How to care for your skin?

Makeup can beautify any woman and make her brighter, however, even the most correct makeup will not hide skin imperfections. And in order for her to look healthy, one should carefully, and most importantly, properly care for the skin.

The most important indicator of beauty is grooming, and only the right daily care will help you always look good. And on well-groomed skin, makeup also looks completely different. Our recommendations will help you understand how to properly care for your skin in order to always look perfect.

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Definitions of your skin type

In order to properly care for your skin and choose the right cosmetics, first of all, you need to know your skin type.

Important! If you have oily skin, you shouldn’t nourish it excessively, and if it’s dry, you should not dry it.

You can determine your skin type yourself.

Dry skin

Very thin and tender, at a young age she is very beautiful - no blackheads, pimples and enlarged pores. However, with age, dry skin is increasingly lacking in nutrition and moisture, and without getting this, it begins to quickly fade.

Important! Often dry skin is too sensitive, prone to peeling and irritation.

Oily skin

Very different from dry - more coarse, dense, with expanded pores. However, a big plus of this type of skin is that it is capable of independently producing a protective film, therefore, it is better protected than others from negative environmental influences.

Unlike dry, oily skin, it ages much more slowly, but due to the strong release of sebum, acne and blackheads often appear on it, and enlarged pores look unaesthetically. But if you choose the right type of oily skin care, then it can get a clean and clear look.

Combination skin

At first glance, it may seem normal that it is far from the truth. With this type of skin, the middle area of ​​the face is fatter than the rest of the skin. Cheek areas may be prone to dryness.

Normal skin

The name speaks for itself. In adults, it is quite rare. It is smooth, smooth, elastic and soft, like a child’s.

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Learning to care for your skin

Having decided on what type of skin you have, you should purchase care products specifically for your type.

Important! Products marked “for all types” are not recommended. Perhaps these products are of good quality, however, in order for your skin to get exactly what it needs, care products must be selected correctly.

Basically, facial skin care products are the same - these are:

• day and night cream;
• tonic;
• makeup remover;
• scrubs;
• masks;
• eye cream.

Important! Creams must be divided into day and night, because they have different functions and purposes:

• Day cream promotes the formation of a protective film on the skin, due to which our skin is protected from the negative effects of the environment.
• Cream for night use should be more active, because at night our skin is more susceptible to care products. So, the composition of the night cream should contain many useful substances and vitamins.

 

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Principles of Proper Care

The basic rules on how to properly care for your skin are based on cleansing, moisturizing, nourishing and toning. Only such an integrated approach will make it possible to achieve the desired effect and prolong the youthfulness of the skin, protecting it from harmful effects - both internal and external.

Cleansing

The first and, perhaps, the most important stage in the proper skin care is cleansing every day. During the day, dust settles on the surface of the skin, accumulates a lot of harmful substances from the environment and sebum. You can also add foundation, powder, and other decorative products.

This whole cocktail not only clogs the pores, leading to the formation of black spots, blackheads, comedones, inflammations and other troubles, but also is well absorbed by the skin, causing its intoxication. It is because of this that facial skin cleansing should be carried out correctly and regularly.

Face wash

Before you start washing, makeup and dirt that has accumulated during the day, eliminate with a special cleanser. It can be milk, lotion or micellar water.

Important! For lovers of natural home remedies, the method that many actors use when removing make-up is suitable - warm any vegetable oil and apply a thin layer on the face, and after a minute remove it from the face. The oil is not only able to cleanse the skin, but also moisturize it well.

Directly for washing, it is better to use purified water, because the skin has the ability to absorb substances that are contained in liquids. Ideally, it is advisable to use rain or melt water for this procedure, but simply filtered tap water is also suitable.

At the same time, specialists in the field of cosmetology advise giving up soap, because of the alkali contained in it, which has a detrimental effect on the skin's water balance. It is better to give preference to milk, gel or foam for washing.

Peeling

Peeling is preferably carried out a couple of times a week using a specially selected scrub. This procedure is designed to exfoliate keratinized cells, deeply clean pores, smooth the relief.

Scrubs are applied to wet skin, rubbed with light movements, without strong pressure.

Important! With severe rosacea, skin irritation or severe inflammation, the peeling procedure is contraindicated.

It is enough to cook homemade facial scrubs. For this:

• You can use fine sea salt, ground coffee or sugar, mixed with thick sour cream or cream in equal proportions.
• Honey also has a cleansing effect. To do this, it is applied to the face with massage movements, and after thickening is removed with a cotton pad or a napkin dipped in a warm infusion of herbs.

