Care for dry, flaking skin of the face should be gentle. The less it is injured by hard water, rough towels and alcohol-containing cosmetics, the better it will feel, and therefore look, respectively, too.
Of course, any skin care begins with its cleansing from daily soiling and decorative cosmetics.
For dry, flaky, sensitive skin, there are many ways to care for your home, many home-based recipes will help you regain the beauty and freshness of dry skin. For example, milky washing is very beneficial for dry, scaly skin. To do this, take one part of milk and two parts of water, mix and wash. Also, to cleanse dry skin, use oil rubs: before washing, the face oil is applied to the face skin with a cotton disc, left for a few minutes, and then washed with warm water using a mild detergent. You can wash yourself using sour cream mixed with water. Sour cream, by the way, strengthens the resistance of the skin, moisturizes it.
Instead of a cleanser of industrial production, you can use your own preparation, which when washing will enrich the dry skin of the face with the necessary vitamins. Pound the egg yolk with 100 g of cream, add 1 p.s. vodka and 15 drops of lemon juice. Before washing, the mixture should be shaken well. First, the mixture is applied to the face with a cotton pad, and then washed off with warm water. Another recipe home remedy for cleansing dry and sensitive skin: mix 1 yolk with 1 st. l. refined vegetable oil. Apply the mixture on face in a circular motion and wash off the resulting foam with warm water. you can use the following recipe: mix 100 g of sour cream with egg yolk, add a glass of vodka and a few spoons of lemon juice to the mix, mix. It is necessary to know that such home remedies for cleansing the skin have a short shelf life. Keep them better in the refrigerator for no more than 7 days.
Dry and sensitive skin needs to be moistened after morning and evening cleansing. The cream should be fat enough and nutritious that it could fill the missing balance of moisture in the skin. It is desirable to choose a cream with vitamins A, E, as well as biologically active components and stimulants. Dry and sensitive skin can react differently to different creams, therefore, it is better to first test for allergic reactions on the elbow skin, and then apply the cream directly to the skin of the face. When applying makeup, do not forget about using a cream foundation that will protect your skin from overdrying throughout the day.
Once a week, and if desired, you can and 2 times, dry and sensitive skin of the face needs masks. Recipes for home masks for dry skin are also very effective and varied.
Yolk-honey mask.
Mix the following ingredients: yolk, 1 tea. honey, 1 tea. vegetable oil - everything is properly rubbed, put on your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with soft water (you can mineral).
Honey mask.
Mix 1 tablespoon. honey and 1 tbsp. add 2 tbsp. milk. Apply mask to face for 20 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
Oil mask.
Preheat 30 g of vegetable oil, dab a cotton swab in it, wipe the face with it, moisten with gauze and put on face, leave mask for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Cottage cheese mask.
Take 1 tbsp. cottage cheese and mix it with 1 tbsp. sour cream, add ½ tsp. salt. Kashitsu put on your face for 20 minutes, then remove with a cotton ball and rinse your face with water.
A yeast mask.
Mix 20 g of normal yeast with 1 tbsp. milk and 1 tbsp. vegetable oil. Apply the mask for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Cucumber mask.
Grate two fresh cucumbers on a grater, put them on the face for 20 minutes. You can add 1 cucumber to cucumber. l. 1 wt. sour cream, so the mask will become more nutritious. Before applying to the face mask containing fresh fruit or vegetables, you should wipe your face with a cotton sponge soaked in sour cream. So the effect of the mask will be much more obvious.
Herculean mask.
Take 1st. spoon oat flakes, fill them with 50 g of milk, let it brew for half an hour, cool. Add the mask 1st. l. honey. Warm gruel apply on the face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Peach mask.
Chop the fresh peach, add to the resulting pulp 1st. l. sour cream or olive oil. Apply mask to face for 20 minutes, then rinse.
When dry skin of the face is useful to take brewer's yeast, because they contain a large number of B vitamins. Do not forget that with dry and sensitive facial skin and with dry, brittle hair, you should drink at least 5 glasses of clean water a day . So the dryness of the skin and hair will noticeably decrease.
Look after yourself correctly and be always beautiful!