Homemade Face Masks: Reduce Wrinkles Naturally
Building of skin cells may be loosen with too often usage of homemade face masks, therefore use them only once or twice a week.
Some ingredients like bananas, papayas, olive oil or clay contain vitamins, minerals, acids and enzymes, which have a very good effect on your skin; they also improve texture of the skin and slow down the process of aging. Therefore these ingredients are excellent as a part of homemade face masks.
Homemade Orange Mask
Squeeze fresh orange juice and add 2tbl spoons of olive oil. Keep mixture on your face for about 20 minutes and wash it away with tepid water. Then follow with thin layer of moisturizer, which contains vitamin C and vitamins D and E. Make this mask twice a week.
Activity of Orange Homemade Face Mask
Fat from olive oil renovates dry skin and makes it more fresh and smooth. Vitamin C from orange juice also encourages production of collagen fibers and strengthens structure of the skin. Fruit acids in orange reduce wrinkles and make your skin softer and young looking.
Papaya Face Mask
One of the greatest homemade face masks is papaya mask. Choose green fruit of papaya, which isn`t completely ripe and squash it, then add 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply mixture on clean face and wait for about 20 minutes. Repeat procedure twice a week and you will renew your skin and prevent creation of fine lines and wrinkles.
Activity of Papaya Face Masks
Meat of the exotic fruit of papaya helps to reduce appearance of wrinkles. Papaya contain enzyme of papain, digestive enzyme, which makes your face soft and improves texture of the skin.
Elastin and collagen are naturally keeping firmness of the skin, but with years, our body's production of them is lesser and lesser. This is where papaya jumps in to help our body produce more elastin and collagen. Papain assist with digestion of food full of proteins; both collagen and elastin are composed from proteins. Most papain is in papayasthat aren't completely ripe.
Notice: Papaya contains substances, which can cause allergic reactions at people who are allergic on latex. So people with latex allergy should be very careful with consumption of papaya. If you suspect that an allergy could appear, apply mixture on small part of your skin and wait 24 hours before applying the mask on your face to see if any side effects appear.
Clay Mask
There is another homemade face mask, which is very good for reduction of face lines. Mix white clay with skimmed milk and add jojoba oil, after that mix all the ingredients together.
Take only one teaspoon for usage and dilute mixture with a bit of distilled water. Apply mask on your face and leave it to work approximately 15 minutes, then wash the skin with tepid water and wipe it with soft towel.
