Steam bath – the effective cleaning procedure for the person. With its help it is possible not only to steam out skin before peeling, imposing of masks, but also to get rid of eels, peeling, to saturate epidermis with useful substances. Today on sale there are special cosmetic devices for steam bath. But if there is no opportunity to get such – it does not matter.
It is required to you
- - water;
- - pan;
- - curative herbs;
- - essential oils;
- - big towel.
Instruction
- If you have long hair, then for the period of the procedure take away them in bunch. Before the procedure by all means clean face skin from cosmetics.
- Take pan and pour in it in 1 liter of water. Put pan on fire and bring to boiling. When water begins to boil – pour into it 2-3 tablespoons of curative herbs (about them slightly lower). Switch off fire, cover pan and leave for couple of minutes, having allowed grass broth to infuse. In two minutes add several drops of essential oils to water.
- Put pan on low table, so that you could sitting hold the person in 30-40 cm from water. Further settle over pan (you remember how in the childhood you were forced "to breathe over potato"?), cover the head and pan with towel and try to relax for 5-10 minutes. Feel how vivifying steam removes stress from face, opens every time, saves your skin from dirt, toxins, slags, doing it perfect.
- After the procedure is ended, take off towel from the head, then clean face (it is possible to use very soft peeling, and it is possible just to wipe skin with alcohol-free lotion). The last stage – imposing of the nutritious moisturizing cream. It is recommended to repeat this procedure not more often than 2 times a month.
- Now as for the choice of plants and oils for steam bath. Here everything depends on your type of skin. So, for example, the melissa, rosemary, calendula, comfrey, lavender and lemon grass are shown to oily skin. It is necessary to choose from essential oils drying and possessing anti-inflammatory action. Treat those, for example, tea tree oil. Dry skin with gratitude will belong to steam bath with camomile, dandelion and essential oils of rose, sandal-wood tree, orange. By the way, instead of oils of citrus you can quite use their fresh or dried crusts. For normal skin it is the best of all to choose plants of mallow, thyme, coltsfoot, cuff as ordinary, camomiles and licorice. Essential oils of lavender and geranium are suitable for enrichment of the procedure.