Home-made face masks are very popular among women of all ages. Advertised and costly products are not always effective and not affordable for everyone, but masks made from commonly available products and medicines can become their worthy counterpart.
Unusual use of aspirin
A cleaning mask made of aspirin may seem quite unusual. Who would have thought that the usual antipyretic and analgesic can help in the fight against acne, dry skin, oily sheen and various kinds of inflammation. In fact, the composition of aspirin allows you to fully achieve amazing results, because the anti-inflammatory and restorative properties of the drug help in the effective fight against skin problems in both adolescents and adult women. That is why aspirin for the face will become a reliable assistant in your struggle for beauty.
Aspirin cleansing mask: benefits and contraindications
Aspirin masks are:
skin cleansing ;
elimination of oily sheen;
anti-inflammatory effect;
redness removal;
beneficial, soothing effect on irritated areas of the skin;
moisturizing problem areas.
Before you try the mask of aspirin on yourself, make sure that it does not hurt you. So, the mask can not be used during pregnancy, nursing mothers, people who are highly likely to have vasodilation on the face, people with individual intolerance to the components of the drug and hypersensitivity to allergens.
Also take into account the fact that an aspirin cleansing mask should be used no more than once a week, and applied to the face in the evening, as sunlight can adversely affect the results of the procedure (appearance of the vascular network, dry skin). If the procedure makes you uncomfortable and even burning, immediately rinse off the composition from the face, carefully removing its residues from the skin, and apply a softening cream. Most likely, face aspirin is contraindicated for you.
Universal mask
An aspirin cleansing mask is very easy to prepare: a teaspoon of (incomplete) jojoba / rose / geranium / lavender / olive oil is added to a tablespoon of honey and the resulting mixture is heated in a water bath. After it has become barely warm, you need to add the powder of two tablets of acetylsalicylic acid and mix all the ingredients. Before applying the mask, steam the face well, clean it with a peeling, thus preparing for the procedure. After this, apply the mask and leave it on for 20 minutes. Next, wash thoroughly, and fix the effect with a moisturizer. Face mask honey + aspirin is applicable to any type of skin.
Unfortunately, not all masks are so versatile. Therefore, we consider those that will be useful to people with normal, dry, combination and oily skin.
Masks for normal skin
Pound a couple of tablets of aspirin into powder, mix with yogurt / kefir (a couple of tablespoons will be required ). Apply the resulting composition to the skin and lie down in a horizontal position for no more than half an hour, depending on the sensations. Rinse off the mask and moisturize your face with cream. A mask with the addition of sour-milk products softens the skin - the enlarged pores narrow and the redness disappears.
For this mask, three crushed tablets of aspirin are enough, added to two tablespoons of clay (preferably white) and 20-30 grams of warm water. All ingredients are mixed. The consistency should be like thick sour cream. The mask is applied to the cleansed face and holds to a dried state. The mixture is washed off with cool water. A drying mask made of clay and aspirin makes the skin more elastic and prevents possible inflammation.
Masks for dry skin
The composition of this mask is quite simple: a teaspoon of avocado oil mixed with the same amount of liquid honey (preferably herbal) and powder from two tablets of aspirin. It is enough to hold the mask on the face for 15 minutes and then rinse it off with warm water.
The powder of two tablets must be dissolved with a few drops of water, adding 1/2 tbsp. tablespoons of kefir or fat sour cream and the same amount of oatmeal. The mixture is recommended to be applied to the skin for 15-20 minutes. Wash off the mask with warm water.
For this mask option, a teaspoon of sea buckthorn honey should be mixed with two crushed tablets of acetylsalicylic acid and half a teaspoon of any essential oil (for example, almond, peach, olive, jojoba oil). With this mixture, it is necessary to grease the most vulnerable areas of the skin for 20 minutes, then wash with warm water. A moisturizer is always applied to dry skin. A good mask is honey and aspirin: reviews about this recipe are positive.
As you can see, there are many variations in the composition for dry skin. Changing one component, we get a new mask.
Owners of dry skin should pay attention to the fact that it is necessary to add a fatty component to masks with acetylsalicylic acid - essential oil, fat sour cream, yogurt or kefir, otherwise dry skin can lose moisture. After the procedure, be sure to moisturize the skin with a fat cream.
Masks for combination skin
Crush four tablets of acetylsalicylic acid, mix the resulting powder with a teaspoon of 3-6 percent yogurt and smear the face with the mixture, cleaned before the procedure. The composition must be washed off after no more than 10 minutes. This mask will increase skin elasticity and cleanse it due to lactic acid and minerals contained in the components of the mixture.
For the mask, which includes aloe, you need to mix a tablespoon of the juice of the plant and the powder of five tablets of aspirin. Apply the mixture on the skin for a quarter of an hour. After this time, rinse it off with warm water. Such a mask has a beneficial effect on irritated skin, calming and moisturizing it, and at the same time has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Masks for oily skin
Six aspirin tablets need to be crushed to a powder state. To this mass add two tablespoons of lemon juice, mix lightly. The resulting composition is applied to problem areas of the facial skin, and after 15 minutes it is washed off with a solution of soda (a tablespoon of soda is dissolved in a liter of water). The mask with lemon juice helps get rid of blackheads, whitens and refreshes the skin.
- For very oily skin that needs emergency help, a mask consisting of a mixture of powder of 4 tablets of aspirin and a tablespoon of lemon juice is suitable. It can not be kept on the face for more than 5 minutes, since the composition is quite saturated with acids. The mask will help to quickly get rid of oily sheen and narrow pores.
Aspirin mask: reviews and recommendations
To summarize all of the above, it can be noted: face masks with aspirin are a wonderful cosmetic product with which you will achieve amazing results in an effort to cleanse and improve the skin. However, do not expect a miracle from a single use of the mask, because health involves first of all systematicity and patience.
As with any prescription that is prepared at home without a doctor's prescription, acetylsalicylic acid masks should be treated with caution, not forgetting what contraindications for use exist. And most importantly, love and cherish yourself. Then various masks from necessity will turn into a pleasant prophylaxis.