Cleansing face mask with honey, as well as recipes for wrinkles, acne and the skin around the eyes

05/04/201810/15/2020 Maria Ivanova 2 comments

In the line of facial skin care products, honey takes pride of place. It is in demand because it has unique properties and is suitable for almost any skin. A face mask with honey is a popular homemade cosmetic product.

Currently, more and more women prefer home care to salon care. This is understandable, because folk remedies have long proven themselves to be natural and effective. Unlike salon procedures, home treatments do not require large amounts of time and money.

Home care can include various procedures: from skin moisturizing to peeling. Masks remain the most popular facial skin care product. There are a huge number of folk recipes for masks; every woman can choose the appropriate ingredients based on her skin type and the desired result.

Why does skin need honey?

Moisture prevents the appearance of wrinkles, which means it guards your youth. What does this have to do with the product of bees? Moreover, it contains 20% of “living” water, which it carries with it deep into the skin. Honey opens and cleanses pores, helping moisture to be evenly distributed between cells.

What else does it give? Honey contains from 100 to 400 chemical elements, and is capable of many things, namely:

• charges the immune system with new strength;
• stops the growth of bacteria;
• protects the skin from dermatitis;
• protects against free radicals;
• stops the aging process;
• resists ultraviolet radiation;
• is the strongest antioxidant;
• serves as a natural antibiotic;
• stimulates blood flow, and the skin becomes silky and toned.

What to expect from sweet “medicine”

Those beauties who do not suffer from allergies to bee products are incredibly lucky. After all, with the help of honey you can achieve the following results:

• get rid of small wrinkles, rejuvenate and tighten the skin, toning and moisturizing it;
• carry out effective treatment and restoration of problem skin;
• moisturize and restore dry;
• normalize sebum production and stabilize the functioning of the sebaceous glands of oily skin;
• maintain a healthy appearance by affecting the deep layers of the epidermis and stimulating the production of your own collagen and elastin.

Honey, thanks to its rich microbiological composition, can have a beneficial effect on metabolic processes in the epidermis, stimulate blood circulation, accelerate cell regeneration and moisturize the skin at the cellular level.

Cleansing recipes for everyone

If you do not have allergies, then all that remains is to find suitable additions to the honey face mask that will act against wrinkles, greasiness, peeling or acne with pimples. The recipes described below are cleansing. They are suitable for both dry skin and shiny skin. For those with a combination type, such masks will be a salvation. The main quality of the additional components is that they cleanse the epidermis of dirt and saturate it with useful substances.

With coffee aroma

A cleansing face mask with honey and coffee unclogs pores and reveals a healthy glow as soon as you wash your face with warm water after the procedure. Just two ingredients and the effect is amazing.

1. Mix an equal amount of base with the grounds of ground coffee from your morning invigorating cup.
2. Apply the resulting paste, gently massaging the skin, and leave for ten minutes.

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Oatmeal with vitamins

Thanks to oatmeal, the skin will be cleansed of toxins and get rid of puffiness. The benefits of a honey face mask with oats also include saturating the dermal cells with moisture, as well as healing wounds.

1. Oatmeal should be ground so that it looks like bran. You will need a teaspoon of the resulting grains.
2. Separate the yolk. No protein needed here.
3. Mix it with a small spoon of bee gold and the same amount of olive oil.
4. To enhance the effect, take a few drops of vitamins A and E purchased at the pharmacy.
5. Mix all ingredients until smooth.
6. Apply a thick layer of the mixture to your face, not forgetting your neck.
7. During the required 20 minutes of the procedure, you can take a bath, relax and think about pleasant things.

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Plus aloe

You can diversify this mask with cottage cheese to reanimate the fading epidermis or glycerin to eliminate peeling. The result of the time spent will be the removal of skin irritations, softening and toning. A face mask with honey, rich in natural capital, helps to get rid of wrinkles quickly. If your skin is sensitive and prone to inflammatory reactions, then use this recipe. But remember that aloe is an allergen for some people, so check your skin's reaction in advance.

