More and more health and beauty experts agree on one thing: industrial cosmetics contain harmful substances... These are chemical additives, preservatives, fragrances. An alternative to these products is natural home cosmetics made with our own handles.

Facial and body beauty care is a matter that requires a lot of attention and a serious approach. In this article, you will find the basic principles of making cosmetics at home, as well as proven and effective recipes.

Advantages, also disadvantages of natural cosmetics made at home

Many women would like to try making their own cosmetics at home. However, they do not dare to do this, since they are not sure of the effectiveness folk remedies... Nevertheless, home-made preparations are very often able to cope with such problems, against which the means of the most famous brands are powerless.

Pros of home remedies:

• complete naturalness and high quality of ingredients;
• lack of preservatives, chemical fragrances and dyes in the composition;
• low cost;
• high efficiency of products, proven by many generations;
• variability of recipes. There is always the opportunity to individually select the ingredients for each recipe, as well as remove those that you cannot tolerate.

Cons of home remedies:

• short shelf life;
• the possibility of an allergic reaction.

Self-made cosmetics: preparation rules

To make the funds prepared with your own pens really useful, follow the rules for their manufacture and use:

1. Use only clean dishes;
2. For the preparation of cosmetics, take only fresh, natural ingredients;
3. Do a sensitivity test for the selected ingredients. Do not use those that have caused even a slight allergic reaction;
4. Take essential oils, spices, pungent and acidic substances in small quantities indicated in the recipe;
5. Apply a small amount of a DIY cosmetic;
6. Store homemade cosmetics exclusively on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 2 to 5 days.

Homemade cosmetics recipes

For face

Many have heard about the healing properties of aloe. This plant is just a storehouse of nutrients. It has a moisturizing effect on the skin, heals wounds, eliminates irritations, and smoothes wrinkles. All these properties make aloe indispensable for making cosmetics at home. Such products are especially useful for fading or faded skin after a disease.

Mask for thin, sensitive skin:

• healing herbs, 1-2 teaspoons:
• Linden blossom;
• rose petals;
• pharmaceutical camomile;
• St. John's wort.

Mix the herbs and steam with boiling water. Let it brew for only 15-20 minutes. Add the aloe leaf gruel to the slightly cooled infusion. From soft tissue or gauze to make a mask, moisten abundantly in a warm infusion.

Keep on face for 15 minutes. Then, wash your face with warm water. Such a mask will soothe skin irritation and nourish it with vitamins.

Mask for oily and shine-prone skin:

• aloe gruel 1-2 tablespoons;
• egg white 1 piece;
• lemon juice 10 drops.

Mix all ingredients. Apply to previously cleansed face skin. Leave for 15-20 minutes. Wash off the drug with water at room temperature. The product heals wounds and eliminates inflammation, tightens pores, and removes oily sheen.

For body

At home, it is useful to create various scrubs, creams, body lotions. It is recommended to include ground black and green coffee, honey, vegetable and essential oils... Various spices are also widely used in home cosmetics. Peels with sea salt are very effective. Homemade natural cosmetics cleanse, warm and moisturize the skin.

Scrub with sea salt:

• sea ​​salt 2-3 tablespoons;
• ground red pepper 1 teaspoon;
• vegetable cosmetic oil (not essential!): flaxseed, almond, sesame or any other - 3 tablespoons.

Mix all substances. Apply to the body with massage in a circular motion... When applying, avoid sensitive areas: breasts, armpits and others. The scrub, thanks to the presence of such a spice as ground red pepper, warms up the skin and fights cellulite. The drug has a softening effect, makes the body smooth.

Anti-cellulite massage cream:

• grated ginger 2 tablespoons;
• orange juice 1 tablespoon;
• ground green coffee 2 tablespoons;
• olive or other vegetable oil 3 tablespoons, you can take more for a comfortable consistency.

Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Use the cream to massage problem areas: abdomen, thighs, arms. Please note: Ginger can cause intense burning! Apply to your wrist or elbow before using the product. Use only if there is no severe redness or burning sensation. The massage in combination with this cream evens out the skin and removes cellulite.

For hair

Shampoos and medical masks do-it-yourself hair is much more effective, and most importantly - more useful than purchased ones. For their manufacture, vegetable and essential oils, spices, honey, dairy products, decoctions and infusions of medicinal plants, aloe, egg yolk are used.

