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In winter, our skin is exposed to frost, wind, and snow. Therefore, during this period she requires especially careful care. What will help keep your skin soft, silky and fresh in winter? Of course, various creams and masks. Masks can be made at home without buying them in specialized stores. Use natural ingredients and your skin will thank you.

For oily skin

What masks are suitable for oily skin? Those that will help narrow pores, restore a healthy complexion, and avoid inflammation. In winter it is easier to care for than dry or sensitive ones. But she also needs care. To prepare masks at home, you can use citrus juice, egg whites, decoctions and infusions of herbs, gelatin, berries, vegetables, and dairy products.

Vegetables, berries and fruits will help saturate the skin with vitamins and minerals, improve complexion, and moisturize. Protein and gelatin can tighten the skin, remove excess fat, and narrow pores. Fermented milk products and herbal infusions are necessary to moisturize and relieve inflammation.

With gelatin
Squeeze the juice from half a lemon (10 g is enough), add 15 g of gelatin, add hot water and wait for the gelatin to swell. Then pour in 20 drops of grape oil. Steam the skin and apply the mask with a brush in several layers. Wash off the mask after twenty minutes (or rather, remove the resulting film from the face).

With protein
Beat the egg whites with a small amount of flour. Apply this paste to your face for a quarter of an hour, then rinse with cool water.

With vegetables and herbs
Mix two parts pumpkin with one part liquid honey and the same amount oatmeal. Pumpkin must be crushed into puree. Prepare a decoction of string or chamomile and add 20 g to the mixture. Apply for 15-20 minutes. This mask will cleanse the pores and remove inflammation.

Choose a mask that suits your skin best. Or you can alternate between different options.

For dry skin

requires special care. After all, wind and frost dry out the skin even more. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly moisturize and nourish it, as well as make masks that will help avoid wrinkles. After all, dry skin is more prone to wrinkles than oily skin.

What products should be used to make masks? Milk, cream, avocado, honey, various oils, cottage cheese. All these products help soften and moisturize the skin. Of course, you can also use fruits, berries and various vegetables to nourish your skin with vitamins.

With carrots and cottage cheese

Mix a couple of tablespoons of carrot juice with a tablespoon of full-fat cottage cheese and a teaspoon of cream. Apply to facial skin and leave for fifteen minutes. Rinse off with warm water. If your skin is very flaky, you can leave the mask on for half an hour.

With butter and green tea
Brew strong green tea and mix 15 ml of the drink with two teaspoons of cottage cheese. Add a little almond or flaxseed oil and orange zest to the mixture. Apply the mixture to your face for 15 minutes.

With apple and honey

Bake the apple in the oven, then puree it. Add a little honey and olive oil. Apply the mixture to your face for twenty minutes. This mask moisturizes well and restores elasticity to the skin.

With cucumber
Grate half a small fresh cucumber on a fine grater, add a spoonful of rich sour cream. This product relieves irritation and nourishes the skin.

Masks for dry skin must soften. Therefore, when using any ingredients, you should add oils or fermented milk fatty products.

For sensitive skin

, like dry, needs careful care during the cold season. This means that it is necessary to use masks that will help remove irritation, redness, and peeling.

Honey, herbal infusions, egg yolk, dairy products and, of course, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and berries are best suited. Be sure to use various oils, they soften perfectly.

With banana and yolk
Grind one banana and 10 g of avocado, add beaten yolk. Distribute the mixture over the entire surface of the face in a thick layer. After half an hour, wash off the mask.

With potatoes
Grate raw potatoes on a fine grater, add two teaspoons of olive oil. Apply to skin for ten minutes.

With oatmeal and milk
Pour boiling milk over a tablespoon of oatmeal. Leave for five minutes. Then add the egg yolk and two teaspoons of olive oil to the mixture. Apply for 15 minutes, rinse with warm water and lubricate your face with cream.

Oatmeal with dairy products is an excellent softener, so it can also be added to masks.

For normal skin

requires less maintenance, however, she also needs hydration and nutrition. Therefore, choose any masks that you like best. And do them 2-3 times a week.

