Butter can be found in any refrigerator. One way or another, we eat this food product every day. But did you know that butter can be used on the face, neck and décolleté, damaged hair and chapped lips? The product, it turns out, has not only excellent gastronomic properties. It can also be used in cosmetology.
In this article we will tell you how to do it with maximum benefit for you. Is butter cream suitable for all skin types? Should it be used alone or mixed with other substances? That fats are bad is a common myth. Let's try to refute it in this essay. At the very least, we will try to convince you that fat is bad for the skin. Do you think that butter is recommended only for those who have dry epidermis? The adage "knock out with fire" applies to fats as well.
Benefits of butteroils in cosmetology
Have you noticed that those who are on diets, after some time, complain that their skin becomes dry, flabby, lacking tone? It's all about the lack of fat in the body. And first of all butter. Even strict nutritionists who help women maintain a wasp waist recognize that the body needs milk fat. After all, butter is a product of processing (churning) cream. A quality product contains 62 to 85 percent milk fat.
Butter contains vitamins B, A, E, C and PP. This food product is a real storehouse of useful minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and calcium. It contains essential fatty amino acids, carbohydrates and proteins. Another advantage of butter is that it practically does not cause allergies. If the product is used externally, in cosmetology, even those who are lactose intolerant can use it. Butter is also useful for the face - it will produce a noticeable anti-aging effect. It penetrates deep into the layers of the epidermis, giving the skin all its best properties.
Butter in folk cosmetology
Churning cream from cow's milk began in ancient India. This product was called "liquid gold". Why? Because in the hot climate of India, the oil was melted so that it would not go rancid, and stored in clay pots. "Liquid gold" was offered to the Hindu gods. Especially it, if you believe the legends, liked Krishna. But not only gastronomic qualities were highly valued.butter.
Indian women have adopted it in the fight against split ends. This product protects the skin from sunburn. Many women are firmly convinced that the best face cream is butter. This product is also a soap, as it allows you to cleanse the skin of impurities. In addition, butter creates a protective film against the sun and frost. This product nourishes the deep layers of the epidermis, which returns a fresh complexion, the skin becomes toned, supple and moisturized. As part of the masks, butter can serve as a soft scrub. It cleanses the skin of dead particles.
Suitable for
So, the benefits of butter for the face are obvious. This product is truly versatile. It does not cause irritation and allergic reactions. However, not everyone benefits from butter equally. Those with oily skin with enlarged pores should use this product sparingly. You can lubricate the area around the eyes with oil, and even then at night to avoid oily sheen. In the morning it is necessary to wipe off the remnants of the product with a cotton pad. But for all other skin types (normal, combination, and especially dry), butter will only benefit.
Retinol contained in the product will refresh and rejuvenate the face, increase turgor. Beta-carotene has a healing effect, it relieves irritation. Vitamins - C, A and group B - serve as protection against harmful free radicals that lead to sagging skin. Folic acid deeply nourishes the inner layersdermis, saturates them with moisture, and also removes peeling. Niacin returns a fresh and he althy complexion to the face. This substance also tightens turgor.
Nourishing night cream
“I smear my face with butter, and at 40 I look twenty!”, - such reviews can often be read on women's forums. Indeed, if you study the composition of commercially available face creams, you can be horrified. Methyl-, ethyl- and propylparabens negatively affect not only the skin, but also the liver, lungs and heart. Additives such as E214 and E219 can cause cancer and disrupt hormonal balance. And butter - if it is of high quality and not expired - only benefits the dermis and hair.
The easiest face cream to apply at home is a pure product without any impurities. But the oil must first be brought to softness. Just let a small piece stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes. When the oil acquires the consistency of a cream, lubricate it with a pre-cleansed face or areas prone to dryness (for combination skin). Soak for 20 minutes. Then clean your face with a cotton pad soaked in hot water.
Eye Cream
You can use butter in its pure form and for sensitive skin of the eyelids. We drive the softened product into the area above and under the eyes with a light pat with the fingertips. You can also make homemade buttercream for face and eyelids:
- Mix two tablespoons of chamomile and linden flowers and pour half a glass of boiling water.
- Boil this tea for about 10 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- For the cream, mix two tablespoons of decoction, one - butter and a few drops of castor oil.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Use at night. The cream can be stored in the refrigerator for up to five days.
Moisturizing masks: recipes
Butter has only one drawback: it is not completely absorbed by the skin. Therefore, if you use the cream from this product, then only at night, in order to wash off the greasy film in the morning. But a butter face mask can be used at any time of the day. Depending on the accompanying products, they are divided into moisturizing, exfoliating, vitamin and anti-wrinkle. The following masks will help fight dry skin:
- Potato. Peel a small tuber, boil, mash into a puree. Flavor with oil (15-20 g). We dilute the puree with kefir to a consistency at which it is convenient to apply the mask on the face.
- Osvyanaya. Pour 40 grams of cereal with hot cream, wait until they swell under the lid. Mix porridge with butter (20 g) and honey (10 g).
- Bread. We clean the white loaf from the crust. Soak the crumb in two more melted butter.
We keep all these masks on the skin from 20 minutes to half an hour. Wash off with warm water.
Butter face masks fromwrinkles
Here are three more homemade beauty recipes that will give your skin smoothness:
- Honey mask. Mix the two ingredients in equal proportions. If the honey is too sugary, warm it up so that it becomes liquid. Apply and hold for 25 minutes.
- Chamomile. Pour a tablespoon of flowers with half a glass of boiling water. We withstand two hours, after which we filter the infusion. A small amount (20 ml) is mixed with 25 grams of oil. Apply the mask on the face and wash off after 20 minutes.
- Yolk. The protein is carefully separated. The yolk is mixed with 25 grams of oil and applied to the face. We wash ourselves with warm water in half an hour.
Nourishing masks
Do not forget about the vitamins and nutrients that butter can give to the skin of the face. To prepare masks, we take, in addition to the main ingredient, fruit or cottage cheese.
- Nut. Grind the nucleoli (15 g) into powder with a blender. Mix walnut powder with oil (10 g), liquid honey (7 ml) and half the yolk. Apply to face, wash off after 25 minutes.
- Curd. Three peeled cucumber (10 g). Mix with butter and soft cottage cheese (20 grams each). This mask should be kept for at least half an hour.
- Fruit. Grind the same slices of apple, persimmon and banana in a blender. In this fruit puree, add 10 grams of butter and 15 milliliters of heavy cream. With a healing composition on your face, you should rest for a quarter of an hour.
Exfoliatingmasks
As women in the reviews assure, butter for the face can serve as an excellent scrub. Try to melt a small bar of the product and mix it with half the amount of semolina. You need to apply such a mask on your face quickly, until the croup swells. Apply to cleansed skin, hold for a quarter of an hour. First we wash ourselves with warm water, and then with cold water.
Here's another recipe. Mix a tablespoon of oil, banana pulp and honey to a creamy consistency. Add a few drops of lemon juice. We put on the face. After half an hour, wash with warm water. This mask helps not only fight peeling, but also brightens the skin of the face.
