Carrot recipes
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Vitamin ... carrots!


Carrot has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, so it is very active, currently, steel used as raw materials in the production of natural cosmetic products. However, carrots long-time visitor "home" beauty salons. Already the ancient Greeks knew about the unique anti-aging properties of carrots and used it in full for the care of skin and hair. Slavic peoples too aware of this wonderful vegetable, and the "carrot" beauty recipes handed down from generation to generation.

Chemical composition

The carrot roots contained 79 2-91, 8% water, 3, 4-12, 0% sugars (mainly sucrose, fructose and glucose), 0, 05-0, 25% of organic acids (mainly malic), 0 3-0, 8% pectin and 0, 5 2, 2% of nitrogen-containing substances, 0, 7-2, 0% cellulose, 0, 54-1, 7% ash, volatile and fatty oils, flavonoids, mineral salts (mainly potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron), vitamin C (14 mg), carotene (24 mg), E, ​​PP, H, B1 and B2, pantothenic and folic acid.

Interesting!   Carrots activates the intracellular redox processes. It increases the consumption of basic antioxidants in the blood, which allows to strengthen the immune system.

Recipes Carrot

It nourishes the skin!

 Carrot recipes
 • Take 1 tablespoon of fat cottage cheese, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, add a little milk and carrot juice, stir and put on the face. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with cool water.

• 1 teaspoon of carrot juice mixed with 1 teaspoon of sour cream and 1 egg yolk. Apply on face for 15-20 minutes. Wash first with warm, then cold water.

• Grate 1 carrot on a fine grater and mix with 1 teaspoon of liquid honey. Mush apply on face and neck, and after 20 minutes rinse with warm water. Then wipe the face with a cotton swab dipped in cold water.

Caring for oily skin!

• Grate 1 carrot on a fine grater, mix with egg protein, add 1 teaspoon of peach butter, the same amount of starch and apply on face and neck. Wash off after 20 minutes with cool water.

• Rub 1 carrot on a fine grater. Mix with 1 teaspoon of starch and 1 egg yolk. Add a few drops of lemon or cranberry juice. Apply on face. Hold for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Return healthy complexion!

 Carrot recipes
 • For a pale, gray skin is useful to make carrot packs 2-3 times a week for a month, after which the skin gets nice tan light tan. To do this, 1 carrot rub on a grater and mush on gauze put on face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse face with cool water.

• Rub 1 tablespoon cream 1 egg yolk, add 1 teaspoon of carrot juice. Apply the mixture to clean face and neck for 20 minutes, then remove any warm vegetable oil and rinse with cold water.

Make a luxurious head of hair!

• To get rid of dandruff You can use another "carrot" recipe. Take 1 medium carrot, 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon grape seed oil. Purified carrots and lemon with peel scroll through a meat grinder or chop in a food processor, add butter, mix well. Spread on the hair for 20 minutes, wrapping them with plastic wrap. After time, rinse your hair with water and wash it with shampoo.

• To strengthen the hair and make them shine rub into the scalp 1-2 tablespoons of carrot juice with added 10 drops of lemon juice. After 2-3 hours wash your hair.

Anti-age treatments

• Mix 1 grated carrot with 1 tablespoon milk. Apply creamy mixture onto your face and leave for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with cool water.

Carrots vs freckles!

If a lot of freckles on his face and it is difficult to deduce skin rubbed with the juice of carrots. For this purified 2-3 carrots were ground to a fine grater, and squeeze the juice. The person at the same time acquires a yellowish tinge, freckles and become less noticeable. If you add a few carrot juice drops of lemon juice, obtained an excellent tool to wipe the freckles.
Author: Inna Sedykh