Honey and aloe mask:

• aloe juice 1-2 teaspoons;
• castor oil 1 teaspoon;
• honey 1 tablespoon

Mix the ingredients. Make a 2-3-use mixture and store in the refrigerator. Apply half an hour before washing your hair, no more than three times a week. The mask perfectly restores brittle hair, gives it shine.

Aloe & Oils Nourishing Mask:

• aloe juice 3 tablespoons;
• jojoba oil 1 tablespoon;
• vanilla essential oil 4-5 drops.

We apply the mixture to slightly moistened strands, not forgetting to thoroughly massage the head. Cover with a towel and leave for 20-30 minutes. We wash off with warm water using mild shampoo... The mask nourishes the hair, makes it shiny and silky.

Natural decorative cosmetics at home

Natural body care products, creams and masks can be made easily on your own. With your own hands, you can also make a fragrant and very healthy soap and even lipstick, gloss, shadows.

Make-up ingredients can be purchased at pharmacies or online stores. You will need high quality beeswax to make your lipstick. Powders and eyeshadows are based on mineral bases. You will also need base and essential oils, thickeners, pigments and pearls.

For self-made high-quality decorative cosmetics, you must have the following devices:

1. Mini mixer. You can mix the components manually, but it will take longer;
2. Thick glass or ceramic bowl... Cookware must be able to withstand high temperatures;
3. Laboratory balance... Many recipes give very precise weights. The quality of the product depends on compliance with the recipe;
4. Sterilizer. The one in which baby bottles are sterilized is perfect;
5. Jars and bottles... For packaging and storage of cosmetics.

Home decorative cosmetics handmade- it's actually very simple! In the arsenal of modern beauties there is always a huge number of different tubes, bottles and jars, specially invented in order to emphasize their best and strongest features, and to slightly correct errors.

But buying cosmetics in stores may not always be the best choice, especially for people prone to allergies, because even if eminent manufacturers sin by introducing various additives, preservatives, dyes and other "unhealthy" compounds that are very often contained in synthetic pigments for lipsticks, eyeshadows and blush and causing skin problems and various allergies, which even then talk about fakes. But our entire market is already filled with them. Even when purchasing a product in a good specialized store, you do not receive guarantees of originality and quality of purchase.

Recently, it has become popular among manufacturers of industrial decorative cosmetics to define their products as "natural". It is extremely rare that this is true. Even if natural ingredients in the cream about 0.5%, then they can already call it that. And if, indeed, the product contains natural ingredients in sufficient quantities, then, as a rule, its cost is incredibly high.

For people who are independently engaged in the manufacture of cosmetics with their own hands, the question is: "Why?" not even worth it. They are well aware of the wonderful effects of natural ingredients on health and beauty. And, as it turns out, this is not at all such a difficult task as it seems at first glance. It is enough to purchase the necessary ingredients in specialized stores or online stores and follow the instructions first, and then, after gaining sufficient experience, use your imagination.

With the correct selection of high-quality components and the correct strict adherence to the instructions, it is quite possible to obtain a high-quality product, which, moreover, will have supportive and healing properties.

Components of natural decorative cosmetics

Since ancient times, women have used to decorate their bodies and emphasize natural beauty the gifts of nature that surrounded them. Products with pronounced coloring properties were used to highlight lips and blush, eyelashes were stained with a mixture of soot, fat and powdered lead, the eyes were brought down with crushed malachite, charcoal, jasper, and copper-based shadows were applied to the eyes. And this is a small part of the ingenious inventions of women striving for beauty.

Nowadays, home sorceresses also work their little miracles with the help of natural ingredients. Let's try to figure out how to make the cosmetics ourselves and what materials we need for this.

This, of course, is not all the ingredients that are used to make home cosmetics. In order to obtain the desired effect, it is possible to add, for example, natural fruit and vegetable juices, honey and other interesting ingredients.

Equipment required for production

Of course, various gadgets and items will be needed to produce home beauty products. Make sure you have utensils for mixing and storing ingredients. Read more about this in the table that follows.

Do not forget that the most important condition in the manufacture of home cosmetics is mandatory sterility. Only by completely sterilizing the dishes and other tools used in the process can you make a quality product that will not harm your health. The shelf life of homemade products is already low due to the use of natural ingredients, the lack of sterility will not allow it to hold out even this.

