How to make facial 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 be at all depends largely on how correctly the composition was made and the process itself was organized. There are some rules to follow to get what you want from your 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 they are bought in a store, be sure to pay attention to the expiration date. But it is much better, if there is an opportunity, to purchase ingredients from farmers, then you can be sure that they are free of preservatives and antibiotics. After all, the purpose of using the mask is to nourish the skin with vitamins and microelements, which, at best, are very few in industrial products.

The masks should be applied to the face warm, which means that it should be preheated in a water bath. Thus, valuable and nutritious substances penetrate into the skin and can work in full force. However, if it is necessary to add liquid vitamins to the mask, this should be done immediately before application.

Do not prepare masks for future use, do only once, since you cannot store them until 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 perfect mask composition can only be experienced, 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 skin for mask application

Preparation of the skin is a very important stage, which in no case should be neglected, otherwise the mask may not be done at all, since there will be no lasting and effective result anyway.

First of all, of course, is the removal of make-up 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, milk, lotions, etc.

Next comes the cleaning queue. Cleanse with scrubs that are also suitable for your dermis. As a rule, soft abrasive particles cope with the task with a bang. By the way, the use of homemade scrubs, which can contain coffee, sugar, salt, oatmeal and many other ingredients. It is important to understand that the essence of this stage is not "to remove the skin layer", but only to free the surface of the dermis from pollution and dead particles of the epithelium. Instead of a scrub for this stage of cleansing, gommage can be used, which goes well with any type of skin. It may not include an abrasive at all, but fruit acids will be included. 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 the nutrients from the mask composition and to release the 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 pour not just water, but decoctions of herbs or add essential oils to them. After the water boils, cover yourself with a towel and hold your face over the steam for 5-10 minutes. It is much easier, though not as effective, to steam your face with a hot towel. To do this, you just need to moisten a small towel in hot water, squeeze it well and put 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 start applying the mask.

How to apply a mask to your face

To apply the composition on 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. It is necessary to distribute the composition over the face with strict adherence to the massage lines. How exactly they are located can be seen 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 heading higher, ending on the forehead. Do not apply the composition to the area around the eyes and on the skin around the lips, if this is not prescribed in the recipe for the mask itself. The formulations may be ideal for facial skin, but for the thin, delicate and sensitive dermis of the eyelids, they can be too heavy, which can lead to early formation of wrinkles.

In order not to get dirty, you need to pin your hair (you can use a special bandage) and put on a T-shirt that you don't mind ruining if the composition drips onto your clothes.

After the mask is applied to the face, you need to go to rest. Do not try to do things in parallel, and even more so to talk to someone. The muscles of the face should be completely relaxed. The best option is to turn on relaxing music, lie down and wait for the allotted time.

How much to keep the mask on your face

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

You need to wash off the mask either with water or with decoctions of herbs, while it is unnecessary to use auxiliary compositions. If the skin is oily, then the water temperature should be cool, but warm is suitable for dry dermis. Before washing, the composition from the face can be removed with a cotton swab or soft sponge, which are pre-moistened in water.

Finally, apply a nourishing cream to the skin.

Effectiveness tips for masks

The whole secret of the effectiveness of face masks lies only in observing the rules for preparing the compositions and choosing exclusively fresh and natural products. It is also worthwhile to carefully select the recipes themselves, and make compositions that are suitable for the type of skin, which you must definitely know. Otherwise, if you neglect this rule and make a dry dermis mask designed for oily skin, the first will become even drier. Because such formulations contain drying ingredients that will negatively affect already dry skin.

Be attentive, love yourself, take care of yourself only with the best means, and then your appearance will only delight!