Scrub and mask from soda and shaving foam

Health and beauty of the skin is a valuable and truthful indicator of the general condition of the body. To make your facial skin look healthy, radiant, and velvety, you will need regular and careful care and proper nutrition.

The most popular and in demand procedure is peeling, namely facial cleansing. For manipulations, special masks and scrubs prepared independently are suitable.

Systematic care of the dermis will reward you by helping to prevent blackheads and acne. One of the most effective and advertised recipes is considered to be a combination of NaHCO3 (baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), which helps get rid of the problem of rashes.

Effect on facial skin

Scrubs and masks are created based on men's shaving foam. The effect of these procedures is enhanced by the soda introduced into their composition. What effect does the use of such scrubs and masks have on the skin:

Bacteria and microorganisms that cause suppuration die.
The skin of the face dries out, and enlarged pores narrow. An excellent cleansing effect is created, while the plugs located in the space between the cells are removed.
The skin calms down and acquires a matte tint, and the secretion of the glands decreases.
Prevents skin irritation.

Shaving foams and gels used by men include components that have a beneficial effect on delicate women’s skin:

Chamomile extract, aloe vera. These components have an antimicrobial and soothing effect. The main thing is the presence of a natural component and not a synthetic substitute.
Sodium benzonate. A preservative that dries out the skin greatly, but in our case this is a positive thing.
Mineral oils. These components have a softening effect, prevent blockage of ducts, destroy fats, i.e. They don’t give blackheads a chance to spoil the mood of their fair half.

How does baking soda affect the skin?

Upon contact with the skin, baking soda immediately penetrates through its top layer, enters the pores and “cleans out” impurities. The effect is immediate, which is quite rare when using homemade cosmetics.
Sodium carbonate is not only an excellent antiseptic, but it can also be considered relatively regenerative, due to the fact that the skin quickly forms new cells for protection.

The complex combination of shaving foam and soda has a strong effect. But you should know that such a mixture turns out to be “explosive”, which is why special attention must be paid to the recipe and adhere to the rules of use.

Preliminary stage: steaming

Before the procedure, it is necessary to prepare the skin for application of the product. To do this, you will need to steam it using a steam bath or a warm compress (gauze soaked in hot chamomile infusion or ordinary boiled water).

The duration of the procedure should not exceed 5–10 minutes. During this time, the skin pores expand, so a mixture of foam and baking soda easily removes fatty plugs and dirt.

Carefully! It is forbidden to use boiling water or freshly prepared decoction for steaming. Excess steam can cause burns. You need to wait until the liquid cools down a little.

Who is suitable for an unusual facial cleansing?

This method of getting rid of blackheads on the face is suitable only for those representatives of the fair half who are not prone to skin irritation. Girls and women with oily skin are recommended to treat only the T-zone and those areas where there are many rashes. Since this procedure is quite harsh, you need to listen very carefully to the sensations during cleaning. If a burning sensation begins, you should wash your face well and then apply a soothing cream to your face.

Skin care after the procedure

Cleansing sessions will be most effective if you take care of your face after the above procedures. Rinse off the mixtures you prepared yourself with warm water. To reduce pores, rinse the surface with cold water.

To complete the full cleansing stage, at the end of the procedure, lubricate your face with clay diluted with medications such as Miramistin or Chlorhexidine. Leave the mixture for 15 minutes and rinse with water or chamomile decoction.

Do not refuse to use affordable and simple skin cleansing products; perhaps these products will provide much better results than branded products.

How to use baking soda for acne on your face - see below.

Recipes

We offer several recipes for masks and scrubs based on baking soda and shaving foam. It’s worth saying right away that there are not so many such recipes, but they are all quite effective. Choose the one that suits you best.

Masks

The most gentle recipe for the skin. This is the easiest way to use shaving foam to cleanse the skin of blackheads. Since foam softens and cleanses even without additional components, it can simply be used in its pure form. Apply any foam to the T-zone of the face in a thick layer for a quarter of an hour, then carefully remove with warm water. Blackheads will noticeably decrease, and your face will look fresh.
Take some shaving foam, add half a teaspoon of baking soda and mix everything quickly. Apply the resulting mixture to problem areas for 10 minutes.
Mix 2 large spoons of foam and one small spoon each of soda and salt of the finest fraction. Apply to the skin of the face for 10 minutes without using massaging movements.
To one egg white, add approximately the same amount of shaving foam and a small spoon of soda and mix everything thoroughly. Massage the resulting mixture onto the skin of the face for 10 - 15 minutes.
Mix a little shaving foam with a small spoon of hydrogen peroxide and half a teaspoon of soda. Apply to the problem area of the face for no more than a quarter of an hour.

Scrub

Mix soda and lemon juice, taken one teaspoon at a time, and wait until the soda has completely dissipated. Add a little water if the mixture is too thick. Apply the mixture to problem areas and massage for 2 to 3 minutes. After this, remove the residue with a damp cloth and apply shaving foam to your face, leave for 5 minutes, and rinse.