DIY foundation

Many girls faced such a problem as the selection of the perfect tonal for the face, as the acquisition of a "coating" with the necessary healing, protective properties, allowing the skin to breathe, while masking minor imperfections on the face. At the same time, the tone must also ideally coincide with your own. Try to make a foundation yourself, that is, with your own hands, using this simple recipe for a start:

1. Half a teaspoon mix beeswax or soy wax with half a tsp. rice flour, add 100 ml of jojoba oil and 50 ml of aloe vera gel.
2. Melt the mixture in a bain-marie and gradually stir in 12 teaspoons of the mineral powder base.
3. After that, gradually introduce a little color pigment until the desired shade is obtained. Do not rush, add little by little, literally by the grain, so as not to miscalculate with the tone.
4. Then cool the resulting composition and pour into a sterile bottle.

The shelf life of such a product is no more than 3 months. Store it in the refrigerator.

How to make powder at home?

Making powder at home is not difficult at all, following this simple step-by-step recipe:

How to make eye shadow with your own hands?

Making shadows with your own hands gives the widest scope for imagination. The number of pigments and combinations obtained from them has an incredible number of options. Try to make your own cosmetic product yourself using the simplest recipe:

Using this recipe, you can get shadows of a wide variety of shades, and by choosing the necessary proportions of pigments and other components, you can experiment with the addition of various caring oils and waxes to give a healing caring effect.

How to make lipstick at home?

In order to make lipstick at home, you just need to use this simple step-by-step recipe:

This recipe combines caring and medicinal properties, thanks to the presence of healthy oils with a wide palette of all kinds of shades.

Recipe for making a cosmetic pencil

A wooden or plastic base for your cosmetic pencil can be purchased at specialty stores or departments. As a rule, no more than five grams of the mixture is placed in one pencil, it is almost impossible to mix such an amount, so it makes sense to make a base for several pencils at once, and store the leftovers in the freezer, using as needed.

So, the recipe for making a cosmetic pencil is as follows:

1. Melt 1 g in a water bath. carnauba wax with 1 gr. stearic acid, add 4 gr. jojoba oil, 2 gr. castor oil, 2 grams of coconut oil, 2 drops of vitamin E, 0.5 grams. phytokeratin.
2. Gradually add natural color pigment to the resulting mixture until the desired shade is obtained.
3. While the mixture is hot, use a syringe to fill the pencil base with it.
4. Hold the pencil between your palms and rotate it vigorously several times so that the filler is evenly distributed inside the base.
5. Put your pencil in the freezer, wait for it to harden, and sharpen it.

Having learned how to prepare cosmetic pencils according to this recipe, you can make pencils for the eyes, lips and eyebrows by varying the amount of oils and shades of pigments.

All the necessary cosmetics can be made at home!

As you can see, almost any cosmetic product can be made at home. Having gained enough experience and having acquired the necessary arsenal of components for home cosmetics, you may well try your hand at preparing more complex recipes, you will be able to master the mechanism of mixing bases for shimmers, concealers, baked eyeshadows, sophisticated formulas of foundations, powders and lipsticks. Take into service the recipes for the beauty of beauties of the past, because until now many girls, for example, in the East, use kayal, henna, basma and other rather ancient inventions for cosmetic purposes. Explore the properties of minerals cosmetic oils, herbs, and your cosmetics will only bring you pleasure and benefit, without harming your health and beauty, but only increasing them.

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The use of handmade products is becoming more and more popular. This also applies to cosmetics. Environmentally friendly, completely natural and most importantly incredible effective means for care and body, prepared according to the recipes of our grandmothers and supplemented taking into account modern possibilities, it is not at all difficult to do, and today's article will be devoted to just that. DIY natural cosmetics at home recipes for beginners:

Shower gel

How to make cosmetics at home? To prepare a liter of shower gel, you will need the most ordinary bar of soap, water and a little essential oil. Dissolve the soap. This is easier to do if you grate it first. The most common version of the nursery will do, without fragrances.

We put water with soap dissolved in it on the fire and begin, slowly adding oil, to heat the container. The main thing is to catch the moment when the mixture begins to boil, but bubbles have not yet appeared on the surface. It is necessary to leave the received for a day, until the mass begins to solidify a little. Now you can pour it into a container with a dispenser and start using it.

