Hydration, mask, exfoliation, homemade cream … How to gently detoxify your skin with natural ingredients and without expensive cosmetics? To keep skin in good health, it is essential to pamper it at least once a week …
We need the sun’s rays to synchronize our inner clocks, to maintain our good mood or to synthesize the precious vitamin D (among others). Corn too much sun ends up producing potentially serious deleterious effects. Among the accelerators of aging, the sun occupies a prominent place.
Fortunately, the fashion is no longer for very tanned skin, tanned by excessive exposure. We are only looking to have “good looks”, to sport a golden complexion that evokes “good health”.
How to detoxify your skin?
If the sun is a major enemy of the skin, we must also add the importance of waste and toxins that clutter our body.
Remember: the skin is one of the emunctory organs, responsible for toxic elimination. When it is not in a position to do so, or when the production of waste is too important, it no longer succeeds.
So How to detoxify your skin? Give it a little push. Not only will your skin gain radiance (the accumulation of toxins cloudy and gray the complexion), but your entire body will benefit from better internal cleansing.
Here are some detox tips to take care of your skin, to practice regularly for optimal results.
1. Exfoliate the skin
Whether on the body or on the face, your skin needs to be “erased” regularly (once every eight to ten days), in order to remove dead cells, dust and unwanted substances that leave it. encumber. There is a simple natural solution for this.
- In a cup, pour sodium bicarbonate and add a drizzle of olive oil while stirring, to obtain a lumpy paste.
- Take a hot bath first, or better a steam bath (it’s hard at home on the whole body, but it’s easy on the face), in order to open your pores.
- Massage your body and / or your face with the baking soda paste, with circular movements so as to cleanse the epidermis.
- Finish with a cool shower to tighten the pores, then apply a moisturizer.
- On the face, practice this scrub in the evening, just before your daily care. Your night cream will be even more effective.
2. Eliminate toxins from the skin
How to deeply detoxify your skin? Nature has thought of your skin, providing you with plants that facilitate toxic elimination and others that improve skin radiance. Two of them stand out:
- Green tea activates renal elimination. It’s very simple: drink three or four cups of green tea, lightly brewed (5 minutes) every day. You will eliminate more toxins through the urine, which will provide even more relief to your skin. In addition, green tea is rich in protective anti-oxidants.
- Elderberry activates sweating. A good point to help the skin in its work of elimination. Count a tablespoon of a mixture of dried flowers and leaves for a bowl of boiling water. Leave to infuse for 7 to 8 minutes, then filter and drink immediately. Repeat daily for ten days, once every two months. After your herbal tea, lie down to let your body sweat, then take a shower.
3. Rebalance oily skin
Our skin naturally produces sebum, which is essential for it. However, sometimes this production gets carried away. The skin becomes shiny, the blackheads multiply. To overcome it, it is above all necessary to rebalance the production of sebum.
A tomato mask. Peel a very ripe tomato after having immersed it for 1 minute in boiling water. Squeeze half a lemon. Mix together the tomato and lemon juice, then spread this pulp on your face, avoiding the eye and lip area. Leave to act for 20 minutes then rinse with clear water. This mask reduces excess sebum, gently cleanses the skin and eliminates impurities. You can repeat it once a week.
A facial hammam with essential oils of lavender and lemon.In a bowl of boiling water, pour 2 drops of lavender and 2 drops of lemon. Lean over the bowl so that your face is bathed in the steam. Stay like this for 5 minutes, then wipe off with a tissue Repeat once a week.
4. Soften dry skin
In this case, the problem is the reverse. The skin does not produce enough sebum. It becomes dry, fragile, sensitive, even cracked. Soothing and rebalancing care must be offered to the epidermis.
Chamomile floral water in lotion. Pour a little floral water on a cotton ball or a compress, and pass on your face morning and evening.
An avocado mask. Mash with a fork the flesh of half a very ripe avocado (but not yet blackened) until you obtain a very smooth and homogeneous paste. Add a dash of wheat germ oil and 3 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil. Mix well to obtain a sufficiently creamy consistency. Apply liberally to face and neck, avoiding the eye and lip area. Leave on for 30 minutes, then wipe off the excess with a paper tissue. Rinse off with a lotion or a cotton pad soaked inchamomile floral water. Do this mask once a week.
5. Eradicate dark spots
They appear with age. They are due to the migration of melanocytes which cluster together, leaving surfaces unprotected. As soon as you see them appearing, stop exposing yourself to the sun. They reveal that your skin is no longer able to protect itself properly. In addition, this Essential oil will erase them quickly.
A treatment with essential oil of rosewood. It’s very simple: just pour 1 to 2 drops of this essential oil on the tip of your index finger, then apply it to the spots every evening, after removing make-up and before your night cream. Repeat every day.
6. Calm sunburn
Despite everything, you have abused the sun? Do you come home with red, burning skin? Sunburn is a real first degree burn that should be treated as such. There is a very effective natural solution:lavender essential oil.
Lavender balm : this essential oil is one of the only ones that you can apply directly to the skin without the risk of irritation. Enjoy it! Pour a few drops on the red area if it is not too large, and spread gently with your fingertips. If the sunburn affects a large area, prepare a balm by pouring half a whole yogurt into a bowl. Then add 10 drops of lavender essential oil and mix. Spread over your body and leave on for at least 20 minutes. Rinse it off with cold water.
7. Heal wounds
Our skin knows how to regenerate quickly when damaged by a cut or scrape. Scarring is a complex process that is faster and more efficient for some people. To improve it, homeopathy provides you with a simple and effective solution.
Calendula mother tincture is a homeopathic decimal dilution of marigold. The beautiful orange marigold that grows in gardens. This mother tincture accelerates the reconstruction of the skin. Pour a little into lavender floral water (1/3 to 2/3), then soak in a compress. Apply to the cut and leave on for 15 minutes. Repeat at least three times a day.
If on your side you have some tips to suggest to tell us how to detoxify your skin in summer… You are welcome!
