Sour cream is the not only tasty and useful fermented milk product which is widely used in cookeries, but also unique cosmetic which is applied at the course behind skin and hair. For example, cook remarkable face packs from sour cream.
The usefulness of sour cream is defined by its rich chemical composition: here high content of vitamins of groups C, B, E and A, phosphorus, calcium, iron and other active components necessary for health and beauty of face skin. At the same time sour cream masks are suitable for any type of skin. Such cosmetics are capable to refresh the dry thinned skin, to clean and clarify fat, etc. Also it is considered that the masks prepared from sour cream normalize exchange processes in cells of epithelium, improve blood circulation, bleach skin, do it elastic and beautiful. At the same time, what is important, salutary impact is made not only on superficial, but also on deep layers of skin.
One more advantage of sour cream mask – availability: the main component of such cosmetic on pocket all.
Features of application of masks from sour cream
If fermented milk product is used for care for skin of dry type, it is necessary to take fat sour cream, and for fat type of skin – product with the minimum percent of fat content (besides the structure of mask is recommended to enrich with lemon juice or puree of kiwi). The used sour cream has to be freshen, that is and the speech cannot be expired about application of fermented milk product.
Besides, the masks prepared from sour cream cannot be overdone: after drawing on the person they are held by no more than 20 minutes, and later wash away. And it is impossible to wash away such cosmetics hot water at all: only warm (for dry skin) or cool (for fat).
How to do useful sour cream masks
The mask with the following recipe is useful to dry type of skin: - yolk of 1 egg; - 1 tablespoons of fresh carrot juice; - 1 tablespoons of sour cream. The yolk is accurately mixed with fermented milk product, then this structure is enriched with carrot juice. The received mix is put on the prepared face, and in 17-20 minutes washed away. After such procedures, skin becomes elastic, velvety and beautiful.
Sour cream masks are not used for problem skin care with enlarged pores as this fermented milk product can clog up pores and only to aggravate with it situation.
To normalize work of sebaceous glands, recommend to use the cosmetic consisting of components: - protein 1 of egg; - 1 tablespoons of lemon juice; - 1 tablespoons of sour cream. Ingredients connect and carefully mix. Further the structure is applied to the cleaned skin, and 15-17 minutes later washed away. It is recommended to do 2-3 such procedures weekly. And still it is possible to prepare sour cream mask with the bleaching effect. At its structure there are following components: - 1 tablespoons of cucumber puree (polished fresh cucumber); - 1 tablespoons of fermented milk product. The turned-out cosmetic is applied on the site of skin with strong pigmentation and left for 13-15 minutes.