The recipe is based on the ratio of soap and water (125 grams and one liter). The rest is entirely your fantasy. You can add essential oil, your favorite perfume, or natural fragrances.

Anti-cellulite soap

To make anti-cellulite soap, you will need coffee, olive oil, water, and two bars of soap. It is best to use the most common, baby, without fragrances and fragrances. Safety precautions should be followed throughout the process.

Wear gloves, a mask and keep food away. Then take two saucepans that are the right size for making a water bath. Put on fire. Grind the soap on a coarse grater and stir with 4 tablespoons olive oil... In a water bath, gradually adding hot boiled water (1 glass), dissolve until smooth. At the very end, add three tablespoons of sea salt and coffee. You can do this after shutdown.

It remains to form the blocks. To do this, you can use molds and pour the hot mass into it. To make it easier to get a piece of soap after hardening, grease the bottom of the mold with oil.

Shampoo

To care for your hair, you don't have to spend huge amounts of money on buying shampoos. You can cook them yourself. For example, you can fight dandruff and make your hair soft and silky by mixing 10 grams of rubbing alcohol with oil. tea tree and whisking the resulting mixture with two chicken yolks. Apply to hair and massage well, rubbing thoroughly into the skin.

Beet infusion is no less effective. You need to peel and cut into rings two medium-sized root crops and fill with water in a three-liter jar. Let it brew for two to three days. Then the infusion must be filtered and, thoroughly heated, rinsed the hair.

For oily and combined hair will fit a mixture of one chicken yolk, a teaspoon of brandy and two tablespoons of water. It is necessary to rub thoroughly into the scalp and leave for a few minutes. The effect may not be noticeable at first. This is due to the fact that the hair and scalp get used to the previously used shampoo.

Facial scrub

Using oatmeal to cleanse your face will not only help unclog your pores. Even after the first use, the result will be very noticeable, and if you make it a rule to wash yourself at least a couple of times a week, your face will become matte and smooth, and the effect will last.

With slightly damp palms, take a handful of oatmeal, mash and massage onto your face. Ordinary salt is also very good for cleansing. You can use it in the same way. Just don't overdo it. When salt gets into pores, it can not only cleanse them, but also cause irritation. Therefore, do this no more than once a week, and after that, be sure to soothe your skin with a cream.

Honey and sugar, mixed in equal proportions and applied to the face for five to seven minutes, give an amazing result. The skin will become very clean, the pores will tighten, and fine wrinkles will be smoothed out.

Antiseptic

Softening, moisturizing, and protecting against common infections are what most people want a hand wash. This recipe will help you achieve exactly this result, and it is also so safe that it can even be used by children. Mix a teaspoon of aloe vera, eight drops each of grapefruit and tea tree oil, five drops each of lavender oil and calendula tincture. Just five minutes and the product is ready. Feel free to apply it to your hands and get not only protection from bacteria, but also give your handles a great look.

For heels

Well-groomed heels for many are simply an impossible task. This is due to many reasons, but we will not dwell on them, but we will immediately move on to proven solutions. You can slightly heat a glass of kefir, divide it in half and pour it into plastic bags. It is not very pleasant to immerse in the received feet, but the result is worth it. From above, you can put on socks and sit for half an hour, and then rinse with warm water. You need to do it at least twice a week, and in no case use nail files and pumice. The hardened skin will begin to recede on its own, and the cracks will heal.

Every woman wants to look young and attractive. In pursuit of beauty, many women tend to buy a huge amount of cosmetics. And sometimes their price is the main selection criterion: it is the cost, not the composition. Sometimes we give money for a loud and well-known brand, and not for the "stuffing". For some reason, it is believed that if the price is high, then the quality is appropriate. In fact, this is not always the case.

All cosmetics produced in production are chemistry supplemented with some natural ingredients. Of course, over time, the chemical constituent of a particular product can negatively affect the skin. But with natural cosmetics, you certainly do not threaten. Home cosmetics, the recipes for which are published below, have many years of practice. These funds were also used by our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. It was just that there was no opportunity to acquire expensive creams and shampoos, but many women could boast of matte smooth skin and lush hair - thanks to the recipes of natural cosmetics! Now there are many more possibilities for making cosmetics at home, so you can look great too!

