30 minutes, since the liquid will come out with sweat while swallowing the liquid. The skin becomes velvety and soft. The effect of honey can be enhanced by adding different essential oils. For the bath oils citrus, fir, juniper, eucalyptus, sage are used.
Coffee is an excellent scrub, it helps to clean the surface of the skin, as it contains substances that melt the subcutaneous fat. Take the grains of coffee and move them in a coffee grinder to leave a bit of large particles. In the bath we take coarse coffee and mix it with sour cream. We will rub in the steam bath with the mixture obtained and heat ourselves until it becomes very hot, we wash the mixture with water from the body. Do not rub the skin constantly, as if massaging it, as larger particles of coffee can injure the skin. The coffee aroma will help to relax. The effect will be noticeable after leaving the bath, the skin will become tender, like a baby. It is not recommended to use this coffee mix for people with "jumping" pressure.
Clay. As a scrub you need to take prepared clay, which is sold in the pharmacy, now the choice is wide, and you can always find the right composition of substances. The most popular is blue clay, it contains a full complex of microelements and substances necessary for the body - molybdenum, copper. Aluminum, zinc, phosphorus, manganese, calcium, magnesium, silver, nitrogen, iron. In addition to purification, this clay disinfects the skin, thus, has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Green clay is a wonderful adsorbent. White clay - thanks to its antiseptic action has long been used in cosmetology, suitable for sluggish, thin skin. Red clay is used if the body lacks iron. Yellow clay enriches the skin with oxygen and removes toxins. Gray clay has a tonic and moisturizing effect and is a good mask for dry skin. These types of clays can be found in any pharmacy. How to prepare the mixture can be found from the instructions on the package. Most clays in powder are diluted with warm water in a proportion of 1: 1 and mix well. In the steam room, rub the body with a mixture until it becomes hot, sit with this mixture and rinse with warm water.
Most often make masks from white and blue clay, because they contain a rich mineral composition of these clays. The skin after such a mask does not require the use of a cream, it is well moistened. It is better to apply these funds in a private bath, it is unlikely that you will be allowed to use cosmetic clay in a public bath.
Infusions of herbs
They are not as popular as scrubs, but in bath procedures are widely used. It is quite easy to cook an infusion, for this, 5 or 10 minutes before entering the steam room, we will fill 2 or 3 teaspoons of dry grass with a glass of steep boiling water and let us make infusion. We make infusions when we go for the second time in the steam room. When the grass is brewed, massage the movements on the neck, knees, elbows, tender skin of the chest, face. And the herbal "infusion" will rub rough sections of the skin - back, shin, hips.
In summer, you can dry medicinal plants, and you can buy ready-made briquettes in a pharmacy. If in the summer not far from the bath there is a clearing, then you can collect chamomile, calendula, cuff, centipedes, nettle, clover and cook from them infusion. It is possible to recommend licorice from pharmacy means, but not syrup, but grass, and also kelp - kelp. The infusion of licorice perfectly softens and moisturizes the skin, and after it does not need to use the cream, the skin becomes tender and velvety. Laminaria is useful because of its high iodine content.
Massagers
In a bath is always a pleasure to use a massager. They help to relax, remove obsolete cells, improve blood circulation.
1. The best massager in the bath is a broom. But you can completely relax if you are hovered by a professional bath-attendant.
2. A broom from sticks. You can do it yourself. To do this, cut 10 or 12 branches of black currant in length about 40 centimeters, tie them with a rope from one end and dry it. Chopsticks tap the partner or yourself on the legs, on the back. Such sticks have a rough appearance, and the broom of these sticks "beats" gently.
3. Mitten. You can buy it in a pharmacy or stitch it from natural coarse cloth. Mitten can rub each other or yourself, massage the feet, back.
4. Different brushes that sell in the stores "Everything for the Bath."
Face care in the bath
Clear the skin naturally in the bath. Hot air and steam stimulate the movement of lymph and blood, activate cellular metabolism, has a positive effect on the skin of the face. Cosmeticians are advised to apply to the skin nourishing and moisturizing mask when visiting the steam room.
Masks for the body and face from the treasury of folk wisdom
Potato mask
Before you go to the bathhouse, cook the medium potatoes in a uniform. Peel off the peel, mash with a fork, mix with a teaspoon of olive oil or sour cream. After the second call in the steam room, during the rest in the locker room, we impose a mask for 15 minutes on the area around the mouth, near the outer corners of the eyes, on the lower eyelids.
On the upper eyelids, apply 2 cotton swabs for 15 minutes, pre-moistened in a cool tincture of chamomile or soaked in hard boiled tea. Relax: hands we will put along a trunk, we will close eyes. We remove tampons, smear the cool potato mask with cool water, and then we will apply a nourishing cream.
Potato and apple mask
This mask will have a refreshing and purifying effect on the skin. For this mask, you need 2 tablespoons of potato flour and one sour green apple of medium size.
