Such a cocktail - the best wake for the body and a pledge of cheerfulness for the whole day. However, honey and other products of beekeeping are good for appearance. Honey nectar perfectly nourishes and tones the skin, keeps the moisture in them and protects them from the negative influence of the environment. In addition, honey components activate metabolic processes in the skin, improve its nutrition and cellular respiration, promote regeneration, prevent wrinkles and premature aging of the skin. In addition, honey and cosmetics based on it are indispensable in helping dry, damaged skin - they relieve inflammation and heal tissues.
Sweet family
Not so tasty, but no less effective, other representatives of the honey family. In antidejterapii, royal jelly (or "jelly piano") is readily used and useful honey for the benefit of beauty. It is saturated with nutrients and vitamins, which have a powerful restoring and rejuvenating effect, stimulate the processes of metabolism in cells, tone up and increase the elasticity of the skin.
Propolis (in its composition - pollen, wax, essential oils, resins) perfectly heals skin lesions, kills bacteria. Often included in masks and shampoos, essential for oily hair.
Beeswax is also a popular component of many creams and skin lotions. It nourishes it well, softens it, removes dryness and inflammation.
Useful honey for the benefit of beauty - a real joy for lovers of home beauty potions. Our great-great-grandmothers also knew about this and prepared honey masks for skin, honey water and nutritious hair compositions. The bee's gift can be mixed with egg yolks, olive oil, lemon juice, cottage cheese, home-made cream and many others. As a component of masks, honey removes peeling and inflammation, softens the skin, gives it radiance.
Indispensable products of beekeeping in hair care. Useful honey for the benefit of beauty under the power to save the discolored, dull, lacking vitality curls. As ready shampoos, balms and masks, and home blends perfectly nourish the hair, restore their strength, heal the scalp, improve blood circulation and thereby stimulate hair growth. The most simple and universal home recipe for ringlets: egg yolk, 1 tbsp. l. cognac and honey. Mix, apply for 30 minutes on the head, wrap hair with a film and a warm towel, then wash off the mask. After that, the curls become softer, silkiness and shine return to them.
A barrel of honey
A barrel of honey will not hurt either. Still Cleopatra spoiled herself with baths with the addition of buffalo milk and honey of wild bees. According to the legends, the skin of the great queen after that was beckoned with softness and radiance.
Two thousand years later, honey baths, wraps and massage - one of the most sought-after procedures for body care. Not surprisingly - applied to the skin, sweet nectar easily penetrates through the pores and saturates the body with vitamins and microelements, improves metabolic processes in the skin, speeds up blood circulation and eliminates toxins.
This is based on a tough but effective procedure - the famous honey massage. Anyone who has ever tried this procedure, rolls their eyes to the ceiling and stretches - they say, well, it's very painful, but just as effective. In the problem areas, the masseur applies honey and alternately applies and tears his palms. Gradually the honey grows, and the pain becomes more obvious. But to endure the punishment is: the pores are opened, toxins and excess fluid are actively extracted through the skin, the unaesthetic bumps of cellulite disappear, the contour of the body is renewed and smoothed.
A similar, but slightly less pronounced effect is possessed by masks and body scrubs based on honey. Some of the simplest - sea salt or coffee grounds, mixed with sweet nectar.
Inveterate bath attendants are pleased to enjoy tea with honey after the procedures and do not forget about the gift of bees and during them. Honey, applied to the skin after two or three visits to the steam room, perfectly absorbed, saturating the skin with a stunning caramel flavor. And not only - all the useful components of honey penetrate the body and improve metabolic processes. As a result, the body becomes better, the body feels better, and the surface of the body becomes smooth, fresh and radiant. Moreover - by removing excess fluid after the sweet therapy, you can part with a couple of kilograms.
A spoon of tar
Honey has only one drawback, stemming from its ... dignity. The sweet gift of bees is unusually biologically active and has the property to activate blood circulation. In addition, it often causes allergies. Therefore, people with thin, sensitive skin, closely located vessels (couperose), a tendency to allergies cosmetics based on honey (creams, masks, scrubs and the like), and even more so - home remedies with the addition of this product - are contraindicated. So everyone without exception, before resorting to honey therapy, it is necessary to decide - but do they carry honey? To do this, dermatologists recommend applying the selected remedy on the inner surface of the shoulder or behind the ear and observe the reaction, and in several stages - after 12, 24, 48 hours.
If there is at least a hint of redness, irritation, itching or swelling, it is better to choose another product of beauty. Otherwise, honey therapy can end in big trouble. In addition, it is always important to carefully read the label. Sometimes it is difficult to understand that the composition of the product is the products of beekeeping. They may be hidden behind the terms "royal jelly" or apilacum (royal jelly).