1. Just two ingredients: aloe juice and honey in the same volume.
2. Prepare the mask immediately before the procedure. Let it brew for ten minutes.
3. Apply the mixture to your face.
4. Wash your face after 20 minutes.

Useful tips and recommendations from cosmetologists

Such a miraculous substance as honey has long been recommended by cosmetologists as a facial skin care product.

To achieve maximum results with home care, you need to follow simple tips.

1. Regularity of procedures. A one-time use of any mask will have an effect, but it must be secured with a subsequent course of procedures.
2. Using quality ingredients. You should not save on your own beauty by buying expired or questionable products.
3. Production of products suitable for skin type. It is recommended to prepare facial products after determining the needs of the skin, since the same ingredient can be beneficial for dry skin and harmful for oily skin.
4. Pre-cleaning. For the mask to have the expected effect, the procedure should be performed on cleansed facial skin. It is better to do this after a hot bath or shower, when the pores are still open and better absorb nutrients.

Anti-greasy mixtures

Honey normalizes the functioning of the sebaceous glands and helps pores open, so it is the main ingredient as a basis for eliminating oily sheen.

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Add aspirin

You will see that this mask, in addition to removing shine, can cleanse your face of blackheads and make it ruddy.

1. Crush plain aspirin tablets.
2. Proportions: one tablet corresponds to a tablespoon of base.
3. Apply the mixture to areas of skin with increased oil content.
4. The procedure lasts no more than 15 minutes.

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Lemon mask

After washing your face with warm water after the procedure, you will feel your skin soften and refreshed.

1. To make the mixture thick enough, take honey and squeezed lemon juice in proportion.
2. Apply to face using tapping movements, relax and leave to absorb for 20 minutes.

With added nutmeg

Nutmeg was also used in ancient cosmetology as a healing agent that improves complexion and relieves the effects of acne.

1. You will need a large spoon of liquid honey. Use only a water bath for heating. And remember that the temperature should not be more than 80°C.
2. Mix a teaspoon of chopped nutmeg thoroughly with the main ingredient.
3. Spread the resulting paste with an incomparable smell on your face and relax for 20 minutes.

Honey cinnamon

Thanks to its antimicrobial properties, cinnamon is good for more than just apple pie. The result of this procedure will be renewed, clean skin.

1. Add cinnamon to honey, maintaining a volume ratio of 2:1.
2. The procedure lasts, as in the previous recipe, 20 minutes.

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Curd mixture

It is best to make cottage cheese yourself or choose a good farm cottage cheese. Then the velvety skin will please you immediately.

1. If the bee present has thickened, melt it in a water bath.
2. Dissolve a small spoon of honey in a large spoon of milk at room temperature.
3. Add a tablespoon of cottage cheese and stir until no grains remain.
4. Apply the mask, turn on some pleasant music and wait 20 minutes.

Benefits of honey for the face

Using honey for home skin care has a number of significant advantages over other products.

The acids, carotene and vitamins contained in honey contribute to a number of effects that it has on the skin:

• cleansing Honey literally pulls any impurities out of the skin;
• renewal of skin cells and stimulation of their regeneration;
• fight against inflammation and skin imperfections;
• hydration. Particularly effective for dry skin and microcracks;
• improving blood circulation in skin cells;
• nutrition;
• prevention of aging;
• UV protection.

In addition to these beneficial properties, honey is used in cosmetology for any skin type. With the help of honey, dry skin is nourished, and oily skin becomes matte. Honey is recommended for aging facial skin; it can smooth out fine wrinkles and prevent the appearance of new ones.

Impact on dryness

What is the most important thing for dry skin? First of all, hydration. This is what honey does when it reaches the surface of the epidermis. For greater effect, there are special combinations of simple products.

Don't throw away the bread crust

You will be delighted as your skin will become renewed and saturated with beneficial substances. Unpleasant dryness will go away, especially around the corners of the mouth.