We'll wash the apple in cool water, clean it, flesh on a small grater, add potato flour, stir well. We will put the mask on for 10 or 12 minutes on the face skin, after which the mask will be washed off with warm water.
Masks for face and body
The best place for masks to care for body and face is the sauna and sauna. A warm and steamed body that has been cleaned, ready for cosmetic procedures and responds well to nutrients. And in a bath you need to use not ready-made cosmetics, but cooked using natural products.
Masks for normal skin
Mix ½ cup of strong cold tea leaves, 1 teaspoon of grated grapefruit peel, 1 cup of fat unsweetened yogurt, 2 tablespoons of honey. We will put on 15 or 18 minutes on the face, then we wash off the mask with warm water.
Nourishing Mask
Take 1 teaspoon of starch, 1 grated apple, 1 teaspoon of sour cream or olive oil. Leave on the face for half an hour. Then wash the mask with warm water.
Mask from seaweed
This mask helps to smooth the skin of the face and neck. Suitable if there are wrinkles and wrinkles on the face and in the decollete. Mask based on algae increases to seasonal stressful situations, helps to optimize skin tone. We will put on 10 or 15 minutes a mask from seaweed, then we will wash off with water. To get the effect of this mask, we will moisten the tissue with hot water, peel the towel well, and then put it on top of the mask.
Masks for dry skin
Nourishing Mask
Take 2 teaspoons of fat cream, 1 yolk, 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Then rub the chicken yolk with butter and cream until the mixture is light yellow. Then we will put a mask on the neck, the decollete area, on the face, except the area around the eyes.
Fruit curd mask
Take 1 teaspoon of camphor oil, 2 yolks, ½ fruit juice, 2 teaspoons of fatty cottage cheese. We all mix well. After 15 minutes, take off, wash the face with infusion of tea or chamomile, then smear the skin with a moisturizing cream.
Cream Cheese Mask
Take 1 tablespoon of curd, razmotem with 1 teaspoon of carrot juice and 1 teaspoon of cream. This mixture will be applied to the face for 5 minutes, with simmered boiling water at room temperature.
Mustard mask
1 teaspoon of mustard powder diluted with 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of water. This mixture is applied to the face for 5 minutes. Then we wash off with warm boiled water.
Cabbage Mask
Chop the leaves of cabbage, cook them a little in milk, then make a gruel and apply to the skin of the face. After 20 minutes, rinse your face with warm water.
Mask that smoothes wrinkles
Combine 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of honey. This mixture is heated until a uniform mass is obtained. We will put on 20 or 30 minutes on a skin of the face and neck. After the mask, wash it off with clean water.
Apple-honey mask
This mask is suitable for pale skin. In order to prepare this mask, mix 1 tablespoon of ground hake, 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 grated apple. We keep from 15 to 20 minutes on the face. Then we wash off with warm, clean water.
Vitamin mask
Fresh grapefruit juice will rub your face and neck. The remaining pulp is mixed with sour cream, raw yolk. The resulting mass is applied to the face and neck. After 20 minutes, wash the mask with warm water.
Corrective cream mask
Take 1 teaspoon of cream, mix with 1 teaspoon of cottage cheese and 1 teaspoon of carrot juice. We will put this mixture for 15 minutes on the face. After washing the mask with warm water. If the skin is prone to peeling, to redness, and very sensitive, then after applying the mask you can leave for 30 minutes.
For moisturizing dry and normal skin
We will cut the zucchini in the form of circles, a thickness of ½ centimeter, then put on the face and neck for 20 minutes, and rinse the face with cool water, which we dilute in half with boiled milk.
Masks for oily skin
Apple-carrot mask
Mix the grated carrots and apples. Place on the face and hold 15 or 20 minutes, then remove the mask with cotton swabs from the face, previously moistened with a decoction of chamomile and yarrow. After the procedure, apply to the skin of the face and neck, a warm terry towel for 3 or 5 minutes.
Tomato Mask
Put the tomato gruel on the face for 20 minutes. Then wash the mask with herbal decoction or warm water.
Grapefruit Mask
We mix grated oat-flakes with grapefruit juice to a thick mass. First, we rub the face with grapefruit juice, then we will apply the resulting gruel. Keep on the skin until completely dry, and then wash the mask with warm water.
Apple-cucumber mask
Through the grater let's skip the apple and cucumber. Mix and keep the mask on the skin for 15 to 20 minutes, then wash the mask with cool water.
A mask that contains leaves of fresh sorrel
Take 6 or 8 leaves of sorrel, and cut them, and then rub them with 2 teaspoons of fresh protein. Before applying the mask to the skin, apply a mixture of face to face. Wash off with a tea solution.
In a bath, besides caring for the body and face, it is possible to carry out complex skin care. After all, in the bath the effectiveness of using natural cosmetic products is much higher than if applied at room temperature. And we say to you with all our heart: "With a light steam!".