Winter care for sensitive skin
1. Cleansing
When caring for such skin, you need to wash with spring or mineral water, or warm not chlorinated. In the evening, we apply soft cleansing milk to remove make-up and dirt. And in the morning and evening, the skin is toned and refreshed with a non-alcoholic tonic.
Tonic cook at home, it removes inflammation, softens and refreshes sensitive skin and tones it well.
Tonic recipe: take the juice of half a lemon squeeze and strain, add 50 ml and 1 teaspoon of glycerin. Face rubbing in circular motions on the massage lines. We store in a refrigerator this tonic 1 month.
2. Moistening
With new cosmetics, you need to handle cautiously, stop at the simplest products, and apply them, the less, the better.
In the morning, we apply a light daily cream. The cream contains emollients and moisturizers, and must have ultraviolet protection. It will be good if it is created with mineral components based on thermal waters.
Many women believe that if the cosmetic product includes natural plant products, it means they will help the sensitive skin, but this is a mistake, some plants can cause allergies and greatly irritate the skin. It can be calendula, chamomile and arnica. On the package of the cream for sensitive skin should be written "hypoallergenic".
3. Night Care
At night, we lubricate the skin with a thin layer of night cream with special ingredients that provide moisture accumulation, reliable skin protection, activate oxygen exchange in cells, contain regenerating substances for wound healing. Such cosmetic complexes in their composition have panthenol, allantoin, which smooth and soothe the skin, cavain - stops the development of inflammatory processes, under the influence of the environment, and vitamins A, and E give strength and effectively nourish the skin.
4. Decorative Cosmetics
Do not overload the sensitive skin with decorative cosmetics. A special decorative cosmetics with medicinal properties is suitable.
5. Masks for the face
When caring for sensitive skin, it is better to avoid hardening masks. Do not use masked films. It is better to give preference to moisturizing and nourishing masks.
6. Stress
Sensitive skin does not tolerate nervous loads and haste. The skin will immediately reflect a stressful condition and not in the best way. It is not recommended to eat foods that increase nervous tension - champagne, cola, black tea, coffee. Not the best way on the skin is reflected in smoking.
7. The Sun
For sensitive skin, the sun is stressful, you can not go out on the street in the spring and summer without a sunscreen. When visiting the pool should use a sunscreen waterproof cream that can protect the skin from the aggressive effects of chlorinated water.
Masks for sensitive skin
Lemon-honey mask
Take 100 grams of liquid honey and mix with a small shredded lemon. This composition is applied to the face for 10 or 15 minutes before washing. Every day we put this mask on. It can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.
Honey and curd mask
Take 1 teaspoon of honey and 3 teaspoons of cottage cheese stir and apply for 15 or 20 minutes on the face. We'll wash it with a tampon soaked in cold milk.
Egg mask
Face the oil with vegetable oil and impose an egg yolk, wipe with wet hands, periodically dipping it into hot water. When grinding oil and yolk, a foamy white mass will appear, which resembles mayonnaise. We will put it on for 20 minutes. This mask is effective for aging and dry skin.
Egg-carrot mask
Grate 1 or 2 carrots on a grater, mix with yolk and apply for 20 or 25 minutes on face. Mask smoem boiled with warm water. Course 1 or 2 times a week.
Milk and carrot mask
Grated carrots mixed with one tablespoon of milk and put on 20 minutes on the face. Mask smoem boiled with warm water.
Lemon and curd mask
Take 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese and mix with a few drops of lemon juice. We will impose this compound on the face for 15 minutes, and we will wash it with boiled water. If the skin is dry, then grease it with warmed vegetable oil.
Apple-honey mask
We can dispense 1 tablespoon of apple gruel, 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 yolk and 1 tablespoon of butter to a homogeneous consistency. The resulting mask is applied for 20 or 30 minutes to face, remove the excess with a paper towel.
Camphor mask
1 teaspoon apple juice, 2 teaspoons cottage cheese, add half the yolk, and one teaspoon of camphor oil and stir everything. We will impose on 15 or 20 minutes on the face, we will wash off warm, and then cold water.
Cucumber mask
On the face, apply a peel of the cucumber, cut to the skin. This mask improves the complexion, softens the skin.
Apricot mask
We will peel the apricots and cut the flesh and apply it to the face. The mask helps with sunburn, moisturizes irritated, sensitive skin. Also make masks from blackberries, cowberries, raspberries and strawberries.
Cabbage Mask
Dehydrated, sensitive skin will rub olive oil, then we will apply a mask from white cabbage gruel for 10 or 15 minutes.
Potato mask
We weld in the peel a large potato, clean and mash it, add the yolk and a little fresh milk. We will warm up the mashed potatoes and spread it on your face. The mask is held for 20 or 25 minutes, then wash off with warm boiled water. The mask makes the skin supple and tender.
Tomato Mask
We rub a large ripe tomato, mix it with 2 tablespoons of wheat flour. Put the mixture on your face, after 30 minutes, wash it off with warm water. This mask is good for skin that is prone to redness.