1. If there is a piece of black bread left, let it dry.
2. Then soak in warm milk. Five minutes is enough.
3. Take an egg yolk and mash it with a large spoon of the main ingredient.
4. Combine everything and knead thoroughly.
5. Steam your face and apply the mixture for 25 minutes.

Apple mask

The face will not only be filled with moisture, but will become clean and radiant.

1. Grate one apple on a fine grater. If it is too juicy, squeeze out the excess juice.
2. Take honey in the same volume.
3. Mix and make a mask.
4. Wait in a pleasant atmosphere for 20 minutes.
5. To wash off the mixture, it is better to use cold water.

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Egg-honey mixture

A face mask with honey and egg will do everything you need to keep your skin smooth, stop aging and eliminate fine wrinkles.

1. If you take a whole chicken egg, then just add a teaspoon of the main component.
2. Shake well so that there are no lumps.
3. Neck, upper chest, face - cover everything with the mixture for 20 minutes.
4. Cool water is suitable for washing.

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Honey-berry smoothie

Withering and peeling? No, your skin will no longer have such problems if you use cosmetic honey-berry smoothies. When strawberries appear in the garden beds in the summer, use this recipe.

1. Prepare two tablespoons of berry smoothie.
2. Add one large spoon of golden honey to the strawberries and stir.
3. 20 minutes with a mask is enough for the vitamins to penetrate the dermal cells.

How often can you do face masks?

Depending on the goals pursued and the composition of the masks, their application frequency may vary:

• to moisturize the skin, apply appropriate masks every 3 days;
• To solve the problem of oily skin, it is recommended to use honey formulations that contain skin irritating components (lemon juice, onion) no more than once a week. The acid contained in the juice has a good cleansing effect, removing fatty particles, but at the same time it dries the skin very much, so frequent use can cause peeling;
• cleansing masks based on nectar and oatmeal are used once every 2 days, while the flakes are first crushed into flour or steamed in boiling water to protect the skin from injury;
• To nourish the skin, honey-based products are used once a week. Typically, such cosmetics contain oils or fatty milk components, the frequent use of which causes clogging of pores.

Anti-Aging Options

In fact, all honey face masks save you from new and old wrinkles. But there are recipes aimed directly at solving this problem.

Remember Cleopatra

This famous person was madly in love with honey and milk baths for the whole body. You can use her tricks.

1. Take milk and honey in equal quantities.
2. Stir thoroughly.
3. Make a face mask. And after washing your face 20 minutes later, feel like a queen.

Herbal mask

All the wealth is under our feet, and it's true. Herbs combined with honey are a winning blow to old age.

1. Collect nettles, lemon balm and mint. Grind the leaves in a blender to a paste.
2. Take a large spoon of herbal mixture and mix with the same amount of curd.
3. Add a small spoon of liquid honey.
4. Lubricate your face and neck. Let them soak in vitamins and nutrients for 20 minutes.

Contraindications

Despite the undeniable benefits of honey, there are a number of contraindications to its use as a mask:

• allergic reactions to honey;
• increased skin sensitivity;
• the presence of a vascular network on the face;
• increased vegetation;
• diabetes.

Before using the mask, you can do a simple allergy test. It is enough to apply the honey mask to particularly sensitive areas - the bend of the elbow or the wrist. You should wait at least half an hour. If the treated area does not peel off and there is no redness, there is no allergy to honey.

The youth of your eyes

Honey is one of the few easily available products that acts as a caring assistant for the skin around the eyes. It erases dark spots, smoothes wrinkles, and refreshes the dermis. If you want to enhance the effect, then use the following recipes with additional ingredients.

Cucumber mixture

As a result, you get a whitening effect, skin freshness and relief from accumulated city fatigue.

1. Squeeze the cucumber juice or grind its pulp in a blender.
2. Mix with honey in equal proportions.
3. The time it takes for these components to act is 25 minutes.

Here's parsley for you

Thanks to this combination of products, pigment spots will disappear, the face will become lighter, losing its gray tint.

1. To extract the parsley juice, use a blender. You will need half a teaspoon.
2. Add a couple of drops of grapeseed or avocado oil.
3. Add ½ small spoon of honey.
4. Leave the mask on the skin around the eyes and wait 25 minutes.

