You're standing in the bathroom after a busy day, putting your hair up in a bun and getting ready to remove your makeup. Where do we start? Step 1. Eyes and lipsTo remove ordinary mascara and lipstick, it is enough to treat the eyelashes, the skin of the eyelids and the lips with a cotton pad soaked in micellar water, selected according to the type of your skin. If you need to "defeat" resistant products, use products with oils in the composition - milk or a two-phase product. Important: Water-based products work well with surface pollution, oil-based products are able to deeply clean pores from persistent decorative products, pollution, sebum and products with SPF. Oils and silicones can only be removed...
Collagen is a filamentous protein that forms the basis of connective tissue. And it, for its part, is "responsible" for the elasticity of the skin, the health of joints, cartilage, and the strength of nails and teeth. The body produces less and less collagen with age, which leads to brittle hair and loss of skin turgor. And these are one of the first signs of aging that can and should be fought! That is why products with extra collagen, which compensates for the lack of protein in the body, are so popular today. Effect of collagen on skinIn a word, positive. In more detail, collagen is the "framework" of skin cells. It is he who combines them into one whole, giving...
Aloe is an extraordinary plant. Due to its almost magical properties, the juice and extract are widely used in medicine and cosmetology. What is the use of aloe vera cosmetics? Let's reveal all the secrets of the super ingredient. Healing properties of aloe veraFrom the dense leaves of aloe, which is popularly called centenary, juice is extracted, which contains useful components: trace elements, mineral salts, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E; antioxidants and many other useful substances. Recent cosmetic studies with aloe have shown that: aloe juice penetrates the skin 4 times faster than water; the extract forms a protective film that helps to avoid dehydration; aloe soothes and stimulates the regeneration of irritated and damaged skin; the plant activates the...
Features of sebum production by the skin greatly affect its condition. Peeling, black spots, greasy shine are only a small part of the problems caused by insufficient knowledge of your body and inappropriate care.What is skin sebum? Sebum (sebum) is a secretion secreted by the sebaceous glands, a necessary product to maintain a healthy skin condition. It is a mixture of lipids that performs, first of all, a barrier function: it protects the epidermis from dust, ultraviolet light and the negative effects of the environment. Also, thanks to it, the skin looks moisturized, because the lack of sebum always leads to peeling. Another important function is bactericidal. Thanks to unsaturated fatty acids, which are natural antiseptics, sebum blocks the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria.Normally, an...
Regular cleansing of the skin from the accumulated dead cells is extremely important, because they can clog the pores and form areas on the surface of the epidermis that are very flaky. In order not to suffer from such consequences later and not to look for the nearest free window at your cosmetologist, just use exfoliants.What are exfoliants and what are they like? Exfoliants are cosmetic products or substances, the main action of which is aimed at removing keratinized particles of the skin. They can be conditionally divided into several types: 1. Mechanical. These include everyone's favorite face scrubs. They often have a gel-like or creamy texture and contain natural or synthetic exfoliating particles. When choosing mechanical peeling, cosmetologists recommend giving preference...
