Because of daily stress, hormonal changes and various external aggressions such as sun, cold and pollution, our skin is often prone to imperfections and the complexion quickly becomes dull and tangled. To clean, sanitize and refresh, many women opt for overpriced salon products or care. However, just a few steps and some natural ingredients to find a skin radiant and full of youth. Discover an incredible home care, effective and safe for the skin.
The quality of our skin depends not only on our genetic heritage but also on many other factors including our diet, our lifestyle and our daily beauty routine. Indeed, a healthy and balanced diet, rich in fresh and natural foods with high levels of essential nutrients and antioxidants, nourishes the skin, moisturizes it and protects it against the free radicals responsible for its early aging.
Similarly, good lifestyle habits, which consist of regular physical activity, adequate sleep, reduced stress and the absence of alcohol and smoking, are also essential to preserve and prolong the brightness and youth skin.
As for the daily beauty routine, it must respect your skin type and needs, and be done with natural and non-aggressive products. Moreover, to help you get better results, here is a natural facial treatment, effective and very simple to achieve.
An incredible homemade face care:
Step 1: Cleaning
First, start by soaking a cotton disc in rosewater, then use it to remove any makeup residues and impurities accumulated on your skin. You can repeat the procedure until the cotton disc becomes clean after passing it on your face.
Then use organic cotton, organic milk on your whole face and let it dry in the open, before rinsing with clear water. In addition to cleansing the skin with its lactic acid content, it also helps to nourish, hydrate and whiten it.
Step 2: Steam
Once your preliminary cleaning is complete, soak a towel in very hot water, wring it out to extract excess water, then apply it to your face for 4 to 5 minutes, highlighting areas where you have blackheads. The heat allows the expansion of the pores and facilitates the removal of blackheads and impurities.
Step 3: Scrub
To prepare your homemade scrub, mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 tablespoon of olive oil (or coconut) and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Apply your scrub to your entire face, avoiding the eye contour, then gentle circular movements to unclog your pores and reactivate blood circulation to your skin. Rinse thoroughly with clean water.
Step 4: Facial Massage and Mask
This last step consists of massaging the face with honey and lemon juice in equal amounts, 2 teaspoons approximately, for 1 minute. Then, let your mask act for 15 to 20 minutes, maximum, before rinsing with cold water to tighten the pores and stretch the skin.
Lemon, antiseptic, whitening and astringent, cleanses the skin, tightens and whitens it, while honey, antibacterial, repairing and moisturizing, purifies, hydrates and promotes its regeneration.
Caution: this treatment is to be carried out only in the evening, because of the photo-sensitizing properties of the lemon