Long ago people used ice as a skin care product, rubbing it with a piece of ice in the morning instead of washing. Just now, many specialists in the field of cosmetology recommend instead of the usual water procedures, such as washing, to perform facial and neck massage with cosmetic ice. Water from melted ice has special biologically active properties. Skin cells, dehydrated as a result of age-related changes in the body and adverse environmental conditions, lose elasticity, elasticity, becoming, on the contrary, lethargy and flabbiness. From wiping ice skin cells are saturated with thawed water, the skin straightens, the pores become narrower, wrinkles are smoothed. Cooling the skin increases its tone by increasing blood flow and improving metabolism. This prevents premature aging of connective tissues, resulting in smoothed wrinkles, a healthy glow appears on the face, and the skin of the face and neck is rejuvenated.
Most of all, it is useful to alternate heating with cooling, using contrasting procedures. The strongest effect of rubbing ice can be achieved by facial massage and neck massage after visiting the sauna or applying hot compresses. To do this, take a soft towel, soaked in hot water, and put on face. After the compress has cooled, the towel should be removed, and massage the skin with a slice of ice on the massage lines. Gently and gently, sliding movements, make cosmetic ice on the skin, then dry the skin with a towel and spread it over with your usual day cream.
Massage with ice every week, you can even do it twice. But if the weather is frosty and you spend quite a lot of time in the cold, and if your blood vessels are too close to the surface of the skin, then it's best to refrain.
Ice for cosmetic use can be prepared by yourself. Use soft drinking, you can mineral, still water. Water from the tap is not suitable for this. It is best not to be lazy and make special decoctions of herbs, and use them to make ice. Also great for tinctures, juices of vegetables and fruits. If you store frozen vitamins in the summer for the whole year, it will be of great benefit to you.
Herbs that are most suitable for such broths are leaf tea, nettle, lime blossom, string, chamomile, St. John's wort, mint, sage. One tablespoon of one of these herbs or their mixture should be filled with a glass of boiling water, they are insisted in a tightly closed jar for about forty minutes. Chilled and filtered broth is poured into ice molds and placed in a freezer.
Ice, made from dandelion, is especially useful for fighting wrinkles. To do this, take the leaves of the dandelion (young), unblown buds, weighing 500 grams, pass through the juicer, and then, mixing with a tablespoon of olive oil (or, if there is no olive, then any other), freeze.
You can also prepare ice from berries and fruits. In the strawberries, currants, watermelon and other berries, passed through the meat grinder, it is necessary to add vegetable oil and freeze. Juice of citrus fruits before the freezing is diluted with water. These same components can be used for masks, especially in the spring, when there is not enough vitamins.