Oil for face and body after sauna

It has long been proven that cosmetic oil for the body, face or hair gives the best effect if used immediately after steam bath or sauna procedures or in between.

The reason is that the steam warms up the body, opens the pores, helps to remove everything superfluous and unnecessary and remove dead particles of the epidermis.

Currently, there is a wide variety of all kinds of natural extracts that are used for cosmetic purposes after the steam room. All of them have a number of advantages:

• They do not contain any chemicals, which makes them 100% safe for even the most delicate and sensitive skin. With rare exceptions, they are also hypoallergenic.
• Well absorbed by the upper layers of the skin.
• They contain a huge amount of vitamins and minerals.
• In composition, they are similar to the sebum produced by the human glands, due to which they are perceived as “their own”.
• Price availability. Natural ingredients are often much cheaper than industrial cosmetics based on them.

At the same time, each pomace has its own individual characteristics.

• grape seed extract, for example, it has a moisturizing effect, helps to increase the elasticity of the skin and prevents the appearance of early wrinkles.
• oily substance tea tree accelerates the healing of wounds, cracks and inflammation.
• olive – cleanses and helps with the first signs of aging.
• Shea (shea) - A good moisturizer and helper in the fight against wrinkles.
• castor - takes care of the area around the eyes.
• sea ​​buckthorn - helps to get rid of age spots.
• Almond, apricot and peach - Moisturize, nourish and soften.
• From wheat germ - promotes renewal and rejuvenation.
• Jojoba - Helps restore fading, withered epidermis.
• coconut - fights age-related changes and acne, has anti-inflammatory properties, nourishes and moisturizes.

To prepare the dermis of the face for all subsequent procedures, it must be cleaned before the bath or sauna. This can be done with a scrub or soft gel. Well suited for this and folk remedies, such as castor or olive extracts or coffee grounds.

Inhaled aromas will have a beneficial effect not only on the general condition of the body, but also on its skin:

• Bergamot, grapefruit and lemon have a disinfecting effect, improve metabolic processes;
• Hops help relieve redness;
• Sage strengthens the immune system;
• Wormwood or rosemary improves blood flow.

The best option for oily dermis would be grapefruit, mint and lemon essential compositions. Chamomile will relieve irritation and soothe dry, flaky skin, and the rose will help normalize the functions of the sebaceous glands and renew the cells of the epidermis.

At the same time, it is not recommended to apply any cosmetics while being directly in the steam room - so as not to interfere with the removal of all harmful substances accumulated there from the skin. Use cosmetics between visits to the steam room.

It is noteworthy that for such procedures it is not necessary to go to the bathhouse. You can use the home sauna - a kind of steam mini-bath. To do this, simply fill the tank of the device with water and wait until it boils and steam appears.

It is best to do this in the evening, shortly before bedtime, so that the dermis can recover and fully relax overnight.

Just like a real steam room, such a home sauna cleanses the face, opens pores, improves blood flow and helps prepare for cosmetic procedures.

For dry epidermis, 5-7 minutes of use will be enough, for normal, oily and combined, an increase in time up to 8-12 minutes is allowed.

After exposure to steam on normal and dry skin, it is recommended to apply:

• almond;
• coconut:
• sesame;
• grape;
• apricot oil.

They are applied in a thin layer with light tapping movements of the fingertips along the massage lines.

For oily, in turn, almond, grape stone and mustard are suitable with the addition of essential ginger, bergamot, sage, cinnamon, juniper, clove. The latter are added at the rate of 4 drops per 10 drops of the base pomace.

Among the most popular recipes for masks based on pomace from plant seeds, you can find the following: in 17 ml of unrefined olive pomace heated to 50 degrees, add 10 gr. chopped dry seaweed (kelp) and essential composition of orange and sage. It is applied to a clean, steamed surface of the dermis for 40 minutes, after which the remnants are removed with an ordinary dry cloth.

A mask with castor pomace has good restoring properties: mix ground oatmeal (15 gr.) with honey (10 gr.) Warmed in a water bath and castor extract (18 gr.).

You can use oils after a sauna and bath and steam procedures not only for the face, but also for the whole body.

• For dry skin, for example, olive, coconut, shea, argan, sandalwood, lavender and even sunflower are good options.
• For oily - rosemary, grapefruit, yling-ylang, mint.
• To fight cellulite - juniper, pepper, lemon, orange, lavender.

Before applying to the skin, the oily liquid must be slightly warmed up (you can directly in the palms). Rub it in small portions with soft massage movements.Two hours later, to remove excess oil, so that there is no uncomfortable feeling of greasy, use an ordinary terry towel.

A rejuvenating effect can be given by a mask of 2-3 yolks and 2-3 tsp. sea ​​buckthorn extract.

Very effective is a home-made cream, which includes an olive oily extract and calendula flowers. To prepare it, add 5 tbsp to 1 teaspoon of dried flowers. l. extracts from olives and clean the mixture in a dark place for a week. After the solution is infused, 4 tsp are added to it. melted wax and 1 tsp. corn extract and glycerin.

For breast skin care after the steam room, it is recommended to use a mixture of extracts of geranium, hops, hazelnuts, wheat germ, as well as limette and jojoba.

Or take as a basis almond or peach extracts (volume 26 ml). Add to it 10 ml of grape stone fruit and a couple of drops of geranium, ylang-ylang and orange.

An excellent tool for these purposes are extracts from almond seeds, castor, olive and sunflower. As a moisturizer, you can use a cream for the manufacture of which any of the listed oils is used and mixed with a few drops of tea tree, citrus or peppermint oil.

Also after the sauna, when the whole body is steamed - it's time to deal with rough skin on the elbows. And again with the help of cosmetic oils.

To soften this part of the hands, after leaving the steam room, the elbows are immersed in small cups with slightly warmed vegetable oil extracts for about 5 minutes. After that, the elbows are gently rubbed with pumice stone and a soapy massage is done with a hard brush.

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