Cases when a woman is unhappy with the color of the skin and wants to lighten it up, are not so rare. Most often the need to lighten the skin of the face is caused by:
- the presence of freckles and age spots;
- excessive sunburn;
- post-acne and reddening of the skin after rashes;
- an unhealthy complexion caused by bad habits (smoking, alcohol abuse).
For clarifying the face can be used as special cosmetic (creams, masks), and folk remedies.
How correctly to clarify a skin of the face?
When clarifying the face at home, it is recommended that the following rules be observed:
- Brightening agents are best used in the evening, before going to bed, since exposure to sunlight on the skin after the procedure can bring everything to nothing.
- Applying the mask or other means is necessary on the previously steamed and cleansed skin.
- Wash clarifying masks or warm water or (preferably) decoction of chamomile.
- After using the mask on the skin, you can apply a lightening cream to enhance the effect.
- Use clarifying masks can be no more than twice a week. The general course should not exceed 6-7 procedures.
Clarifying masks for face
Consider the most effective and affordable home remedies.
Masks with lemon juice
For oily and normal skin it is recommended to use a mixture of one egg white and a tablespoon of lemon juice.
For dry skin, it is preferable to use lemon juice and fatty sour cream in a 1: 2 ratio.
Also, a mixture of 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 egg white and 1 tablespoon of olive oil is often used.
Masks with yogurt
Most often, a mixture of kefir and honey in a ratio of 2: 1 is used.
The second popular mask is a mixture of crushed leaves of cabbage and kefir in equal proportions.
Berry masks
For the manufacture of masks are suitable for almost any berries, since they all contain fruit acids that have a bleaching effect. The most popular are strawberries, raspberries and currants. The berries are ground to the state of gruel and applied to the face.
Means of parsley
Parsley is, perhaps, one of the most popular means for whitening the face. Decoction of parsley should be used instead of lotion twice a day. In addition, a decoction of parsley is frozen, and ice cubes are used for rubbing the face.
Freshly squeezed juice from parsley is used for masks in a mixture with sour cream or with honey and lemon juice in equal proportions.
All masks are not recommended to stay on the skin for longer than 15 minutes. In order to avoid allergic reactions, it is advisable to initially check the mask on a small area of the skin of the hand.
Lightening creams for face
Among users of positive feedback from users and beauticians such means:
- Garnier, Orquid Vita is an anti-aging and whitening cream intended for mature skin.
- L'Oreal, Age Re-Perfect Pro-Calcium is a whitening and nourishing cream, also designed for mature skin.
- Biotherm, White Detox - cream-serum, designed to lighten the skin, prevents the appearance of pigment spots .
- Helena Rubinstein, Prodigy Age Spot Reducer is a whitening cream that contains powerful depigmenting ingredients of plant origin.
- Yves Saint Laurent, SPF 12-Temps Majeur is a whitening cream with a UV filter, which has an additional sun protection effect.
It should be noted that if the facial skin acquires an unhealthy gray or yellow shade, then most likely the cause lies in the violation of the liver and other internal organs. In such cases, the use of bleaching agents is ineffective, and to solve the problem it is necessary to undergo a checkup and consult a doctor.