Proper care of the neck and décolleté

No wonder they say that the neck is the first thing that betrays the true age of a woman. There are reasons for this opinion. The skin of the neck is thin, there is much less subcutaneous fat, so it ages faster and wrinkles appear. In order to avoid such an unpleasant phenomenon, you need to properly care for your neck and décolleté.

Neck and décolleté skin - how to properly care

The basis of any skin care is cleansing. The skin in the décolleté and neck area is also no exception. Therefore, do not forget to cleanse the neck and décolleté area during your morning and evening washings. Use natural soap or herbal teas for cleansing. Broths of sage, mint or chamomile are well suited for these purposes.

The contrast shower strengthens the skin well. Turn on hot and cold water alternately. Turn on cold water for 30 seconds, and hot water for 2 minutes. You need to complete the contrast shower with cold water.

Self-massage will help maintain skin tone in the neck area. It perfectly improves blood circulation and improves metabolic processes.

To avoid premature neck wrinkles, sleep only on a low pillow. For the same purpose, do not lower your head down while walking.
Apply a day cream to your neck every morning. In this case, the movements should be directed from bottom to top.

Neck Care

Let's talk in more detail about neck skin care. To begin with, try to monitor your posture all the time. Walk with your shoulders straight and your head up. Do not press your chin to your chest, but point it slightly forward. This pose trains the muscles in the neck and keeps them firm.

In the morning, be sure to clean your neck with cool water and natural soap. In this case, movements should be directed from bottom to top. After water procedures, be sure to apply a special moisturizer or nourishing cream.

Do not forget to cleanse your neck skin in the evening too. Use a soft towel to dry the skin on your neck. In this case, the front of the neck should be wetted, and the back should be rubbed vigorously. Apply a nourishing cream to the neck skin at night and leave it until completely absorbed. Then blot the rest of the cream with a napkin. Give a light massage with a patting motion. It will help keep your muscles toned.

Neck cream

Many women use the same cream for their neck as they use for their face. But this behavior is wrong. The skin of the neck differs in its structure from the skin of the face, so you need to use special creams. Many cosmetic brands are now developing and producing specialized neck creams. Let's take a look at the most effective of them based on customer reviews.

• Serum from Cosmedica Skincare. This product perfectly improves skin color and texture, perfectly moisturizes the skin, makes it soft and smooth.
• Neckplex cream is suitable for the skin of the neck. After a month of regular use of this cream, you can notice a decrease in the sagging of the skin in the chin area. The cream perfectly tones the skin, it becomes more toned and elastic.
• Algenist Firming & Lifting Neck Cream works in a similar way. This cream contains acids and peptides that make the skin smooth and even tone. This cream reduces the number and depth of wrinkles on the skin, making it look more youthful.

Neck masks

In addition to specialized creams, special masks should be applied regularly for the neck. At the same time, it is absolutely not necessary to spend money on expensive drugs from well-known cosmetic companies. You can make them yourself. At the same time, masks can have different effects - nourishing, moisturizing, tightening, anti-aging... You need to choose what kind of effect you want to achieve and choose the appropriate recipe.

Here are some effective neck masks.

• Firming yolk mask. Mash the yolk with a spoonful of honey and a spoonful of natural oil. This mask can be applied not only to the neck, but also to the décolleté.
• Use a flax seed mask to eliminate sagging skin and wrinkles. Boil flax seeds for 10 minutes and leave to cool. Get a slimy solution, which needs to be applied to the skin of the neck. If you don't want to mess with the broth, you can use flaxseed oil, it works in the same way.
• The mask with orange juice and cottage cheese has a whitening effect. Orange juice should be mixed with curd and applied to the neck. In addition to the whitening effect, this mask also gives elasticity.

Neckline care

The décolleté area requires special care. Here, as well as on the skin of the neck, there is practically no subcutaneous fat layer, so the skin in this area quickly loses its elasticity.

Décolleté skin care should begin with cleansing. To do this, use special lotions and cleansers. Light peels suitable for dry skin should be done periodically. They do not contain aggressive ingredients and do not injure the delicate skin of the décolleté.

Then the décolleté skin needs to be smoothed out with the help of special masks that improve blood circulation. It is best to use formulations with natural herbal ingredients. They slow down the aging process of the skin and tone it up.

The décolleté skin needs a special massage. Be sure to use massage creams that are suitable for dry skin during your massage. Massage with stroking movements upward.

The final stage of décolleté skin care is toning. Compresses are helpful here. It is best to apply cold compresses to help close pores and tone the skin. After the compress, apply a nourishing cream to the skin.

Neckline cream

Usually, decollete creams are included in the skin care line of every cosmetic company. At the same time, it is not necessary that such a cream will be insanely expensive.

• The cream for the décolleté area from the Russian brand "One Hundred Recipes of Beauty" has a very decent quality. In the composition of the creams of this series, there is a bifido complex, which strengthens the immune system at the cellular level and protects against external harmful influences. In addition, the composition of the creams contains natural herbal ingredients that improve the condition of the skin.
• A cream from the Chinese company Damin called C-05 enjoys a good reputation. It was developed according to traditional Chinese cosmetology recipes, taking into account the latest developments. The cream contains marine collagen and extracts of ginger and legumes. The cream perfectly moisturizes and nourishes the skin.
• Estee Lauder's Re-Nutriv Intensive Lifting cream can be classified as expensive and effective creams. The cream contains natural oils, a whitening complex and Chinese barley extract. The cream perfectly moisturizes the skin, tightens it and whitens it.

Neckline masks

For the skin in the décolleté area, moisturizing, tightening and nourishing masks are useful. You can make such masks yourself. Here are some recipes.

• For aging skin, a banana mask is suitable. Mash a banana and add some vegetable oil to it. Apply this mask to the décolleté for 20 minutes. You can add yolk and a spoonful of honey instead of vegetable oil.
• Smooths out wrinkles and cleanses the skin of the décolleté from acne egg white mask. Just whisk the white with a whisk and apply it on the décolleté for a quarter of an hour.
• Gelatin masks can be used to smooth the skin. Dissolve gelatin with cold water and warm slightly in a water bath. Then add some milk to the composition. If it turns out to be too liquid mass, add starch to it. Apply the mask to the décolleté and let dry a little. Then remove with a damp sponge.