What could be simpler and healthier than homemade oatmeal face masks? What prevents you from always looking fresh and beautiful? Millions of women have already appreciated these recipes - try it too! Oatmeal is truly the perfect breakfast. And for good reason. After all, oats contain vitamins, fats, fiber, protein, starch, essential oils, trace elements (iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iodine, silicon, phosphorus). It cleanses, regenerates cells, helps metabolic processes in the body. Vitamin E, present in cereals, neutralizes free radicals, moisturizes the dermis and protects from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
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- useful properties of oatmeal for the body;
- oat diet.
Oats have become the No. 1 product of home cosmetology for beautiful ladies who share beauty recipes and pass them on to young girls. Masks made of it give the face softness and freshness, eliminate oily sheen, dryness, relieve inflammation, redness. Today we will talk about various recipes that are easy to prepare and do not take much time even for the busiest woman.
Do you know what type of skin you have? Here you will definitely find a suitable option, choose it, and feel free to start cooking!
Oatmeal face masks: 9 recipes
1. For combination to normal skin
For cooking, mix the flakes with yogurt (1 tablespoon) - you get a gruel. Add honey (1 tsp), the same amount of olive oil. Stir again, apply. After 15 minutes, wash off with warm water. Perform - 2-3 times a week.
2. Oatmeal mask for oily skin
First, make a decoction of calendula (1 tablespoon per 200 ml of boiling water). Pour this broth over the flakes. Apply the resulting mixture, after 20 minutes, rinse with warm, then cold water.
3. Oatmeal mask for dry skin
To moisturize dry, chapped, chapped skin, use oatmeal with tomato juice. Mix them in equal proportions (2 tablespoons each) until they are mushy. Only regular performance of the procedure will help to eliminate the feeling of "tightness" and maintain the result for a long time.
4. Mask "Cleopatra"
The recipe has long been at the top of the popularity rating due to its effectiveness, and the name is appropriate. To prepare the "royal" mask, you will need the following ingredients: oatmeal or flakes (1 tbsp. L), honey (1 tbsp. L) (find out about the weight of honey in tbsp. And teaspoons), sour cream (if the skin is dry) or yogurt (if oily) - 1 tsp, lemon juice (2-3 drops). Stir until smooth.
5. Oatmeal mask for acne
Pimples often appear in the summer from sweat and dust: on the forehead, temples and chin. But this problem can be solved! Do not expect that a single application will immediately help, you must do it at least 3 times a week. Pour 1 tbsp. l of flakes 200 ml of boiling water until a gruel is formed (so that it does not spread on the face). Apply evenly. Rinse off after 20 minutes with warm water.
6. For aging skin
Have you noticed the first wrinkles? Feeling that your face lacks moisture, vitamins and tightening? No botox, take advantage of the gifts of nature. You will need fresh sour cream (3 tablespoons). It is sour cream, not yogurt, that moisturizes the face as much as possible, adds elasticity, and smoothes wrinkles. Dip the flakes (2 tablespoons) in it for a while. Add lemon juice (a few drops). Stir and the mask is ready! It is recommended to carry out the procedure 2-3 times a week.
7. Nourishing mask (suitable for all skin types)
A safe option is an oatmeal mask using flakes, freshly squeezed orange juice, honey (has a wound healing, antiseptic effect). Stir all the ingredients in equal proportions (1 tbsp.l), apply in an even layer. Rinse off after 10 minutes. This choice was not made in vain, because honey. This is the only product that will stay in the kitchen without spoiling. It is better to use freshly squeezed juice - it contains more vitamins than tetra packets. To eliminate small wounds on the face, cracks in the corners of the lips (seizures), rinse with a decoction of a string, chamomile.
8. Rice and oatmeal mask
Take raw rice, oatmeal in equal proportions, mix with yogurt or kefir. Grind this mixture in a coffee grinder, apply on face, hold for 15–20 minutes.
9. Oatmeal mask with yolk and grape seed oil
It can be used for dry and lifeless skin of the face. In accordance with the recipe, you will need to take 1 tablespoon of rolled oats, 1 egg yolk, a couple of tablespoons of grape seed oil. Mix all the ingredients, apply for 25 minutes, then rinse gently with warm water.
If you have oily skin on your face, such a mask can be performed with minor adjustments: the yolk should be replaced with protein, the oil should be replaced with lemon juice. Grape seed oil helps to normalize the sebaceous glands, has a tonic and refreshing effect. Restores cell membranes, affects the deep layers of the dermis, regenerates the cells themselves and the structure of connective tissues. This recipe is also useful for treating redness, inflammation and cracks in the skin.
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Use the gifts of Mother Nature so that your inner state reflects the beauty and youth of your face!
