How to refresh your face in winter

Winter is a cold season: we put on warm clothes, we wrap ourselves in stoles, we like to drink hot tea or coffee, but it is important to remember that right now our skin needs special care. Due to frost and dry air in living quarters, dust and dirt, the protective skin barrier is destroyed. In addition, we expose the skin to harmful impurities contained in the environment. In winter, there is not enough moisture, and in fact it is the main source of oxygen, even those with oily skin complain of peeling and dryness. How to refresh your face in winter?

Even the skin has a strong influence of temperature changes. To protect you need the right care. The goal of each woman is to help the skin to adapt with the help of special means. Any moisturizers are applied to the skin an hour before going out. This is important to remember, because of the water in them, our skin is supercooled and begins to be more flaky and even causes itching. Before using moisturizing cream, it is necessary in advance, preferably in the evening, to cleanse the face of cosmetics. To remove the remnants of the cream, use a dry napkin. The composition of good and quality moisturizing creams should include lecithin and hyaluronic acid. If during the day you feel how the skin is tightened, this indicates that you have not moistened it enough. In the cold season it is desirable to use tonal means, they have protective properties. Before applying such creams it is desirable to sprinkle your face with boiled and well-purified water and allow it to dry.

I want to give a few more tips and recipes for refreshment and protection, because every girl and woman should feel like a queen at different times of the year and do not feel uncomfortable.

We all know that care products are made on the basis of herbs, and why not take advantage of these natural gifts of our planet Earth. And remember how our mothers and grandmothers used fruits, vegetables, roots, leaves and buds. I think they are worthy of our attention. Here are some of them:

Алтей : It can be used in the form of warm compresses from leaves and flowers. They put them on the irritated skin of the face after a long stay in the cold. This plant has a calming effect.

We all know the daisy not only looks great in bouquets, but also useful. For facial refreshment, it is important to clean the pores once a week with steam and compresses. Women with oily skin can use once a week a mask of chamomile, St. John's wort and bitter wormwood. It will be a good refreshment to your skin.

The mask of flowers of a dogrose perfectly tones up and freshens a skin. It is necessary to take flowers (dry or fresh) pour boiling water and apply a compress for half an hour.

Due to the fact that because of the cold and frost, the facial skin becomes dry, it is useful to wash with cold tea from sage, mint, chamomile and lime color. After washing, it is advisable to use a nourishing cream and after 5-7 minutes to get wet with a napkin.

Also, the skin is exposed to weathering in winter. In order to prevent this, you need to wash the mother-and-stepmother's leaves well and crush them. 2 tablespoons of herbs mixed with a glass of milk and put on the face. After 15-20 minutes rinse with warm water.

When peeling the skin, it is wonderful to use a cucumber mask . Grate the cucumber on a fine grater. Mix three tablespoons of the mixture with two tablespoons of sour cream and apply on face, wash off after twenty minutes.

Also, steam trays will help in this. After this procedure, you can make a mixture of 1 teaspoon of honey and whipped protein. Applying it to your face, tap with your fingertips for about 5 minutes until the mask sticks. But you need to do this carefully, so as not to shift the skin. After the procedure, rinse with warm water.

It also removes irritation and peeling of the warm decoction of flax . To make it, add 2 tablespoons of flaxseed to 2 glasses of cold water. Then, the seeds must be boiled until a gruel is formed. This mass is filtered and even warm on the face. The procedure should not be more than 20 minutes, then rinse with water and apply a cream to your skin type.

Even for refreshment use masks of parsley and salad.

Parsley shall be finely chopped, poured into a container of water and brought to a boil on a fire. The resulting gruel is filtered, put on gauze and put on the face. After 30 minutes, wipe it with a cotton swab. Use 3 times a week.

Finely chop the leaves of the salad and grate. 2 tablespoons of gruel mix with the same amount of sour cream or curdled milk. Keep for 15-20 minutes, then remove with cool water. This mask is also used 3 times a week.

You can tone your skin with a tonic.

Tonic from a lemon . Juice half a lemon mixed with 50 ml of boiled water and a spoonful of glycerin. Wipe your face in a circular motion with a cotton swab. In the refrigerator, the tonic is stored for not more than a month.

Herbal tonic . Pour boiling water mixture of herbs (chamomile, linden, plantain, one teaspoon), insist 20 minutes. Strain and tonic is ready. You can store in the refrigerator for two days.

Tonic can be prepared from different herbs and flowers. For example, from rose petals, leaves of strawberries, cornflowers, St. John's wort and others.

But besides all this, it is necessary to remember, the beauty of our skin depends not only on grooming, but also on nutrition. Now you know how to refresh your face in the winter.