With carrots and butter
Grate the carrots on a fine grater, add a little olive oil. All! The mask is ready. The mixture should be washed off with cool water.

With aloe juice
Mix the juice from two aloe leaves, a little oil grape seed, a couple of drops of peach oil and a teaspoon of sour cream. Do not wash off the mixture for half an hour, then cleanse the skin with a decoction of sea buckthorn leaves.

With grapefruit juice
Mix 7 drops of vitamin B2, 2 ml of grapefruit juice and 13 g of white clay. Apply the mixture to the skin for seven minutes, then rinse with chamomile infusion.

In winter, any skin needs care, so make masks regularly. This will help protect your skin from adverse effects natural phenomena and keep her healthy.

In winter our skin does not look in the best possible way. This is especially true for the face – pale, dry, flabby and tired skin, which often appears red. This is why experts advise doing this in winter nourishing masks much more often than in spring, summer and autumn. Naturally, today the fashion industry offers a lot of options, but many modern beauties avoid commercial cosmetics - they prefer grandmother’s advice, rather than products from a jar or tube, which sometimes contain “chemicals” along with useful substances.

In general, face masks have been known since ancient times. Each nation had its own secrets and recipes - they were passed down from generation to generation from one woman to another and thus reached our times. To prepare the most popular and effective face masks in winter, fruit pulp, honey, oil vitamins, gelatin, cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs, as well as vegetable or essential oils. Basically, anything in your fridge or pantry can help your skin survive the stress it experiences during the winter. So if you have the following products, you can set up a beauty salon at home right now!

1. Bananas

A mask made from these fruits perfectly nourishes the skin, as bananas contain large number vitamin A - especially such masks will be useful for dry skin or prone to irritation.

For dry skin, mash a quarter of a banana, add half a tablespoon of any nourishing cream, a few drops of lemon and olive oil. Apply to the face and leave for a quarter of an hour, then rinse.

For combination skin Mash a quarter of a banana into puree and mix in a 1:1 ratio with cream. Apply for half an hour, then rinse.

2. Sour cream (kefir, yogurt or buttermilk)

A mask made from fermented milk products not only softens, but also rejuvenates the skin, restoring its balance. It is also excellent protection against frost and cold air.

The simplest and most convenient recipe: apply sour cream, kefir, yogurt (without additives) or buttermilk on the face and hold for at least 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.

3. Cottage cheese

Cottage cheese masks perfectly saturate the skin with vitamins and minerals, giving it smoothness and elasticity. What is noteworthy is that there are masks that require fatty cottage cheese, and there are those that require its low-fat analogue.

Mix a few tablespoons of homemade cottage cheese (high fat content) with an egg yolk and a spoonful of olive oil. Stir until smooth. The mask is applied for a quarter of an hour and then washed off with water.

Mix a few tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese, a spoonful of strong tea, a spoonful of linseed oil, and orange (lemon) zest. Apply the mask to your face, leave for at least 15 minutes, then rinse.

4. Eggs

A whole egg is not always used to make face masks. Basically, separately - the yolk, separately - the white. Egg white masks are useful for oily skin with enlarged pores, as the protein can refresh and tighten the skin, making it healthy and providing protection from frost and wind. But the yolk is useful for dry skin.

Beat the egg whites lightly, but until completely smooth, and then apply to your face. Leave the mask on for 30 minutes, then rinse thoroughly.

Beat the egg whites until foamy, add a teaspoon of lemon juice, lemon zest and a teaspoon of bran. Keep the mask on your face for about 10 minutes, then wash it off.

Grind the yolk with a spoonful of vegetable oil, then add a spoonful of chamomile (extract). Apply to skin and leave for a quarter of an hour. Remove the mask with warm tea, then lubricate the skin with moisturizer.

5. Avocado

This tropical fruit is a unique remedy for dry skin prone to frequent irritation. winter time. Thanks to its composition, this mask can not only nourish the skin, but also saturate it with minerals, vitamins and antioxidants.

Mash the avocado pulp into a puree, add a couple of drops of olive oil, mix thoroughly and apply to the skin. Leave on for half an hour and then rinse off.

