The million-strong beauty industry is designed for constant consumption of cosmetics. And many girls rush to the salon to shell out money for a primitive procedure, without trying to do anything on their own. And there are a lot of options for home effective care - the same face mask made from sour cream.
This product has two main advantages - the sour cream mask is very affordable and easy to use. In addition, this fermented milk product can be used both with other components and separately. And you should smear sour cream on both dry and oily skin.
This mask increases skin elasticity, improves its color and gives a healthy appearance. To make the procedure useful for any type of epidermis, you need to add drying or, conversely, nourishing ingredients to it.
In addition, you can also cover your neck and décolleté with sour cream, preventing premature loss of elasticity.
Beneficial properties of sour cream for the face
The main active ingredient in a sour cream-based cosmetic mask is lactic acid. This substance belongs to alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), widely used in cosmetology. Its properties are as follows:
- Naturally exfoliates dead cells to stimulate cell renewal, evens out skin tone and prevents the appearance of wrinkles. At the same time, it does not irritate the skin;
- facilitates deep penetration of other substances into the dermis, enhancing the effect of cosmetics. Consequently, a sour cream face mask made at home can increase the effectiveness of expensive store-bought creams;
- cleanses the ducts of the sebaceous glands. Thus, by preventing inflammation, it helps against acne and blackheads;
- helps the skin retain moisture well, so it is useful for dry skin;
- stimulates the production of collagen (the main protein that forms connective tissue that maintains youthful skin).
Thanks to the content of biotin, vitamins B, A, C and D, as well as phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and other natural components, the usefulness of sour cream for facial skin care becomes simply obvious. A face mask with sour cream can even remove dark circles under the eyes.
Sour cream for combination skin
In this combination, sour cream for facial skin tones, nourishes and tightens the facial oval.
- 1 beaten yolk from a chicken egg or 3 from a quail egg
- 20-30 ml sour cream
- 1 tablespoon oat flour
- 1 teaspoon olive or amaranth oil
ADVICE! If you do not neglect the magical properties of essential oils, it will not be superfluous to add a couple of drops of your favorite one to this composition. We recommend: tea tree, orange or tangerine oil, rosemary or bergamot.
The nuances of using sour cream for skin
As with the use of other facial skin care products, the use of sour cream has its own nuances. It is worth remembering that immediately after using a sour cream mask, for some period the skin becomes more susceptible to negative influences, so it should be protected and protected.
Like all alpha hydroxy acids, lactic acid increases skin sensitivity to sunlight. Therefore, make such masks in the evening, and the next day, be sure to use sunscreen.
To ensure that sour cream brings only benefits to your skin, follow a few simple rules:
- do not use stale products in preparing the mask;
- do not apply the mask to uncleansed skin;
- do not keep the mixture on your face for more than 20-25 minutes;
- do not wash it off with hot water (only warm).
Sour cream for dry skin
Sour cream for facial skin in the combinations described below well moisturizes the epidermis at a deep cellular level, with all the attendant “pleasures” for us
