Honey facial scrubs
Delicate female skin needs careful care every day. For constant efforts, care and attention, she pays with dazzling radiance, beauty and health. An important point of such care is cleansing. No wonder studies and numerous analyzes conducted by dermatologists have shown that skin cells live no longer than 35 days, which means that they need to be removed regularly. If this is not done in time, dead scales begin to clog the pores on the face, which leads to a deterioration in the general condition of the skin, its color fades, pimples, redness and irritation appear.
To get rid of all these problems, for many centuries the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity have been using scrubs. These products help to maintain youthfulness and attractiveness of the skin for many years.
Features of the use of honey in cosmetology
Honey can be called a unique natural remedy, because it contains an infinite number of different useful minerals and trace elements. That is why, since ancient times, many beauties have used this product to preserve youth and beauty, making all kinds of masks, creams and scrubs from it.
Today, honey-based cosmetics are offered in most beauty salons, but you can make a useful drug at home, with your own hands, while a home scrub will not be inferior in usefulness to factory ones.
A honey facial scrub is a gentle remedy, because it gently does its job, gently cleanses thin skin, removes dead particles of the epithelium, while the new layers of the dermis remain intact, but, on the contrary, are saturated with beneficial elements of honey, which the bee product has more than 60 units. In addition, honey contains vitamins that are responsible for youth, elasticity and radiance of the skin, these are vitamins of groups B, E and A.
Honey scrubs will certainly help and have a positive effect if:
- the skin became lethargic, “tired”, flabby;
- there was a feeling of dryness, tightness on the face;
- there were peeling and acne;
- the skin became dull, took on a painful appearance;
- symptoms of "spring beriberi" appeared on the skin;
- inflammatory processes began;
- the skin is very sensitive.
Contraindications
The simplest and most effective honey-based scrub is a salt cleanser. As a result of its application, the pores are cleansed, the skin receives additional nutrition, enjoying a light massage, which only benefits everyone. But there is also a contraindication to this procedure - it is an allergy to the main substance.
To find out if you are allergic to honey or not, you need to apply a small amount on the back of your hand and observe for a few minutes whether there are any changes or not. In some cases, redness, itching, rash may occur. In this case, the honey scrub should be discarded.
It should not be used if dilated vessels are visible on the face, or capillary stars are present, owners of excessive facial hair should also not use honey-based cleansers, as well as patients with diabetes.
Often scrubbing your face with such an ingredient is also not worth it, since this procedure is a kind of stress for the skin, and dermatologists advise doing it no more than twice a month.
Some girls and women use a honey scrub in the bath, when the body is as relaxed as possible, the pores are well open. Under the influence of high temperatures and high humidity, toxins are removed from the body, pores are opened, the sebaceous glands begin to work at full capacity. Therefore, if you use a sweet remedy of natural origin in bath procedures, the effect will not be long in coming and will have an amazing result, the skin will become smooth, tender and even.
Recipes
Every woman from a young age tries to look at 100%, so the skin of the face is given a lot of time. Various means come to the rescue, and one of the most effective is a honey scrub prepared by yourself. Its effectiveness has been proven by leading experts in the field of cosmetology, and everyone can verify this.
The simplest mixture of an effective scrub will be a spoonful of honey with a spoonful of ground coffee. If the composition turned out to be very dense, you can dilute it to the desired consistency with milk.
To make the skin even and improve its color, you can add oatmeal with a drop of lemon juice to melted honey. As a result, roughness and minor irregularities will disappear, age spots will not be so noticeable. This method is especially popular with beauties, as evidenced by reviews on the World Wide Web.
For mixed skin types, a scrub with honey, salt, cosmetic clay and a few drops of any vegetable oil is suitable. After the procedure, the general condition of the facial dermis will noticeably improve.
Features of preparing a scrub
To prepare a scrub at home, first you need to prepare the inventory: a bowl, a spoon and any suitable container in which it will be stored. After that, you can begin to prepare the ingredients necessary for the selected recipe, observing the main requirements for preparing a skin cleanser.
- All dry ingredients should be thoroughly mixed in a bowl.
- After adding honey, you need to mix everything well again.
- For mixing, both a regular spoon and a blender are suitable.
- The oil, if it is provided for in the recipe, should not be poured out immediately, but in parts, stirring the solution until all components are wet. Only then can you pour in the rest of the oil.
- The resulting composition must be transferred to a hermetically sealed container. Store only in the refrigerator.
Application rules
Using a home scrub, you need to follow simple rules:
- It should be applied to previously prepared skin, for example, steamed over a steam bath.
- The product should not be rubbed too hard, there should not be any pain and discomfort during the procedure.
- It is better to use a facial scrub at home before going to bed, when the possibility of going out is excluded.
- Do not use a scrub more than once a week. Frequent use can be harmful.
- There is no need to be afraid of experiments. By observing the condition of the skin after cleansing, you can choose the ingredients that best suit the skin and combine them with each other.