Natural Cosmetics - Skin Care nutritious for the skin from 40
An anti-aging cream is easy to make yourself. The ingredients can be tailored to your skin and help her making it a fresh look.
The skin is the only organ that we have seen the outside. It protects us, but is also sensitive to violations of any kind that come from outside. It separates not only between our organism and the environment, it is also a sensitive barometer of disorders that come from within. It is the link between our inside and the outside world. It is one of our most important means of communication and should receive appropriate attention. Young, healthy skin is very elastic and has a tremendous ability to expand. The skin cells die and renew themselves in rapid rhythmic sequence. When the skin ages, this process is slower. The skin cells remain above average in life. With age, the skin begins to become dry, which is often associated with expectant sensitive skin. Also reduces the ability of the skin to retain water. All this, you should wear in the selection of the cream ingredients statement.
Three recipes for the cream production
In principle, the basic formula for every skin type is. About the ingredients such as fat components, aqueous components and essential oils you put together for your skin type and your particular preferences, the right thing and have so many possible variations for your own personal cream. Apart from the essential oils all ingredients are heated together in a water bath until no solids remain. Only when the cream has cooled down, but is still liquid, the essential oils are added. Stir or shake and leave to cool finish.
- 5g beeswax, lanolin anhydride 15g, 40g base oil, 40g aqueous component, 5 to 10 drops of essential oils
- 4 g beeswax, cocoa butter, 7g, 6g, stearic acid, base oil 30g, 30g aqueous component, 5 to 10 drops of essential oils
- For very urgent or sloth: shea butter 30g, 20g base oil, 5 -10 drops of essential oils
Nurses base oils for mature skin
- Apricot kernel oil - for the daily skin care for dry, sensitive skin.
- Avocado oil - is very fat, but takes a well. Is very mild and makes the skin soft.
- Jojoba oil - there is no oil, but a liquid wax. It moisturizes the skin and is one of the most valuable oils in natural cosmetics.
- Corn oil - a body oil with high nutritional and vitamin E.
- Almond oil - for all skin types, even baby skin, smoothing and moisturizing.
Plants for fresh water moisture in the skin
It is quite common to use distilled water. The neutral and is suitable for all skin types. For the aging skin are particularly 2 plants water:
- Orange blossom water - soothes the skin and refines the complexion.
- Rose water - has a pleasant cooling and toning the skin. Promotes blood circulation, which manifests itself in a fresh look.
Anti-aging with essential oils
Essential oils are concentrated. They may not be used undiluted, but must for skin care is always mixed with a base oil. You should select about 3 oils, you fix the base oil. Particularly elegant in smell it is when you take into account the well-known in the perfumery division into head, heart and base notes with, then select from each category oil.
- Benzoic acid - base note, cell renewal, antiseptic.
- Geranium - heart note, cell renewal, irritated and mature skin.
- Jasmin - Middle notes, harmonizing, moisturizing.
- Carrot - head and heart notes, soothing, firming, cell-renewing.
- Lavender - heart note, calm, strong antiseptic, cell renewal, deodorant.
- Clary sage - head and heart notes, cell renewal and anti-wrinkle, skin-regulating.
- Myrrh-end note, antiseptic, antifungal, cell renewal for dry, wrinkled skin.
- Neroli - head and heart notes, calm, with broken capillaries, deodorant.
- Palmarosa - Middle Notes, cell renewing and moisturizing, prevent wrinkles.
- Patchouli - middle and base note, soothing, antiseptic, antiviral, cell renewing and moisturizing.
- Petitgrain - head and heart notes, stimulating, refreshing, antiseptic, antiviral, for aging, wrinkled and tired skin.
- Rose - Heart touch, soothing, antiseptic, tonic, for aging, dry skin, wrinkles.
- Rosewood - middle and base note, balancing, antiseptic, smoothing, cell-renewing, for dry and rough skin.
- Vetiver - end note, soothing, smoothing, cell-renewing.
- Frankincense - end note, stimulating, astringent, cell renewal, antiseptic.