The appearance of wrinkles happens because the skin, prone to dryness, has much less protection than other types of skin. Sebaceous glands produce much less fat, and due to this, there is practically no protective film on the skin. With age, it becomes noticeable more and more, since already after 20 years there is a decrease in fat production, and after 30 skin necessarily need special care.
Ways to cleanse dry skin on the face
Do not wash your skin with hot or cold water, as cold water helps to narrow the blood vessels, and hot water - on the contrary, to expansion, and therefore wrinkles may appear earlier.
In order for the skin to be less sensitive to external influences, it should retain as much natural fat as possible. To do this, do not wash it all off in the morning procedures.
For washing in the winter time it is good to use water at room temperature, and in summer to wash with cool water. Before washing, it is recommended to lightly lubricate the skin with vegetable oil or sour cream. Skin will be easier to transfer the procedure of washing, if before it is cleaned with a sour milk product. For this purpose, there will be at the time kefir, yogurt, acidophilus, because the substances that are in them nourish and soften the skin, and promote the normalization of the acid-base balance. You can also lubricate the skin with a fat cream or cream for 15 minutes before washing.
Before taking any water procedures, whether it is bathing in the sea, taking a shower or bathing, swimming in the pool, you need to provide skin protection. For this purpose, apply a special cream, or smear the skin with sour cream, butter (necessarily unsalted), or vegetable oil. For dry skin, contrasting facials are very useful, and after this procedure, you should apply a cream with vitamins.
In the evenings, the skin, prone to dryness, is best cleaned with a special cream, not water, you can also infusion of herbs, or kefir, and after cleansing apply a night cream.
In the means for the care of dry skin of the face must necessarily be a fat base. The remedy should not remove the natural fat from the skin, it should be cosmetic cream, or a special milk, necessarily with moisturizers. A day cream should be selected with a UV filter, to protect the skin from ultraviolet radiation, which leads to early aging.
Use of soap in water procedures, whether bathing or washing, should be minimized. It is possible to wash and wash the skin of the body using oat flakes. For this procedure, they should be poured into a linen bag and used instead of a washcloth. Useful substances that are full of oatmeal, nourish the skin, and do not wash off with it such a necessary fat layer.
In order to cleanse the skin, use soft lotions. For this purpose, the petals of the red rose are well suited. You should pour 3 cups of petals with almond or peach oil, so that the petals are completely covered with oil, then put everything on the steam bath and hold until the rose petals become colorless. This lotion should be wiped face 2-3 times a day.
Toning
Toning is an important stage in the care of dry facial skin at home. Some women believe that using a tonic is not a prerequisite, but this is not entirely true. With the help of the tonic, skin is prepared for other cosmetic products, and the effectiveness of these products is also improved.
Toning the skin improves the microcirculation to the capillaries in it, even very small, which allows the blood to pour into them, and thus the skin care products used are absorbed by almost a third better. Based on this, we can conclude that we are wasting some of the expensive creams and gels or any other cosmetics. If you use cosmetics of one line, they will perfectly complement each other.
In the tonic for dry skin, there should not be any alcohol, but they should be enriched with moisturizing and soothing ingredients.
In order to bring the skin into tone, you can use rose water or glycerin lotion, since they have a softening and cleansing effect. For fading skin, toning with nettle juice is suitable.
Toning will be even better if the composition of the tonic will include proteins of silk or wheat, marine collagen, wheat germ extracts, algae, and vitamins.
Methods of moisturizing dry skin of the face
Moisturizing dry skin is an obligatory procedure after cleansing and toning. When choosing, be guided by such creams and lotions, which are well absorbed and very quickly able to create a protective barrier. Apply a moisturizing cream with a thin layer, and after 20 minutes, the cream should be removed with a soft cloth.
Dry skin needs a warm massage on the cream. This massage is done using a heated teaspoon. The spoon should be heated in hot water, however in moderation, and then massage the previously cream-coated face, décolleté area and neck, treating the surface with massage movements.
