The use of salt scrub

Salt is a mineral of natural origin. Without it, life on Earth is impossible. Salt is part of plants, fruits and vegetables. For normal life, a person needs to constantly replenish the supply of salt in the body. In this matter, it is important to observe the balance, since both the excess salt and its lack affects the state of health. Excess salt threatens with hypertension and excess weight, and the disadvantage leads to a violation of sodium metabolism, which manifests itself in such symptoms: drying of the skin, muscle weakening and a sharp weight loss. A person receives salt in its purest form, adding it to food, as well as from food.

Salt scrub use: cosmetic properties of salt

Salt has a positive effect on the skin, therefore it is used in cosmetology:

•   whiten the skin;
•   removes excess moisture and fat from the skin;
•   has an antiseptic effect;
•   saturates the skin with natural minerals;
•   It provides soft mechanical cleansing.

Salt is part of peeling, tonics, scrubs and exfoliating masks, which are made by pharmaceutical firms. This wonderful remedy is used in sp-salons for cosmetic skin care procedures. But the most affordable option for using salt is the preparation of salt scrub at home.

Salt scrub use: tips

In order for the salt scrub to bring the skin the maximum benefit, it is necessary to adhere to some rules:

1. A scrub for facial cleaning will be much more effective if it is applied to preheated skin. To do this, you can use the usual compress: wet a terry towel in warm water and attach it to the purified skin for 7-10 minutes. After such a compress, the skin will become more susceptible to cosmetic procedures. Body scrub is best used after a shower or bath.
2. During the application of a scrub to the skin, care must be taken. Apply the composition on the face along the massage lines, and on the body with circular movements. You can not attach strength when performing massage movements, this can injure the skin.
3. It is not recommended to apply a scrub to the skin around the eyes and lips, as well as with caution, massage the neckline.
4. You can not do the procedure if there are acne, abscesses or dermatitis on the skin. This can cause skin infection and enhance the inflammatory process.
5. The optimal frequency for holding salt scrub: for oily and problematic skin 1 time in 5-7 days, for normal and dry 2-3 times a month.
6. The procedure of scrubbing by washing the composition with warm water ends. Regardless of the skin type, after a scrub, it is necessary to moisturize the skin with cosmetic milk or a light nutrient cream.

Saline

Smooth velvet skin is impossible without proper regular cleansing. Freezed cells and decay products that the epidermis are out of metabolic processes should not remain on the skin. Simple hygienic procedures for high -quality cleansing are not enough. Therefore, the scraping procedure is recognized as necessary cosmetologists. The most popular abrasive tool, on the basis of which scrubs are made, is salt. In cosmetology, 2 types of salt are used: sea and cook.

1. Sea salt is a natural product that is extracted from sea water by evaporation. Salt from sea water retains all the beneficial properties and trace elements located in sea moisture. Salt scrub, prepared on the basis of sea salt, is nourished the skin with the sea minerals. When choosing sea salt for a scrub, you need to give preference to the product without fragrances and dyes. In the process of creating a scrub at home, it is recommended to grind the sea salt granules in a blender or coffee grinder.
2. Salt is also a natural product, it is mined in underground mines. Despite the more modest composition compared to sea salt, salt has a number of advantages: it has pronounced antiseptic properties and is hypoallergenic.

Application of salt scrub for face: recipes

Cleanser

•   1 tsp salts;
•   1 tsp baking soda;
•   1 tbsp. natural yogurt or sour cream.

Combine all components of the scrub. If the skin is very oily, sour cream can be replaced with boiled water. Apply the composition to the skin. Delicate fingers to rub problem areas with black dots. The scruff of the scrub is 5-7 minutes. After the procedure, light redness of the skin is possible, do not be scared, this is the skin reaction to the composition. To calm the skin, apply a nourishing cream.

Toning scrub for normal and mixed skin

For the preparation of a scrub, such components will be required:

•   1 tsp small salt;
•   1 tsp olive oil;
•   1 tbsp. lemon juice.

This composition is homemade acid peeling. Salt and lemon juice work in a duet, cleansing and whitening the skin. When performing the procedure, caution should be taken. In order not to cause skin irritation, the procedure should be no more than 10 minutes.

Soft scrub for dry and sensitive skin

To mitigate the aggressive effect of salt to the scrub, you can add flour. It is best to turn oatmeal or rice in a coffee grinder, but ordinary wheat flour is also suitable.

•   2 tbsp. flour;
•   1 tbsp. water or milk;
•   1 tbsp. small salt.

Prepare gruel from flour and liquid, add salt to it. It is impossible to store the composition, therefore, immediately apply it to the skin and massage it for 2-3 minutes. Leave the scrub on the skin for another 5-7 minutes, then you can remove it with warm water.

