Masks from honey give positive results, despite your skin type. The only contraindication may be allergic reactions caused by honey, or dilated blood vessels on the face.
In order to prepare honey masks at home, only natural honey and other ingredients such as lemon juice, egg yolk, olive oil, glycerin and other ingredients should be used. Before applying the mask to the skin, it must be cleaned of dust and debris of cosmetics. You can do this with cosmetic milk or gel. For the best effect, honey masks should be applied in courses, 1-2 per week and for one month. If desired, the course can be repeated, but not earlier than 2-3 months.
Honey masks for the face with dry skin.
- In equal parts, take honey, olive oil, and mix until a uniform thick liquid is obtained. Then the mixture is heated, only in a water bath, to a temperature of 40 degrees. In advance, you should prepare gauze wipes, and after heating the mixture, moisten them in a heated liquid, and apply them to your skin. Napkins should stay on the face for about 20 minutes, and after the face you need to get wet with a paper towel soaked in water and rub it with a lotion that does not contain alcohol.
- It is mixed with one teaspoon: cottage cheese, honey, milk or kefir. Everything is rubbed into a homogeneous mixture and superimposed on the face. After half an hour, the mask is washed off with warm water, and the skin is wiped off without alcohol.
- In hot milk, with a volume of not more than 20 ml, a slice of black bread is soaked. Then add one tablespoon of honey, 10 drops of vitamin A solution and one yolk. Stirred, and applied to the skin for 15 minutes. Wash off the mask with warm water.
- In non-metallic dishes, grind one teaspoon of honey, cream and one yolk. The mixture is applied to the skin for 20 minutes. Remains of the mask are removed with cold water.
- Take one teaspoon of honey, the same amount of olive oil and mix with two tablespoons of milk. In the mixture, add one ampule of vitamin E. After mixing, apply the mixture on the skin for 20 minutes. After that, the mask is washed off in warm water.
Masks for porous, oily skin.
- A mask requires one teaspoon of honey, as much juice of lemon and milk. All the ingredients are mixed in a non-metallic container, then add the egg whites and crushed oatmeal. After stirring, the mask is applied to the cleansed face, and after 20 minutes it is washed off with warm water and the face is wiped with lemon juice.
- Take one tablespoon of liquid honey, to which is added a teaspoon of oatmeal and protein is driven in. The mask should look like a thick sour cream. This mixture is applied to the face and washed off in warm water after 20 minutes. After the mask, it is desirable to apply a moisturizer.
- In equal parts dry flowers of a linden, a chemist's daisy, an elderberry (black) are taken. The collection is poured in one glass of boiling water and is held in a water bath for 10 minutes, and then insists for half an hour. The broth is filtered and a teaspoon of honey is added to it. In order for the mixture to thicken, it is necessary to add oat flour to it. The mask is applied in a thick layer on the face and left for 20 minutes. After the time has elapsed, the remnants of the mask are washed off with warm water, and then the face is rinsed with a cool one.
- For this home mask, mix 30 g of honey and two proteins, then add half a teaspoon of almond oil and two tablespoons of oatmeal. Then the mask should be applied to the skin for 15 minutes, the mask is washed off in warm water.
- Take one teaspoon of honey, starch (potato), warmed milk and salt. The mixture is well mixed and applied to the skin with a cotton swab for 20 minutes. As this time runs out, the remnants of the mask are washed off with warm water, and the face is wiped with an ice cube.
A homemade honey mask recipe for fading skin.
- In a shallow bowl, two teaspoons of honey are ground with two tablespoons of oatmeal. The resulting mixture is diluted with one glass of strong tea and one tablespoon of water. Everything is mixed well, then it is heated on the steam bath and cools down. On the face the mixture is applied for 15 minutes, after it is washed off in warm water.