Aromatic and juicy strawberries is, perhaps, one of the best delicacies in the beginning of summer. And if you add cream or ice cream, then from pleasure you can just melt. But this berry can be used not only for gastronomic impressions. Good strawberry for the face as an ingredient in a variety of masks.
This berry is just some kind of vitamin bomb. And if you put the flesh on her skin, then you can provide the latter with excellent food.
Strawberry contains:
To use, of course, the best berries, ripe in the season without any doubtful additives. By the way, this berry is kept well in frozen form. Therefore, you can safely make reserves for the cold period, so that the opportunity to indulge the skin with strawberry masks persisted all year round.
Masks cooked with berries should be used immediately. The more the flesh contacts the air, the less benefit it remains.
To use strawberries, there are contraindications. This is an individual intolerance - it often provokes an allergic response. And also the presence of any damage to the skin. Because of the acid in the composition, it can aggravate the problem.
Before the first use, skin care products should always be tested on a small area. For example, behind the ear or on the wrist. If a negative response does not follow, you can apply to more extensive areas.
Strawberry for the face should not be used before going out in direct sunlight, so as not to provoke the appearance of pigmentation.
The simplest recipe is to stretch a couple of fresh berries and apply to the skin. It will be both a lightening, and rejuvenating, and nourishing mask. And if you gently massage your skin while doing this, you will also get a wonderful peeling. Keep this mask for 15-20 minutes. A repeat every 2-3 days.
Anti-Aging Mask
1 mash potatoes boiled in a uniform with a fork. Add to it the flesh of 3-4 strawberry berries. Pour in a mass of 1 tl. l. milk. Apply for half an hour. Wash off with cool water. This mask with strawberries for the face can be done 2-3 times a week. It is advisable to conduct the procedure before going to bed.
To narrow the pores
Pair large berries and knead with beaten egg whites and 1 tbsp. l. starch. Apply the mass. Wait 20-30 minutes (preferably, the composition is dry). Rinse with cold water.
Anti-inflammatory
1 tbsp. l. Strawberry juice mixed with a similar amount of aloe juice. You can distribute it all over your face, or you can apply compresses only to problem areas. The time of exposure to the mask is 15 minutes. You can repeat this procedure every other day.
Mask-peeling
2-3 berries to stretch. Mix with 2 tbsp. l. kefir and a pinch of shallow salt. Apply composition, massage face. Leave for 5 minutes and rinse with cold water. For the face, these masks with strawberries can be duplicated not more than 2 times a week.
Moisturizing mask against peeling
2 tbsp. l. Strawberry juice combine with yolk and 1 p. l. olive oil. For density, you can add a little flour from oats. Apply for half an hour. Wash off with warm water, and then rinse the skin cool.
For dry skin
A couple of berries to mash with 1 tb. l. cottage cheese of high fat content. The exposure time of the mask is a third of an hour. You can apply this recipe every other day.
Against wrinkles
Mix for 1 p. l. strawberry puree, honey and olive oil. Apply for a third of an hour. Rinse off with water. After using moisturizer. This procedure can be repeated 3 times a week.
