Skin Care

Masks Suited To Your Skin:

Face masks have been used as part of beauty treatment since ancient times.During face-lifts, the surgeon gives you a younger face, but it is a fairly expensive process and one can obtain the same benefit of a finer textured skin and better skin tone with face masks.

The regular use of face masks can make us look young and radiant, but it is better to use home-made ones than manufactured ones which contain chemicals and preservatives.The ingredients you have poured into face masks is the deciding factor for how often you should use them.Your age however has nothing to do with it.Thus you can make clay face masks with fuller's earth as the main ingredient, orange face masks, cream masks or a gel mask.Clay masks are spread on the skin surface.They absorb excess oil and dust particles while they dry.Thye tighten the skin and help to stimulate blood circulation.Sometimes they cause discomfort to sensitive skins or dry skins.That is why greasy or harshly textured skins benefit more from these masks.A gel mask however is spread on a clean skin and allowed to dry.In about 10-20 minutes, you can roll it off like a second skin.These masks are peeled off starting from the chin and lifted upwards.With these masks you lift out dead cells and even facial hairs and blackheads.These are useful for all types of skins from normal to dry as well as combination skins, but they cannot absorb body oil like clay masks can absorb it.The cream face masks on the other hand have the consistency of thick cream and feed the skin cells and bring a youthfull look to your skin.They are not useful for young and greasy skins, because they have plenty of oils in them.

How Can You Make Your Own Personalised Face Mask?
1.Start by cleaning your face extremely well.Areas of the skin which do not always get access to soap and water have to be cleansed properly.If your skin is dry to normal, put on a moisturiser.You can use coconut oil, if available, because it is natural and it will not prevent the loss of natural body oils with the drying effects of face masks.But if your skin is greasy, go straight to the face masks.
2.Make sure that you have a place to relax, because when you apply the gel or clay mask you have to make sure that you keep absolutely still and quiet for about 10-20 minutes.Speaking will stretch out the mask and prevent it from being fully effective.
3.Keep the mask away from the sensitive areas like the mouth or the eyes.The skin here is extremely delicate, and there is the possibility of it being damaged.
4.Apply the face mask upon the cheeks, forehead, nose, chin and neck.People normally neglect the neck and it is sometimes very funny to see the face bleached, while the neck is still a dusky natural tone.Make sure that the eyebrows are not touched, because if you are using a gel mask, you wouldn't want to peel off your eyebrows with the mask.
5.The best masks are the natural masks.But before you select a mask, you must make sure which skin type you are.If you have a very oily centre part and dry cheeks, you can use 2 different masks if you want.

A.Masks For A Dry Skin:
1.Coconut Mask-For this you need enough coconut oil to spread upon your face.Rose water for rinsing.Massage the coconut oil in gently.Next take a towel, dip it into hot water, wring it out and spread it over your face.If you lie down, the circulation will absorb the oil.Repeat this process 4-5 times and then rinse your face with warm water.The rose water is to remove all traces of oil.See your skin shine.
2.Tomato Pulp Mask-Crush some tomatoes, drink up the juice and spread the pulp all over your face.It tightens up your skin, and closes the pores.The tomato juice is for refining your skin from inside.

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