Nutrition for dry skin
While feeding dry skin, bear in mind that it requires a special procedure. Before applying the nourishing cream, the skin should be warmed. This can be done with compresses made of flowers and herbs. One of the recipes: take mint, lime, chamomile, sage 2 tbsp, pour the ingredients 0.5 liters of boiling water, let it brew for 15 minutes, then strain, soak the gauze in the infusion, pre-folded several times, and put on the face and neck. When the skin gets warm enough, you can apply a nourishing cream.
When choosing a day cream to care for dry skin, first look at its consistency. If you see that the cream looks like milk, then it is doubtful that it contains enough fat, so look for a thick cream. If you saw that the cream contains gamma-linoleic acid, then the cream in this case better keeps moisture in the skin.
After you have applied the cream, wait a few minutes, and then apply again to those places that have not been sufficiently moistened.
It is necessary to apply a protective cream in any weather, and only after that it is necessary to apply decorative cosmetics.
If you have to stay long in the street, in winter in the cold and in the wind, then you need to learn how to use folk remedies to protect your face from external factors. For this purpose, goose fat or internal lard is useful. Carefully melt the fat, and in order to keep it well, add benzoic acid at the rate of 2 g per 100 g of fat. Before going out for a long time in winter, apply a thin layer of this fat to your face. Keep the fat in the refrigerator.
You should also be careful with sunbathing, it is best to sunbathe in the morning, as under the long exposure to sunlight the skin has the property of grating and drying even more.
Masks at home for dry skin
When caring for dry skin on the face should use natural masks that provide the skin with vitamins, and also nourish and moisturize it. In the recipes of such masks, it is necessary to have natural fats of animal or vegetable origin, for example, vegetable oil, cream, sour cream.
The mask, in which there is an extract of chamomile and yolk, nourishes, moisturizes and relieves inflammation on the skin. Egg yolk should be grinded with vegetable oil (1 tsp) and the resulting mixture, drop by drop, extract chamomile (1 tsp). This mask should be applied to the face with a thin layer and kept for 15 minutes. To wash off the mask follows tea at room temperature, slightly brewed. After the procedure, apply on your face your favorite nourishing cream.
Mask from white cabbage is an inexpensive and effective way. First, wipe the skin with olive or corn oil, then make a hot compress using a weak soda solution in the proportion of 1 tsp. soda for 1 liter of water. Prepared fresh cabbage gruel on your face, and after 10-15 minutes rinse with cool water and apply a nourishing cream.
You can also mix a small apple with 1 teaspoon. sour cream, apply on the neck and face for 20 minutes and then wash with warm water.
Strawberry mask with cream is done this way: mix strawberries with 1 tbsp. cream, rub well and apply on the skin of the neck and face. Wait until the mask is a little dry, then apply another layer, and do the same with the third layer. Wait until everything dries and rinse with cool water.
Dry skin will help to become more resistant and stronger to external stimuli of a mask from plants that have biostimulating properties.
A simple mask for dry skin can be made using aloe juice, because this plant is present in almost every home. Preheated honey (2 tbsp.) Mix with 1 tbsp. juice of aloe, and apply on face for 15 minutes. Such masks promote the improvement of complexion, as they stimulate the metabolism, help the formation of new cells, improve blood flow.
As a tonic, a decoction of Manchurian aralia is suitable, compresses, lotions and lotions are made from this decoction.
Also for dry skin, you can make masks from grapefruit, carrot juice, sour cream and rice flour, regularly, 2 times a week, for a month. The mixture is prepared as follows: you need to mix the pulp of one grapefruit (1 tsp) with sour cream, add 1 tablespoon to it. rice flour and 1 tsp. carrot juice. Mix all the ingredients well, apply to the décolleté area, neck and face for 30 minutes. Then wash off the room temperature mask with water and lubricate the skin with grapefruit juice. To wash off this juice it is not necessary.
You can also use store masks, but do not forget about folk recipes, since you can cook them at home anytime. The main thing is that the result should be - healthy and beautiful skin.