When we talk about anti-aging masks, we most often remember folk recipes and home 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 we try to take care of the skin from a young age, and do not wait until radical means are required to restore it.
We will talk a little about preparing 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, and which are easier to prepare at home. Almost every home has a wonderful healing plant - aloe. Masks from it rejuvenate and nourish aging skin, and keep young skin fresh and healthy longer.
Proven recipes with aloe
Cut off 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 tsp), mix everything and heat slightly. Apply the mixture on your face for 10 minutes, and then wash with cool 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 as well), mix it (1 tbsp) with egg yolk, dry milk (1 tbsp) andhoney (1 tsp). If the mixture is thick, add milk. The mask is applied to the face for 10 minutes and washed off with lukewarm water; suitable for aging skin.
Oil formulations against aging
The following mask nourishes and rejuvenates the skin. Soft butter (1 tbsp) is rubbed with yolk, honey (1 tsp) and grated apple pulp (1 tbsp) are added. Everything is mixed, applied to the face and neck for 20 minutes, and then removed with a wet disc or swab. This mask helps to revitalize even sagging skin.
Anti-aging mask with egg yolk, butter (0. 5 tbsp), chamomile infusion (1 tbsp), honey and glycerin (1 tsp each). Pound all the components into a homogeneous mass, and apply it on the face and neck for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with cool water.
A rejuvenating face mask made from plantain leaves also revitalizes aging skin. Rinse fresh plantain leaves, grind into gruel (1 tbsp), add honey (1 tsp) and a little warm boiled water. Rub it properly and apply on the face for 15 minutes, then soak a tampon in cool water and remove the mask.
How to make 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 quite a bit of cream, try if it suits you and if there is any irritation, 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 face creams with honey
Nourishes and rejuvenates aging skin cream with honey and lanolin. Mix 1 tsp. honey and lanolin, melt in a water bath. Without removing from the bath and continuing 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 soy lecithin solution 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 it cools completely.
Herbal Rejuvenating Face Cream
A rejuvenating cream for aging skin can be prepared from an oil extract of herbs (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.
Next, 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 mixturewill become homogeneous. Such a cream not only rejuvenates the skin, but also nourishes it very well.
Rejuvenating face creams with lemon
For aging skin prone to oiliness, homemade anti-aging cream with lemons is suitable. Take 3 lemons, peel, chop 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 tsp), any unrefined vegetable oil (1 tbsp) and the same amount of lemon juice. Add cream (2 tbsp), stir, then add cologne (1 tsp) and 1 tbsp. alcohol infusion of rose petals (rose hips). Beat the mixture with a mixer and place in a glass jar.
The following lemon cream is suitable for more oily 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.
Homemade folk recipe for dry skin
For dry aging skin, pepper cream is suitable. Red capsicum is used: it is spicy, and you need to take very little of it - a piece the size of a little finger nail. Finely chop the pepper and rub it with olive oil (2 tbsp). Melt beeswax (1 tsp) and lanolin (0. 5 tsp) in a water bath, add infusion of rose petals (2 tbsp), pepper oil, remove from the water bath, beat with a mixer.
All anti-aging 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 with warm water. Flaxseed oil contains a lot of polyunsaturated fatty acids, so it rejuvenates dry, flaky, sensitive, lethargic and aging, wrinkled and flabby skin.
A very nourishing mask for aging skin is obtained from linseed oil (1 tsp), egg yolk and honey (1 tsp). Mix the ingredients, put the mixture in a container with hot water; when warm, apply on face and neck for 15 minutes, then wash with lukewarm water.
The next anti-aging mask nourishes, tones, refreshes and moisturizes fading facial skin. Mix the egg yolk with sour cream (1 tbsp), add dry, floured lemon zest (1 tsp), mix thoroughly. After 15 minutes, add flaxseed oil (1 tsp), mix again and apply on the face, and after 20 minutes, wash off the mask with cool water.
Homemade mask for dry and combination aging skin. Mix baker's yeast (1 tbsp) with warm milk to make a gruel, add linseed oil (1 tsp), honey (1 tsp), sour cream (0. 5 tbsp) and lemonjuice (1 tsp), rub everything and apply on the face in a thick layer for 15 minutes. Wash off with cool water.
Grate fresh cucumber. To 1 tbsp. gruel, add mashed black currants - the same amount, and sour cream (1 tbsp). Mix everything thoroughly, apply on the face and neck, after 20 minutes remove with a swab dipped in warm water, and wash with cool 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 for herself something that will help her restore the beauty of her skin and preserve her youth for a long time.
In conclusion, I would like to recall the benefits of fruits and vegetables. German experts conducted a study in which it turned out that the least wrinkles in those people who eat fresh fruits and vegetables all the time. Conversely, those who eat vegetables and fruits rarely have the most 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.