How to make face masks correctly

Face masks homemade is an affordable and effective way to care for your skin. However, how quickly the result will come and whether it will come at all largely depends on how correctly the composition was made and the process itself was organized. There are some rules that you should follow to get what you want from the mask. 

How to prepare a face mask correctly

The right face mask is made from fresh natural products. They should be selected especially carefully. If you buy them in a store, be sure to pay attention to the expiration date. But it is much better, if possible, to purchase ingredients from farmers, then you can be sure that they do not contain preservatives or antibiotics. After all, the purpose of using a mask is to nourish the skin with vitamins and microelements, which, at best, are very few in industrial products.

Masks should be applied to the face warm, which means that it should first be heated in a water bath. This way, valuable and nutritious substances will penetrate the skin and be able to act in full force. However, if you need to add liquid vitamins to the mask, this should be done immediately before application.

Do not prepare masks for future use, make them only for one time, as they cannot be stored until the next time. Besides, they will lose their value anyway.

Always carefully select the ingredients for the composition of the masks - they must be suitable for the type of dermis, only in this case the effectiveness will be high. Finding the ideal composition of a mask can only be done experimentally, because each skin is individual and what suits one may not work at all on another.

Before applying the mask to your skin, be sure to do an allergy test. This point is especially important if the mask contains an allergenic product: honey, red berries, etc.

How to prepare your skin for applying a mask

Preparing the skin is a very important stage, which should never be neglected, otherwise you don’t have to make a mask at all, since there will still be no long-term and effective results.

The first thing is, of course, removing makeup from the skin. For this stage, it is better to use not soap, but those products that are usually used and suitable for skin type: foams, milks, lotions, etc.

Next comes the cleaning line. Cleansing should be done with scrubbing products that are also suitable for your dermis. As a rule, soft abrasive particles cope with the task with a bang. By the way, you are encouraged to use homemade scrubs, which may contain coffee, sugar, salt, oatmeal and many other ingredients. It is important to understand that the essence of this stage is not to “remove a layer of skin”, but only to free the surface of the dermis from contamination and dead particles of the epithelium. Instead of a scrub, gommage can be used for this stage of cleansing, which goes well with any skin type. It may not contain any abrasive at all, but will include fruit acids. The advantage of this method of cleansing is that in addition to this, the skin is massaged, which is very beneficial for it.

The final stage of preparation is steaming. Its purpose is to open the pores in order to allow nutrients from the mask to flow through and to release any remaining dirt from the pores. For steaming, you can use special saunas for the face, an ordinary saucepan with hot water, or the most primitive towel.  When using a sauna or a saucepan, you can fill in not just water, but herbal decoctions or add essential oils to them. After the water boils, you need to cover yourself with a towel and hold your face over the steam for 5-10 minutes. Much easier, although not as effective, you can steam your face with a hot towel. To do this, you just need to moisten a small towel in hot water, squeeze it thoroughly and place it on your face. As soon as it cools down, the procedure should be repeated several times until the skin is completely steamed.

Only after the skin is cleansed and prepared can you begin to apply the mask.

How to apply a mask on your face

To apply the composition to the skin, you can use a cotton pad, fingers or a special brush - whichever is more convenient. It is much more important to use the correct application technique. The composition should be distributed over the face with strict adherence to massage lines. You can see exactly how they are located in the image.

You need to move from the bottom up, starting either from the neck, if the mask will also be applied to it, or from the chin and move higher, ending on the forehead. Do not apply the composition to the area around the eyes and to the skin around the lips unless this is prescribed in the recipe of the mask itself.  The compositions may be ideal for facial skin, but for the thin, delicate and sensitive dermis of the eyelids they may be too heavy, which can cause early formation of wrinkles.

To avoid getting dirty, you need to pin your hair up (you can use a special bandage) and wear a T-shirt that you don’t mind ruining if the composition drips onto your clothes.

After the mask is applied to your face, you need to go to rest. Don’t try to do other things at the same time, much less talk to someone. The facial muscles should be completely relaxed. The best option is to turn on relaxing music, lie down and wait the allotted time.

How long to keep the mask on your face

As a rule, each recipe specifies the time that the mask must be kept on the face. However, if this is not indicated, you should stick to the standard time: 20-30 minutes. After half an hour, the mask should be washed off. There are cases when, after applying the composition to the skin, a burning sensation and other unpleasant sensations appear - in this case, it must be washed off immediately to avoid unpleasant consequences in the form of redness and irritation.

You need to wash off the mask with either water or herbal decoctions, and there is no need to use auxiliary compounds. If the skin is oily, then the water temperature should be cool, but warm is suitable for dry skin. Before washing, the composition can be removed from the face using cotton wool or a soft sponge, which are pre-moistened in water.

Finally, apply a nourishing cream to the skin.

Tips for the effectiveness of masks

The whole secret of the effectiveness of face masks lies only in following the rules for preparing the compositions and selecting exclusively fresh and natural products. It is also worth carefully selecting the recipes themselves and making formulations that are suitable for the skin type that you need to know. Otherwise, if you neglect this rule and make a dry dermis mask intended for oily skin, the first one will become even drier. Because Such formulations contain drying ingredients that will negatively affect already dry skin.

Be careful, love yourself, take care of yourself only with the best means, and then your appearance will only please you!