6. Oatmeal

An oatmeal mask is a natural remedy for skin that suffers from cold and wind in winter. It can soothe the skin and also softens it perfectly.

Mix oatmeal, honey and egg yolk in a 1:1:1 ratio and mix thoroughly. Apply the mask for 20 minutes, then rinse well.

7. Gelatin

Gelatin masks are known for their excellent whitening and tightening of sagging and tired skin. In addition, they can improve blood circulation.

Pour 10 grams of gelatin into 40 grams of cold water, stir and leave for an hour. Grind 40 grams of glycerin and 10 grams of zinc oxide and mix with the gelatin that has swollen by this time. Heat the mixture over a fire, then cool to a syrup-like consistency. This mask can be stored for several days; before use, you just need to warm it up a little. Soak gauze in the gelatin mass and place it on your face. Leave for half an hour. After the mask is removed, your face must be lubricated with cream.

8. Honey

Today there are a huge number of masks, where one of the components is honey. How could it be otherwise, because it perfectly moisturizes and perfectly nourishes the skin with vitamins, giving it youth and, most importantly, beauty.

Mix a teaspoon of honey, a tablespoon of white clay and 35 drops of lemon juice until smooth, then apply to the skin. Rinse off after 25 minutes, then apply cream.

Mix a tablespoon of honey, half a tablespoon of tea (strong) and a tablespoon of oatmeal, add a little water and heat. The mask is applied warm, and the face is covered from above paper napkin and a cotton towel. Leave for 20 minutes, then rinse with water.

9. Carrots

This mask can significantly improve your complexion; moreover, due to the fact that carrots contain large amounts of vitamin A, your skin will receive a good vitamin charge.

Grate the carrots, add a couple of drops of olive oil, mix and apply to the skin of the face. Wash off after 20 minutes.

10. Lemon

Lemon is rich in vitamins; in addition, it can cleanse and strengthen the skin, shrink pores and improve appearance faces.

Mix the fat cream with a teaspoon of lemon juice and half a teaspoon of sour cream. Apply the mask to the skin for 25 minutes. Remove with lotion.

All women know that facial care in winter at home requires a special approach, since this season is not the best time for our skin.

The two most negative factors that affect the condition of the skin are sudden changes in air temperature when we leave a warm house outside and return back, and dry air in rooms where we feel so warm and cozy.

How to protect your skin in winter? How does it change in cold season? Which cosmetics is it worth using, and what should you give up before the heat arrives? Of course, you need to reconsider your usual techniques and choose those that will protect your face, exposed to all winds and frosts, from dermatological problems.

Winter skin care program

    • Washing your face in winter should be radically reconsidered. No cream soap or alcohol lotion! In winter, the skin needs to maintain its protection (hydrolipid mantle), which it forms itself, and there is no need to remove it with these means. You shouldn’t even wash your face with plain water in cold weather, especially before going outside soon.
    • For washing, it is better to use cosmetic milk, mousses and tonics, lotions that do not contain alcohol. These products are not aggressive and do not dry out the skin. The most gentle effects are those prepared at home with your own hands.
    • You also need to be very careful when moisturizing your skin in cold weather. It is better to apply moisturizer in the evening, about an hour before bedtime. If you apply moisturizer before going out into the air, the moisture from the cream that gets into the pores will simply freeze and nothing good can be expected from this process: your skin will receive micro injuries.
    • In dry rooms, such moisturizing also does not bring much benefit, since many ingredients of moisturizing creams are configured to absorb moisture, and if the air is dry, then they begin to absorb it from the deeper layers of the dermis. And instead of hydration, it becomes dehydrated.
    • If you stay indoors for a long time, then spray your face with a spray bottle directly on top of your makeup with thermal or mineral (non-carbonated) water.
    • There are excellent moisturizers with chitosan and hyaluronic acid, which protect the skin from such drying, but they should be applied an hour before going out into the cold.

What mistakes should be avoided when caring for your skin in winter and how to adjust your facial care - listen to the advice of the famous cosmetologist Olga Fem:

What to feed your skin in the cold?

