Activated carbon masks for face: 18 recipes

Activated carbon is often used for cosmetic purposes to cleanse facial skin. The drug includes hydrogen, oxygen and hydrocarbon. Thanks to the chemical list, all metabolic processes in the cells are activated. To get the most benefit, not harm, you should carefully study the features of the use of masks. There are a number of indications and contraindications that must be adhered to.

The effect of activated carbon on the skin

• eliminates open comedones and prevents their further appearance;
• struggles with excessive sebum of the epidermis;
• closes pores;
• relieves inflammation;
• removes facial wrinkles and deep creases;
• eliminates yellow, gray, green skin tones;
• accelerates the production of collagen and elastin;
• prevents premature aging of the epidermis;
• gives the face freshness, a healthy look.

The intricacies of using activated carbon masks

1. Observe the duration of the procedure indicated in the instructions. Throughout the duration of the composition, try not to talk, keep yourself quiet. Relax your face muscles.
2. A “Soviet” version of activated carbon that is not coated with a protective shell is suitable for the mask. Make sure that the drug has not expired.
3. To make a mask based on an absorbent preparation, tablets must be crushed into powder. Just place the composition between two tablespoons, then press on the hole of the upper device.
4. In rare cases, there is an allergy to activated carbon. However, do not take risks, conduct an individual intolerance test. Distribute part of the composition on your wrist, rinse after a third of an hour. If there are no unpleasant consequences, begin manipulations.
5. Before applying the mask, steam the skin. Prepare a bath from the herbal collection, hold your face over it for 15 minutes. Then scrub the epidermis, distribute the prepared composition.
6. Before applying, make sure that the mask does not contain lumps. Otherwise, the effect of coal on the skin will vary. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of the T-zone, wings of the nose, forehead, chin.
7. The duration of the action of a home remedy can reach half an hour. It all depends on the type of skin. For oily, the maximum interval is suitable, dry dermis is enough 10 minutes.
8. To eliminate open comedones and inflammations, prepare formulations every week for 2 months. Then take a break of 10 days, if necessary, resume therapy.
9. Do not go under the scorching sun, do not visit the solarium for 3 hours after the procedure. When you wash off the mask, moisturize the epidermis with cream or serum.
   10. It is possible to use the preparation for facial skin not only by the external method, but also by the internal one. To achieve complete cleansing, take charcoal for 5 days, 6-8 tablets per day.

Indications for use of activated carbon masks

• open comedones;
• blockage of the sebaceous ducts (excess fat content, luster);
• wrinkles and creases;
• skin 30+;
• earthy complexion (green, yellow, gray);
• acne, including ulcers (closed).

Contraindications to the use of activated carbon masks

• allergy to the drug;
• individual intolerance to the components of the mask;
• rosacea;
• surgical stitches;
• open abrasions, wounds, cuts;
• facial cleansing procedure performed less than 5 days ago;
• bleeding;
• open sores.

Clay and Grapefruit Juice

1. Use black clay, it can be bought at a cosmetics store and pharmacy. Mash 4 units of coal in advance in powder, mix into 30 gr. black or gray clay. Add so much water to get the gruel.
2. While the clay is infused, squeeze the juice from the ¼ section of the grapefruit. Mix it into the first mass and spread it over the steamed face. Hold for 10-15 minutes.

Milk and gelatin

1. Dissolve a bag of gelatin in warm (almost hot) milk, let it swell. After 10 minutes, pour a teaspoon of coal powder.
2. Preheat the contents in the microwave, then warm them over the skin. Hold for 13-15 minutes, wash yourself.

Yogurt and lemon

1. Grind as many absorbent tablets to get a tablespoon without a slide. Introduce low fat yogurt, and make the paste uniform. Pour in 10 ml. lemon juice.
2. Make sure that the skin is steamed and cleaned in advance. Then make a mask by applying it in a thin layer. After 8-12 minutes, remove.

Gelatin and tea

1. Make tea leaves from green tea, leave it for half an hour. Pour out 40 ml. and add 15 g. gelatin, which dissolves quickly. Add 3 tablets of absorbent here, having previously milled it into powder.
2. Hold your face over the bath so that the pores open. Then use a scrub, and then apply a mask. Its validity period is 12 minutes.

Salt and Aloe Vera

1. For the mask, you need to choose sea salt without a shade (white). Mash 30 gr. product in large crumbs, then mix with 30 ml. fat cold kefir.
2. Squeeze aloe vera juice from 2 stems, mix it with 5 g. coal powder. Add this mass to the previous one, spread over the face and leave for 7 minutes. Scrub the epidermis before rinsing.

Egg and orange

1. Beat the chilled egg into the foam, then add 30 ml to it. yogurt or thick sour cream. Squeeze the juice from 1/3 of the orange, mix in the first bowl.
2. Using two tablespoons, crush 2-3 absorbent units into powder, combine the ingredients. After steaming the epidermis, make a mask, get rid of it after 12 minutes.

