Stay beautiful around Christmas!

19.11.09 / Beauty, beauty recipes / Author: admin / Comments: (0)

Main enemy of our skin beauty at this time of year is not necessary cold air outside, but sharp temperature difference between inside-outside and hot and dry air in your house or office. Your skin is forced to adapt to the difference of temperatures to15 – 20 degrees and to withstand dry air attacks.  At this time years it is important to keep your skin metabolism active, to provide the skin with the all necessary nutrients, and to keep protective skin mantle intact. If your skin mantle is whole, your skin looks healthy, glowing and supple. If skin mantle is damaged, your skin will start to lose its inner moisture, look flaky and feel dry and tight. Skin protective mantle consist of skin oil, sweat and dead cells. This unique mixture creates perfect balance of certain oils, salts, water and skin protein called keratin. Healthy skin mantle has pH between 4.5-5.5. Hot dry air will dry out  skin mantle  due to moisture evaporation, and temperature difference might change the skin oil production or it constituents.

If you have very dry, tight, flaky skin skin care based on such products such as Petroleum Jelly, Vaseline, mineral oil will bring you a great relief. All these products have no ability to penetrate your skin or change it chemically. They will spread on its surface forming thin layer that “locks” and keeps your skin moisture inside. However using these products for a long time is not beneficial because: 1. Your skin need to breath, but mineral oil “cling film” will keep out of oxygen. Therefore assisting in getting lifeless and dull color. 2. Your skin protective mantle needs to be repaired and function properly.

You can help yourself by spoiling your skin with these simple and natural recipes:

Rejuvenate your skin using gentle peeling or scrub for face.

1.Try the piece of fresh pineapple that is rich in enzymes and fruit acids. They will gently remove dead cells and make your skin look smooth and even.

 2. Make a mask from the coconut milk. Moisten thin napkin with coconut milk and apply it on your clean face for 10-15 minutes, rinse with warm water.

Try these face masks after your skin become smooth and ready for nourishment!

Mask for the dry skin with kaolin

 Mix honey with the milk and then add clay. Apply mixture to face, cover face with moist napkin so that the clay would not get dry. After 30 minutes wash off by warm water.

The colour in Green Clay comes from the 44.5% Silica content which is the most important mineral for the skin. Clay is rich in minerals and active enzymes. Clay treatments stimulate the circulation of blood and lymph, remove dead skin cells and absorb dirt and other surface fats. They also tone and strengthen the connective tissues. Clay stimulates blood circulation and draws toxins and superfluous fat from the skin. It contracts and tones the skin and strengthens the connective tissue. Clay is used for dirty and flaccid skin, acne, for poor blood circulation and to soothe eczema and sunburn. Honey and milk they are full of unique active microelements and vitamins.

Nourishing mask for the oily skin

 Shake up egg, pour the juice of orange and accurately add flour. Mix well and apply to face for 20 minutes. Wash off by water of room temperature. Beside all its good vitamins and antioxidants orange juice contains the tanning substances, which will dry slightly oily skin. Oil of Ylang-Ylang disinfects, it tones up the skin, and also stimulates blood circulation.

Nourishing mask for the normal skin

Mix well Spirulina powder with camomile tea, add oil and vitamin E. Spread evenly mask on your face, after 10-15 minutes wash off by warm water. Spirulina is full of the useful substances, it contains many minerals and bioactive elements, including iron, calcium, selenium. Vitamin E helps to preserve natural moisture, it smoothes wrinkles and rejuvenates. Olive oil contains the mono-unsaturated that prevents the destruction of cellular membranes, and therefore has anti-aging effect.

BEAUTY SECRETS OF COFFEE

28.09.09 / beauty recipes / Author: admin / Comments: (0)

The unforgettable taste and the smell of coffee makes it to be one of our favorite hot beverages.
It tones up and stimulates. Coffee could be very beneficial for our skin, when we add it to face masks,
lotions and other cosmetic products. Now many nutrition specialists note the useful properties of coffee.
And beauty industry began to look closer at the surprising qualities of coffee grains.

What benefit can bring coffee to our skin?

Amongst coffee constituents there are not only caffeine, but also lot of other substances: fruit and
organic acids, fats, alkaloids, minerals, iron, magnesium and potassium. Essential coffee oil is
rich in linoleic acid, which plays a leading role in the forming of the lipid barrier of the skin. Linolenic acid
increases the elasticity of the skin, prevents its aging, possesses antipyretic and photo-shielding
properties. And nevertheless for the majority of us of coffee – is just a caffeine. Could it be good for the
skin too? Caffeine tones up the skin, improves microcirculation of the blood, stimulates many
physiological and biochemical processes in the organism, for example, fat’s disintegration.

That’s why you can find caffeine it in many anti-cellulite creams and firming gels. Caffeine activates
cellular metabolism (which isimportant if you want to look younger) and lymph drainage. This why it’s
presented in some night creams and eye –care products: it helps to get rid of the swelling.

Here we found some interesting beauty recipes where you can use coffee.
Toning and Nourishment
1. Coffee lotions
Refreshing. Very simple recipe: spill the strong coffee on the small molds for ice. Wipe the skin with
the coffee ice cube in the morning and in the evening. This procedure will tone up and refresh your skin.
Toning up. Instead of the washing with water wipe your face and neck with cotton ball moistened in the
strong freshly-made coffee. This procedure will tone up your skin and combat aging process.
Your skin will also get a little tan nuance. Be very careful if you have a sensitive skin.
2. Anti-Aging Mask
Add 1-1.5 table spoon of chilled coffee to 1 table spoon of rye flour and mix, then add one egg yolk.
Mix well. Spread the mixture on clean face and neck. After 15 minutes wash off with warm water.

3. Coffee body wrap to fight the cellulite
Take the slightly heated used coffee grinds, rub the with your palm into the sections of skin affected
with cellulite. Cover areas with cling film and leave for several minutes. Leave body wrap for 15-20
minutes and then remove cling film and take a shower For the bigger effect use massage your skin
with special rigid brush or use electrical body massager.
Use this body wrap twice a week.

Smart Coffee Peel
Spoil your skin with your own prepared peeling mask:
Mix well 2 table spoons of sour cream or yoghurt and 1 table spoon of fine coffee grains. Your scrub is
ready – apply it onto your skin, leave it for 10-15 minutes, then gently massage it with your fingertips,
avoiding areas around eyes. Rinse away with warm water, finish with facial toner and cream. Enjoy matt
and smooth skin!

Honey and Coffee Mask:

Warm 2 tea spoons of runny honey in microwave oven. Add 0.5 tea spoon of fine grinded coffee. Apply
onto your face when the mixture is still warm. Hold for 10-15 minutes. Rinse away with plenty of water.
Your skin turns smooth and velvety.

4. Use coffee to return the luster to dark hair!
Beat two egg yolks with the table spoon of rum and two spoons of warm freshly made strong coffee and
1 tea spoon of vegetable oil. Apply this mixture on your hair, covering all hair carefully. Hold for 5 min, and
rinse away.

Recipe from the star:
Jennifer Love Hewitt: Quick recipe to refresh your hair: Pour chilled unsweetened natural coffee into spray
bottle and spray it over your hair. Comb hair and repeat spraying if necessary. Your hair will look lustrous
with bright and strong color.