When we talk about anti-aging masks, we often recall folk recipes and folk remedies based on the medicinal properties of plants, natural foods, in general, the forces of nature combined with folk wisdom.
Indeed, it often happens that homemade cosmetics are much more effective than expensive branded creams and pharmaceutical preparations. This is especially true when we live in harmony with nature and try to take care of the skin from an early age and do not wait until radical means are required to restore it.
We will talk a little about how to prepare effective masks and creams at home that rejuvenate the skin, reduce wrinkles and slow down aging. You can choose for yourself those products that suit you best, and which are easier to prepare at home. Almost every home has a wonderful healing plant - aloe. The masks it contains rejuvenate and nourish aging skin, keeping young skin fresh and healthy for longer.
Proven recipes with aloe
Cut a couple of aloe leaves with a plastic knife and refrigerate for 2 weeks. After this time, squeeze the juice by hand and mix it (1 tablespoon) with olive oil; you need the same amount. Add your nourishing cream (1 teaspoon), mix everything together and heat slightly. Apply the mixture on your face for 10 minutes and then wash it off with cold water. Small wrinkles after such masks gradually disappear, and deep ones are reduced.
Another anti-aging mask for aging facial skin with aloe: you need to grind the leaves to make a gruel (keep the leaves in the refrigerator too), mix (1 tablespoon) with egg yolk, milk powder (1 tablespoon) and honey (1 teaspoon). If the mixture is thick, add the milk. The mask is applied to the face for 10 minutes and washed off with warm water; suitable for aging skin.
Anti Aging Oil Formulations
The following mask nourishes and rejuvenates the skin. Soft butter (1 tablespoon) is rubbed with yolk, honey (1 teaspoon) and grated apple pulp (1 tablespoon) are added. Everything is mixed together, applied to the face and neck for 20 minutes, and then removed with a wet disc or cotton swab. This mask helps revitalize even sagging skin.
Anti-aging mask with egg yolk, butter (0. 5 tablespoons), chamomile infusion (1 tablespoon), honey and glycerin (1 teaspoon each). Beat all the components into a homogeneous mass and apply to the face and neck for 10-15 minutes. Wash with cold water.
A rejuvenating face mask made from banana leaves also revitalizes aging skin. Rinse fresh banana leaves, grind to a gruel (1 tablespoon), add honey (1 teaspoon) and a little warm boiled water. Rub well and apply to face for 15 minutes, then soak a tampon in cold water and remove mask.
How to make an anti-aging cream
At home, you can prepare not only masks, but also creams for aging skin. If there are not enough ingredients, you can look at the pharmacy. First you need to make a little cream, try whether it suits you and whether there are any irritations, and only then prepare a large portion. Most creams can be applied overnight without rinsing; others must be removed with a damp cloth, especially when not all the cream is absorbed.
Rejuvenating facial creams with honey
Cream for aged skin that nourishes and rejuvenates with honey and lanolin. Mix 1 tsp. honey and lanolin, melt in a water bath. Without removing from the bath and without ceasing to stir, add 2 tbsp. clean hot water and almond oil. Then remove and beat with a mixer.
A similar recipe: dissolve honey and lanolin in the same way as described above, add a solution of soy lecithin to them. The solution is prepared as follows: in a warm decoction of herbs (4 tablespoons) dissolve 0. 5 tsp. soy lecithin. Then remove the mixture from the bath, put the container in cold water and beat until completely cool.
Herbal Rejuvenating Face Cream
A rejuvenating cream for aging skin can be prepared from an extract of herbal oil (mint, linden, St. John's wort, chamomile, yarrow, green tea) and pine resin collected in autumn. The hood is prepared at home: 1 tbsp. a mixture of all herbs is poured with warm olive oil (0. 5 cups), closed and left for a week, then filtered. You can buy pine resin, or you can collect it yourself if you have the opportunity to go to a coniferous forest.