In winter, the skin especially needs good nutrition. Despite the fact that the skin itself protects itself from frost and wind by producing increased amount sebum, this is sometimes not enough. Your skin will receive additional nutrition from nourishing creams and masks. Make sure they are rich in active vitamins, oils and minerals.

It is recommended to include astringents that are present in the oil tea tree, pine needles, birch buds, lavender, rosemary, propolis, cucumbers.
For dry skin, you must add ingredients containing fats to your masks: avocado, agave oil, wheat germ, cedar, almond and peach oil, lecithin.

Recipes for facial skin care in cold weather

Wash and compresses, lotions and masks prepared at home have a gentle effect on the skin in winter and moisturize it well. Here are some simple but effective recipes.

Use the recipe with almond bran: add a tablespoon of bran to hot water and stir until it becomes a thin paste. Apply the cooled mixture onto your face with light movements and rinse off after 5 minutes. Proceed with further cosmetic procedures.

If you come from a severe frost, make a lotion for your frozen skin from a decoction of oak bark: steam a dessert spoon of bark in a glass of boiling water and hold for half an hour in a water bath. If the skin peels and turns red in winter, compresses made from green tea or calendula infusion (2 tablespoons per glass of boiling water) will help you. Soak a napkin in tea leaves or infusion and place on your face for 15 minutes. To make your skin better able to withstand low temperatures, try warm baths with milk and olive oil: for 2 tablespoons of dry milk you need to take 1 tablespoon of olive or corn oil. Do these baths 2 times a week.

Masks during cold weather They are used in a variety of ways, depending on the skin type and its problems. Choose to your taste, most importantly, use them regularly: 1-2 times a week an hour before bedtime and be sure to apply night cream after the procedure.

Recipe for a nourishing winter mask made from oatmeal and honey. Whisk the egg yolk with ½ teaspoon of honey and add 5 drops each of lemon juice and olive oil. Add chopped rolled oats or oatmeal to the resulting mixture. Mix the ingredients to a thick paste and apply to your face for 15-20 minutes. It’s good to warm up the composition slightly beforehand – this way the beneficial substances will penetrate the skin more easily. It is better to wash your face after the mask with a decoction of chamomile or calendula.

Preparing a winter mask from sprouted wheat grains requires preliminary preparation: the wheat grains need to be sprouted. To do this, soak the wheat in a small amount of water and leave for several days until it germinates. After the sprouts appear, grind the grains with sprouts in a blender and add beaten chicken yolk and a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the resulting mass. This mask is rich in active nutrients. Apply it to cleansed facial skin for 20-30 minutes and get a wonderful result. Suitable for any skin type. A simple, effective winter mask made from olive oil will not take much time, but after applying it, the skin looks just perfect. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a water bath and apply a thin layer to a cleansed face. Leave for 15-20 minutes and rinse with chamomile infusion. Thus, take care of your face once a week. In winter, we enjoy such a delicacy as persimmon. Don't miss this time to prepare a wonderful face mask from this fruit.
Persimmon wonderfully moisturizes, nourishes and tightens the skin. For the mask, take a little pulp and mash it to a paste. Add ½ teaspoon of olive oil or a spoonful of low-fat sour cream to the persimmons. Keep the mixture on your face for 20 minutes and rinse with warm water. A simple potato mask softens the skin well. To retain more vitamins, boil the potatoes directly in the skins and then peel them. Mash the vegetable until puree and add a tablespoon of sour cream to it. Keep the mask on your face for 20 minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.
If you do not have vascular formations on your face, you can easily use a hot compress after returning from a frosty walk. Soak a linen or cotton napkin in a warm infusion of chamomile and mint, wring it out and hold it on your face for 3-5 minutes. After this, apply a mixture of egg yolk and a teaspoon of olive oil prepared in advance. After half an hour, rinse your skin with cool water. A mask with pharmaceutical vitamins A and E is suitable for those with dry, wrinkle-prone skin. Such skin needs to be nourished and moisturized all year round, and especially in winter. Buy pharmacy supplies for this purpose. liquid vitamins and add them little by little to the masks. The simplest mask recipe: slightly heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add a few drops of vitamins A and E to it (3-4 drops are enough). Make a gauze face mask, not forgetting to cut out holes for the mouth and eyes, soak it in a warm solution of oil with vitamins and place it on your face. If the gauze dries out, you can soak it again in the oil mixture and repeat the procedure. After 20-30 minutes, blot the residue with a dry cloth and lightly wipe your face with toner. Winter and glycerin will improve blood circulation in skin and will give the skin tone. Take 2 tablespoons of edible gelatin and warm water, mix and let it swell. Pour a tablespoon of glycerin into this composition, which you can always buy at the pharmacy. Soak the gauze mask with the resulting mixture of gelatin and glycerin and apply it to your face. After a 15-20 minute procedure, wipe your face with tonic and apply a nourishing cream according to your skin type. In the cold, porous, acne-prone facial skin suffers greatly. Therefore, in winter care A yeast mask is simply irreplaceable. To prepare it, take about 20 g of raw yeast and dilute it in a small amount of milk. Apply the resulting mixture onto your face with a cotton pad and leave it until it dries. Application can be repeated. While the mask is in effect, prepare an infusion of anti-inflammatory herbs for washing from chamomile, birch leaves, nettle or calendula and rinse your face when completing the procedure. A mixture of any herbal and castor oil. Take them in one tablespoon at a time and warm them slightly. Apply to skin and leave on face for half an hour for absorption. Wash yourself after the oil mask with a decoction of herbs or boiled water.

