Oatmeal facial masks at home

Every woman wants to always be young and beautiful, but not everyone has the opportunity to resort to salon care procedures and purchase branded cosmetics. In this case, ordinary oatmeal can be a good help. For many decades, women have been preparing masks and peels from it that cope with a wide variety of skin defects. It is affordable, inexpensive and most importantly - a very effective means to maintain beauty.

Oatmeal is a completely natural product, which is a real storehouse of vitamins and useful macro-and micronutrients. Due to the directional effects of nutrients, it affects the structure of the skin in the most beneficial way.

The flakes contain beta-glucan, which is one of the most powerful stimulators of the skin's restorative function. It is this substance that is responsible for saturation with moisture, protecting the skin from sunlight and the formation of the necessary collagen and glycoproteins in it. The effect of this component is to increase the turgor and elasticity and smoothing small wrinkles. Beta glucan is widely used in the cosmetic industry, but only from oatmeal can it be obtained practically for nothing.

The product is rich in minerals and vitamins that make the dermis very fresh and velvety. So, thiamin reduces dryness, stimulates tissue repair and gives it the desired elasticity.

Retinol, more familiar to consumers as vitamin A, contributes to the complete healing of a variety of microcracks and injuries on the skin. Ascorbic acid makes even the most flabby skin more toned and youthful. Tocopherol effectively neutralizes any adverse effects of radicals and suppresses inflammatory processes.

Vitamins of group B prevent the formation of pigment spots and support the natural level of moisture.

Magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium, as well as fluorine and iodine help to improve the appearance of the skin, slow down age-related changes and reduce the severity of wrinkles and get rid of small ones.

Amino acids in the structure of the product tighten, peel and generally make the face more radiant and fresh, and in addition, eliminate acne.

Also in the flakes of a significant content of trace elements such as iron, calcium, chromium, silicon, zinc. They are extremely important for the skin due to the fact that they restore its structure and tone, clean acne, refresh the tone of the face.

Oatmeal will be useful for the following problems with the dermis:

• tendency to acne;
• greasy luster;
• low turgor and lack of elasticity;
• dryness;
• faded skin color.

Nutrition and deep hydration is achieved due to the large number of micronutrients that are included in the structure of the flakes. A full-fledged metabolism is maintained in the skin, and in addition, it is saturated with important minerals and vitamins.

Oatmeal peeling masks effectively, but at the same time gently remove the upper keratinous cell layer, and also soften and moisturize, while stimulating the launch of regeneration processes.

The tool significantly increases the protection of the integument, the particles of flakes have a light massage effect, thereby strengthening the walls of blood vessels, reducing swelling and eliminating any stagnant phenomena.

Using oatmeal allows you to clean the contaminated pores, reduce black spots on the face, and also normalize sebum production.

The tool is suitable for adolescents - it allows you to reduce acne, characteristic of puberty, for owners of dry skin, it helps to moisturize it, and for oily skin, on the contrary, reduces shine. For combination skin, oatmeal is ideal as a nutrient, and for mature women, it returns youth by tightening the shape of the face and reducing wrinkles.

It should be noted that dry "oat-flakes" does not cause any allergic reaction. To make a home care product, you just need to fill it with water, let it swell up and apply it on a previously cleansed face. However, quite often flakes are used in combination with other components. In most cases, the use of the product with honey, fruit, sour milk, salt can enhance the cosmetic effect, but sometimes the fillers cause a rash and redness. Be careful if you are allergic to certain foods. You should not make cosmetic masks made from flakes with honey, and if you use red spots when using strawberries, do not make a mask of “hercules” with this berry.

In addition, you should abandon the application of oat peels, if the skin found wounds, scratches, severe irritation or numerous ulcers. Then it makes sense to first treat the skin with drugs, and after eliminating the problems, switch to folk masks on the basis of “hercules”.

In drawing up and applying care products from the "Hercules" at home, there are rules.

Before applying the mask it is necessary to clean the face, remove all remnants of decorative cosmetics and steam the skin. This can be done in two ways. The easiest way is to apply a hot compress on your face - for this, flannel or terry cloth should be moistened with heated water and applied to the skin for a couple of minutes. If you wish, you can resort to a steam bath. Such training significantly increases the absorption feature of the skin of the skin, but you need to keep in mind that women with dilated vessels and increased facial hair growth should skip this stage of preparation and limit to standard methods - tonic and foam.

