Application and useful properties.
In folk medicine, carrots have been recognized since ancient times. Due to its medicinal qualities, it is recommended by healers as a means to restore immunity, with atherosclerosis and high blood pressure, in case of abnormalities in the kidneys and liver, it burns down burns, frostbite, wounds and ulcers, and even catarrhal diseases treat a throat and much more.
In cooking, carrots are popular both in cooking garnishes, meat, fish (while the content of carotene does not decrease during frying and cooking, but on the contrary, increases), and in raw form for the preparation of salads and desserts.
In cosmetology, carrots also take one of the first places in various skin care products.
Masks for the face can easily be prepared right at home.
In order to refresh your face , we will prepare the following mask: we take all the ingredients in equal proportions - ground oats, carrot juice, milk and egg yolk. They should be combined and stirred to a homogeneous consistency. Distribute the mask on the face and décolleté area for a quarter of an hour and then wash off, using a contrast shower, that is alternating cold and warm water.
Carrot natural pigment can be used for homemade self-tanning products . For this, in the carrot juice (two tablespoons), you must add glycerin (one teaspoon). If twice a day with a cotton swab uniformly applied to the skin of this product, you will get a light shade of a wonderful tan.
For the fading skin , carrot and honey masks are recommended, prepared in the ratio: one part honey and two parts carrots. The mask is applied to the face and décolleté area for ten minutes and is washed off by contrasting alternating warm and cold water.
From carrots and honey at home, you can also prepare a mask for tightening the skin of the face and neck : with regular carrying out such a procedure, the skin will look more elastic and taut. Carrots must be cooked, kneaded and mixed with honey. You will get a wonderful lifting mask, thanks to which your skin will again get a fresh and smart look in fifteen minutes.
- Masks for normal skin.
There are folk recipes for masks that are suitable for any skin, but they are still divided into the following types: vitaminized, soothing, bleaching. They are exactly the same as for normal skin.
Whitening mask: one carrot should be grinded on the smallest grater, from one potato welded in a uniform, it is necessary to prepare mashed potatoes, and all this to mix with a half of an egg yolk. Or there is a second option: a gruel of carrots mixed with lemon juice - all ingredients are taken one tablespoon.
Soothing mask: one crushed carrot and one tablespoon of milk.
Against the peeling of the skin is recommended a mask in the form of gruel from carrots and oils of vegetable origin, in proportions one to one.
- Masks for dry skin.
Masks recipes for dry skin are more nutritious and sparing. Such masks, unlike others, can be left on the face for up to half an hour.
Nourishing and moisturizing effect on the dry skin of the face will have a mask made from two tablespoons of fresh carrot juice mixed with one teaspoon of cream and one tablespoon of cottage cheese. From the boiled carrots you can prepare another mask: one tablespoon of carrots should be added on a teaspoon of ground oatmeal, vegetable oil and egg yolk.
- Masks for oily skin.
For oily skin it is useful to make a compress of carrot juice.
Oily skin is a problem skin, and it is well suited to the mask, in which add one tablespoon of flour, as much chopped carrots and beaten protein (the consistency should be a liquid dough).
There is a similar mask, which is prepared from fresh juices: carrot and tomato, with the addition of flour (consistency, like a batter).
Such masks cope well with the problems of oily skin, while simultaneously feeding and charging it with energy.
Attention:
It is necessary to remember the potent pigment of carrots, and for everyday masks to choose more yellow varieties of root crops, rather than bright orange. All these masks are applied to the face and décolleté area, and are kept for no more than twenty minutes, after which they are washed off with warm water.
Such a large number of masks for beauty and health of the skin of the face can be prepared at home from the most ordinary carrots! And it's so easy that you just need to choose which mask best suits your skin type. Be healthy and irresistible!