Remember that in the cold our facial skin is especially vulnerable, so careful care is vital. DIY masks made at home from natural ingredients, will perfectly protect your face from cold wind, burning frost and prickly snow.
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With the onset of cold weather, the skin undergoes not the most pleasant metamorphoses: all existing problems worsen, often women with normal facial skin find that it has become combination and problematic, and those with dry skin look noticeably older than their years in cold weather. All this happens quite naturally, because in winter our face (almost the only area of ​​skin that is always open) is affected by:

  • low temperatures and strong winds;
  • temperature changes due to constant movements from heat to cold;
  • artificial heating, which dries the air and, accordingly, the skin;
  • lack sunlight or its complete absence, because we spend almost the entire already short daylight hours at work.

If you let the situation take its course and don’t start taking care of yourself, then soon your facial skin will look deplorable.

How to care

In order to avoid unpleasant consequences it's enough to know a few simple rules facial care in winter, as well as remember simple recipes for homemade masks and apply them depending on your skin type and its problems.

No matter how much our skin suffers in winter, it is worth remembering that scientists have long proven that residents of areas where all four seasons are pronounced have a much better overall skin condition than those living in areas where there is eternal heat and scorching sun. And among residents of northern latitudes, where there is practically no summer as such, aging is completely slow and the general condition of the skin cannot be compared with southerners, not in favor of the latter.

So, what you need to know about your skin, which is going through a difficult period during the winter months:

  • in winter the skin needs extra food due to masks and creams due to the lack of sun and vitamin D, which it saturates our face in the summer, as well as due to poor nutrition in terms of vitamins and microelements contained in fresh fruit, berries and vegetables;
  • the skin needs moisturizing with cosmetics no less than nutrition, because frost literally dries it out, taking away all the available moisture;
  • for peeling, which is extremely necessary for the skin in winter, it is worth using gentle products so as not to cause additional harm to already weakened facial skin;
  • All cosmetic procedures skin care should be done no less than one hour, or even two or three hours before leaving the house, since the skin must completely absorb and be saturated with the beneficial substances and elements that we apply to it;
  • in winter it is worth minimizing the amount decorative cosmetics, especially powders and lipsticks, which also dry out the skin very much and do not allow it to breathe.

In addition to homemade masks, which will be discussed below, for comprehensive care and solving skin problems in winter, it makes sense to take your diet more seriously (include more fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits in your diet), as well as the amount of fluid consumed (consume as much clean water), because these are not the last factors affecting the condition of our entire body, and even more so on the face.

The principle of nutrition and hydration

There is a misconception that in winter the skin of the face really needs nutrition, and moisturizing can supposedly be left for the summer. This is fundamentally wrong, because in the winter months, nutrition and hydration are equally necessary for skin of almost any type, since absolutely all women suffer from a lack of vitamins and dryness due to frost. In addition, as far as natural homemade face masks are concerned, it is almost impossible to separate nutrition from hydration: any product is based on a combination of ingredients in order to preserve as much as possible and make it more beautiful and healthy skin in winter.

