Our skin is constantly and systematically updated.
Within 24 days, new cells that appear under a layer of epidermis from fresh ones turn into keratinized scales and die.
They need to be removed and a scrub will help to do this.
Facial scrub at home: indications and contraindications
Scrub as a skin cleanser has its pros and cons. For the health and preservation of a young skin, it is necessary to remove its keratinized layer at least once a week. This is no longer a living layer of the epithelium, so it does not bear any benefit.
After its use, the skin is actively saturated with moisture, which it needs so much, the cells begin to renew much faster, the pores will significantly decrease, and the skin will acquire a healthier color. It can be purchased at the cosmetics store, or you can cook it yourself at home.
Such a cleaning should be done no more than twice a week, otherwise the skin will become thinner and will hurt.
Homemade facial scrubs are most useful because they contain the natural ingredients you choose.
In the process of scrubbing, the particles included in the composition can be irritating if there are microcracks or wounds on the face, and if there are foci of inflammation, then spread the infection to healthy areas of the skin.
Thus, a scrub cannot be used if:
• skin is thin and sensitive to exposure to coarse particles;
• capillaries are located close to the surface;
• on the treated area there is an unhealed wound or microcrack;
• there are foci of inflammation.
Scrubbing is considered a means of deep cleansing of the skin, so if you have at least one factor in which this procedure is contraindicated, do not carry it out. Otherwise, instead of benefit, you will cause great harm to your skin and will restore it for a long time.
Facial scrub at home: recipes for dry and normal skin
Here are some recipes for making scrub at home from improvised products for dry and normal skin:
• "Shine" for dry and normal skin.
For cooking, you need to grind 50 gr. coffee beans and 50 gr. rice separately. Mix one teaspoon of ground coffee with the same amount of rice flour and dilute with milk or 1 tbsp. a spoon of sour cream. Stir the mixture and massage it with your face for 1-2 minutes and do not rinse, leaving it on your face for another 5-7 minutes.
• Fruit Dream for Dry Skin.
Mix a tablespoon of banana puree with the same amount of applesauce. Add a teaspoon of honey and the same amount of cream. Pour 1 tbsp into the mixture. spoon of sugar, mix and apply on face. If the honey is old and candied, then it can be melted in a water bath. Be careful, honey cannot be heated above 40 ° C, otherwise vitamins will disappear and only useless sweet water will remain.
• Lost Island for any skin type.
A tablespoon of chopped coconut and non-fat sour cream mixed with 1 teaspoon of sugar. Such a scrub is not prepared prozapas - the sugar will dissolve, so you should use it immediately.
• "Whitening" for dry skin
In its composition, one tablespoon of honey, lemon juice and olive oil are mixed with one teaspoon of ground coffee beans. This combination of ingredients helps to gently whiten and even out skin tone.
• "Kefir" for dry and normal skin
Mix one yolk with 100 gr. fresh kefir. In the resulting mixture, mix 1 tbsp. spoons of grated oatmeal. This is a scrub mask, so after cleaning your face, you can not rinse it off for 30 minutes.
• Delicate for dry to normal skin
It will take 50 gr. not fat cottage cheese or curd mass, 1 tbsp. a spoon of sour cream and 50 gr. buckwheat groats, which must first be crushed in a coffee grinder to the smallest state. Mix everything and can be applied to the skin.
Thanks to buckwheat flour, this mixture will especially gently cleanse the skin of the face, make it velvety and tender.
• "Tenderness" for dry and normal skin
Grate one apple on a coarse grater and drain the excess juice without squeezing the pulp. Grind 1 tbsp in a coffee grinder a spoonful of rice cereal until flour. Mix a teaspoon of honey with applesauce and chopped rice flour.
Use the resulting scrub if you have normal skin. And if you have dry skin, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil to the mixture. It will saturate the skin with vitamins and give it a healthy look.
• "Walnut" for dry skin
For cooking, you need 100 gr. fat yogurt without additives and 10 gr. three types of nuts. Hazelnuts, peanuts and cashews are best. Chop nuts into small pieces about 1 mm in size. and mix in yogurt. Let the mixture stand for 7 minutes and can be used. Allow the skin to be saturated with life-giving trace elements and do not rinse it off for 15 minutes.