To prepare a cosmetic on the basis of oatmeal, the flakes should be filled with hot water in advance and left for 4-5 minutes - during this time they will be sodden, swell and absorb water, therefore, the effect of the composition will increase.

People with dry skin oatmeal is useful, however, we must act with great caution - the skin should be protected by applying a thin layer of rich cream, and the eyelids should be completely avoided. The mask should be applied only with clean hands with light circular motions.

Remember that in all good measure. Even the best masks from natural products should not be applied every day, moreover, in a day they are also useless. Of fundamental importance is not the frequency of care activities, but their regularity.In order to achieve a noticeable effect, it is enough to do one peeling per week with oily skin or one nourishing mask with dry. The main thing is to do it every week, and not occasionally.

Oatmeal in the structure of the masks can be applied not only on the face, but also on the neck and decollete. It is no secret that it is these places that give out the true age of a woman as well as possible, therefore it is necessary to take care of them very carefully. But remember that for the neckline you need a mask that has nourishing and moisturizing properties, even if you have applied a cleansing scrub on your face.

As already mentioned, the easiest way to apply a mask of flakes is to fill them with hot water, steam and apply gently on the face.

However, many cosmetologists recommend replacing such a mask with washing. - you should just wash your face with steamed oats, then rinse with cool water and apply the usual care product. Such washing is carried out 3-4 times a year by a course of 20 procedures at bedtime. The result is noticeable after a couple of weeks - the complexion evens out, the skin becomes more well-groomed and radiant.

To enhance the effect of flakes, they are used in combination with many other components.

For the preparation of such funds need 1 spoon of cereal, 1 capsule of vitamin E, 4 aspirin tablets and water.

The flakes are ground in a coffee grinder or blender, filled with water and left for 15-20 minutes. In the resulting porridge, you need to add vitamin and crushed aspirin, mix everything well and apply on a pre-cleansed face with a very thin layer. As soon as the composition begins to dry, it is necessary to wash it off with cool water and apply cream to the skin.

This tool shows high efficiency in case of contaminated pores and black spots. Mask well done once in 7 days. Already after a few procedures, the skin will become more even and healthy.

For this composition take oatmeal, lemon juice and sour cream 1 tablespoon, mix and apply on the skin, massaging it with light taps of the fingertips for 10-15 minutes. You can strengthen this mask with an egg. After the specified time, the composition is washed with cool water.

Regular use of such a mask with massage elements allows you to get rid of the keratinous layer of the skin, to saturate the young cells with moisture and nutritional components.

To combat acne use several effective compounds.

1. Take a spoonful of chamomile and lemon balm and pour boiling water over it. Cooked infusion should be steamed "oat-flakes" and kept in a water bath for 5-7 minutes. A warm mass is applied to clean skin, leaving free areas near the eyes, and covered with a soft cloth. After 20 minutes, wash off.
2. Well relieves inflammation, acne oatmeal mask with fresh aloe juice and floral honey. To do this, all the ingredients are taken in the same proportions, add a couple of drops of lemon juice and a little salt, mix and apply on face with light movements. The mask is left on the face for a quarter of an hour, then washed off with a cotton swab dipped in plain water or broth of a pharmaceutical chamomile. This mask perfectly dries, provides nourishing and healing properties.
3. On the basis of oatmeal, yogurt and honey, they also prepare a care product for a problem skin type. The ingredients are mixed and applied to the face, left for half an hour, and then washed off in two stages - first with warm water and then cold.Such a procedure not only relieves inflammation and exfoliates, but also enhances skin immunity, stimulates enhanced cell regeneration.
4. For owners of dry and highly inflamed skin, oatmeal mask with baking soda is optimal. In this case, all the components are mixed in equal proportions and slightly diluted with water to form a rather steep mass. It should be gently rubbed into the skin and left to soak for 15-25 minutes.

A couple of times a week is to do the usual mask of kefir and oatmeal. Kefir can be replaced with yogurt, whey or other lactic acid product. The components are thoroughly mixed and applied to the face, covering with a hot napkin.

Such a composition can be enhanced by adding a little iodized salt. If the skin is tender, it is better to do without it - the result you notice almost immediately - the pores become more narrowed, the greasy luster disappears and a healthy glow appears.

