Beauticians do not get tired of repeating that the skin should have a healthy look. After all, problems with, say, a person can significantly complicate a person’s life, especially women. It often happens that “crow's feet”, “bags under the eyes”, acne or oily sheen will spoil the mood. And how are the fair sex nervous about wrinkles that do not always appear exclusively with age. Sometimes it comes to the point of absurdity: a certain American lady recently stated that she never laughs and only smiles slightly so that wrinkles do not appear on her face. You do not want to hold back emotions? Then you need to take care of your skin daily, alternating products with various components.
Today, many beauty salons and plastic surgery clinics promise to permanently eliminate this problem. But not everyone is happy with the option of plastic. A visit to beauty salons is not affordable for every lady. But do not despair. After all, there are no deadlocks.
Wrinkles did not appear today. And our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and great-great-grandmothers also sought to be forever young and used improvised means, owned the secrets of traditional medicine. So to prepare a cream for facial wrinkles at home will not be difficult and will not take so much time.
Benefit or harm: who will give the answer?
For all centuries, women have been discussing which self-made face cream recipe is most effective. The choice is so great that you can get confused. It is worth taking the time and carefully reading everything that cosmetologists write and advise.
To believe the myths that some expensive cream will help to cope with the problem in two days is not worth it. After all, even in a pharmacy it is difficult to find cosmetics that are natural and original, and not fake. Nevertheless, it is still worth looking at the composition and rewriting yourself some recipes for “miracle remedies” based on herbs. Of course, the results will not be noticeable immediately, but if you do not give up and do not give up, then the skin condition will noticeably improve.
With regard to harm, then, deciding to use one or another ingredient for a cream or mask, make sure that you are not allergic to it.
Advantages of homemade cream
You will definitely know what the cream is made of. So, you do not need to be afraid of the appearance of any side effect. The quality of the cream will be high, because you make it for yourself. You can experiment and prepare various products at your discretion, adjusting to your skin type and your own consumer needs.
A face cream recipe (you can make more than one effective product with your own hands, so why not share it with your family?) Will be a great gift for mom, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister or close friends and colleagues. Do not forget to present the bottle with the wonder product itself. Do not forget to mention that you cooked it yourself.
Minor flaws worth paying attention to
A cream prepared at home will never turn out so light, soft and gel-like. Most likely, it will be greasy and oily. It has a very high concentration of natural components, so an allergy is possible even to what it had not been before.
Using such a cream, do not forget to clean the pores of the face. After all, the oily base clogs them, and as a result, acne and acne may appear. Cream prepared with one's own hand has a very short shelf life. Maximum it can be used for one week.
Required Inventory
Having chosen the recipe for a face cream with your own hands, it is worth writing the necessary components on a separate sheet. If you need essential oil, for example, or something else that is not at home, you will have to look at the nearest pharmacy. In the event that the necessary substance is not there, you can find everything you need on the pages of online stores.
What is needed for the composition of the cream, we will discuss a little below. In the meantime, let's talk about inventory that is useful in the process of crewing. You will need a kitchen electronic scale, heat-resistant dishes (bowls or cups made of ceramics), a small mixer. And stock up on glass jars and bottles where you will store the cooked cream.
How to choose a composition
So, from what can you make a face cream with your own hands? Recipes should be selected, focusing on the type of skin. Accordingly, you need to know what properties are inherent in specific ingredients.
To begin, consider the option when the skin is peeling, have a finely porous structure, a person feels tightness and other discomfort. How to help in this situation? What do you need in order to prepare a face cream with your own hands? Recipes for dry skin include:
- propolis;
- pear bread;
- vitamins of group E;
- linden;
- a rose;
- pumpkin seeds.
Such a cream should be 30% oil, this will become the basis. You can use apricot, nut, sesame or peach. Avocado oil has proven good.
Women, whom nature has endowed with dry skin, should use the following extracts when preparing the cream:
- patchouli;
- myrrh;
- jasmine
- blue daisies;
- roses.
Sixty percent of the remedy is ordinary water. Only purified and defended. This must be taken into account when preparing a face cream with your own hands.