Saline

A salt scrub for the body removes dead cells from the surface of the skin, removes excess moisture, makes the skin smooth and toned. Some components of body scrubs are used to prevent and get rid of the manifestations of cellulite, as well as to remove stretch marks and irregularities of the skin. The composition is applied to clean skin, after which massage is carried out with a palm or washcloth from natural raw materials. The scrub is 10 minutes. Then the remains of the scrub are removed with water, the skin is wetted with a towel and lubricated with a light cream.

The composition of the body scrub includes the following main components:

1. Salt cook or salt of the sea.
2. Oil. You can choose exactly what suits your skin. To prepare a body scrub, you can use any oil. If you prepare a scrub for the future, almond oil cannot be added to the composition, since it oxidizes very quickly. It is better to add olive or rapeseed. The successful composition of the scrub is made up of massage oils, they are adapted for the skin and stored for a long time. You can use corn or sunflower oil, peach and grape seed oil are suitable.
3. The skin after the scrub will fragrance with aromas, if you add essential oils to the composition. In order for the scent of the scrub to be harmonious, consider the rest of the components in the composition of the product. For example, if the composition includes lemon or orange zest, you can add the essential oil of these citruses. In order not to cause undesirable allergic reactions, essential oil should be no more than 5-7 drops.
4. Additional ingredients. To improve the composition, you can add oatmeal, natural coffee, citrus zest, honey, dry herbs, dry green tea from a bag.

Application of salt scrub for body: recipes

Simple recipe for a body scrub with a moisturizing effect

•   0.5 cup salt;
•   3 tbsp. olive oil;
•   2-3 drops of essential oil.

This scrub is well stored in the refrigerator if it is packaged in a jar and close it tightly.

Body scrub orange

The composition has an excellent tonic effect. The skin after the scraping procedure will be velvet and toned. Orange zest can be replaced with grapefruit or lemon.

•   2 tbsp. salts;
•   1 tbsp. orange zest grated on a fine grater;
•   1 tbsp. olive oil;
•   2-3 drops of orange essential oil.

Body scrub with honey

Honey has the ability to moisturize and nourish the skin with useful substances contained in it. In addition, honey has a bactericidal and restoring effect, so the skin after a honey scrub becomes delicate and elastic. How to not recall after such a procedure of our grandmothers, who smeared with honey in the bathhouse. Still, women are very developed in women, they always know what to use for beauty and health!

•   1 tbsp. large salt;
•   1 tbsp. high -quality honey;
•   1 tsp cinnamon;
•   1 tsp olive oil.

Mix all components and apply to the skin. After a light body massage, the composition can be washed off with water.

Salt scrubs from cellulite

Scrubs with salt help to fight with the appearance of an “orange peel” on the hips of modern girls. For this, different ingredients include the composition of the scrubs: natural coffee, sugar, citrus zest, chopped almonds and apricot bones. It is better to use such scrubs in combination with proper nutrition, because only cosmetic procedures will not be able to defeat cellulite.

Salt scrub + natural coffee

Girls who tried on their skin the magical effect of natural coffee do not agree to other types of scrubs. Coffee scrub improves blood circulation in the skin, which helps to restore and increase skin elasticity. After the regular use of the scrub, swelling leaves, the bumps caused by cellulite and sagging of the skin disappear. The scrub is popular among girls who bring themselves into a form after childbirth, to combat stretch marks.

•   2 tbsp. natural ground or middle grinding coffee;
•   2 tbsp. salts;
•   1 tbsp. olive oil.

Mix all the ingredients, if desired, you can add a few drops of essential oil. The composition is ready for use. Apply scrub to problem areas. For 8-10 minutes, massage the body with a washcloth, then rinse the composition with warm water.

Salt scrub from cellulite with sugar

The effectiveness of this scrub is due to two abrasive substances at once. It is prepared very easily, literally from what is in every kitchen. A scrub with salt and sugar helps to make the skin smooth and pleasant to the touch, removes tubercles and stretching on the skin. The composition can be well stored in the refrigerator.

•   1 glass of salt;
•   1 glass of sugar;
•   0.5 glasses of vegetable oil.

In the scrub, if desired, you can add cinnamon or dry green tea. They contain antioxidants that positively affect the skin and accelerate intracellular metabolism in the epidermis.

Salt scrub for the head

Scrubs with salt help to take care of hair. Moreover, these procedures are so effective that they are not inferior to manipulations carried out in prestigious beauty salons. All recipes for scrubs for the head can be divided into 2 categories:

•   scrubs for hair restoration and acceleration of growth;
•   Scrubs for hair cleansing.

Application of salt scrub for hair: recipes

Starting to prepare a scrub, it is necessary to take into account the type of hair. If the hair is oily, clay can be included in the composition, which, together with salt, will save the curls from excessive fat content. With dry hair, it will be very useful to add fermented milk products to the scrub: natural yogurt, kefir or yogurt.

Hair scrub is recommended to be used once a week with oily and normal hair, if the hair is dry, then the period of 2 weeks between the procedures will be optimal. