The motto of the hot summer - moisturize!
 In the heat of summer to the elephant zaydёm
In one minute,
Elephant and friendly welcome -
Freshen a cool shower!
(nursery rhyme)


The long-awaited summer fun, which we have dreamed of for the winter months - the sun and heat - are, alas, the main sources of problems for the youth and beauty of our skin - it dries and ages, there are spots, fading hair and are similar to the tow. The heat "flowing" any cosmetics clog pores, perspiration increases, causing the skin even more dehydrated. What to do? It's simple: to clean, protect and moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!

Moisturize the skin during the summer - a problem number one regardless of age, skin type and a set of cosmetics. We can say the main cosmetic procedure because, skin aging is directly related to fluid loss. Therefore, various sprays, lotions, moisturizing creams and gels summer relevant as ever. In the morning and evening every day is necessary to use cosmetic milk and tonic. Not bad for the improvement of wiping his face and neck with ice cubes.

Spray with thermal water   - That is to say, a shower for a person who is always at hand. It helps to freshen up, to prevent dehydration of the skin and make it useful microelements. In addition, spraying the water as fine droplets produces micro-massage the skin.

The great advantage of the thermal water is that it can be sprayed in the face with already applied makeup. This refreshing and moisturizing effect will be noticeable, and makeup will not suffer. Basically, do not even need to buy expensive proprietary tools with thermal water - a good bottle of mineral water from a nearby supermarket to cope with the problem of skin hydration is not worse. You can just moisten the cloth and occasionally apply it on the face, can be found on the shelf of his old bottle with a spray and wash it, or buy an empty bottle of toilet water in the near stall, which sells perfume dispensing.

Despite all the advantages of thermal water, do not forget about the large family of lotions and tonics, without which the summer simply can not do. These funds are beautifully activate metabolic processes in the skin, that is, make it fresher and improve the complexion. In addition, tightening the tonic and closed pores, which is particularly important for owners of oily skin.  The motto of the hot summer - moisturize!
 And, because they contain biologically active substances, soothes and refreshes dry and irritated skin. Finally, lotions and tonics - essential tools for cleaning the skin. And, in fact, a thorough cleansing of the skin from dust, sweat, old dead cells - a very important step on the road to "peach" skin. Wash up   Summer often need - except for morning washing throughout the day whenever you return home from the street. That is, at least twice a day.

Although the nature of the summer for our skin creates such extreme conditions, but it also gives us a beautiful natural remedies to fight them. In the summer, you can at home to cook wonderful masks and tonics for the skin, using fresh vegetables, fruits, berries and herbs ...

They will purify and whiten and moisturize the skin:

• To refresh your face so perfectly suitable decoction : Linden blossom, chamomile flowers, rose petals, mint leaves to take in a proportion of 3: 2: 1: 1/2. Two tablespoons of the mixture, pour a glass of boiling water. Insist, cool, wet towel, hold it on the face for about 15 minutes Or you can separate each pot use - will still benefit.

• Make good use of the summer fresh juices - Tomato, cucumber, grape, watermelon and so on. Cucumber can not even wash -vsem all know that the best tonic could not be found! And it helps of freckles and age spots from.

Masks   of natural products useful for all types of skin: dry skin suitable masks of apricots, grapes, melons, plums, carrot juice, bananas; for oily skin can make masks of strawberry, raspberry, apricot, peach, watermelon, tomatoes, grated carrots, red currants, kale, cranberries, cranberry, cucumber, parsley etc.

Oatmeal Mask 2-3 tablespoons crushed oatmeal, chopped (rubbed) half juicy cucumber and mix. Apply to clean skin for 15-20 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature. This mask is perfectly quenches "the thirst" and is suitable for all skin types. If the skin is naturally very dry, the mask can be formulated to enrich one tablespoon of low-fat sour cream. This mask in addition to moisture, nourish the skin and gently whiten it.

• Well help in the summer masks containing collagen.   This protein is needed to replenish the skin due to the fact that under the influence of sunlight the skin's own collagen fibers break down and the skin loses its elasticity. Good retain moisture and masks containing seaweed .

Mineral water.   Cleanser instead of regular tap water, take still mineral water soaked cotton swab and wipe the face and neck for cosmetic lines. Very useful 2 times a week to make a compress with mineral water. Gauze of four layers, cut out the shape of the face and neck soaked in water at room temperature, put on the face and neck, cover with cling film (cut out holes for the nostrils) for 20 minutes. At this point very well wish for health and beauty - say, very helpful!

A beneficial effect on the skin of the face and such "cryotherapy": evening freeze poured into molds mineral water. And in the morning, wipe your face and neck with ice for cosmetic lines.

From mineral water (non-carbonated), you can do compresses to the eyes before going to bed. To maintain healthy skin around the eyes take a moistened cotton balls and put on the eye for 5-7 minutes. Thereafter it can be applied the cream.

By choosing moisturizers and must be approached very carefully. Lightweight, good moisturizer is very important for skin condition. The cream is applied thinly to all areas of the face, a little more - on the cheeks where the skin tends to dry out, except for the dampening factor, the cream should have a sun protection properties and, besides protection factor of at least 30.

By the way, improve the dehydrated skin can not only with makeup, but also increasing the number of drunk liquid to 2 liters a day.

Eat more fruits and vegetables.   They are very high water content and good salt balance, so that their use will certainly have a positive impact on the vernal form.
Author: Olga Travleeva