DIY cosmetics recipes: what you need to make homemade cosmetics

Do-it-yourself home cosmetics, the recipes of which are passed down from generation to generation, is a very interesting activity. Moreover, it is capable of captivating not only women, but also ... men.

Today there are a huge number of cosmetic recipes that have been adapted so that every woman can prepare them in her kitchen. Some of them are quite complicated, so it will take a little skill and a little experience to prepare them. But basically, do-it-yourself cosmetics are prepared according to very simple recipes.

To achieve a certain result, you need, first of all, to decide what means you will use to achieve the desired effect. The reaction of the skin to folk cosmetics will be unambiguous, but this is what is already a question. That is why use only high-quality and proven ingredients, and first determine if you are allergic to this or that ingredient.

DIY makeup tools

To make cosmetics at home, you will definitely need to have:

1. Scales that have an accuracy of measurements within 1-2 g.
2. The containers in which you will mix all the necessary ingredients - they should not be used in everyday life (only for the preparation of cosmetics).
3. Containers for storing the finished product - ideally glass bottles and vials with lids that seal the container tightly.
4. A mortar with a pestle to grind flowers, herbs and other ingredients.

DIY cosmetics: we prepare and store

1. Cosmetic recipes can be modified, rebuilding individually for yourself, for example, for your skin type. Feel free to experiment and combine ingredients.
2. Prepare cosmetics in small portions. Since you are using exclusively natural products without preservatives, your product has a short shelf life.
3. Always label the bottles - include the date of manufacture and the expiration date.
4. Never violate the storage conditions for natural cosmetics. If in doubt that the product was stored correctly, it is better not to use cosmetics.
5. Every time you take a bottle of cosmetics to use it, be careful and careful, as you can introduce bacteria or microorganisms with dirty tools or hands.
6. If your cosmetics have reached the end of their expiration date, throw it away, do not use it.

1. Most often, oil is taken as a basis for home cosmetics. Basically, all herbs and flowers, seeds and bark of plants are infused with oil. Thanks to this, the product absorbs beneficial features, add texture and aroma to cosmetics.
2. When choosing a recipe for cosmetics that you will prepare with your own hands, study the properties of all the products that you will use. They must be suitable for your skin, only in this way you will get exactly the effect you are hoping for.
3. Remember that if you have dry skin, you should never use preparations containing alcohol for the preparation of cosmetics.
4. If you have oily skin, be sure to include ingredients that can normalize the function of the sebaceous glands.
5. It is imperative that before preparing cosmetics, you must prepare the dishes in which you will cook - pour boiling water over it.
6. Get started with clean thoughts, a fresh head and good mood... Tune in to the positive and you will definitely succeed!

DIY natural cosmetics: recipes

Folk beauty recipes are a wide variety of cosmetics. This includes: creams, scrubs, shampoos, lotions, soaps and even ... deodorants! Thanks to natural products, such cosmetics have received many positive feedback... In addition, all these products are safe, they are able to provide complete care for your skin, which will preserve its youth and beauty. Cosmetics self made, the recipes for which you can read below, will prove to you that you can make a real masterpiece - much better than a branded product, thanks to which you will always look great!

DIY cosmetics: face and body cream

1. An excellent product that is suitable for all skin types. It is necessary to beat three yolks from chicken eggs, add 30 g of natural juice to them (at your choice - either fruit or vegetable juice, which more suitable for your skin type). Add 15 g of quality beeswax. Mix everything thoroughly. Pour in a few drops of vegetable (you can olive) oil. Stir until smooth. The cream can be stored in the refrigerator for two weeks. Apply morning and evening to cleansed face skin. Rinse off after a quarter of an hour with warm water.
2. Thanks to this product, the skin around the eyes will be soft but firm. Mix 15 g of lanolin (pre-melt the product in a water bath) and 3 tsp. oil (ideally almond, but can be replaced with something else that suits your skin type). Pour in tsp. lecithin. Add 2 tablespoons drop by drop. warm water. Stir the resulting mass with a wooden spatula and put in the refrigerator. Store no more than two weeks. Apply in the morning and in the evening on the skin around the eyes, remove the excess with a cotton swab.
3. One of the best anti-wrinkle creams. It will leave your skin fresh, firm and velvety. Mix oils (necessarily from grape seeds of the first extraction and coconut oil in a ratio of 4: 1), tsp. lanolin, 2 tablespoons vegetable wax (you can beeswax). Mix everything, then heat in the microwave (45 sec). Pull out the mass, mix and send it back to the microwave (45 sec). Repeat until the wax melts. Pour a little more than half a glass of pure water (ideally distilled) into a container, add 0.5 tbsp. aloe vera (gel consistency), 10 tablets of ascorbic acid (after grinding them into powder). Mix everything thoroughly. If desired, choose any scent that you really like aroma oils and pour a few drops into the mass. Mix the first and second mass. Mix everything well until the mass becomes homogeneous. Transfer to a container that closes, store in the refrigerator for no more than two weeks. Apply to clean, prepared face twice a day. Remove excess with a paper towel.

