To date, many cosmetic brands include essential oils in their products. Nevertheless, nobody prevents you to buy a bottle with a suitable oil for your skin type and enrich them with cosmetic masks, lotions and scrubs (1-5 drops). For the face, essential oils can be used alone or in combination with base oil (almond, castor). Among the exceptions, one can include lavender essential oil, which is applied to the face undiluted (for lubricating burns, pimples, herpes). In addition, it can be applied in pure form and essential oil of tea tree. It is effective in the fight against acne. With it, you can remove warts - moistened in oil wad to be attached to the skin and keep the compress as long as possible. Essential oils acting as biologically active substances, easily penetrate all layers of the skin, nourish and smooth it, provide an even complexion, mask the pigment spots.
Face washing with water enriched with essential oils
With each washing, add 1-3 drops of essential oil to one liter of water - this will provide you with a beautiful complexion, refresh and smooth the skin. Choose the oil that is most suitable for your skin type.
You can prepare water for washing in a plastic bottle. However, in this case it is better to prepare a fresh solution each time, since long-term essential oils in plastic containers can not be stored.
Essential oils for dry skin
If you have dry facial skin, the oils that stimulate metabolic processes and improve regeneration are optimal. For dry skin, you can choose the essential oil of orange, geranium, chamomile, jasmine (soothing effect). Essential oils of geranium, rosewood, lavender, tea tree have a smoothing effect.
Essential Oils for Oily Skin
Oily skin needs essential oils that help narrow the pores, which have an anti-inflammatory effect. Oil of ylang-ylang, lavender, chamomile - will be very useful.
For oily skin of the face, you can choose essential oil of rosemary, lemon balm, geranium, mint, juniper. In addition, the soothing and smoothing effect for the skin of the face and has the essential oil of lemon, lavender.
Eliminate greasy gloss and improve the complexion will help oil limetta, myrrh, rosewood, as well as neroli, mint, orange and cypress.
Essential oils of rosemary are perfect for skin care, prone to the appearance of comedones. It helps to reduce sebum secretion, narrowing the pores. Rosemary oil is famous for its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect. It is effective in the treatment of eczema, dermatitis, boils, as well as the resorption of scars and scars.
Essential oils for normal skin
Normal skin also requires rest and proper care. Tonicity has lemon and juniper oil, and you can also choose rosemary essential oil for normal skin.
In the fight against fine wrinkles, it is advisable to use jasmine oil, roses, chamomile, mint. Essential oils of incense, pine, myrrh, sandalwood will cope with mimic wrinkles around the eyes. And with deep wrinkles the oils of mint, fennel, incense and pine will help.
Recipes for face masks with essential oils
Softening and toning mask
- 2 tbsp. Mix a spoonful of milk with 1 teaspoon of honey;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 4 drops of cardamom essential oil.
The mixture is applied for 5 minutes to the cleansed skin, and then washed off with cool water.
Restoring mask
- 1 tbsp. a spoon of blue clay;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of grapefruit juice;
- 1 egg white;
- 4 drops of essential oil of orange.
The mask is applied for 10 minutes and then washed off with water.
Mask against wrinkles
- 1 tbsp. a spoon of jojoba oil;
- 3 drops of essential oil vetiver;
- 1 drop of essential oil of sandalwood;
- 3 drops of incense.
Apply this 15 minutes at least once a week, and you will not see wrinkles for a long time on your face.