Recipes for oily and sensitive skin also have their own characteristics.
To prepare products for the care of glossy covers, it is good to use ginger or field hops extract and a little yeast. Substances that should play the role of active, you can take no more than seven grams.
Add oil:
- nutty;
- almond;
- peach;
- watermelon
- grape
- corn.
Melissa, bergamot, rosemary, lemon and grapefruit essential oils are also popular.
And what needs to be acquired to make a cream suitable for women with sensitive skin?
Use:
- tincture of chamomile;
- Vitamin F
- peony tincture.
And also oils of sea-buckthorn, lemon, rose, caraway seeds, burdock and St. John's wort. Or essential oil of rosewood , orange, spruce.
Help with the windowsill
Does aloe grow in your home? Wonderful! This is one of the most common components that are used to make a face cream with your own hands. Recipes based on it are very popular. Do not talk about the amazing and healing properties of this plant. Aloe cream is suitable for those who have inflamed skin, because with it you can even your complexion, keep the skin in good shape.
A huge plus of this plant is the fact that its regular use protects the skin from rapid aging.
Cleopatra Council
Her recipes are popular at all times. In order to prepare Cleopatra cream, you need to combine 5 g of aloe powder with 40 ml of purified water. The mixture must be kept in a water bath for 15 minutes and slowly add 100 g of melted pork lard. Such a cream should be stored in the refrigerator, and applied to the skin with a thin layer of it once a day.
Butter cream
Prepare a decoction of chamomile and linden flowers (half a tablespoon each). Pour them with a glass of boiling water and insist for 15 minutes. 1 tbsp. a spoonful of butter, which has not yet had time to melt, must be mixed with 2 tbsp. spoons strained infusion of herbs. Add 1 teaspoon of castor oil. All components should be mixed thoroughly to obtain a homogeneous mass. This cream copes with wrinkles around the eyes. It is better to put it before bedtime.
Some simple recipes
For dry skin types, salvation is a cream based on glycerin and honey. You need to take the same amount of agave juice and honey (5 tbsp each), and a few more drops of glycerin - it will make the skin dull. To stir thoroughly. Add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of oatmeal. When the cream becomes uniform, it can be applied to the face. Such a cream mask should be kept for about twenty minutes. Rinse off with water. She must be warm.
Women who actively work with the sebaceous glands do not have to spend too much on expensive products of famous brands in the world of cosmetics. They can make face cream with their own hands. Recipes for oily skin are simple and affordable. The easiest way is to mix green clay and aloe juice in a 1: 1 ratio, and also add a few drops of rose essential oil. Hold on face for fifteen minutes. This wonderful remedy perfectly refreshes and tones the skin.
When a girl is 20, she can afford not to pay too much attention to the small facial wrinkles that appear during laughter. With age comes the understanding that youth is not eternal, and the desire to prolong beautiful moments and the beauty and freshness of the skin. And for this you need to make some efforts. To refresh the epidermis and keep it in good shape, you can make an air cream for the face with your own hands. Wrinkle recipes should be known to every woman. For example, prepare such a cream mask: you need to take two tablespoons full tablespoons of aloe juice. Add well-crushed cottage cheese (you need one tablespoon). Add liquid honey in the same amount. Mix. The mixture that turned out should be applied evenly on the neck, décolleté and face. Hold thirty minutes. Rinse with water at room temperature.
To make lifting at home, just take aloe juice, milk powder in equal proportions, one egg yolk. When everything is thoroughly mixed, it can be applied to the skin and hold for at least 15 minutes. The procedure is repeated two to three times a week.
Miracles that a camomile does
Many women were convinced that it is very simple to make a face cream with their own hands. Recipes with chamomile also do not take much time. This simple plant has a very good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.
It is very effective to use chamomile for rejuvenation in masks and face creams.
- The first way. Mix rose petals, mint, nettle and chamomile (fresh, not dried) and pour boiling water (half a glass). Herbs need to take one teaspoon. Simmer for about five minutes. Then you need to add a small amount of warmed milk and a little less than a teaspoon of cottage cheese.
