Beautiful and great Sophia Loren, somehow admitted that the recipe for her youth is olive oil, which she consumes both externally and inside. And not so long ago the Italian prima donna starred for the famous Pirelli calendar nude, and this woman has already changed the eighth decade, and for this age this is an excellent result. Of course, if you believe in the miraculous property of olive oil.
Scientists say that unlike other oils, olive oil is absorbed by the body completely, and therefore regardless of whether it is taken inside or applied externally, it gives its vitamin-youthful strength without a trace. What can share with us a spoon of olive oil?
First, like any oil, it is considered a salvation for the weather-beaten, withering and dry skin. When you need a lightning action, it can be a good express method, when there is nothing cosmetic in the jar. Secondly, the vitamin composition of olive oil is valuable, there are monounsaturated fatty acids and vitamins A, D and E. In addition to its nutritional and moisturizing properties, the oil has an antiseptic and regenerative effect. All this allows you to include olive oil in a component for other cream, masks, tonics, which if used regularly can bear fruit. Or, at least, they should do it.
So, the olive oil and the face are simply made for each other. It can be used to relieve irritation, get rid of peeling and dryness, to soften and it even smoothes fine wrinkles.
The very first thing that comes to mind is to use olive oil as a rub or wash your face with oil in a pure form. A little warm up the olive oil, of course, do not bring to a boil, but only make it warm, then it will work even more efficiently and quickly. Put the cotton swab in the oil and rub it on the skin. Leave the oil on your face for 10 or 15 minutes, then thoroughly wash it with water. The skin on the face will become velvety and tender. Thus, rub the skin around the eyes, do everything carefully, so that the oil does not drain, then the skin will become elastic and smooth, and wrinkles become less noticeable.
In the autumn and winter, the lips become dry and weather-beaten, flaky, then not at all until kissing, it is impossible to apply lipstick on them. But if we apply lip oil with olive oil, they will heal faster.
If your skin is prone to irritation, sensitive, then add the cucumber and banana to the olive oil. We break the banana, grate the cucumber, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and apply a mask for 30 minutes on the face, then wash it off with warm water.
An excellent combination of carrots and olive oil, which is recommended to be consumed inside. Fat-soluble vitamin A, which is contained in carrots in the presence of oil, is absorbed by the body, which means that such a combination for the face will be very handy.
Nutrim carrots, add 1 tablespoon oil, 1 protein, this will help refresh the skin. This mask will suit oily skin with acne, vitaminize, restore the aging skin, this compound is very useful for unhealthy, dull and pale skin of the face.
For bleaching, toning, exfoliating and refreshing the skin on the face, we make a scrub, olive oil is suitable lemon. Take 3 tablespoons of butter and 1/2 tablespoons of ground coffee and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Scrub gently massage his face, then thoroughly smyem.
If you have a problem young skin, then do not abuse olive oil, it is suitable for mature skin, but as a recovery, fit and young, but not dry skin.
Nourishing masks in olive oil
First, we will determine how you can choose a quality olive oil. Present olive oil is very expensive, and we often come across counterfeit oil. How can you determine if you buy a quality oil we buy, or not. A good oil has a pleasant smell with herbaceous and fruity notes and a delicate yellow-green color, it smells of fresh olives. The highest quality is considered the oil of the first cold pressed, on the bottles it is written Extra vergine. Before buying, read the label carefully. Very often, a mixture of different vegetable oils is given out for the olive oil, and if you look at the label, the original composition of the product will be written in a small font in the corner.
How to determine the quality of olive oil, which we already bought? If the oil is clear, then it can be put for 10 minutes in the refrigerator. Good will become turbid and will solidify, and after defrosting will restore its original appearance. Knowing this reaction to cold oil. It should be stored at room temperature in a dark place, and preferably no more than 1 year.
Olive mask with cottage cheese for normal skin
Take ½ teaspoon of parsley juice, ½ teaspoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of fat-free cottage cheese.
We can use the cottage cheese with butter and add the juice of parsley. Good mix. We will put a mask on 15 or 20 minutes on the face and we will remove a cotton swab. We wash with warm water. The mask softens and nourishes the skin.
Olive mask with cucumber for normal skin
Take 1 teaspoon of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of olive oil, ½ fresh cucumber.
Grate the cucumber with a small grater and squeeze the juice. Add the sour milk and butter to the cucumber slurry. We mix and apply the mask on the skin of the neck and face. After 20 minutes, wash it with cool water and wipe the cucumber juice. The mask softens and cleanses the skin.
Olive mask with onion for dry skin
Take 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 onion and 1 teaspoon of honey (if there is no allergy to honey).
Bake in the oven or on a dry frying pan 1 onion in the husk, cleanse, and well razotrem. Add honey and olive oil. All mixed and put on the skin gruel for 15 or 20 minutes, then wash away with warm water. The mask will bring back to normal dry skin.