You can apply the bee product to the area around the eyes in its pure form. The face should be steamed in advance. Leave the honey to soak for five minutes, the skin will rest and be saturated with vital energy.

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Honey massage

Massage techniques are very diverse. Using honey as an active component for massage is an excellent solution for removing blackheads, lifting the contours of the face and double chin, and removing fatty deposits on the cheeks.

Using honey in its pure form, you can perform a deep facial scrub, similar to mechanical peeling.

A honey massage of problem areas on the body will help get rid of the appearance of cellulite, improve blood circulation and improve the overall health of the skin.

To carry out such a massage at home, you need to do the following manipulations:

• Cleanse your facial skin of decorative cosmetics using your usual makeup remover. Rub with a tonic and let it calm down a little after the preliminary procedures.
• Apply honey heated in a water bath in an even layer. (You need to heat it up to body temperature and only in enamel containers to avoid contact with metal and prevent the product from oxidizing).
• Leave the honey on the face (if necessary - chin, neck and décolleté) for a quarter of an hour. Let the active ingredients absorb.
• Then apply the pads of your fingers to the skin and tear them off the surface with a sharp movement. In this way, treat the entire surface covered with honey.

The honey will begin to foam and roll into white “peas” under your fingers. This is normal - the pores of your face are cleansed of unnecessary substances and dead skin cells are removed.

This massage should be done for no more than five minutes to avoid excessive stretching of the skin. This technique is also not recommended for aging and sagging skin.

The remaining honey should be washed off with slightly warm water. Treat the skin with a vasoconstrictor lotion. After a few minutes, apply a light nourishing or moisturizing cream, depending on your skin type.

This procedure should be carried out at home as needed, but not more often than once every two weeks. Reviews about honey massage are very flattering.

Scrub: instructions for use and ingredients

The scrub always contains a base and solid particles. To combine with honey, use salt, chopped oatmeal or nuts, and ground coffee.

Follow important rules for any composition.

• Precautionary measures. If there is active inflammation or irritation on the skin, then take herbal baths until recovery occurs. Only after this proceed to scrub procedures.
• Mixture homogeneity. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. The grains should be evenly distributed over the base.
• Preparing the face. Steam or moisturize your face before your beauty session.
• Massage. Massaging the face should be light, without force or pressure on problem areas.
• Time. The scrub only takes five minutes to cleanse the pores. Therefore, do not delay the process.
• Completion. After washing your face, apply milk or nourishing cream to your face.

Honey scrub helps the skin maintain its elasticity by removing the dead layer of cells. Stimulating water and fat metabolism during massage eliminates the gray color of the epidermis, makes it fill with oxygen and work to maintain youth.

Rules for using a mask with honey

In order to obtain visible results from the mask and to prevent unwanted consequences, you need to follow simple rules.

1. Since, as a rule, the mask consists not only of honey, but also of other ingredients, it is important to clarify your skin type in order to correctly determine the composition of the product.
2. The mask must be used immediately after preparation and not reapplied.
3. Heat treatment of honey leads to a loss of its qualities, so it is not recommended to heat it excessively or dilute it with boiling water.
4. You can use the mask only after cleansing the skin.

Anti-aging “preservation”

An interesting experiment was conducted in Bulgaria, which showed the power of the preservative properties of the bee product. The experience was as follows. We took animal products (eggs, meat, fish). They were placed in a sterile closed container with honey. We forgot about the containers for four years, leaving them in a room at normal room temperature.

When the scientists opened the bowls, all the products retained their normal appearance and smell, and the consistency also remained unchanged. The microbes had no opportunity to multiply.

After this experience, the question of the benefits of a honey face mask becomes meaningless. If you want to “preserve” your youth without plastic surgery, then regularly perform procedures with honey. Just don't expect magic from an artificial product. For home beauty treatments, choose only fresh, high-quality honey that has not yet been candied. It is these honey face masks that are effective, as evidenced by numerous rave reviews.

