Home cosmetics are products that contain only natural ingredients. In some cases, it is much more useful than professional cosmetics. Despite the huge list of advantages, home cosmetics also has its weaknesses.
The advantages of natural cosmetics include the following:
- budget savings;
- most ingredients can be found at hand;
- homemade cosmetics are considered environmentally friendly because they do not contain harmful chemicals;
- in the process of creation, you can always experiment and create new beauty recipes.
The disadvantages of natural cosmetics include the following:
- it can take a long time to create it (lipstick and blush are the most colorful examples of this);
- not all the necessary ingredients may be in your kitchen, some of them will still have to be found;
- to use such cosmetics it is necessary to apply longer than purchased firm cosmetics to reach the necessary result;
- when using home cosmetics for the first time, it is worth remembering that the effect can be unpredictable;
- short shelf life.
Prescriptions for handmade homemade cosmetics
It would seem that we live in a world where you can buy almost everything. What can we say about cosmetics! Only have time to choose - an inexpensive, and more expensive, and different packaging, and an abundance of manufacturers, and inspiring assortment.
However, there is always an opportunity to create cosmetics with your own hands, from what is in the refrigerator and home medicine cabinet. Why? Freshly prepared cosmetics in the natural absence of preservatives and parabens will only benefit you. A justified saving on a successful investment promotes the purchase of other useful things necessary to maintain themselves in shape: a healthy diet, fitness equipment, clothing, etc.
The egg is the beginning of everything
Eggs - an indispensable source of protein, fats, vitamins and trace elements. The use of healthful properties not only for food, probably, began at the same time when they were discovered. So take the egg in your hand and...create! What? A hair mask made of a mixture of honey, aloe juice, castor oil, and egg yolk is one time! A face mask made of foamed egg whites is two! By the way, such a mask perfectly narrows pores. But the same egg yolk can be mixed with your usual night cream, and this composition before going to bed will improve the skin, the night will complete the transformation, and in the morning you will wake up rested and fresh. It is also possible to combine the egg with olive oil, thus creating a hand mask (or hair mask).
Healing Trio: Berries - Fruits - Vegetables
These products will give a lot of useful healing compositions and creams. The ripe avocado or banana softened with an ordinary fork, can be used as a mask for both face and hair without any additives - the super nourishment of these products is known.
A sour cream and carrot juice mask will make your face a little more yellowish, but maybe that's what you wanted? Beta-carotene in carrots (and in any orange vegetable products) will help prepare your skin for tanning, so feel free to use the recipe in the season.
Lemon juice will make your nails stronger and lighter, and your hands will be softer and moisturize the cuticle of your nails. Just grab a slice and press it with your hands, trying to make the juice flow under your nails, wipe the back of your hands and don't forget your elbows! Nothing makes your elbows so tender as lemon juice. Citric acid also whitens the pigmented skin on the folds. After washing the juice, it is advisable to lubricate your hands and elbows with cream - for softening and moisturizing.
Berry masks are extremely useful. Strawberries transform the complexion of the face, and the juice from the slightly cut grapes, which you will use periodically to wipe your face with (dry - start again, keep the juice on your face for 20 minutes) will improve the condition of fading skin.
Head oil
The usefulness of oils cannot be disputed. Ancient Greeks washed their hair with olive oil, affecting the ancient world with hairpieces.
Oil wrappings with castor or burnt oil (it is better to wrap your hair in warm oil, you should wrap your head in polyethylene and a towel) or rubbing the oil in the roots of your hair (with the same wrap) will bring invaluable benefits to your hair.
If you have too dirty hands (there are plenty of domestic reasons), then a massage with a handful of sugar and vegetable oil will help to cleanse them and make your skin gentle.
Sugar and salt are white healers
You'd think it'd be a trivial grocery store, wouldn't you? But the most common cooking salt will perfectly replace your sea salt from the store. Salt is all sea salt! Once the planet was covered with water, and all the salt (sodium chloride) extracted now is a memory of it. So feel free to put a cup of salt on the bottom of the bath, drip a few drops of essential oil (orange - for vivacity, lavender - for peace, eucalyptus - for recovery) and dial water for a healthy bath.
Salt can be used to massage the scalp periodically when washing. This is an easy way to exfoliate dead cells, increase blood circulation in the scalp and promote healthy hair growth.
Try making a body scrub out of equal parts of ground coffee, sugar, vegetable oil and "bought" shower gel. The skin after such a scrub is gentle, and no longer requires additional hydration and nutrition.
By the way, all hair masks are washed off with shampoo after their action. The use of hair conditioner is also not canceled, although you have used useful masks.
Facial formulas wash off with warm, preferably boiled water. It is more reasonable to make them in the evening so that the skin rested all night.