- The second way. It will take chamomile, birch leaves, needles in equal quantities. Grind everything with a coffee grinder. Add water, a little cottage cheese and one egg yolk. Grind.
A new word in cosmetology
Many cosmetologists actively use lanolin in their practice. What it is? This is a substance from sheep fat that helps fight aging skin. In fact, it is a thick, fatty mass that resembles an ointment or balm for external use. Pure lanolin can also be used for cooking cream at home. It has become so popular due to the fact that its structure is almost the same as sebum.
Try to make such a face cream with your own hands. Recipes, in which lanolin is the main ingredient, will help to cope with the problems of dry and aging skin. So, below we list several options for preparing a useful and effective remedy.
Lanolin Recipes
- The first way. Nettle, parsley, currant leaves, mountain ash leaves, rose, jasmine will be required. The proportions of herbs should be the same. It is necessary to squeeze the juice from this “mix”. Add it to one spoon of beeswax and put in a water bath for 20 minutes. Then add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil, a couple of drops of liquid vitamin A and 50 ml of water. Mix. Remove from heat and beat when the suspension cools. Add two tablespoons of lanolin and mix again.
- The second recipe. Using a steam bath (20 minutes), melt honey and lanolin (one teaspoon each). Then, without removing from the heat, add almond oil (two tablespoons) and plain water (50 ml). Remove from heat, and when a little cold, beat with a mixer.
The use of vitamins in cosmetology
The benefits of vitamins will not be disseminated for a long time, because it makes no sense. If you decide to make a face cream with your own hands, recipes with vitamins will be very useful to you. After regular use of such a miracle remedy, you will notice that your skin has become cleaner and healthier. Again, do not forget that for each individual case there is a recipe. Vitamins of group B are suitable for moisturizing, use vitamins of group A, C and E for aging skin. For oily skin, a cream with vitamin F, or with duet R and C, will be useful. To prepare the product, you can use the recipes described above, or you can take regular baby cream and improve it a bit. We will talk about this in the next section. Vitamins are added to the cream in liquid form, you need to take 3-5 drops.
Cream base cream
Those who want to try different creaming options should conjure and create a special face cream with their own hands. Recipes based on baby cream have been known for a very long time. Combining herbs or oils, you get a new sample of miraculous products of your own production.
Recipe from Tatyana Litvinova
2 tbsp. tablespoons of baby cream should be combined with 1 teaspoon of aloe, vitamin B 2 in liquid form (5 drops), jojoba oil (5 drops) and wild rose (10 drops). All ingredients are mixed until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. You can store the cream in the refrigerator for no more than 7 days.
Apply the product twice a day (do not forget about the décolleté zone). Makeup is applied no earlier than 30 minutes.
Using the recipe for a face cream prepared with your own hands, pay attention to one very important nuance: it is best to cook a small amount of the product immediately, and before applying it, do not be lazy to conduct a beauty test. Rub a small amount of the composition into the skin of the hands: if there is no redness, burning, rashes, then you can apply it on the face.
Beeswax Cream
Combine 100 ml of extra virgin olive oil, 50 ml of coconut oil, 50 g of beeswax, 20 drops of any essential oil and half a teaspoon of vitamin E (five capsules can be opened). Stir the ingredients in a water bath until the mass is smooth.
Use the cream once or twice a day, 30 minutes before applying makeup. Do not forget about the neckline and the area around the eyes.
Take over the experience
Also do not be lazy to find out the opinion of other people. Ask your women friends if they liked the do-it-yourself face cream. Recipes for which reviews will be positive, take note. Do not forget that strength lies in knowledge, so look not only for the composition of creams, but also read about the ingredients that you want to use in home cosmetology.
For beginners who want to make a face cream with their own hands, recipes with photos will be very useful. Step-by-step detailed instructions, backed up by snapshots, will help to understand whether everything is done correctly.
What else do you need to know when preparing a face cream with your own hands? Wrinkle recipes involve the preparation of moisturizers. Lifting will not be superfluous. Do not give up night creams. Create “rejuvenating” products yourself, taking into account the needs of your skin. This will help you to always look fresh and attractive without worrying about every new wrinkle.