What to do if skin too dry and lifeless, and cosmetic cream cause irritation and the naggers? The answer is simple: cucumber masks and lotions which it is easy to prepare houses will help to moisturize the skin without harm.
Useful properties
The cucumber – grassy, annual plant, belongs to family of pumpkin. The homeland of vegetable – India and China. In the Indian forests, green vegetable expands in itself, creeps on fences, like grape escapes. The size and color of vegetable depends on grade, and some types practically have no sunflower seeds. Besides water the crispy fruits contain many macrocells and such vitamins as: PP; Vitamin A; Thiamin – B1; Riboflavinum – B2; Folic acid; Vitamin C; The Pyridoxine – B6; Sincaline.
Such organic acids as are part: lemon, apple, oxalic. Alkaline salts lower acidity of gastric juice, and potassium improves work of internals – liver, heart, kidneys.
Advantage and application
The cucumber takes place of honor on each table, making the main part of salads and vegetable snack. Fruits are highly appreciated in marinated look and also as vegetable additive in soups.
Vegetables make not smaller success in the field of cosmetology, preparation of masks, the refreshing lotions and face toners. Recipes can be made easily in house conditions, using pulp, juice, thin skin and even seeds of vegetable.
For short term it is possible to humidify, bleach and refresh skin and also to prevent peeling of the died-off cages. The bleaching effect is especially noticeable after suntan and if every day to wipe places with scattering of undesirable freckles, freckles will fade and will disappear. Besides the rejuvenating effect, pulp of vegetable heals problem sites on skin, liquidates acne rash, painful inflammations, narrows pores, reduces greasy luster.
Lotions from cucumber water are ideal for dry, susceptible to sunshine for skin. The best fruits for holding cosmetology procedures – smooth, with elastic green thin skin, no more than 6 cm in length. Simple wiping of cheeks the cooled circle of cucumber or mask from juicy gruel, always brings freshness and good mood. Masks need to be put with lungs, the patting movements, without rubbing in skin. If you feel fatigue of eyes, it is necessary to put fresh circles by centuries for 10 minutes. The vitamin squash will be suitable for removal of strong reddening. Recipes yield good result after the first use, but you should not be afraid that after accustoming the impact on skin will decrease.
There are many ways to diversify nutritious squashes and lotions. Let's consider some of them.
Recipes
Moisturizing mask No. 1
Rind 1 cucumber of the small size, rub on small grater. Add 1 tablespoon of sour cream to weight, warm milk with spoon of sunflower oil. Small cut bunch of fennel or cilantro. Ready mix is passed via the meat grinder, before application wring out part of juice that the mask was not too liquid then put on clean face. Waiting time of 15-20 minutes. Sometimes smetano-milk mix is replaced with pink water or low-fat cream. In that case, the consistence is shaken up to magnificent, steady foam.
Mask No. 2
To recover sebaceous glands, to remove greasy luster from the area of nose, cheeks or forehead, it is possible to make oatmeal with cucumber pulp. If there is no ready flour, the oat flakes processed in the coffee grinder will approach. Weight from 1 cucumber, 2 spoons of oatmeal carefully stir to dense state and put on face for 20 minutes then they remove napkin or wash away warm water. Flour is often replaced with white clay.
Mask No. 3
Gentle, sensitive skin needs special attention. For giving of cheerfulness, elasticity or healthy shine, it is necessary to mix 2 spoons of cottage cheese, 1 yolk, 2 spoons of liquid honey and cucumber water. The consistence has to turn out viscous. Apply 2 times a week.
Mask No. 4
The effective recipe from pimples. 1 fresh cucumber of the average sizes is small grated, steamed 2 glasses of boiled water. When water slightly cools down, add ½ tsps of baking soda, filter weight twice, getting rid of liquid. Gruel needs to be applied on problem sites and to hold within 25 minutes.
The srub cleaning
If there is a wish to achieve double result – bleaching plus deep cleansing, then the option of house srub will be appreciated by any woman. It is very simple to train him. Pulp of small cucumber without thin skin is grated, mixed with 1 tsp of salt and spoon of oatmeal. It is possible to add 2 drops of lemon for tone. When drawing the main thing not to touch area of eyes and lips. Action time – 15-20 minutes.
Nutritious srub
One more option of fight against the died-off particles includes semolina. The vegetable squash is mixed from 2 tablespoons of semolina, two pinches of salt, greens of parsley and leaves of dry camomile. It is possible to add several drops of orange or mint.
Lotions
Fine means for giving of freshness.
1 fleshy cucumber is cut large segments, filled in with ½ part of almond, peach or olive oil to which add 3 drops of rosemary or lavender. Solution has to infuse not less than 4-5 days then accurately blot with it face. Is suitable for the overdried skin. One more way: 1 yolk is shaken up from 3 tablespoons of juice of cucumber, 1 spoon of sour cream and by 60 g of white wine.
It is possible to apply lotion on alcohol to fat type.
2-3 cucumbers pass via the meat grinder, delete part of liquid, crush dried peel of half of lemon and spread in bowl. Add 1 glass of vodka, stir. The received mix is removed in the fridge for 10 days. Then tincture is filtered through strainer, mixed with 1 egg and spoon of honey. Sometimes add low-fat cream. Use lotion in the morning and in the evening, accurately processing sites the moistened cotton tampon.
The bleaching lotion
It is required:
- Cucumber juice – 3 tablespoons;
- Milk – 5 l;
- Pink water – 5 l;
- Lemon juice – 2 tsps.
Ingredients mix, then remove for several days to the solar place. It is recommended to put on face in several calling before full absorption. It is optional to wash away.
Contraindications
In spite of the fact that the cucumber more consists of water and has medicinal properties, there are people who are forbidden to use product as in food, and external way. First of all it concerns those who suffer from chronic intolerance, allergy or diseases of endocrine system. Cucumbers are not recommended to pregnant women and the feeding women: at the excessive use it is possible to upset stomach, to provoke heartburn, eructation or congestion of gases.
For application of vitamin masks, the person has to be clean, without sharp inflammatory processes, open abscesses or signs of the extended vessels. Also, it is necessary to refrain from procedures the first weeks after plastic surgeries.
Storage
Masks of own preparation have property to spoil quickly. Therefore it is necessary to prepare a la carte, and to store jars in the fridge no more than 14 days. If the product is initially spoiled, the expiration date is shortened twice. Attentively examine cucumber thin skin, it has to be clean, without ruts, signs of rotting, with juicy pulp, without bitterness and yellowness.