Such a delicious product, like chocolate, is a very useful home cosmetic. Thanks to the content of cocoa, chocolate face masks saturate the skin with antioxidants, normalize metabolic processes in cells, increase the elasticity and elasticity of tissues.
Precautionary measures
Chocolate mask will only benefit if the product is of the highest quality. The content of cocoa beans should be at least 70%. If you can not buy high-end chocolate, cocoa in powder will suit the mask - it should also not contain impurities (flavors, flavor enhancers, etc.).
Do not forget, chocolate is a powerful allergen, so before the procedure, the mass should be applied to a small area of the skin and wait 10 minutes. If the test did not cause any unpleasant sensations, then the chocolate mask suits you.
Rules for applying a mask
Before the procedure, you need to thoroughly clean the skin, otherwise, reacting with skin fat, chocolate, first, will not have a beneficial effect, and secondly - will give uneven pigmentation, leaving dark spots on the skin.
In its pure form, the product is not recommended for use by owners of oily skin. But in combination with other components (they will be discussed below), chocolate becomes a universal cosmetic.
Mask preparation rules
Chocolate mask is prepared at home from 4 to 9 slices of a natural product. They are melted in a small bowl on a water bath. In the warm mass, add other components of the mask.
If instead of chocolate you use cocoa powder, then it should be diluted in warm milk or purified water to the consistency of gruel.
Before applying to the skin, the product should be allowed to cool to a temperature that does not cause a burn.
Chocolate mask for normal skin
For cooking you will need:
- liquid natural honey - 1 spoon;
- melted chocolate - 50 g (half a tile).
The components are mixed, applied to the face with a wide brush. After 15 minutes, the composition is washed off with warm water. In such a chocolate mask, you can add orange juice (freshly squeezed) or pulp.
With a normal skin type it is useful to combine chocolate with various berries and fruits - as a rule, 50 grams requires 2 spoons of pulp. The most effective mask with melon, avocado, pear, peach, ripe apple, banana, raspberry, strawberry, kiwi.
Chocolate mask for dry skin
Owners of dry, dehydrated, flaky skin, can prepare chocolate face masks using the following recipes.
- Mix a spoonful of melted chocolate (preferably milk) with egg yolk (1 pc.) And a spoonful of sour cream of high fat content. The mass is applied in a thick layer, washed off after 15 minutes.
- In 2 tablespoons of melted chocolate, add a spoonful of vegetable oil (olive or almond). The mixture is allowed to stand for 20 minutes.
From powdered cocoa and olive oil, you can prepare mass for facial massage and décolleté area. Kashitsu rubbed into the skin in circular movements 5 - 7 minutes. This procedure is especially useful in winter.
Chocolate mask for the skin of fatty type
Normalize the work of the sebaceous glands and create a matting effect will help mask of chocolate, lemon juice (1 spoon) and cosmetic clay. Clay is first diluted with water, then chocolate and lemon juice are added, mixed until a gruel is obtained. The agent is applied for 20 minutes.
It is useful to add pulp of red currant (2 spoons) to chocolate, since this berry perfectly copes with excessive fat content.
Another recipe - a mask of cocoa (2 tablespoons) and oatmeal (1 spoon). Dry ingredients are combined with fat-free yogurt or yogurt, the resulting gruel is kept on the skin for 20 minutes.