Moisturizing the skin at home

Skin prone to dryness needs to be thoroughly moisturized. Each person can face such a problem, there are many reasons. Starting from malnutrition, ending with the use of poor quality cosmetics. Hence the need for the use of folk remedies, which we will discuss below. But first, let's examine the main aspects why the skin becomes dry.

Causes of Dry Skin

There are external and internal factors that can provoke such an unpleasant phenomenon. This list includes:

• lack of basic basic skin care;
• abuse of alcohol cosmetics, scrubs, peels;
• lack of fluid in the body (consumption of less than 1.5 liters of clean water daily);
• washing with hot water;
• improperly prepared diet;
• addictions (tobacco, alcohol);
• treatment with hard antibiotics;
• taking laxatives and diuretics;
• frequent exposure to stress;
• age threshold 50+;
• skin type changes due to extraneous factors;
• the influence of weather conditions (frost, wind, sun, etc.);
• being in a stuffy or smoky room;
• insufficient hydration of the skin.

The above list does not include all the reasons that can lead to excessive dryness of the skin. It all depends on lifestyle, health status, principles of care.

How to moisturize your skin

1. Avoid using products that dry your skin. This list includes tonics containing alcohol, hard scrubs, and other products that are not suitable for your skin type.
2. Do not wash your face with hot water, prefer contrasting rinses. High temperature leads to the fact that the skin loses precious moisture and begins to dry.
3. Use at least 1.8 liters per day. purified water, but not boiled (it is devoid of benefits). This list does not include teas, juices, other drinks. Do not allow dehydration.
4. Review your daily diet because beauty begins from within. Include more foods containing acids, vitamins, and minerals on the menu. Lean on components in which there is a lot of water.
5. In winter and spring, the body experiences a lack of vitamins caused by the change of seasons. Do not allow this, drink multivitamin complexes to enhance health.
6. It should be understood that exposure to ultraviolet radiation negatively affects the condition of the skin. It begins to fade, collagen production slows down, moisture is lost. Do not abuse tanning beds and sunbathing.
7. In cold weather, protect your skin from chapping and frostbite. Do not wash your face immediately before going out. Use protective creams like Nivea, which are designed for skin care in the winter.
8. Alcohol takes away precious fluid from the body, the same can be said about smoking, the use of caffeinated drinks. If possible, eliminate all harmful addictions or increase the volume of fluid consumed daily by 1.5 times.
9. Nervous stress, constant exposure to stress, chronic fatigue, insomnia - all this negatively affects the beauty of the skin. Avoid negativity by any means; learn to step aside.
10. Drink fish oil several times a year, a food supplement can be purchased at the pharmacy in capsule form. The composition effectively affects the skin, nail plates and hairline.

Moisturizing lotions

Instead of purchased cosmetics, you can use homemade care lotions. Consider popular and simple recipes.

1. Natural oils. Mix in equal proportions avocado oil, jojoba oil, wheat germ. Enter 3 drops of patchouli essential oil. Shuffle, move to a dark container. Wipe the skin of the face, neck, décolleté twice a day with an oil mixture.
2. Plum. Wash 5 large plums, scald with boiling water, then transfer to cold water. Remove the peel and seeds, send the components to boil in 260 ml. boiling water. After 20 minutes, filter, apply after cooling 2 times a day.
3. Oatmeal. Mix 250 ml. fat milk with two omens oatmeal medium or finely ground. Cook for 10 minutes, then cover and let cool. Filter (this step can be skipped), use in the mornings and evenings for the neckline, face, neck.
4. Grapes Squeeze the juice from half of the bunch in a convenient way, mix with a teaspoon of liquid honey and leave for an hour. After that, add a little water to dilute the product. Use as directed several times a day.

Masks for moisturizing the skin

Before using the products for the first time, take a test to make sure that there is no individual intolerance to the incoming components.

