Whitening masks.
Such masks should be done before bedtime, since after them it is not recommended to go out into the sunlight. When applying whitening masks, regardless of skin type (oily, dry or normal), sunscreen creams must be used daily.
Green pea mask
Mix 2 tablespoons of green peas with 2 tablespoons of whey. Knead to make a homogeneous mass, and apply to the face. After 20-25 minutes, rinse with cold water.
Mask with cucumber
Grate the cucumber and mix the gruel with 1 tablespoon of any nutritious cream. For oily skin, cucumber juice should be mixed with an equal amount of vodka and infused for 24 hours. Moisten gauze napkins with the prepared solution and apply on face for 15-20 minutes, leaving eyes, nose and mouth open. You can also cut a fresh cucumber in half and rub the face and neck with juice.
Potato whitening mask
Boil the potatoes in their skins, peel, add milk and egg yolk. Crush and put on a steam bath for 20-30 minutes. Then apply the resulting mass to the face, covering it on top with a dense cloth.
Lemon and honey
Freshly squeezed and filtered juice of 1 lemon mix with 100 g of honey. Every day before washing for 10-30 minutes, apply a mask to the face, neck and chest.
Belkovo — corn
To 2 tablespoons of oatmeal or cornmeal, add beaten egg white. Mix everything and put a mask on your face. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with warm water.
Hydrogen peroxide mask
Beat egg white in foam and add 10–20 drops of a 5–10% perhydrol solution (hydrogen peroxide). Apply on face. After 15 minutes rinse with cool water.
Whitening mask for dry skin
For dry skin, it is better to use the following composition: cream and lemon juice in equal proportions, 5-10 drops of a 10% hydrogen peroxide solution. Mix thoroughly and apply cotton wool to the face. After 30-40 minutes, rinse with warm water. To enhance the effect of the mask, first wash your face with hot water and soap, and after drying put a thin layer of cotton wool.
Cottage cheese
Grind 2 tablespoons of cottage cheese with raw yolk and a few drops of hydrogen peroxide. Apply a thick mask without lumps on the face and neck.
Oatmeal
Take 1 teaspoon of honey and oatmeal, 2 teaspoons of raw milk and mix well. Apply the mask for 20 minutes.
Curd — Honey
Beat 3 teaspoons of cottage cheese and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply this mixture on your face for 20 minutes, then rinse off the mask with a swab dipped in cold milk.
Mask with vegetable oil
Heat any vegetable oil in a water bath. From the cotton wool make a mask 1 cm thick with holes for the eyes and mouth. Heated oil to 36-38 ° C, apply oil on the inner surface of the mask and, not allowing it to cool, quickly apply to the face. A napkin and a terry towel should be put on top. After 15 minutes, remove the mask, and remove the remaining oil with a warm, damp towel with pressing movements. Oil masks are recommended for the beginning of aging of the face skin, its dryness, the appearance of small wrinkles in the corners of the eyes, mouth, and temporal areas.
Herbal mask
Take in equal parts chamomile flowers, sage leaf, mint leaf, rose petals. Grind the grass well, brew 2 tablespoons of the powder with boiling water until a mushy mass is formed, adding 0.5 teaspoon of vegetable oil (preferably olive or corn). Apply well mixed and cooled down to 40 ° С to the face for 15-20 minutes, covering with gauze napkins and a terry towel. These herbs are more suitable for dry skin. For oily skin, chamomile flowers, carrots, linden blossom, horsetail grass, marigold flowers are used. Oil is not added in this case.
