What women do to look attractive. Working out in the gym, regular diets, going to the solarium, to a cosmetologist, using cosmetics to care for hair and facial skin - this is an incomplete list of activities that women do to maintain youth and beauty.
However, many people do not take enough care of their body skin, but it also needs it.
There are a lot of tools that allow you to do this. You should not neglect them, otherwise the dermis that has lost its firmness and elasticity will show age, even if there is not a single wrinkle on your face.
General rules and stages of care
In order for the covers of your body to sparkle with health and elasticity, you must follow only 4 rules:
- get enough sleep;
- Healthy food;
- exercise;
- take proper care of your body.
And the last point also includes several mandatory steps; the exclusion of at least one of them has consequences in the form of a deterioration in the condition of the epidermis:
- cleansing;
- moisture saturation;
- exfoliation;
- nutrition.
It is difficult to include massage and anti-cellulite measures in the series of these stages, because they are necessary individually or in combination at any age. Massage can also be aimed at eliminating the “orange peel”, but it is always needed to tone the skin and muscles, to maintain weight, shape and well-being.
Care
Cleansing of the body is carried out regularly in the shower - in accordance with the requirements of normal hygiene. To do this, use gels or soaps suitable for your skin type. Of course, most people choose shower gels according to their taste - smell and consistency, rarely thinking about the fact that they need to pay attention to their specific skin type. Although the majority of shower cosmetics are universal in their purpose, it is still better to select them taking into account the characteristics of your epidermis.
The following procedures will be useful for effective and deeper cleansing:
- weekly visit to the steam room;
- wraps;
- exfoliation using scrubs (at home you can use honey, coffee, cinnamon, salt, clay, fruit).
Moisturizing body skin
Many people skip this stage, believing that normal and oily skin is already sufficiently moisturized, while dry skin can be really dry if you wash it every day. But in reality, this opinion is wrong, because the epidermis receives very little moisture from clean water. For real hydration, it must penetrate into the deep layers. For this purpose, special products are used - milk and body creams. Of course, masks made from natural ingredients are also applicable, and you can easily prepare them at home.
Exfoliation
This mandatory stage in body skin care at home should be carried out once a week. Twice every 7 days is allowed only if necessary, but is generally not recommended by specialists. Although exfoliation is a cleansing procedure, not everyone does it regularly. But the older we get, the more difficult it is for the skin itself to get rid of dead cells. Therefore, you need to do it yourself.
Typically, scrubs are used directly during the shower to remove dead skin cells from the epidermis. Apply abrasive agents to the heated skin and rub them into the skin with massaging movements. By washing the scrub off your body, you will also wash away all the dead cells that prevent the skin from renewing itself normally and receiving enough air and nutrition.
The use of honey, mustard, coffee, salt and a number of essential oils during the exfoliation process helps to simultaneously fight cellulite, since many of these products significantly improve blood circulation, starting the process of breaking down solid subcutaneous fat. Namely, it is the cause of the formation of “orange peel”.
Nourish your body skin at home
This stage is as important as nutrition for facial skin. The youthfulness, elasticity of the skin, its ability to regenerate and absorb vital oxygen depend on the efficiency of the supply of useful substances to the cells of the epidermis.
In order to saturate the cells with useful substances, nourishing creams, masks, and wraps are used. If creams can be applied daily, since they contain a minimum of those elements that the epidermis needs, then masks and wraps are done in courses of 10-14 days or weekly. Typically, such products include components rich in vitamins and minerals.
Moisturizing and nourishing body skin
After taking a shower or bath, and especially after peeling, you need to use moisturizing and nourishing cosmetics. This is another important stage of body care at home. Body products should contain more moisturizing agents and oils than face cosmetics, but they should be absorbed better and faster so that no stains remain on clothes or bedding.
Body products should be used wisely, like any cosmetics: if you apply them in large quantities and too often - some women lubricate the body with oils and creams several times a day - the skin loses its natural ability to produce fats and acids that form a protective layer on its surface. film. If you mix several products - first apply one, and a few hours later - another - their components can “interfere” with each other, and this mixing can cause allergic reactions.
Special conditions for caring for body skin at home
1. Breasts are one of the most sensitive areas of a woman. There is thin skin here that requires completely different care than the rest of the body. The condition of the breast also worsens after breastfeeding, especially after the birth of several children. Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to this area.
For cleansing, you should take only warm or even slightly cool water, which will increase tone and make the breast skin more elastic. Rubbing with ice with aloe juice or herbal decoctions will be useful. Also, the breasts should be lubricated with a cream with moisturizing ingredients.
To care for the skin of the breast, use masks with ingredients such as oatmeal, cottage cheese, vegetables, fruits, decoctions of chamomile, linden, and sage.
2. The neck is also distinguished by rather thin skin, and it is this that most often reveals the age of its owner. To keep this area youthful, use only cool water for washing, regular massages, only mild cleansers, and periodic masks to nourish the epidermis.
3. Caring for the skin of the body is of particular importance for pregnant women, because at this time a lot changes in the body:
- age spots appear;
- Stretch marks may form, especially on the abdomen and chest;
- the skin becomes thinner and more flabby;
- may change the type of epidermis - sebum production will increase or, conversely, dryness will worsen;
- cellulite forms.
The problems are aggravated by the fact that only safe, that is, completely natural, products can be used. However, you can prepare many useful creams, masks and tonics for skin care at home. You should handle essential oils with care, because they can provoke uterine contractions, dizziness, and changes in blood circulation due to their concentrated effects.
Products for caring for the epidermis of a pregnant woman are usually based on depanthenol, as well as solutions of vitamins E and A. You can use cocoa butter, which is necessary to maintain the elasticity of the integument.
Peeling or scrub
In addition to cleansing, you need to exfoliate your body once a week. Peeling will help cleanse the skin of dead cells and make the surface smoother. In addition, regular exfoliation will facilitate the penetration of the active components of your cosmetic products - milk or body cream.
There are different peelings and body scrubs - salt, sugar or with crushed bones. Which peeling to choose depends on the condition of your skin.
Choose a salt scrub if you need a more intense cleansing and detox, or if you want to improve skin tone and elasticity.
If you have sensitive skin prone to dryness and flaking, give preference to a sugar scrub - it will act more softly, delicately, and also have a moisturizing effect.
Peelings with crushed bones are different - both soft and quite intense, depending on the specific product.
Body scrub SLIM from Looky Look
Currently, to exfoliate my skin, I use a body scrub from the SLIM series from the Ukrainian brand Looky Look.
This is a salt scrub, and accordingly it contains sea salt, as well as natural oils - almond seed oil, coconut oil, Shea butter and lemon and lime essential oils.
This scrub must be mixed thoroughly before use. The scrub spreads easily over the skin of the body, has fairly large scrubbing particles, but they work gently.
The product is quickly washed off, and thanks to the oils, the skin remains nourished, moisturized, but not greasy. In addition, essential oils stimulate blood circulation, tone capillaries and promote the removal of excess fluid, which is good for the prevention of cellulite.
When I placed my order, I was afraid that the peeling would have a strong menthol smell. But fortunately, the peeling has a pleasant aroma of mint and lime. And if you add rum, the smell will be similar to Mojito