For those whose skin is extremely dry, excessively flaky and looks flabby, such masks in winter should be done every day or every other day; for those with normal or combination skin, once or twice a week is enough.

The peculiarity of all skin masks that are made in winter is that they must be both effective and gentle, because, on the one hand, the skin in winter requires a heavy dose of vitamins, nutrients and hydration, and on the other hand, it is so weakened that care should be gentle. Thus, simply crushing berries or grating a cucumber and applying the paste to your face in winter is not enough; you must add components that will soften the effects of the active substances, as well as include additional procedures and manipulations to achieve maximum effect, to “reach out” to the weakened facial skin.

By the way, after the famous scene in the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” when Antonina’s fiancé got scared when he saw Irina Muravyova’s heroine Lyudochka with a blood-red face, the strawberry mask was extremely popular among Soviet women for many years.

The principle of nourishing and moisturizing the skin is simple - you need to use natural products rich in vitamins, grind them and apply to the skin. In winter, you must add cosmetic oils, sour cream or yolk to such a paste, and it is best to steam your face first so that the pores are as clean as possible and open for nutrition.

Nourishing and moisturizing masks

Recipes for winter nourishing and moisturizing masks, each of which should be applied to the face for about a quarter of an hour, and then washed off with a decoction of herbs or water:

  • Grind a ripe banana with a fork or in a blender, add a spoon cosmetic oil and half a tablespoon of lemon juice.
  • Grate the carrots with a fine grater, add the yolk and a tablespoon of olive oil, if necessary, add flour to obtain the consistency of sour cream.
  • Finely chop the cabbage leaves and pour boiling water over them for a few minutes. Then squeeze out the water and add olive oil to the resulting pulp.
  • Remove the skin from the persimmon and chop the pulp with a fork, add a spoonful of rich sour cream or olive oil.

You can also use fantasy mixtures based on the masks given above, for example:

  • Mix a fruit and vegetable mixture of banana, apple or carrot and lemon or grapefruit juice with olive oil or sour cream and apply to the skin.
  • Add grated carrots or chopped banana, or grated potatoes, or finely chopped cucumber and so on to a tablespoon of sour cream.

A homemade nourishing and at the same time moisturizing mask, no matter what combination of ingredients you choose, cannot harm your facial skin, and the ratio and the best component for your skin should be chosen by experimenting.

Winter masks for problem skin

If the skin does not just dry out from the frost, but more serious problems are discovered or intensified, such as pimples and rashes, then the care should be a little different.

For oily, acne-prone skin with enlarged pores, masks are suitable, based on a tightening component that removes oily shine and narrows pores. They cope with this task perfectly egg white, yeast and cosmetic clay, so using masks based on them for problem skin in winter can significantly improve the condition of your face.

  • Beat the white of one egg with a whisk and add two or three tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice and mix. Apply to the skin with a cotton pad until the face is covered with an even, thin, tightening film. The procedure should be done 3 times, that is, apply 3 layers of the mask, each time waiting for the previous one to dry. After 20 minutes of drying last third layer, you need to wash off the mask with water.
  • Dilute the package of non-dry yeast with milk to obtain a thick mixture similar in consistency to sour cream, and apply to the skin with a cotton pad. After drying, rinse with warm water or an anti-inflammatory infusion of pharmaceutical herbs.
  • Cosmetic clay should be diluted to the consistency of sour cream with chamomile decoction or infusion of other herbs, as well as, for example, brewing tea or simply mineral water. After applying to the skin and drying completely, wash off the clay with warm water.

Historians claim that one of Cleopatra’s beauty secrets was the use of clay in masks for the body and face. Moreover, the famous Egyptian queen and role model for women for all times did not invent anything special, but simply applied blue clay, soaked in water on the face and body, left until completely dry, and then washed off. By the way, the emergence of cosmetology as such is also associated with the name of Cleopatra, because it was this woman who elevated self-care to a cult, and thanks to her it became a real art.