Home facial scrub: recipes for oily and mixed skin
If you have oily or mixed skin type, then in the composition of funds for the face should not be ingredients of high fat content. Otherwise, oily skin will intensify. As a result, pores will increase, not a beautiful shine will remain.
• Berry for mixed skin type.
Mix a tablespoon of wheat flour with the same number of blackcurrant berries and mix well. After add a teaspoon of cream and the same amount of chopped walnuts. Scrub is rich in vitamins and minerals, nourishes the skin and gives it a healthy glow.
• Oatmeal for oily and mixed skin.
It will take two tablespoons of chopped oatmeal and 150 gr. milk. Flakes are filled with milk and infused for five minutes. The product is applied with light rubbing movements and does not wash off for 6-8 minutes. After scrubbing the skin, the skin better nourishes the beneficial elements found in oatmeal and milk.
Shredded oatmeal in a scrub works very gently and delicately, so this is the only cleaning method that you can use if your skin is thin and dry.
• "Summer" for oily skin.
One fresh cucumber needs to be grated on a coarse grater. Cucumber is a very watery vegetable, so the excess juice needs to be drained, but not squeezed. Add one teaspoon of salt and sugar to the resulting puree. Use immediately, until the sugar and salt have dissolved, and then do not rinse for 15 minutes. After such a scrub mask, the skin looks much better after the first application.
• "Soda" for oily and mixed skin.
2 tbsp. tablespoons of starch mixed with 1 tbsp. spoon of soda and 1/3 cup of milk. Such a scrub can also be used as a mask and left on the skin for 15 minutes, and then washed off with water.
Soda has antibacterial and emollient properties. As part of the scrub, it will act in double strength: firstly, it will remove the greasy film from the surface of the skin, remove greasy shine, and secondly, abrasive particles will deeply cleanse pores from acne and other types of pollution. After such a scrub, only thanks to soda, enlarged pores are noticeably contracted.
• For a good complexion, a scrub "Citrus Breeze" for oily skin is made.
In its composition 1 tbsp. a spoonful of grated orange peel is mixed with the same amount of any cosmetic clay and 1 teaspoon of soda. Everything is diluted with water to a thick sour cream and is applied to the face with light circular movements. You can not rinse until the mask completely dries and do not peel off, but gently rinse with water.
• To achieve a moisturizing effect, use a cinnamon scrub for oily and mixed skin.
The proportions of the ingredients are as follows: 2 tbsp. tablespoons of ground oatmeal are mixed with 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and 1 teaspoon of soda. The mixture is poured with water to a consistency similar to thick sour cream. After use, the scrub can be used as a mask and not rinse off for another 15 minutes.
If you have a mixed or oily skin type, then the Shine scrub should be diluted with yogurt or kefir.
If in the composition of the kefir scrub, change the yolk for protein, then it will be used already for oily and mixed skin.
Home Facial Scrub: Secrets to Using
There is a list of rules for applying scrub cleaning, which should be followed in order not to harm the skin of the face:
• before use, you should carefully steam the skin, you can make a steam bath using natural herbs, such as chamomile or sage;
• choose the ingredients of the scrub so that they fit your skin type, otherwise you can only make it worse;
• rub the scrub with soft massaging movements so that there is no feeling of discomfort;
• after cleansing the skin, you cannot go outside for 2 hours, so it is best to carry out such a procedure before bedtime;
• you need to carefully monitor the reaction of the skin to a particular ingredient and if the slightest discomfort occurs, immediately wash off the scrub with water. If this is not done, then the skin reaction can be different, starting from redness, ending with a more serious allergic reaction.
Some ingredients, such as honey or banana, can cause an allergic reaction, so you need to do a little test before use. Spread the back of your hand with the ingredient you doubt and wait 15 minutes. If the reaction did not occur, you can safely use them in a home facial scrub.
After each cleaning of the face, the scrub should be washed off correctly. This is done first with hot water, and then cold, then you can repeat it. Such a contrast shower acts on the skin and pores as a charge. From hot water they expand, and from cold water they narrow. After the systematic application of this method of washing, the skin keeps in good shape, looks more toned and healthy.