DIY cosmetics: scrub

1. One of the best folk recipes- scrub based on coffee grounds, prepared as follows. Brew coffee (preferably finely ground). Drink the liquid, and collect the thick. At 3 st. l. coffee grounds: 3 tablespoons whipped cream, three drops of aromatic oil (orange or lemon, you can - citrus mix), a few drops of ordinary olive oil. If your skin is very dry or flaky, add a capsule of vitamins - either A or E. Thanks to this scrub, the skin is not only cleansed, it gets excellent nourishment and is well hydrated. It is undesirable to store this scrub; it must be used immediately after preparation. The scrub is applied to the body after the shower with massage movements. Wash off with warm water.
2. Another popular type of scrub is honey. What is remarkable, for the preparation of this cosmetic product there is no need to buy fresh honey at all - old, already sugared honey is perfect. Mix 10 tbsp. honey, 5 tsp. sugar, a glass of Hercules oatmeal and 15 drops of lavender oil. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. Use immediately after bath - apply to the steamed body, making massage movements. If you plan to apply this scrub to your face, then you will need to grind the oatmeal in a coffee grinder first. It is undesirable to store such a scrub.
3. A brown sugar scrub will keep your skin in perfect condition as skin covering will become elastic, healthy and clean. Mix 50 g brown sugar and 0.5 tsp. almond oil. For a scent, add a few drops of your favorite scent - an essential extract (rose, lavender, orange, etc.). If the skin flakes, you can add vitamin E - one capsule. It is better not to store this scrub, but always prepare a new portion immediately before use. Massage onto skin, massage a little before rinsing. If you have very dry skin, apply a moisturizer after using the scrub.

DIY cosmetics: skin lotion

1. Take 3 leaves of aloe. Wash thoroughly and pour in 1.5 liters of cold water. Let it brew for several hours, then put on fire, bring to a boil. Make low heat, boil for about five minutes. Let it brew and cool, then it can be poured into a glass bottle, corked and stored in a cool place. Shelf life is six months. Wipe your face after sleep and after removing makeup.
2. This lotion is a great remedy for oily skin... Puree 6 fresh cucumbers. Mix with the yolk from a chicken egg, Art. l. honey, 50 ml of alcohol and 100 ml of rose water. Mix thoroughly, pour into a glass container, seal and leave in a dark place for five days. Strain, store finished product in the refrigerator (maximum two weeks). Wipe the skin twice a day - morning and evening.
3. If you have dry skin, you will love this lotion as it has excellent moisturizing properties. Take 2 tbsp. coconut oil 2 tablespoons beeswax, tbsp. vegetable (ideally - olive) oil, 3 tbsp. peach oil, 15 ml of pure (preferably distilled) water, 0.5 cups of cocoa. Melt the wax over low heat in water, add cocoa and all the other ingredients. Stir, pour into a prepared container. Store in the refrigerator, but no more than fourteen days. Use twice a day.