Olive mask with beans for dry skin
Take 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 5 grains of boiled white beans.
Let's cut the beans into gruel, add lemon juice and olive oil. All the mix and put the mass for 20 minutes on the face, then wash it off with warm water. The mask whitens and nourishes the skin.
Olive mask with starch for oily skin
Take a little tomato juice, 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of starch.
Add a little tomato juice to the starch, get a thick slurry, pour olive oil and mix. We will put a mask on 15 minutes for a skin of the face, then we will wash off warm water. The mask smoothes the skin, softens and defathes it.
Olive mask with oatmeal for oily skin
Take 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of oatmeal and a pinch of salt.
Mix the oatmeal with olive oil and sour milk, add a pinch of salt, mix well, let stand, while the oatmeal swells and salt dissolves, and from time to time we mix the mass. We will put a mask on a skin of the face for 15 minutes, then we will wash off with warm water. The mask tones up the oily skin.
Olive mask with a banana for irritated skin of the face
Take 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of grated fresh cucumber, ¼ banana.
We break the banana, mix it with the cucumber slurry and add the olive oil. We mix well and put on face for 30 minutes, then we will wash it off with cool water. The mask calms the skin.
Olive mask with dill for all skin types
Take 1 teaspoon of olive oil. 2 tablespoons chopped dill greens and grinded oat flakes.
We will wash and dry the dill, we will pass it through the meat grinder and mix it with 2 tablespoons chopped greens with olive oil. Add the mixture of ground oat flakes, get a thick slurry and mix. We will put the mask on the skin of the face for 15 minutes with a layer from 0.5 to 1 centimeter. Wash the mask with warm water. Mask vitaminizes, moisturizes and cleanses the skin.
Olive mask with cosmetic clay for all skin types
Take 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of cosmetic clay.
Clay is diluted with water to a thick cream, mixed with olive oil and applied to the skin for 15 minutes, then it will be washed off with warm water. The mask significantly improves skin color.
Olive mask with yolk and lemon for fading skin
Take 1 yolk, 1 teaspoon of olive oil, ¼ lemon, oatmeal.
Crush ¼ of the lemon along with the zest, add the raw yolk and olive oil, mix everything, pour the oat flakes, get a thick slurry and mix again. We will put weight on a neck and a skin of the face for 20 minutes, then we will wash off with warm water. If you regularly use this mask, then it prevents the appearance of new wrinkles, smooth out old wrinkles.
Toning Face Mask for all skin types
Take 1 teaspoon of carrot juice (apple, potato, cucumber), 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of dry yeast, 1 teaspoon of yogurt or sour cream, 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
Mix all the ingredients and apply for 10 or 15 minutes. Then we wash it with cool water. Suitable for flabby, lethargic and tired skin.
Nourishing Face Mask
Take 1 teaspoon of honey, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 yolk.
We will put this mixture on 15 or 20 minutes on the cleared face, then we will wash off with warm water. The skin will become tender, like a baby. Suitable for sluggish and dry skin.
Whitening and cleansing mask for any skin type
Take 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of white clay, a few drops of peppermint oil or 1 teaspoon of parsley juice.
Mix the olive oil and clay to the state of the paste, add mint oil and lemon juice. We will put it on the cleared skin of the face for 15 or 20 minutes, then we will wash off with warm water. The mask well tones up the skin and tightens the pores.
With weathering skin of hands and face
Massage ½ tablespoons of olive oil into the cleansed skin of the face and hands, then cover them with a towel or a linen warm napkin and hold it for 2 or 3 minutes. Then rinse your face and hands with water and pat them with a napkin.
In the East, it is considered a very popular means for hair to use olive oil with the addition of a few drops of essential aromatic oils. For example, you can make a steam hot steam bath for your hair.
A little warm oil, but do not boil, if desired, add a few drops of aromatic oil and hot vtrem in the scalp and hair. Then leave on your head a hot wet towel, in the form of a turban, hot steam, thus, will enhance the effect of oil. This procedure treats dandruff, and hair gives shine and vitality. It is useful to do with a strong hair loss. After 2 or 3 hours, wash your hair. We perform this procedure once a week.
Means for quick hair improvement
Take 1 teaspoon of natural (grape or apple cider vinegar) or 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Mix all the ingredients and we'll get a good shot. We will put the mixture on the hair and scalp. Cover the head with a towel and leave it for 10 or 15 minutes. Then we wash the head with warm water. Hair will be easier to fit into the hair, will become more dense and soft.
Masks from cottage cheese and carrots
Take 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of fresh cottage cheese, add a little carrot juice and milk, mix and apply to your face.
Mask of apples
We'll clean the apple and rub it on the grater. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of sour cream or milk. If the fat skin add 1 egg white.
Knowing how to make a nourishing face mask made from olive oil, you can soften, cleanse the skin and give it a fresh, beautiful and healthy look.