- Features of use for the face
- Using oils for rejuvenation purposes
- Security measures
- How to use correctly
Benefits of cosmetic oils
Why oil, you ask. You can use your usual cream according to your skin type, and not waste time preparing homemade masks. You are right about this.
However, you will have to pay a lot of money for high-quality cosmetics, while oils cost pennies. Any cream works only in the superficial layers of the skin, but a natural product penetrates into deep structures and works at the cellular level.
Cosmetics give a positive effect while you use them, and oils have a long-lasting effect.
In addition, the likelihood of developing an allergy is possible only if there is an individual intolerance to natural components. While the cream includes many chemical additives, the skin reaction is quite difficult to predict.
Although to be fair, if you decide to use cosmetic oil instead of cream, do not expect quick results. You will be able to enjoy beauty only after 2-3 weeks of regular procedures.
Security measures
Since essential oils are highly concentrated, they are considered allergenic. To minimize the likelihood of problems occurring, it is worth taking note of a few tips from cosmetologists:
- Each new cosmetic product should be tested for individual tolerance by applying a small portion to the wrist. If after a few hours no reactions occur, then you can use it;
- buy only natural products. Stores often sell counterfeits, so when shopping, you should go to specialized stores and give preference to well-known and trusted brands. Synthetic analogues will not bring any benefit, but on the contrary, they can only do harm;
- Some esters can be applied to the skin in the eye area, but only when mixed with base oils. Nothing should get into your eyes;
- you need to choose oils taking into account your skin type and the characteristics of the problems that worry you;
- Cosmetic products need to be changed periodically. The same product can be used for no more than 3 weeks. Afterwards you need to take a break for 3-4 weeks and you can use it again;
- Before purchasing, you should always study the composition, recommendations and rules of use. All information must be on the packaging.
Jojoba oil
The beneficial properties of jojoba are determined by its composition. Vitamin E stops the aging process, accelerates cell regeneration, and smoothes the microrelief. It has a lifting effect, restores lost elasticity, and protects against the negative effects of free radicals.
Other beneficial substances create a protective film on the skin, thereby preventing moisture loss and preventing the appearance of flaking. They give the product softening, moisturizing, nourishing and anti-inflammatory properties.
The product can be used for any type of skin. It solves especially well the problems of sensitive, dry and aging skin.
I want to share with you several recipes for simple but effective procedures. In order not to repeat myself, I will say right away: the duration of action of any mask described in the article is 20 minutes, the frequency of use is once every 3 days, unless other recommendations are indicated.
- For deep wrinkles. Mix jojoba product and avocado in equal quantities, spread the mixture over your face, leave for 20 minutes. A rejuvenation session must be carried out every day. For prevention – 1 time every 3 days, before bedtime;
- For nutrition and deep hydration. Combine jojoba and grape seed oil in a 1:1 ratio, add a drop of orange ether;
- For inflammation and acne. Add 2 drops of lavender and clove ether to 15 ml of base.
How to use correctly
Essential oils are used completely differently than conventional creams and lotions. Essential oils - cheap cosmetics in our pharmacy. Just add a couple of drops to your daily care product. Excessive use or exceeding the prescribed dose may cause burns. To play it safe, you need to test the product on your wrist. If after 12 hours no changes appear on the skin, you can use it on the face.
Wheat germ oil
Wheat germ cosmetic oil is very useful for the face. It stimulates metabolic processes in cells and promotes their renewal, protects against photoaging, evens out microrelief and normalizes facial tone. The active components of the product strengthen capillaries, prevent the appearance of rosacea, remove toxic substances and excess fluid.
The product has softening, moisturizing, nourishing, whitening and anti-inflammatory properties. Effectively copes with pigmentation, rashes, irritation, pimples, eliminates dark circles under the eyes, tightens the oval of the face in women after 50 years.
Below I have collected simple recipes for use per 3 tsp. base oil:
- acne: 2 drops each of lavender, cedar and clove ether;
- age spots: 1 drop each of lemon, bergamot and juniper ether. Use the product morning and evening, daily;
- against wrinkles and sagging: 1 drop each of mint, orange and sandalwood cosmetic oil.
Summing up
Those who are accustomed to using various oils for face lifting know very well what wonderful results they can achieve. After just a month of regular correct use, it is noticeable how the oval of the face becomes clearer, sagging skin decreases and wrinkles are smoothed out. If you already have such experience, I invite you to share it in the comments to this article.
To prevent mixtures based on natural oils from clogging pores, you need to take care of their periodic cleansing. Masks with activated carbon or cosmetic clay, ultrasonic facial cleansing or gelatin-based film masks will help with this. Depending on the oiliness of the skin, they should be done 4-6 times a month. And then your skin will always be fresh and beautiful.