Blue clay and aspirin

1. Clay of the specified shade can be bought at the pharmacy. You will need about 15-20 gr. Mix the product with 2 units of powdered aspirin.
2. Add 3 tablets of crushed absorbent here. Pour in 40 ml. water, leave the mixture for a third of an hour. Spread over face skin and hold for 10 minutes.

Yeast and honey

1. Choose granular yeast that sprouts quickly. Dilute with water 20 gr. product, insist half an hour. After this period, enter 30 g. melted honey.
2. Girls with oily skin should add a spoonful of cream. Mash into powder 3 units of coal, add to the bulk. After kneading, make a mask and leave it for 13 minutes.

Aloe Vera and Eucalyptus

1. Grate a large stalk of aloe, put on cheesecloth and squeeze the juice. Combine it with 3 drops of eucalyptus oil, 10 g. rye bran, 3 tablets of absorbent.
2. Transfer the composition to a mortar and smooth. Pour 30 ml extra. fermented baked milk. After steaming the skin, make a mask, leave it for 12 minutes.

Starch and Corn Oil

1. Sift 10 g. potato starch and combine it with 20 ml. corn oil. Add raw protein and smash the mask with a fork.
2. Now mash a couple of units of coal into powder, mix into the main mixture. The mask can be applied after steaming the dermis, the exposure time is a quarter of an hour.

Perga and Potatoes

1. Boil a medium-sized potato tuber, mash with a uniform into a pulp. Enter 4 gr. flower pollen (pergi), 35 ml. cream with a fat content of 32%.
2. Now mix 3 gr. powdered coal with 30 gr.honey, add this composition to the previous one. Distribute the product only after holding your face over the steam. Keep 8-10 minutes.

Bread and Raisins

1. Choose white seedless raisins, soak it in water for 10 minutes, then drain the liquid. Send the composition to a blender and make gruel. Separately mix a slice of bread crumb with hot milk, wait a third of an hour.
2. Make a dairy product, add raisins and 3 units of powder absorbent to the bread. Apply a mask with a thick layer, let it work for 15 minutes.

Spirulin and Acetylsalicylic Acid

1. Mix the listed drugs in a ratio of 1: 3, crumble the tablets into powder. Now grind between the spoons 3 units of activated carbon, mix here.
2. Dilute the preparations with vodka in such a way as to obtain a paste (moderately thick). Scoop up the product with a brush, apply on the face with a thin layer. After 7 minutes, remove.

Cleansing Gel & Flakes

1. Send Hercules rye to a coffee grinder, mix with 40 gr. gel for daily washing. Powder 3 tablets of coal, add to this mass.
2. Steam and clean the skin, and then begin to apply the composition. Let it work, after 13 minutes, remove. Be sure to use a moisturizer.

Cinnamon and sorrel

1. During sorrel ripening, tear off 10 leaves, then rinse them and make gruel. Put the mashed potatoes on the bandage and squeeze the juice. Pour 3 grams into the mass. freshly ground cinnamon, 2 tablets of an absorbent preparation.
2. Break the ingredients well into a homogeneous paste, apply only to problem areas. Do not touch the area around the eyes. Get rid of products after 12 minutes.

Apple and pumpkin

1. Chop up the pumpkin pulp and boil. After that, turn into mashed potatoes to get 50 gr. gruel. Add half the grated apple and 25 ml. lemon fresh.
2. Now powder 2 tablets of activated carbon, mix into the composition. Lubricate the face with the product, lie down to rest for 15 minutes.

Dill and parsley

1. The mass is designed for owners of problematic skin, who often experience excessive pigmentation and freckles. Mash into porridge 25 gr. dill and as many parsley. Squeeze out the juice.
2. Mix liquid with 4 units of absorbent preparation, wait for the end of hissing and dissolution. Apply the mask in a very thin layer, remove after drying.

Strawberries and currants

1. Use frozen berries if you are making a mask in the summer. Measure out 4 strawberry fruits, currant rye. Rinse and dry the raw materials, make porridge.
2. Rub into crumbs 3 tablets of coal, pour into the first mass. Apply a thick layer on the skin, wait 12 minutes. After the specified period, rub your face and wash.

Plantain and dandelion

1. A truly summer mask works wonders. The skin is noticeably smoothed and looks healthy, comedones and rashes are removed due to coal. Gather a handful of dandelion flowers and 30 gr. plantain.
2. Load the plants in a blender, make porridge. Squeeze out the resulting juice, pour 5 units of an absorbent preparation into it. Stir until the mask is uniform. Apply it for 10-15 minutes.

To achieve maximum results, combine activated charcoal with aspirin, apple, herbs, pumpkin pulp, gelatin, starch, and natural oils. To enhance the effect, you can add pharmacy oil vitamins (tocopherol, retinol).

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