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Home recipes with natural products and their properties

Home recipes with natural products and their propertiesNatural products have been used as a source of feminine beauty since ancient times. From ancient times to now, we have made in our plant allies. That is why cosmetics firms, attracted by its attributes, used in almost all formulas.

To learn more about the main plants used in beauty, we tell you what your benefits are and what you can prepare homemade recipes for home treatments.

Camellia oil.

This oil is a common ingredient in Japanese moisturizing shampoos and treatments that add shine to hair. In Japan, women put camellia nuts in a bag and crushed to extract the oil.

You can heat half a cup or a cup of camellia oil (depending on volume and length of hair). When medium temperature dip your fingers and massage the scalp gently with fingertips. Then, rinse, apply the shampoo and conditioner.

You can also replace hazelnut oil. It is also recommended to moisturize dry and flaky scalp.

Cafe.

In Russia it is known as a natural exfoliate. We can do our scrub in the shower with the help of a washcloth or your hands to give us a massage with the remainder of the coffee that slipped. The body should be dampened.

Ginger.

It has been shown to be effective to treat circulation problems, because it promotes blood flow. It is a common ingredient in body scrubs, because it increases circulation.

To increase the volume of the lips, we melt two tablespoons of beeswax and a tablespoon of canola oil, separately. Grate a teaspoon of ginger, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth to mix with other ingredients. Store in a small jar to use as lip balm in a cool place.

Green tea and white.

Both are very effective ingredients in products for skin care and delay aging. Help firm skin and reduce swelling. They are also anti-inflammatory antioxidant. Green tea protects the skin from damage caused by free radicals and helps the wrinkles and fine lines look smaller.

To remove the swelling under the eyes, prepare two cups of green tea. Leave two infusion bags for about five minutes, remove them, place them in the fridge and when cool, expressways slightly. Lying down, place them in the area below the eyes for ten minutes.

Green Tea Facial Toner

Green tea facial toner

We continue to find very good alternatives to not spend much money on expensive beauty products. Green tea is becoming a much needed facility in the world of cosmetics, thanks to the benefits of it to the skin.

Here we share a homemade recipe for skin tonic based on green tea.
Ingredients: One cup of green tea or concentrate, the juice of one lemon and half a cup of chamomile tea.

In a covered container, mix a cup of green tea, lemon juice and half cup of chamomile tea, shake the bottle well and your tonic will be ready for use.

Apply the product on your skin, helping with gentle circular massage. Leave to act for 15 minutes and then rinse with cold water.

The astringent properties of lemon and green tea, plus anti-inflammatory properties of chamomile tea make this cleaner in a real tonic to rejuvenate your skin and restore radiance.

More Natural Anti-Wrinkle Treatments

Anti-wrinkle treatments To reduce wrinkles, there are other natural remedies with antioxidant properties that protect against wrinkles:

Selenium
In the form of L-Selenomethionine, selenium has protected against sun damage and delayed skin cancer in animal tests. But it is not known if such benefits apply to people.

Q10
A 1999 study found that topical use of antioxidant coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) improved the skin resistance to oxidative stress by UV radiation.

Tea
Green tea, black tea and ginger might give some protection against skin cancer and skin aging. One study suggested that topical use of green tea could protect skin from UV damage. However, while these products are for sale, do not yet have reliable regulation.

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