Herbs that make us beautiful and highly valued resources in cosmetics. They are the main sources for the perfume and cosmetics industry. Cosmetic preparations used to clean the skin and overall toning and delay the appearance of wrinkles. Healing cosmetics used herbs all of which can benefit. In cosmetics herbs apply fresh, crushed or cut or in the form of juices.
Use and extracts of fresh and dry herbs cooked with cold or hot water, alcohol and other solvents – mostly animal or vegetable oils. From the vegetable oils in cosmetics are used castor, olive, almond, cacao butter and the like. In skin diseases using flax and sunflower oil. Fat soften the skin and prevent irritation.
Herbs are used for steam baths face. For this purpose one or more tablespoons of herbs are placed in a container with water and boil after the person is close to 20 cm by the court and leave the operation of money for 15-20 minutes. Then, the face is washed with cold water and covered with a mask or herb is smeared with a suitable lotion.
The bathrooms are made once a week. The herbal extracts are used directly as washes skin or compresses. They can be included in the mixture to be applied as masks on the face and neck. In some cosmetic defects herbs are used internally.
Herbs for dry facial skin
When dry skin use plants that contain essential oils – leaves of lemon balm and peppermint, chamomile flowers, colors and thyme leaves, roots and fruits of parsley and others. The juice of plants is applied to the face or placed compresses. Suffice such procedures be made at day 1 a day – a total of 10 times. With herbs make steam baths and facial. Recommended steam bath made from one tablespoon of herb mixture of chamomile, lemon balm, fennel, lavender, calendula and coltsfoot in equal parts. With such a steam room cleaned well blackheads and whiteheads on the skin.
Herbs for oily facial skin
In these cases we recommend the following herbs: Color yarrow, sage, hops chuven, horse chestnut, pansies, marigolds and more. Herbs are used mostly in the form of infusions. It is better to use several herbs – for example, 1 tsp three or four of the following herbs were placed in 2 l of water and boiled for 15 minutes.
With the infusion to make compresses. In oily skin can be made masks and many other plants – from almonds, parsley, cider, marshmallow, peppermint and others.