Rose ether
The cosmetic pink product increases the production of natural collagen and elastin, smooths out wrinkles, tightens the oval of the face, and is effective against jowls and double chins.
It is able to get rid of spider veins and spider veins, stops inflammatory processes, eliminates pimples, acne, pigment spots, and relieves fatigue.
Rose oil is characterized by wound-healing, softening, antioxidant, antitoxic, anti-inflammatory and rejuvenating properties. Perfectly relieves puffiness of the eyelids and eliminates dark circles under the eyes.
You can use the tool like this:
- from the double chin: combine 50 ml of almond oil, 10 ml of wheat germ oil, 5 drops of rose essential oil;
- herpes on the lips: lubricate the affected area with ether, 3-4 times a day;
- for acne: dilute 15 grams of yellow clay with nettle decoction to a creamy consistency. Add 5 drops of rose product and turmeric on the tip of a knife: rinse with water and lime juice.
A nice bonus is that the cosmetic product can be used for facial massage. Its vapors help you relax, relieve stress and fatigue. Such procedures also help women with frigidity, and men are cured of impotence.
Prevention of aging
Prevention of aging plays an important role in the fight against wrinkles. It comes down to reducing the influence of negative external and internal factors. It is highly advisable to completely give up bad habits and acquire useful ones:
- visit a cosmetologist twice a year to create and correct a home skin care program;
- ensure that the diet contains sufficient amounts of fresh vegetables, fruits, dietary meats and fish;
- When going out in the sun, be sure to use a cream with UV filters, especially after 30 years;
- buy only high-quality decorative cosmetics and always remove them thoroughly before going to bed;
- choose caring creams based not on reviews from friends, but on the type and condition of your own skin;
- regularly perform special gymnastics (face building) to maintain facial muscle tone;
- try to react as calmly as possible to stressful situations and sleep at least 7-8 hours.
And don’t forget that age is determined not by appearance or numbers in your passport, but by your state of mind. Therefore, try to think positively and enjoy every day.
Avocado oil
With regular use, it improves blood circulation, ensures sufficient nutrition of cells and tissues with nutritional components, as well as oxygen, and removes toxic compounds.
A cosmetic product made from avocado is able to penetrate into the deep structures of the skin, stimulating the production of its own collagen and elastin. Accelerates tissue regeneration abilities, eliminates dryness, peeling, irritation and inflammation.
Below are simple recipes:
- for aging skin: 15 ml of base, 2 drops each of sandalwood, chamomile, orange and rose essential oils;
- for dry: dilute 15 grams of green clay with a small amount of water. Add 5 grams of honey, 5 drops each of avocado and coconut oil. Keep the mask on your face until completely dry. Repeat the intensive moisturizing procedure every other day;
- to improve the shade: 15 g sour cream, 5 ml avocado oil, 4 drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- rejuvenation: mix avocado and olive oil in a 1:1 ratio. Wash off after 15 minutes.
The product can be used independently to care for the delicate skin around the eyes. It restores the necessary level of moisture, smoothes facial wrinkles, and stimulates the barrier functions of local immunity. Gently protects from the negative effects of ultraviolet radiation, wind and low temperatures.
Olive oil
The product is suitable for the care of dry, problematic and sensitive skin. It is as a result:
- accelerates blood circulation,
- regulates cell renewal,
- evens out the microrelief and
- slows down the natural aging process.
It neutralizes the negative effects of free radicals and protects against the negative effects of direct sunlight and cold air.
The cosmetic product has a moisturizing, softening, nourishing, regenerating, bactericidal and soothing effect.
Most often, the cosmetic product is used as an independent product, applying it to the face and lightly patting it with the fingertips.
But there are other uses:
- for sensitive skin: grate cucumber and banana, add 15 ml of base;
- for older adults: 15 ml each of olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- intensive hydration: grate the pulp of cucumber and zucchini. Separate a teaspoon of each product from the total mass, add 15 milliliters of warm base;
- against inflammation: grate fresh cabbage leaves. Separate 2 tablespoons. Add 30 milliliters of warm olive oil.
Causes of wilting
Until about 25 years old, the skin forgives a lot.
Therefore, most people in their youth do not allow themselves to treat it too carefully. Alas, once it begins, the aging process steadily progresses and can only be reversed by radical procedures, and even then for a short period of time. Those who want to have beautiful, smooth skin for as long as possible, before starting to actively use oils, will have to reconsider their lifestyle and try to remove all negative factors that accelerate destructive processes. If this is not done, then the measures taken will give only minor and very short-term results.
