Everything, presented by the sea: salt, algae, plankton, mud, coral, sea water and even sand - have long been successfully applied for the benefit of beauty and health. Their capabilities are so multifaceted that they are combined into a separate branch of recovery - thalassotherapy - and are used in two forms: as a component of tools and a la naturel, in the form of masks, scrubs and wraps.
What is the salt
Sea salts are most often used as exfoliators (in pure form or as part of exfoliating agents) for skin of the face, body, and also hands and feet. Salt scrubs are more effective than synthetic and stone stones. Salt has a double action - it weakens the intercellular bonds, which makes it easy to remove the dead skin layer and additionally saturate it with minerals. They are in the sea water - more than 40 (manganese, sulfur, zinc, magnesium, iodine, etc.). The cream applied to the skin after a salty aperitif is better penetrated and more active. The beauty of creams based on sea salts is that they improve the cellular metabolism and normalize the skin. It becomes more elastic, dense, moistened, better perceives cosmetic means.
A popular cocktail is oil-salt scrubs. They, in addition to cleansing the skin, are effective in complex therapy for weight loss. Salt in combination with drainage and anti-cellulite oils (mandarin, grapefruit) removes excess fluid, activates the metabolism in the skin - and the process of splitting fats is more active. But it is important not to overdo it: ladies with thin sensitive skin should carefully use salt scrubs. If they rub their skin too hard, irritation may appear, and the cream applied after this may provoke an allergy.
Baths with sea salt - the first remedy for insomnia and muscle pain. Salt bathing is not suitable for heart diseases, fungal diseases, diabetes.
The Dead Sea salt is an even more powerful concentrate of particles of ancient plankton and trace elements. As a strong antioxidant, they increase the immunity of epidermal cells and prolong the health and youth of the skin.
Sea kale
Algae are good not only with nut sauce. Marine vegetation is unique - everything that is necessary for survival, it actively absorbs from sea water. Therefore, their composition, which, by the way, is similar to the composition of human blood, affects: a set of vital amino acids, phytohormones, a mass of trace elements - potassium, silicon, chlorine, sodium, calcium.
According to scientists, algae introduced into cosmetics can teach the skin to protect itself from the negative influence of the environment and increase its ability to self-repair. Therefore, the sea vegetation goes on hurray in the composition of creams and wraps. Famous brands (Matis, Algotherm, La Praire, Algoane) do not stint on research to discover new amazing properties of seaweed and turn them into the desired shape.
So, each jar of the favorite cream of the celebrities La Meg is akin to a work of art. La Meg chips are a special technology for fermenting components, completely manual production and, of course, algae. And collected on the coast of California on a full moon and at a specific time. It is believed that it is then that they have special healing properties. Grateful customers admit that after using the drug the skin becomes smoother, velvety, small wrinkles disappear, the pores become less noticeable, irritations and peeling come to naught. However, not only Californian algae are good.
When added to creams and serums, marine vegetation provides them with a host of beneficial properties that are determined by the type of algae. Laminaria, for example, stimulates the regeneration of tissues, activates the cellular metabolism and saturates the skin with oxygen, so its extract is actively injected into cosmetic means for lifting the face and body. Another advantage - enviable moisturizing properties, very low allergenicity and the ability to narrow the blood vessels. Thanks to this, cosmetics with laminaria are suitable for sensitive skin, prone to couperose. Such means are good at an acne - they normalize allocation of sebum and remove or take out inflammations. Important point: of all the algae kelp is most saturated with iodine - in case of problems with the thyroid gland, the use of such cosmetics can only be given by an endocrinologist.
In cosmetology, spirulina is also actively used. It is a concentrate of all sorts of usefulness, promotes the regeneration of cells that are responsible for the synthesis of collagen and elastin. Spirulina is incredibly good for increasing the elasticity and elasticity of the skin.
Another favorite of cosmetologists is fucus. As an additive to the cream, it optimizes the functioning of skin cells and tones it. Especially effective is the algae in the composition of the skin around the eyes. In this zone, it is very thin, the muscle is closely located, and the fucus, due to deep penetration, tightens the epidermis well and maintains its elasticity. Another feature - the ability to absorb and remove toxins and excess fluid from the body. Therefore, fucus is often used in detoxification and anti-cellulite therapy.
The body in the mud
Perhaps, the popularity of mud and algal masks and wraps occupy an honorable first place. No wonder: this powerful set of active substances is capable of much. As face masks - tighten, tone and moisturize the skin, prevent the appearance of the first signs of its withering, remove excess fat.
The main task of sea wraps is to increase the elasticity of the skin, lymphatic drainage, detoxification, and most importantly - the splitting of fats. Therefore, the course of such procedures should be included in the programs for weight loss. This prevents the appearance of stretch marks and maintains the tone of the skin.
There are other reasons to turn into algae - the post-release period, when the skin needs active moistening; loss of tonus; edema; phlebeurysm. But! In the latter case, you can use only cold or contrastive types of wraps, but, in no case are hot - they will only worsen the condition of the veins. By the way, hot wraps are recommended for weight loss, and cold - for toning the skin, improving blood circulation and eliminating edema. For wrapping, either powdered algae is used, which must be diluted with water, or ready-mixed (Guam, Magiray). By the way, it is better to wrap the wrapping with the same sea salt or sand. Well purified, the skin will greedily absorb all the usefulness of mud and algae.
Good and algal-mud baths. Of the costs - a strange color of water and a characteristic odor of iodine. But the skin after such bathing becomes silky, fatigue and muscle tension go away, toxins are actively released. Like pilling, this is a successful overture to anti-cellulite procedures.
Ocean Cocktail
Slightly less popular, but no less effective marine components are extracts of shells, corals, and plankton. Powdered mother-of-pearl - a component of lotions and powder for the body, giving a shine. Marine plankton, saturated with alginates (salts), minerals, has moisturizing, stimulating and regenerating properties. It improves blood circulation, is often injected into anti-cellulite products.
Experts on novelties of means for daily care of a body agree in opinion, that sea cosmetics works with a skin more softly synthetic. But remember: over time our body gets used to cosmetic products, and their effectiveness decreases. Therefore, after three months of friendship with cosmetics enriched with algae, plankton or sea salts, it is worth replacing it with another, for example, made on the basis of plant extracts.