For problem skin, it is optimal to alternate nourishing masks with those that tighten pores and eliminate greasy shine, since the skin needs both measures, but do not forget that in winter care should be gentle.

Recipes for Aging Skin

Aging skin in winter needs intensive nutrition and tightening more than ever, which is why masks for aging facial skin in winter usually combine a large amount of oil and fat and a tightening component, for example, egg white.

Most best option for aging skin - make a nourishing and tightening mask one by one:

  • First beat the egg white with lemon juice in a one to one ratio and apply the mixture to the face until completely dry and leave for about a quarter of an hour, then rinse.
  • Next, immediately make another one from the yolk and olive oil in a one to one ratio and a few drops of lemon juice. This mask also needs to be kept for 20 minutes and then washed off with warm water.

In addition, masks based on oatmeal and honey are excellent for aging skin - they nourish, tone and easily exfoliate the skin:

  • Pour two tablespoons of oatmeal (large or medium-sized flakes) with hot milk to form a thick paste. Next, add a spoonful of honey and, without allowing it to cool completely, apply it to your face for a quarter of an hour, and then rinse with warm water.
  • Mix oatmeal with yogurt, olive oil and liquid honey - one tablespoon each - and apply to facial skin for 15-20 minutes.

It is important to know that glycerin in masks or any other skin care products is contraindicated for aging skin. The fact is that glycerin has a double effect: if the air is humid enough, then it takes moisture from it and forms a moist film on the skin, creating a pleasant effect of freshness and relieving dryness, but if the air is quite dry, then glycerin will take water from deeper layers skin. In other words, in winter, masks using glycerin are strictly contraindicated for women with aging facial skin and, of course, are not recommended for all other girls so that they can prolong their beauty as long as possible.

Homemade masks are one of the few products in cosmetology that are a leader compared to industrially produced masks. Both professionals and ordinary women are confident that only natural ingredients will give necessary nutrition and moisturizing, and will also help cope with problems, especially during such a difficult period for facial skin as winter. By paying due attention to nutrition and the amount of fluid consumed, as well as using nourishing masks 1-2 times a week and adding masks against dryness or for aging skin if necessary, you can look great, regardless of the time of year.

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In winter, facial skin is exposed to real stress: low temperatures, scorching winds, precipitation - all this irritates and dries out the skin. Every woman should remember that facial skin care in winter is simply necessary to always look young, fresh and beautiful.

Even if there are no visible reasons for concern, it is very important to provide appropriate facial skin care for everyone - both men and women:

  • at oily skin faces in winter it is recommended to switch to cosmetics for normal skin, and for other skin types you will need the most moisturizing products;
  • It is recommended to do all face masks in winter more often than usual: every 2-3 days;
  • make sure that the air in the office and at home is humidified: hang wet cloths on the radiators or place bowls of water;
  • It is recommended to use a special face cream in winter, which has a protective function for the skin;
  • Moisturize yourself not only from the outside, but also from the inside: increase your fluid intake to three liters per day.

Compliance with these universal rules will provide the necessary skin care for everyone in winter. However, problem skin suffers more than others in winter, which should be discussed separately.

Prevention of problem skin in winter

If your facial skin is problematic, winter is the most difficult period of time for it, when all these problems worsen. It is very important to prepare for winter in a timely manner and carry out a number of preventative measures for facial skin care in winter, which will reduce the risk of exacerbation:

  • actively and regularly cleanse the skin with gel-based products that have an increased pH;
  • increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables;
  • constantly use cleansing masks;
  • If necessary, seek help from a dermatologist or an experienced cosmetologist for recommendations.

If you prepare your skin for winter in advance, there will be significantly fewer problems during this period. Moreover, facial care in winter special troubles does not deliver.