Honey care: which honey to choose for masks?

Not all honey is suitable for making masks. And we're not just talking about the obvious fact that you want a natural product, without additives or fillers. Honey must be raw, only under this condition will it be useful. Filtration and pasteurization deprive honey of a number of natural nutrients and reduce the healing effect of the product.

The final properties of the prepared mask depend on the pollen from which the bees produced honey. Honeydew honey is the poorest in minerals, because striped honeydewers collect it during periods when honey plants are not available. This “production” uses honeydew (various secretions of insects living on plants) and honeydew. Polyfloral honey is collected from many honey plants, so its composition is unpredictable, but it still contains many biologically active substances. Monofloral honey is the best choice for making homemade honey masks. Knowing from which plant the pollen was collected, we can say what additional medicinal properties the product has. As a general rule, the darker the natural honey, the more antioxidants it contains.

Composition and properties of honey

Honey contains many carbohydrates in the form of fructose, glucose and maltose, and a large amount of vitamins H and PP and microelements. The beneficial properties of honey are not known to everyone. Nutritionists and cosmetologists highlight the following main positive effects of its use and consumption.

Bee Honey:

• increases immunity during epidemics;
• is an excellent preventive measure for the prevention of heart disease;
• promotes timely outflow of bile;
• has an antimicrobial effect;
• easily replaces the properties of sugar;
• cleanses the entire body of toxins and salts;
• when combined with milk, it helps to cope with insomnia, especially during the development of the child’s psyche;
• accelerates metabolism and promotes rapid weight loss;
• useful during menstruation in women because it easily replaces iron ions, which helps increase hemoglobin;
• restores all tissues in the body and smoothes the skin of the face;
• increases lactation while breastfeeding the baby;
• influences the formation of the fetus.

Indications and contraindications for honey masks

To prepare masks from honey, you need to learn about the indications for use and contraindications. Experts include the following main indications:

• oily, greasy skin and enlarged pores;
• the presence of pimples, blackheads and comedones;
• dry skin;
• dull complexion;
• Suitable for women with any type of skin for rejuvenation and complete cleansing.
• Contraindications:
• rosacea and rosacea;
• intolerance to the product;
• the appearance of an allergic reaction after using a honey mask for the first time;
• bearing a fetus;
• increase or decrease in blood pressure and body temperature;
• development of herpes.

Rules for using honey as a base for cosmetics

In order to preserve the valuable composition of honey to the maximum and effectively use it to fight against wrinkles and other facial skin imperfections, it is important to adhere to the following recommendations:

1. before using honey, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the pores: from the surface of contaminated skin, propolis can “carry” pathogenic microbes deep into the pores;
2. Only freshly prepared formulations are suitable for use: they cannot be stored;
3. if milk and eggs are present among the ingredients, it is better to give preference to homemade products;
4. masks and creams are applied with gentle massage movements, delicately affecting the skin of the face so as not to injure it; around the eyes, the products are applied in a thin layer, avoiding the area directly around the eyelashes;
5. if according to the recipe the product has a liquid consistency, it is more convenient to apply it on top of a paper napkin: this way it will spread less over the skin;
6. It is not recommended to heat honey in the process of preparing anti-wrinkle masks, since during heat treatment its vitamin composition is lost and compounds potentially dangerous to the skin can be released;
7. the optimal exposure time for honey masks is up to 20 minutes; The working time of the product should not be increased, since this ingredient can cause dangerous allergic reactions, and frozen crystals of the mask are quite difficult to remove painlessly;
8. During this procedure, you must try to relax your facial skin as much as possible and take your mind off all worries (the honey aroma helps with this);
9. honey-based creams can be used no more than three times a week;
10. It is necessary to wash off unabsorbed honey residues with cool water; if necessary, you can use cotton pads or napkins (it is especially convenient to remove masks around the eyes in this way);
11. for washing off the mask, settled or defrosted water is excellent, rather than tap water of consistently low quality;
12. Be sure to apply nourishing cream after washing off the mask.