Milk and rice mask
1 teaspoon of glycerin, 1 teaspoon of milk stir, add rice starch, to get a sparse mixture. This mask will help well if the skin becomes flaky and inflamed. For the night we will grease with a mix this sore point. In the morning, we wash it with lime infusion or warm water.
Mask of Prunes
Zalem 2 pieces of prunes with a glass of boiling water and leave until softening. Then rastolchem, add oatmeal and 1 tablespoon of honey, until the paste. We will put on 20 minutes on the face. Remains of oil are removed with a cotton swab soaked in a weak tea or infusion of herbs. This mask restores the acid-base balance, tones, and relieves inflammation.
Soothing mask
Prepare a decoction of chamomile, then mix 1 tablespoon of warm chamomile broth with 2 tablespoons of warm milk, soak the gauze bandage and apply to the face for 10 minutes, after the time has gotten wet with a cotton swab. The mask tones up the skin and relieves inflammation.
Oatmeal mask
Take 2 tablespoons of ground oat flakes and mix with 3 tablespoons of milk when the flakes are swollen, apply the mask for 15 or 20 minutes around the neck and face, then wash the mask with warm boiled water.
Mask made of flaxseed
Take 1 tablespoon of flaxseed and fill it with 2 cups of boiling water. We will put on the face, smoju cool water in 15 minutes, and we will put a nourishing cream on a damp skin.
Masks from medicinal plants
We make infusions of herbs (chamomile, plantain, mint, sage), fill with starch to make a thick jelly. Put on your face, wash it off after 15 or 20 minutes with warm water. Such masks relieve irritation, soothe the skin.
Mask from yoghurt
Mix 180 or 250 grams of yogurt without filler, add 2 teaspoons of honey or beeswax and 30 or 60 grams of oatmeal. We put the mask on the cleaned face. To get a good result, hold the mask for 20 minutes, then wash it off. Oats have a cleansing, soothing, soothing effect. Honey well adheres the mask to the skin. If honey causes an allergic reaction, then replace it with two teaspoons of banana puree.
Yeast Mask
Take 50 grams of fresh yeast and rub them with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, until we get a gruel. We will put on 20 minutes on the neck and face. Wash off with warm water.
Prescription lotions for sensitive skin
Tonic Lotion for Sensitive Dehydrated Skin
Take 2 tablespoons of a mixture of petals of jasmine and rose flowers and pour 2 cups of boiling water. After 4 or 6 hours, infusion is filtered, add 2 ampules of vitamin B1 and 2 tablespoons of vodka.
Elderberry lotion
Elder flowers about 5 or 6 inflorescences, we will fill with a glass of boiling water, we insist 10 minutes, cool and strain. I rinse the face with morning and evening. The procedure is carried out for 2 weeks, every time we prepare fresh infusion. This rinsing cleans and softens the skin, relieves irritation.
Lemon-egg lotion for dry sensitive skin
We rassotrem 2 yolks and ½ teaspoon of salt. Then in half a glass of cream we will pour 1 teaspoon of glycerin, a quarter of a glass of vodka, and juice from 1 lemon. This solution will be poured into the yolk, rubbed with salt. We can moisten with a cotton bud in this lotion, rub the neck and face with light circular motions. Then we will put a thin layer of lotion on your face for 20 minutes, and wash it off with warm water. It has cleansing, softening, toning properties.
Lotion of plantain and linden
Take 1 teaspoon of grass - linden flowers, chamomile, plantain. Either uses one of the herbs. Fill it with boiling water and insist for 20 minutes. Then we strain and use it as a tonic. The broth is stored in the refrigerator, no more than 2 days.
Mint lotion
Take 1 tablespoon chopped dry mint leaves or 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves with a glass of boiling water and we insist 30 minutes, then we strain. This lotion removes skin irritations, smoothes, tones up the skin.
Milk cucumber lotion
We keep a few fresh slices of cucumbers in the milk for 30 minutes, then strain. We use to wipe the face.
Lotion of St. John's wort
One tablespoon of herb St. John's wort shall be filled with 1 glass of boiling water and we insist for 20 minutes. This infusion contains carotene, vitamin C, essential oil and 10% tannins. The herb St. John's wort has a strengthening, anti-inflammatory, astringent effect.
Strawberry Lotion
In the morning, refresh your face with strawberry water. To do this, stir the tablespoon strawberries and mix with a glass of cold water, then strain.
Cornflower Lotion
Take 50 grams of fresh flowers cornflower, for 10 minutes, boil in a glass of water. Strain, cool and use as a tonic.
Yarrow lotion
Take ½ tablespoons yarrow and pour a glass of boiling water. We insist the broth, then we filter. We apply for washing sensitive skin, has a soothing and anti-inflammatory effect.
Lotion from the root of elecampane
Decoction from the root of elecampane is used for dry irritated skin.
10 grams of chopped root lard ½ cup of water and boil for 30 minutes. We insist and filter. We apply for washing for sensitive skin. It has a soothing and anti-inflammatory effect.
Following these tips, you will always know how to properly care for sensitive skin in the winter.