How to make clay masks

Cosmetic clay conquers increasing popularity from those women who want to always look fresh and young. Clay masks are capable of doing real wonders: smoothing wrinkles, clean and pull up the skin, fight acne and acne.

Cosmetic clay is mined only in environmentally friendly areas, which makes it use completely safe. The clay for masks is absolutely different colors, which indicates the presence of these or other natural minerals.

Before making a clay mask, you need to understand what problem will you fight and what type of skin you have. Briefly about each form of clay:

White - increases skin elasticity and struggles with acne due to the presence of kaolinite in it. Due to the low level of pH, suitable for very sensitive skin.
Blue or blue - tones, whitens, smoothes wrinkles and removes any inflammation due to the fact that there are a lot of silver ions in it. Suitable for normal and combined skin.
Green - narrows pores and dry the skin due to the presence of iron, zinc and silver oxide in it. Ideal for oily skin.
Red - due to the presence of copper and iron oxides in it increases the tone and elasticity of the skin. It is recommended that the skin often blues and annoys.
Yellow - smoothes wrinkles and tones. The presence of iron and potassium in it allows you to use it for any skin.
Gray - moisturizes and tones, recommended for mature and fading skin.
Pink is a mixture of white and red, having properties and both.

Prepare the most simple mask from clay - elementary: it is just necessary to dissolve cool water to the consistency of sour cream, which will not flock from the face.

Before applying a mask on his face, it needs to be carefully cleansed from cosmetics. The clay mask must be applied to the whole face, leaving only the circles around the eyes are free. Keep a mask from clay on the face follows for a different type of leather. Miscellaneous time:

Dry - 5 minutes;
Normal or combined - 10 minutes;
Oily - 20 minutes.

At the same time, if the clay layer was imposed very thin and the clay dried already in 5 minutes, it must be washed, so that it does not pull the face. The next time the layer should be so that the clay begins to shoot a little bit, but did not have time to turn into a very dry crust.

It is necessary to remove the mask very carefully: first put a wet napkin on it so that the clay is splashing, and then finally washed off with cool water. Then you should dry your face with a towel and be sure to apply a moisturizing cream.

Masks made of clay, due to the presence of a huge number of trace elements in them, actively act on the skin of the face, so cosmetologists recommend using clay no more than once a week.

On the basis of clay there are many recipes A variety of masks. They can add different oils, milk, vegetable and fruit juices, oatmeal, etc. Before making such a combined mask, make it clean to make sure you have an allergic reaction to clay.