“Winter” masks: indications and contraindications

If you are looking for maximum effective way How to protect your facial skin in winter, use “winter” masks. They can solve many facial skin problems:

  • sensitive skin cannot do without a mask, since it is this type of skin that is most susceptible to temperature changes;
  • the already very dry skin of the face in winter begins to dry out and lose moisture even more under the influence of severe frosts and winds, begins to peel and even crack;
  • oily skin in winter experiences a deficiency of vitamins and nutrition, which can be replenished with the help of masks;
  • problematic skin suffering from pimples and acne may become even more inflamed;
  • fading, aging skin acquires even more wrinkles, since it is human nature to wrinkle during strong gusts of wind and precipitation - smooth out these expression wrinkles masks will help.

There are also a number of restrictive rules that are NOT recommended for skin in winter:

  • you should not consume a lot of coffee, tea and carbonated water, which help remove moisture from the body;
  • Do not apply the cream immediately before going outside: this can lead to hypothermia of the facial skin.

Masks are natural and effective protection facial skin in winter, they have no contraindications, but are able to solve most problems that arise with skin in winter.

Take care of your facial skin in cold weather

The magical effect of masks on facial skin in winter

The mechanism of any mask is determined by its components. Any winter mask should contain at least a few drops of any vegetable oil: olive, flaxseed or pumpkin. They form a protective barrier for the skin, which will protect it from low temperatures and wind. Auxiliary ingredients may be:

  • banana masks: will provide maximum hydration of the facial skin in winter, since banana is a natural moisturizer, which in the mask with the help of vitamin A will nourish dry skin irritated by winter winds;
  • gelatin masks: gelatin has a rejuvenating effect, as part of winter masks it tightens loose skin, soothes the tired, improves blood circulation, whitens age spots, smoothes wrinkles, gives skin elasticity;
  • lemon masks: lemon juice is rich in vitamin C - a natural antioxidant, which in winter actively strengthens and cleanses the skin, shrinks pores; This is exactly what dry facial skin needs in winter, which requires not only hydration, but also nutrition;
  • carrot masks: carrots tones the skin and improves complexion;
  • chamomile masks: chamomile extract in winter masks will soothe irritated skin and relieve inflammation.

Be careful when choosing the recipe you will use to make a mask for your face.

The best winter mask recipes

A huge number of masks can help your facial skin survive another winter. We offer just a few of the most effective and easiest to prepare recipes.

FOR ALL SKIN

  • 1. Banana

Mash a quarter of a banana, beat with nourishing cream (a teaspoon), lemon juice and olive oil (3 drops each). Especially recommended for those who have dry skin on their face and hands in winter.

  • 2. Curd

Mix low-fat cottage cheese (2 teaspoons) with strongly brewed tea (teaspoon) and linseed oil (teaspoon).

REJUVENATING

  • 3. Gelatin

Pour gelatin (10 g) with cold water, stir, leave for an hour to swell. After this, grind zinc oxide (10 g) and glycerin (40 g) into it, heat and cool. The mask can be heated in a water bath until it becomes liquid. In the mask, wet the gauze and apply to the face.

  • 4. Lemon

Mix lemon juice (teaspoon) with thick cream(teaspoon) and sour cream (half a spoon).

FOR OILY SKIN

  • 5. Protein

Beat the egg white, mix with lemon juice (a teaspoon), finely chopped lemon peel and bran (2 teaspoons).

FOR DRY SKIN

  • 6. Herbal

Mix chamomile, plantain and mint (one teaspoon each), boil, add potato starch (teaspoon). A herbal mask will help those who experience excessive peeling of their facial skin in winter: it will moisturize and eliminate the feeling of tightness.

  • 7. Apple

Mix apple juice (a teaspoon) with cottage cheese (2 teaspoons), half an egg yolk and camphor oil (a teaspoon).

TONIC

  • 8. Honey-lemon

Mix honey (a teaspoon) heated to a liquid state with lemon juice (40 drops) and white clay (a tablespoon).

  • 9. Carrot

Dilute grated carrots (a tablespoon) with olive oil (a few drops).

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

  • 10. Chamomile

Beat the yolk with olive oil (a teaspoon) and chamomile extract (a teaspoon). The mask will be especially good if your facial skin peels in winter under the influence of low temperatures or wind.

If you don't help your skin endure all the hardships winter period time, you can prepare for its premature fading and the exacerbation of various kinds of problems. But it’s so easy to avoid all this: be beautiful and healthy at any time of the year.