All cosmetics for facial skin care are divided into 4 main groups:
- for young skin;
- from 25 years;
- from 35 years;
- from 45 years.
Each age group has a minimum, but does not have a maximum. That is, in 45 you can take any tool that you want. But before age 25 you can use only those that are acceptable in your "age category".
The second criterion is your skin type. Cosmetologists distinguish 4 basic types: normal, dry, combination, fat. Sometimes two more types are distinguished: the skin is sensitive and problematic. To care for such skin, as a rule, the basic line of cosmetics is supplemented with creams of a specific therapeutic effect.
Most often, women, especially over 35, have dry skin. In youth, the skin, prone to dryness, looks perfect. Delicate, thin, smooth, with small, barely noticeable pores. But if you do not start on time and competently look after it, very soon it will start to deliver a lot of trouble and can turn into a sensitive one.
In order for this to happen, it is important to know which cream is suitable for dry skin to ensure proper care.
For dry skin, moisturizing and nourishing creams are especially needed. It is better to choose a cream with a dense structure, on a fat basis. But in any case not on mineral oil and not on glycerin. This base of the cream has a harmful effect on dry skin, dehydrating its deep layers.
The cream for dry skin for daytime use must contain ultraviolet filters. In winter, protect from the adverse effects of wind, frost. Well, when the cream for dry skin contains hyaluronic acid, collagen, elastin, vitamin F. Night cream for dry skin should have a nutritional and restoring effect. The best effect is provided by retinol (vitamin A), plant extracts and oils (lupine, ginkgo biloba, walnut, cucumber, cloudberry, wheat germ).
Dry skin is often prone to irritation and reacts sensitively to unsuitable ingredients. Be attentive to the composition of the funds you acquire. Apply the cream only to thoroughly cleansed skin. It is better to use the funds of one line or at least one manufacturer. Experts recommend to observe when choosing cosmetics "rule of duality." That is, your day and night cream should be combined according to the main active ingredients. And ideally - belong to the same series.
If you doubt what cream is suitable for dry skin, and trust only folk remedies, try to prepare the cream yourself. Preparing the cream at home is a fascinating process. Trying to combine these or other components, you can get a unique composition that will be optimal for your skin. Most often for the preparation of such creams for dry skin, glycerin, beeswax, lanolin, essential vegetable oils, herbal decoctions and infusions are used. Well and for the beginning of your creativity we offer you some prescriptions of creams for a dry skin of the face.
Cream for dry skin with chamomile:
- 1 tablespoon of dry chamomile inflorescences,
- 1 teaspoon of glycerin,
- 1 teaspoon of honey,
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil,
- 1 tablespoon butter,
- 1 teaspoon camphor oil,
- raw egg yolk.
We prepare the composition 1:
Inflorescences of chamomile fill 0.5 cups of boiling water, cover with a lid, put it for 15 minutes in a water bath. In a small container, strain 4 tablespoons of hot broth, add honey and glycerin. Stir until the honey and glycerin are completely dissolved.
Composition 2:
Melt the water in a water bath, mix it with olive oil. Remove from the bath, add to the resulting mixture 1 tablespoon egg yolk, camphor oil.
Now connect the two compounds, beaten with a mixer. The cooled cream is transferred into a jar.
Nourishing cream for dry skin with cocoa:
- 1 teaspoon of beeswax,
- 1 teaspoon of cocoa butter,
- ½ teaspoon of Vaseline,
- 2 tablespoons peach and grape seed oil,
- 3 tablespoons herbal infusion (rose petals or rose hips, chamomile, marigold or linden).
Beeswax is melted on a water jar, we add cocoa butter and continue to heat until completely dissolved. Add Vaseline, stone oil, herbal infusion.
We keep the mixture on the water bath for 2-3 more minutes. Remove from heat, whisk with a mixer. The cooled cream is transferred into a jar.
Moisturizing cream for dry skin:
- 1 teaspoon of beeswax,
- 1 teaspoon of glycerin,
- 2 tablespoons of infusion of rose petals or dog rose,
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil,
- 1 tablespoon of boiled water.
In a water bath we melted the beeswax with glycerin. Continue to stir the composition, add the rest of the ingredients. We remove from a bath, we beat up a mixer, we shift in a jar.
Using home creams, remember that they do not contain preservatives, and therefore stored no longer than a week and in the refrigerator. This is one of the indispensable properties of natural cosmetics.