Here's what directly affects the condition of the skin:
- quality of decorative cosmetics and intensity of its use;
- the presence of a well-structured skin care system;
- prolonged exposure to the open air and sun;
- the presence of a sufficient amount of fresh vegetables and fruits, fish in the diet;
- severe or prolonged stress, constant lack of sleep;
- chronic diseases, especially in the acute stage;
- bad habits: use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs;
- work in dusty or constantly air-conditioned rooms.
It is advisable to completely eliminate the influence of these factors or at least minimize them. In addition, we must constantly engage in the prevention of aging, which I will talk about a little later.
Peach oil
The product of cold pressing of peach pits frees the skin from toxic compounds, gently removes dead cells, normalizes the functions of the sebaceous glands, and eliminates rashes.
Peach oil improves blood circulation and complexion, promotes rapid healing of skin lesions, and eliminates peeling. Long-term use helps reduce the number and depth of wrinkles, restore the necessary level of moisture in cells, normalize melanin production, and cleanse the face of pimples and blackheads.
The base oil has a softening, antioxidant, moisturizing, tonic, regenerating and soothing effect.
How to use peach product? Check out several effective recipes:
- for rashes: 3 tsp. chamomile decoction, 5 drops each of peach and tea tree oil. Apply the resulting solution with a cotton swab to problem areas. Do not rinse;
- for pigment spots: combine an equal amount of base with lemon, grapefruit or orange essential oil. Apply to areas that need lightening. Wash off after 3 hours;
- for tired skin: dampen a clean cloth with hot water and squeeze out excess moisture. Soak the cloth with 20 drops of peach cosmetic product and place the application on a cleansed face. Remove after a third of an hour.
If your foundation combines well with fatty acids, the peach product can be used as a makeup base. Throughout the day, it will protect the face from pollution and chemicals of the decorative product, moisturize and saturate it with useful components.
Apricot oil
The extract removes age spots and wrinkles, accelerates cell regeneration, tightens facial contours, and eliminates sagging. Apricot cosmetic product:
- eliminates roughness,
- increases softness,
- removes toxic compounds,
- promotes intensive production of your own collagen and elastin.
The product cleanses the face of pimples, blackheads, acne, comedones and redness, restores the normal complexion, and prevents premature fading of the skin. It regulates the secretion of sebaceous secretions, moisturizes, tones and replenishes the deficiency of nutrients.
The following recipes can be used at home:
- for problem skin. Add 2 drops of lemon, lavender or tea tree ether to 15 ml of warm base. Wipe areas with inflammation every day;
- from wrinkles around the eyes. Dissolve 2 drops of rose or sandalwood ester in 15 milliliters of apricot extract. Apply to the eyelid area, rinse after 20 minutes;
- for oily skin . To 15 ml of base add 30 ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice and 10 ml of warm honey. In addition to the fact that the mask restores the proper functioning of the sebaceous glands, it whitens the skin.
Beneficial properties of anti-aging facial oils by skin type
The main beneficial quality of base and essential oils for facial skin rejuvenation is their diversity. If you choose the right product and use it regularly in courses, you can achieve the following results:
- increasing skin tone and smoothing out fine wrinkles;
- face contour lifting;
- eliminating post-acne;
- disappearance of pigmentation and spider veins on the cheeks;
- general alignment of complexion and its healthy glow.
The most common base oils used in home cosmetology are:
- coconut, shea, avocado, olives and argan - for dry and dehydrated facial skin.
- grape, black cumin and St. John's wort - for oily, inflamed and porous skin.
- pink and wheat germ - anti-aging, anti-wrinkle.
- Jojoba, peach, apricot, sea buckthorn, almond - universal, suitable for any type of epidermis.
Oil preparations can be used either solo or by adding them to home-made masks and ready-made industrially produced cosmetics: creams, scrubs, masks and lotions.
Tea tree essential oil
Tea tree oil reduces the production of secretions by the sebaceous glands, destroys pathogenic microorganisms, heals the skin and stops the natural aging process. The cosmetic product normalizes the complexion, eliminating gray and yellowish tones, vascular networks, freckles and age spots, accelerates the healing of microdamages, and evens out the microrelief.
The product has antiseptic, bactericidal, antiviral, antifungal and antioxidant properties. It treats pustular acne well.
Below are the most popular uses:
- for acne: squeeze 1 tsp from an aloe leaf. juice, add 2 drops of ether. Wipe your face daily, before going to bed;
- for matting: add 30 g of sour cream and 2 drops of ether to 5 grams of white clay. Keep the mask on for 15 minutes;
- against wrinkles: dilute 5 g of red clay with a small amount of water, add 3 drops of the product. Using a tea tree cosmetic product helps not only get rid of existing acne, but also prevent its recurrence.
