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To maintain the beauty of the skin, preventing the skin from becoming oily and shiny, you must use the correct products on a daily basis. Some natural products are excellent for maintaining skin health and can be easily found. Here are 6 homemade recipes that can leave your skin clean and healthy, in the right measure.
1. Homemade scrub with cornmeal
Exfoliating with cornmeal is an excellent way to eliminate dead skin cells, facilitating their renewal. To do this, simply:
- Wash your face with cold lukewarm water and soap and with your face still full of foam, dip your fingers in the cornmeal, rubbing it all over your face, insisting more on your forehead, nose and chin. Then rinse with cold water and dry.
The cornmeal has the ideal consistency for homemade exfoliation, as it does not come apart and can remove dead cells and excess oil from the skin.
2. Face mask with clay
The clay face mask must be applied after exfoliation because it absorbs all the fat from the skin, also having a calming and regenerating effect on the skin.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of green clay
- 1 cup of water
Preparation mode
Mix the ingredients until you get a homogeneous mixture. Then apply to the skin and leave on for 10 minutes. To remove, rinse, dry and apply a moisturizing cream for oily skin.
This homemade treatment should be done only once a week, because if done more often, the skin can become even more oily.
Attention: For this treatment it is recommended to buy green clay in a store that sells natural or cosmetic products. The clay found in the environment is not recommended because it has microorganisms harmful to the body.
3. Natural cleansing tonic
An excellent homemade solution for oily skin is yogurt lotion, lemon juice and rosemary, which can be used to cleanse your skin before going to sleep.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons of low fat yogurt,
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and
- 1 drop of rosemary essential oil.
Preparation mode:
Mix all the ingredients in a container until you get a homogeneous paste. Moistening the face with a cotton pad before applying the lotion is essential.
The next step is to apply the lotion to your face with your fingertips, massaging for a minute and removing the lotion with warm water. The person with oily skin should repeat this procedure every night before going to sleep.
The ingredients of this homemade lotion form a simple solution to remove excess oil from the skin, leaving it with a more beautiful and healthy appearance.
4. Papaya mask to moisturize
A great homemade mask for oily skin can be made with just one ingredient, ripe papaya or an avocado.
Ingredients
- 1/2 papaya or avocado (very ripe)
Preparation mode
Open the papaya, remove the seeds and mash the pulp with a fork. Then wash your face with water and soap suitable for oily skin and then apply the papaya pulp and let it act for about 20 to 30 minutes. Then just wash your face with cold or warm water.
5. Homemade oat scrub
Another excellent homemade exfoliating recipe for oily skin can be made with oats and arnica.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons of oats
- 6 drops of propolis
- 6 drops of arnica
- 4 tablespoons of water
Preparation mode:
Add all the ingredients in a container and mix well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Apply the homemade lotion to the skin, massaging gently with circular movements, let the lotion dry for 20 minutes and remove it under running water.
6. Yogurt and clay mask
The cucumber facial mask for oily skin is a simple homemade recipe indicated especially for oily skin, as the cucumber cleans and moisturizes the skin, the clay absorbs excess oil and the juniper and lavender act to normalize the oil production by the skin .
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons nonfat plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of cucumber pulp
- 2 drops of lavender oil
- 1 drop of juniper essence
- 2 teaspoons of clay for cosmetic use
Preparation mode
Mix yogurt, cucumber, lavender and juniper and only at the end add the clay. Then apply it on your face and leave it on for 15 minutes.
This cucumber facial mask for oily skin should be done twice a month or whenever your skin feels very oily.
7. Clay and lavender mask
Another excellent mask for oily skin can be made with clay and lavender.
Ingredients:
- 10 mg of clay,
- 1 drop of lavender essential oil and
- 1 drop of tea tree essential oil.
Preparation mode:
Place the clay in a container and add the essential oils, mix until you get the desired consistency. Then you should apply the homemade mask on your face and let it act for approximately 15 minutes.
The clay when combined with these essential oils absorbs toxins, impurities and reduces the oiliness of the skin. This is a great way to keep your skin looking beautiful, young and healthy without spending too much.
Essential Oily Skin Care
Oily skin favors the appearance of blackheads and pimples on the skin, due to the excess of sebum it produces and has giving a greasy, moist and shiny appearance and, therefore, it is necessary to take care of the skin, so that it remains uniform, smooth and beautiful.
The skin can get oily at any age, however, it is more common in adolescence and, to keep oily skin cared for, you must:
- Wash your face a maximum of 2 times a day with cold water;
- Opt for astringent creams, which help control skin oiliness;
- Avoid using moisturizing creams in areas where the skin is oily, but if it is necessary to prefer oil-free products, free of oil;
- Use oil-free sunscreen with a protection factor greater than 15;
- Avoid makeup, however, if you use it you should do a light makeup, because heavy makeup clogs pores, increasing the oiliness of the skin or putting a powdered sunscreen to disguise skin imperfections and regulate the shine.
In addition to these precautions, it is important to drink about 2 liters of water a day, even in the cold so the skin does not dry out, avoid fatty foods and eat more vegetables.
To clean oily skin, apply a sanitizing gel or liquid soap, then rinse with cold or warm water. Then apply an astringent tonic with the help of cotton or gauze and, finally, moisturize your skin with an oil-free moisturizer. Also read: How to treat oily skin.
Watch the following video and see how the daily skin care routine and food can contribute to healthy skin:
Created by: Tua Saúde Editorial Team