Then, to prepare the cream, you need to take beeswax (1 tsp), melt in a water bath and, without removing it, add 1 tsp. pine resin, melted separately over low heat, then an oil extract (2 tablespoons), the same amount of rose water and 2 drops of an oil solution of vitamins A, D and E. Mix everything, remove from the bath and beat with a mixer until the mixture becomes homogeneous. Such a cream not only rejuvenates the skin, but also nourishes it very well.
Rejuvenating facial creams with lemon
For aging skin with a tendency to oiliness, homemade anti-aging cream with lemons is suitable. Take 3 lemons, peel, cut the peel and pour a glass of boiling water. Leave for 8 hours. Strain the infusion and mix half a glass of liquid honey (1 teaspoon), any unrefined vegetable oil (1 tablespoon) and the same amount of lemon juice. Add cream (2 tablespoons), stir, then add cologne (1 teaspoon) and 1 tablespoon. alcohol infusion of rose petals (rose hips). Beat the mixture with a mixer and place it in a glass jar.
The following lemon cream is suitable for oilier skin. Mix 2 tbsp. lemon juice with 1 tsp. glycerin. Separately, mix the raw yolk with 1 tbsp. unrefined oil and 1 tsp. honey. Then combine everything and beat with a mixer, gradually, drop by drop, adding camphor alcohol - 6-7 drops.
Popular homemade recipe for dry skin.
For dry and aging skin, pepper cream is suitable. Red pepper is used: it is spicy and you have to take very little, a piece the size of the nail of the little finger. Finely chop the bell pepper and rub it with olive oil (2 tablespoons). Melt beeswax (1 tsp) and lanolin (0. 5 tsp) in a water bath, add rose petal infusion (2 tbsp), pepper oil, remove from water bath, beat with a blender.
All antiaging creams should be stored in the refrigerator; some of them can be stored for up to several months.
Effective folk recipes.
A separate topic is anti-aging masks with linseed oil. You can simply apply the oil on your face for 20 minutes and then wash it off with lukewarm water. Flaxseed oil contains a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, due to which it rejuvenates dry, flaky, sensitive, lethargic and aging, wrinkled and sagging skin.
A very nourishing mask for aging skin is obtained from flaxseed oil (1 teaspoon), egg yolk and honey (1 teaspoon). Mix the ingredients, put the mixture in a container with hot water; When warm, apply to face and neck for 15 minutes, then wash off with lukewarm water.
The next anti-aging mask nourishes, tones, refreshes and hydrates fading facial skin. Mix the egg yolk with sour cream (1 tablespoon), add floured and dried lemon zest (1 teaspoon), mix well. After 15 minutes, add flaxseed oil (1 teaspoon), mix again and apply to the face, and after 20 minutes, wash off the mask with cold water.
Homemade mask for dry and combination aged skin. Mix baker's yeast (1 tablespoon) with warm milk to make a gruel, add flaxseed oil (1 teaspoon), honey (1 teaspoon), sour cream (0. 5 tablespoons) and lemon juice (1 teaspoon), rub everything and apply to face in a thick layer for 15 minutes. Wash with cold water.
Grate fresh cucumber. At 1 tbsp. porridge, add black currant puree - the same amount - and sour cream (1 tablespoon). Mix everything well, apply to the face and neck, after 20 minutes remove with a cotton swab dipped in warm water and wash off with cold water.
There are a lot of recipes for homemade anti-aging masks for aging skin - it is impossible to describe them in one article, and this is great, because in this abundance every woman can find something that will help her restore the beauty of her skin and preserve her youth for a long time. .
To conclude, I would like to remind you of the benefits of fruits and vegetables. German experts conducted a study in which it turned out that people who eat fresh fruits and vegetables all the time have fewer wrinkles. On the contrary, those who eat vegetables and fruits rarely have more wrinkles.
It is best to eat bright fruits and vegetables - yellow, green and red - all citrus fruits, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers and others. These fruits stop oxidative reactions and significantly slow down aging.
The information in this article is for informational purposes only and is not a recommendation. Please do not self-medicate, be sure to consult a specialist.