If our body is protected by clothing, then the face always remains open, which is why it is exposed to negative environmental factors.
In addition, after a certain age, the skin rapidly loses moisture, subcutaneous fat begins to disappear. This is one of the main reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles.
In order to keep the skin young and fresh, regular treatments are needed to remove dead skin cells, nourish it and improve blood circulation.
Find out effective ways to rejuvenate your skin and read helpful tips to keep your skin beautiful and youthful.
Regular washing for skin rejuvenation
One of the simplest facial skin care products is good quality water. Water washes away dead cells of the stratum corneum, cleanses the skin of dust, dirt, sweat and grease.
With the right approach, daily washing can become not only a hygienic procedure, but also a healing one. In order to preserve youthfulness of the skin, train yourself to wash your face by combining water. Rinse your face several times with warm water and then cold water. Warm water expands pores, while cold water narrows them. However, it is not recommended to wash your face with too cold or too hot water. When exposed to low temperatures, the skin becomes dry and begins to flake off. Hot water leads to persistent vasodilation, and the skin becomes too sensitive to cold.
If you have dry skin, wash your face with soft water at room temperature. It is recommended to use a facial cleanser no more than once a week. The exception is special foams and gels with a therapeutic effect, designed specifically for dry skin.
For oily skin, you can use any cleanser 2 times a week: morning and evening. After washing, apply a nourishing cream to the skin, and after 20-30 minutes, remove the remains with a paper towel.
For normal skin, alternate washings with warm and cool clean water are sufficient. But even normal skin requires some care. Washing with water with decoctions of medicinal herbs is very useful. Once a week, wash your face with a decoction or wipe with a swab dipped in warm water.
Simple folk remedies
For dry skin, washing and compresses from a decoction of chamomile, violets, rose petals, mint, lavender, ginseng root, parsley and dill will be useful. Pour 200 g of boiling water over one tablespoon of any of these ingredients. The resulting broth must be insisted for 20 minutes, strain, cool.
For oily skin, a decoction of chamomile, St. John's wort, horsetail, yarrow, plantain, cornflower, nettle, coltsfoot, eucalyptus leaves is suitable.
For normal skin, you can use almost any decoction based on medicinal herbs, since each component perfectly nourishes the skin, gives it a healthy look.
Rejuvenating face masks
Face masks show excellent rejuvenation results. To make a homemade mask, you need white clay and serum. Dilute the components to a thick sour cream consistency, apply on the skin for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. If you have dry skin - after this procedure, wet your face with a moisturizing lotion.
For oily skin, you can prepare a cucumber, lemon and oatmeal mask. Grind 1 cucumber, add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 100 grams of oatmeal. Dilute the mixture with chamomile broth, whey or boiled water. Apply to previously cleansed skin for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Massage to improve the structure of the skin
You can rejuvenate your face with a special massage. This ensures the normalization of blood circulation, removes particles of keratinized skin.
The massage improves skin elasticity, improves color and texture.
Twice a week after cleansing the skin, lightly stroke your face with your fingertips for 2-3 minutes. It is better to start from the forehead, in the direction from the eyebrows to the temples.
After that, knead the upper cheeks from the nose to the temples. Then rub your cheeks with your palms from lips to ears and massage your chin with the back of your hand.
The final stage of the massage is a light tapping with your fingertips all over the face.
The massage procedure enhances blood circulation and stimulates the production of its own collagen, helps skin cells to receive useful substances.
Peeling for effective cleansing
Facial exfoliation can be performed once a week. To do this, you do not need to visit salons, because you can carry out this procedure at home. Facial cleansing is carried out with a scrub. You can cook it yourself. The most popular cleansing ingredients are coffee and sea salt.
Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of sugar, 2-3 drops of lavender oil to the coffee grounds. Stir the mixture well, apply to the face, rinse off after 10 minutes with warm water. For normal to dry skin, mix 1 tablespoon of sea salt with egg yolk and sour cream. Massage onto face, rinse off after 10-15 minutes. For oily skin, replace sour cream with any other fermented milk product - serum, kefir, low-fat sour cream.
Do not forget that facial rejuvenation is impossible without changes in diet and a healthy lifestyle. For the skin to be young and well-groomed, it is necessary to give up bad habits, as well as diversify the diet with vitamins and minerals. The diet must include foods containing carotene, vitamin A and fiber.