Strawberries are a very healthy summer berry. It has numerous healing properties and is a storehouse of vitamin C. Also, strawberries contain salicylic and folic acids, iodine, iron, phosphorus and magnesium. Therefore, it is useful not only to eat strawberries, but also apply externally, applying this beautiful berry to the skin.
Strawberry masks are very useful and effective for all skin types. Such masks will help mature women in the struggle for youth, and young girls to cope with acne and inflamed skin. As there is a lot of vitamin C and various organic acids in strawberries, it is a very good antiseptic and has whitening properties that will help to cope even with the problem of age spots and freckles. Salicylic acid has an exfoliating effect, so strawberries are great for light peeling. Such peeling not only renews the upper layers of the skin, but also helps the formation of collagen fibers, which make the skin more elastic and resilient. Strawberry also helps remove minor skin inflammations.
The simplest strawberry facial mask is strawberry gruel. To do this, knead a couple of berries and apply on the face, rinse the gruel after fifteen minutes, then use a moisturizer. It is useful to use frozen strawberry juice. Such wipes relieve inflammation, remove acne, and narrow pores. Rubbing your face twice a day, you can forget about age spots, freckles for a long time.
Strawberry mask for normal skin type. For cooking, you will need 1 tbsp. a spoonful of strawberry gruel and 1 tbsp. spoon of sour cream or oily (baby) cream. Such a mask is applied for no more than fifteen minutes.
Strawberry mask for combination skin type. Mix strawberry gruel with egg yolk, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of kefir and wheat flour.
Strawberry mask for oily skin. Take 1h. a spoon of white clay, which is diluted with fresh strawberry juice until a creamy mass is obtained. You can also use egg white, 1 teaspoon of wheat flour and 1 tbsp. a spoon of mashed strawberries. The resulting mass must be thoroughly mixed and whipped.
Strawberry mask for dry skin type. Mix fat-free cottage cheese with strawberry gruel, spread the resulting mixture on the face with a thick layer.
Whitening strawberry mask. Stirred the crushed strawberries with 1 teaspoon of honey and a spoon of fresh lemon juice, hold for 10 minutes.
Exfoliating mask of strawberries. Take a little kefir, salt it and dip strawberries in it, then rub it directly on the face. If you are the owner of dry skin, moisten strawberries instead of kefir in olive oil.
Mask for aging skin. For ladies with aging skin, a mask from a tablespoon of milk and honey mixed with strawberry pulp is suitable.
Strawberry mask for tired skin. To two tbsp. tablespoons of warm milk or kefir, add a teaspoon of yeast, strawberry gruel and mix thoroughly, then apply evenly to the skin.
You can even make your own cream from strawberries. To do this, mix a teaspoon of flour with 5 ml of lanolin (pre-melted), add 2 tbsp. strawberry juice. In this case, a pasty mass should be obtained, which can be used instead of cream. True, such a cream needs to be washed off.
You can also prepare a lotion for wiping combination skin. Such a lotion will have a good whitening effect. Mix 100 ml of strawberry juice with 100 ml of cucumber juice and add as much dry white wine. Pour the lotion into a glass dish, close it well, put in the refrigerator for 1 day.
With the help of such masks and other cosmetic products made from natural products at home, you can always monitor the condition of your skin and take care of it.