Important! This procedure eliminates dead cells and softens the skin. In addition, this procedure is indicated for inflammation, unlike store scrubs, because honey is a natural antiseptic.

Cleansing masks

Choosing the right facial skin care is impossible without cleansing face masks, which should also be done a couple of times a week. Before applying the mask, cosmetologists recommend making a steam bath using a decoction of herbs or essential oils.

Important! This procedure helps open pores and remove toxins. However, some skin problems, among which rosacea come first, are a contraindication to this procedure.

The most effective in cleansing is considered a mask of cosmetic clay. In the process of choosing clay, skin type must be taken into account:

• white clay is good for mixed skin types;
• green and blue - for oily;
• red - ideal for dry skin.

Moisturizing

After cleaning, the skin needs hydration, which can be achieved with creams selected in accordance with the age and type of skin:

• For young skin, a light gel with a moisturizing effect is desirable.
• For a more mature one, it is preferable to choose not just moisturizing, but complex care, where nutrition will play the main role, as well as giving the skin elasticity.

As a rule, a moisturizer is applied in the morning.

Masks with a moisturizing effect are much more effective. It is recommended to use them a couple of times a week. It is important to remember that store masks, in addition to useful components, have undesirable substances in their composition - fragrances, preservatives, dyes, which are also strongly absorbed by the skin. You can avoid their negative effects using homemade masks.

Important! To properly care for the skin of a very dry type, you should use tonics and (or) thermal water.

But it should be remembered that hydration consists not only in the use of moisturizers, but also in the use of a fairly large amount of liquid. It can be noted that dehydrated skin becomes thin and wrinkled, and also begins to peel off. In this case, establishing the correct drinking regimen will help.

Toning up

Lotions and tonics help to carry out proper skin care. How to use these funds - you can learn from the instructions on the packaging of each of them. It is desirable to choose these products on a natural basis, without alcohol content.

Many women prefer the means of a series for children. This has its advantages: as a rule, baby care products contain only natural ingredients - they do not cause allergies and addiction.

Important! You can also prepare the lotion yourself from a decoction of herbs. Such a tool is stored in the refrigerator, and is heated before use.

The procedure of toning can also include home cryotherapy, which helps restore elasticity and freshness. To do this, just wipe the face in the morning with ice cubes made from a herbal decoction: thyme, sage, nettle, chamomile.

Important! This procedure remarkably tones the skin, eliminates traces of fatigue and swelling, and tightens pores. Sudden cooling establishes microcirculation, strengthens blood vessels, which is a good prevention of the occurrence of capillary mesh. The skin becomes more elastic, and small wrinkles are smoothed quickly enough.

Food

Any skin, and especially mature skin, needs nutrition, which it usually receives from creams and nourishing masks. Nourishing cream should be applied at night, and before use it is recommended to slightly warm in the hands. After 10-15 minutes, excess cream is removed with a napkin, otherwise, clogging of the pores may occur, leading to the formation of comedones.

As in all other cases, you can pick up facial skin care products in the form of a mask in the store. But most women prefer to cook them at home.

Important! The following nutritive properties have remarkable nutritional properties: aloe pulp, cucumber, potatoes, cream or sour cream, honey, egg yolk. The composition is selected, depending on the desired effect and skin type.

The mask is applied for 10-15 minutes, and then washed off with running water or herbal decoction. At the end, you can wipe your face with an ice cube.

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General recommendations

Facial skin needs not only proper care, but also seasonal protection, because frost, sun, wind, temperature changes can negatively affect its condition:

• Before you go outside in the afternoon, even in winter, it is better to use a day cream with UV filters that protects the skin from the negative effects of the sun.
• In summer, the protection rate should be higher - at least 30, while in winter 15 will be enough.
• If the day cream with high UV protection cannot be purchased, then before going out, you can additionally apply sunscreen on the face.
• At low temperatures, the use of a protective cream is recommended, which can prevent the harmful effects of frost.

Important! To use means for moisturizing in the winter, it should be no less than an hour and a half before going outside.

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In this article, we have revealed for you the topic of how to properly care for your skin.Follow these simple tips, apply masks and other skin-care products based on natural products from home-based products, and then very soon you will notice noticeable improvements in the condition of your face, which people around you will certainly notice.