Well helps mask of milled flakes, mixed with cosmetic clay. Powders should be mixed and steamed with water, after which the mass should be applied to clean skin. This composition completely removes sebum.

Oatmeal is indispensable for combating age-related skin changes, it removes small wrinkles and smoothes large ones, and is applied to tighten the contour.

To prepare the composition for mature skin, it is necessary to mix in equal parts honey, hot milk, orange juice and ground into flakes. Such a mixture must be brewed for 15 minutes, only after that it should be applied on the face for 15-20 minutes. The mask is highly effective, it feeds the cells of the epidermis and visibly rejuvenates. However, people who are prone to allergies, it is better to use a different composition. For example, a mixture of cereal with avocado pulp and warm milk. This composition moisturizes well, gives a pleasant delicate skin tone and reduces wrinkles.

If you do not have the opportunity to purchase avocados, you can use a banana - this exotic fruit is available to everyone. To make a mask, you should steam the flakes with milk and mix them with banana puree, in the absence of an allergy, you can add a little honey or cottage cheese with peach oil. The composition must be thoroughly mixed and applied to the skin for 15 minutes. This mixture is good for eliminating traces of fatigue and reducing skin laxity.

“Hercules” is often used to make scrubs and peels, and depending on the type of skin, the composition of the mixture may vary.

For normal skin, as well as dry and mixed, oatmeal is mixed with cornflakes and add a little sugar, diluted with vegetable oil to a slurry and massage the face with the mixture for about three minutes.

For owners of oily skin, flakes are mixed with rice and crushed into flour in a coffee grinder, a little kefir is added to form a creamy mass, and a neat peeling is done.

Another remedy for oily skin is made up of oatmeal and flour with the addition of a couple or three drops of lemon juice. All this is diluted with water and this composition scrubs cleansed face.

Very effective bath with oatmeal. This procedure softens, moisturizes the skin and reduces inflammation. Such an additive is especially effective in case of severe itching (for example, after insect bites or chickenpox), or when irritations and skin rashes appear (in this case, flakes combine with starch).

The flakes do not dry the skin, leave a pleasant aroma and make up the gamut of positive emotions.

With the help of oatmeal, you can lighten the skin of the hands, make it more silky and velvety, and at the same time strengthen the nails. To do this, the flakes are mixed with lemon juice and put the resulting gruel on the hands, intensively massaging for 10 minutes.After that, the mixture should be rinsed with warm water and apply a greasy cream.

Oats in the bath can be combined with other components:

• with lavender flowers or lavender oil;
• milk;
• sea ​​salt.

To prepare such a bath, oatmeal and all the additional ingredients are placed in a gauze or canvas bag, tied and dipped in a warm bath, after a few minutes the active substances disperse in water, and the procedure becomes not only pleasant, but also useful.

And, of course, it is impossible not to mention the beneficial effects of oatmeal on the scalp and hair. Oatmeal infusion is most effective - for this, flakes, ground into flour, are poured with boiling water and left for 8-9 hours in a thermos. The infusion obtained as a result of such treatment is filtered through several layers of gauze and rinsed with hair immediately after washing.

Among the reviews on the use of oatmeal as a cosmetic tool is dominated by positive. Women describe the high performance of herbal remedies based on “Hercules” and their effectiveness. With regular application of such masks, you can get rid of most skin problems.

Teenagers and young women note the high effectiveness of compositions in the fight against acne and black spots, which so often upset girls. They indicate that the skin calms noticeably, its color improves, and the structure is smoothed.

For older women, the remedy helps to deal with pronounced age-related changes and, in particular, wrinkles. As a result of the use of the compositions, the dermis becomes more toned and radiant.

Among the advantages of oatmeal is its availability and the ability to make an excellent cosmetic on its own at home. Women have the opportunity to significantly save the family budget.

However, all users note that the masks should be done strictly according to the recipe, otherwise you can get the opposite effect. It is important to keep in mind that often the components of the masks can cause individual intolerance, so any composition should first be tested for a possible allergic reaction - for this, women are advised to apply the composition to a small area of ​​skin, and if no redness or swelling appears after 10 minutes feel free to apply the mask in accordance with the technology.

Oatmeal is not only a food product, but also an effective care product that can help you from various problems. It cleanses the dermis, tones, nourishes, moisturizes it, improves the complexion, reduces inflammation and reduces age-related changes.

How to make a mask of oatmeal, see the following video.