Chamomile and natural oils

1. The tool is aimed at deep hydration, whitening the face from pigmentation and freckles, leveling the relief and forming a jaw line.
2. Measure out a handful of pharmacy chamomile inflorescences, combine with 0.25 liters. boiling water and leave in a container covered with a towel for 1 hour. Then filter and add a tablespoon of olive oil.
3. Fold the gauze fabric in 3-5 layers, dip it in a solution heated to a comfortable temperature and squeeze slightly. Apply to face, neck and décolleté. Wait at least 25 minutes.

Hop cones with Hypericum

1. The systematic use of home-made products will stabilize the water-salt balance in the tissues of the epidermis. The skin receives full hydration and nutrition with vitamins, minerals. The mask has a lifting effect.
2. Combine in a common cup of 10 g. St. John's wort, strawberry leaves, chopped hop cones, yarrow and chamomile. Pour in raw materials 230 ml. boiling water. Leave the components to infuse for half an hour.
3. After this, strain the infusion and introduce into it a whipped yolk, 12 g. honey and 30 ml. apple fresh. Stir the ingredients thoroughly. Spread the product over the skin and wait 25 minutes. Wash with non-hot water in the usual way.

Linden broth with olive oil

1. If you regularly apply a mask of the presented components, the skin will receive proper hydration and softening. After several procedures, peeling disappears. Combine 55 gr. honey and 60 ml. olive oil. Warm up the components in a steam bath.
2. Insert the egg yolk into a homogeneous mixture. Consider the temperature of the mixture should not exceed 35 degrees. Otherwise, the animal product will begin to curl. Apply a homogeneous mass in several layers, each should dry.
3. The result is about 4-5 layers. Once the mask is completely dry, remove it with a cotton pad. It must be moistened in linden broth. Such a composition must be prepared in advance from 40 gr. linden flowers and 250 ml. boiling water. Boil the component for 10 minutes over low heat. Strain and apply after cooling.

Curd with carrot juice

1. The mask nourishes and moisturizes the skin cells. In addition, the epidermis brightens, the tone evens out. Combine in a cup of 40 ml. warm village milk and 50 gr. fat cottage cheese. Pound the products into a homogeneous mass.
2. Enter 45 ml. fresh carrot and 35 ml. olive oil. Mix the ingredients until a homogeneous gruel is formed. Spread the product over the face with a cosmetic spatula. Wait half an hour. Rinse off with warm water.

Olive Oil with Tocopherol

1. A cosmetic product with natural components fully nourish the skin, moisturize and fortify.Dryness, irritation and peeling disappear. The epidermis acquires a noticeable softness, velvety and healthy appearance.
2. Warm up 90 ml. olive oil in a steam bath. Add 6 drops of tocopherol and retinol to the composition. Stir the ingredients thoroughly. Prepare a gauze cloth, make slits for the eyes, nose and mouth. Treat the rags with a ready-made composition, put it on the skin. After half an hour, wash with non-hot water.

Yolk with lemon juice

1. The mask is aimed at deep moisturizing, nourishing and improving skin tone. The product effectively removes peeling, smoothes fine wrinkles, tightens and refreshes the epidermis. Lightly warm 40 g. olive oil and put in it a yolk, 5 ml. lemon juice.
2. Stir the ingredients thoroughly and get a homogeneous mass. Make a gauze napkin with slots. Treat the rags in the finished product. Apply a mask on your face, wait a third of an hour. Wash yourself in the usual way.

Aloe honey

1. The tool is aimed at gentle cleansing, nutrition and deep hydration. The systematic use of the mask will significantly increase the smoothness and elasticity of the skin. Active ingredients eliminate redness and irritation.
2. Take the stem of a 2 year old plant, wash and get rid of excess moisture. Send the raw materials to the refrigerator for 10 days. After that, pass the stem through the blender.
3. Squeeze the juice and combine with 50 gr. liquid honey. Spread a homogeneous product on a clean face, wait a third of an hour. Wash with water at room temperature afterwards.

To eliminate the increased dryness of the epidermis and moisturize it fully, you need to find out the reasons. As an alternative to in-store products, it is recommended to use homemade recipes. Pay attention to effective self-made masks.

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