DIY cosmetics: masks

1. Nice mask, which fights with such a concept as “ problem skin". Beat the white of one chicken egg - until froth. Pour in 4 drops of oil - tea tree extract and add starch, stirring all the time, to get a thick mass, similar to sour cream. Apply to skin and leave for a quarter of an hour, then rinse. After such cleansing, the skin needs a lotion to wipe the face and a cream - it is applied after all procedures. The course of "treatment" is 10 days - two to three. You can repeat the course no earlier than a quarter later. Such a mask cannot be stored for a long time - it must be prepared immediately before application.
2. If you have blackheads on your face, be sure to use this recipe! Crush a tablet of activated carbon into powder, mix with 1 tsp. gelatin. Pour the dry mixture into 2 tsp. milk (in the absence of, you can use plain water). Mix everything very thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Send in the microwave for 15 seconds. Wait until the mass is warm. Take a hard brush, first "drive" the mass into the pores, then grease on top with a thick layer and leave for a quarter of an hour. Remove like a film mask. It is best to apply this mask after showering or bathing to keep your face steamed. You cannot store this mask! It is contraindicated to use for rosacea!
3. An excellent remedy that will help get rid of acne, blackheads and various skin irregularities. In 0.5 tbsp. flour (choose between rice, oatmeal or wheat) add 1 d. l. soda, stir. Use 1 tbsp at a time. dry mix. It must be mixed with kefir - you should get a thick mass (like average sour cream). Apply to face with massaging movements. Leave for a quarter of an hour. Rinse off the mask. Repeat the next day. V finished form the mask is not stored.

DIY cosmetics: deodorant

Do-it-yourself deodorant is a new thing, but practical. What's remarkable is that you can change its scent depending on the time of year, time of day or ... mood.

Mix soda and starch in equal proportions (corn is best suited). Pour 15 to 20 drops of the aromatic oil that you like onto 120 g of the finished dry mixture. It is best to start with tea tree oil as it has a neutral odor. Add 2 to 4 tbsp. coconut oil. Mix everything so that the consistency is homogeneous. The resulting product must be placed in a suitable container. It's good if you still have a special antiperspirant box. If there is none, then you can put the mixture on a plastic bag and form a block and send it to the cold. It is advisable to store the product in the refrigerator - at least in the warm season. The shelf life is about three months. The deodorant should be applied in a thin layer on the armpits in the morning.

DIY cosmetics recipes. Video

Make cosmetics at home, which consists of natural raw materials, is a rather simple, but at the same time, a responsible process. Homemade cosmetics are more likely to cause allergies than store-bought cosmetics. Foods that cause allergies when ingested should not be eaten externally. Especially people with sensitive skin you need to use home cosmetics carefully.

How to determine if homemade cosmetics will cause allergies? Make a test, apply a little cosmetic product, be it cream or lotion, on the elbow of the skin or on the back of the hand. If no signs of allergy appear within half an hour, you can use and safely prepare cosmetics at home. Allergy sufferers use cosmetics homemade highly discouraged.

To get the right effect and not harm cosmetics, follow the basic rules on how to make cosmetics at home:

1. Perform the sensitivity test described above.
2. Follow the rules
3. Rinse ingredients thoroughly: vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc.
4. Decoctions and infusions are made in a water bath or poured with boiling water, and not boiled.
5. Use only clean, sterilized dishes for cooking.
6. It is best to use a porcelain or wooden spoon or crush to make gruel, rubbing and whipping food.
7. Do not use iron cookware.
8. Prepare juice for cosmetics at home just before preparation.
9. Homemade cosmetics are only applied to clean skin and hair.
10. Be careful with alcohol-based recipes, as it can irritate your skin.
11. Do not use concentrated juice, especially lemon juice, always dilute.
12. The volume of a tablespoon is 15 ml, a teaspoon is 5 ml.
13. should be on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Decoctions and infusions - 4 days, creams - 1 month, tonics, lotions - up to 2 weeks, masks are always freshly prepared.

At home, you can make a mask for the face, body, peeling, etc. Only fresh ingredients are used. Masks are always made freshly prepared. Homemade masks moisturize, nourish, tighten pores and do much more good for the skin. As a rule, the mask is done once a week.

An infusion is a cosmetic medicine made from water and plant materials. The infusion is used to cleanse and prepare the skin to receive the cream. For infusions, plant materials are used, usually flowers, leaves, herbs of plants, most fruits and seeds in crushed form.

Decoctions are prepared for lotions, creams, emulsions. Used for cleansing, toning and relaxing facial skin. For decoctions, bark, rhizomes, roots, dense leathery leaves (except for those containing essential oils) are used. Finished raw materials can be bought at a pharmacy or specialty stores.

You can make soap at home in 3 ways: from scratch, based on a soap base, or baby soap... Also how to make massage tiles and bath balls. Using various molds, you can add to the soap original view... The soap can be used at home or as a gift.