Classic soda mask

This simple mask for blackheads is indicated for oily and combination skin. Dilute a tablespoon of soda with a tablespoon of filtered, boiled or mineral water to a paste-like state. Stir well, apply to skin and leave the mask on for 8-10 minutes. Rinse it off.

Instead of water, soda can be diluted with kefir, decoction or herbal infusion. Also, this mask is often supplemented with 1 drop of essential oil (first mix it with soda and only then dilute it with liquid). For problem skin, it is good to use tea tree, palmarosa, lavender, lemon, ylang-ylang, eucalyptus, and mint oils.

Features of application

There are some nuances to using masks and scrubs that contain soda and shaving foam:

Using a special brush

Shaving foam or gel must be of good quality.
The mask or scrub should be applied to cleansed skin with clean hands. If you use a massage brush, it must be perfectly clean so as not to cause infection.
The prepared composition is applied exclusively to the forehead, chin and nose. If it gets on the cheekbones and cheeks, it may cause irritation.
To avoid skin burns and not strictly monitor the time, you can add oatmeal, organic oil, full-fat cottage cheese or facial moisturizer to the composition. It should be remembered that if you independently extend the time recommended for a mask or scrub, burns appear that resemble sunburn in appearance.
It is recommended to wash off the mask and scrub with warm water, which will clean the applied mass from open pores. After this, you need to wash your face with cold water, which will close the pores. There is no need to steam your face before applying a mask or scrub. It is recommended to moisturize the skin with warm water.
At the end of the procedure, be sure to use a moisturizer.
If your skin is dry or combination type, then it is better to use gel instead of shaving foam.
If itching, burning or other unpleasant sensations appear while massaging the skin with the prepared composition, it is recommended to immediately wash well and apply moisturizer to your face.
If the skin is oily, then such procedures can be performed every two days. If the skin is dry, then it is enough to clean it once every 7 days.
After using masks and scrubs, it is advisable not to go outside, as microscopic abrasions remain on the skin, so bright sun or frost can harm the skin.

How can baking soda help with blackheads?

A blackhead (comedone) is the result of a pore being clogged with sebum and dirt. In this case, dirt means dust, cosmetics, and other “foreign” particles. Even if you carefully monitor the hygiene of the skin of your face and body, you are not immune from the appearance of comedones. You regularly go outside, where millions of dirt particles are floating in the air. It’s no safer indoors – there is dust even in the cleanest room. Therefore, blackheads can appear in a person of any gender, age, social status and with any skin type.

Sebum is produced daily and is a secretion essential to skin health, elasticity and protection. When a piece of dirt gets into the sebaceous gland, it becomes clogged. The produced fat can no longer leave the pore; it remains inside, oxidizes and hardens. This is how a black dot is formed.

Baking soda is known for its ability to dissolve fat. Due to this, it deeply cleanses the pores and frees them from hardened sebum. In addition, soda performs many more important tasks:

improves blood supply to the skin, stimulates regeneration processes;
regulates the functioning of the sebaceous glands;
has healing, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties;
eliminates oily shine from the skin;
whitens;
exfoliates the stratum corneum.

By regularly making masks with baking soda, you get fresh, matte, smooth and clean skin. You will see a significant reduction in the number of blackheads after the first application. And regular deep cleansing of the skin will allow you to avoid the appearance of new comedones.

When you should not use soda-foam compositions

There are not so many recipes for getting rid of blackheads on the face using baking soda and shaving cream, but there are enough precautions and recommendations:

If you have superficial acne, using soda scrubs is not recommended.
If there are pustular lesions, then it is better to stop using soda-foam products until the inflammatory process disappears.
To prevent inflammation on the face after procedures, cleansed skin should be wiped with chamomile infusion.
If your skin is sensitive and delicate, then such procedures are not for you.

Benefits of baking soda

The properties of baking soda that are important in the context of removing blackheads are not unique. The same effect is achieved by many other products (special creams, gels, lotions, ointments, etc.). However, baking soda has several important benefits:

Availability. Baking soda is available in almost every kitchen, and if it is suddenly not at hand, it is sold in any grocery store or supermarket.
Cheapness. Factory-made remedies for blackheads will cost you several hundred (and some thousands) rubles. A pack of soda on average costs about 20-40 rubles (depending on the region and the weight of the package).
Ease of use. Anyone can make baking soda masks at home.
Minimal number of contraindications. Unlike a number of other products, soda masks can be used during pregnancy, lactation, and also for children under 14 years of age.

And finally, baking soda is a completely natural remedy. It is also suitable for those who avoid cosmetics and medications with artificial ingredients.

Soda for masks must be fresh. If an open pack has been in your closet for a long time, it is better to leave it for other purposes and buy a new one for leather. A product that has expired cannot be used for cosmetic purposes at all.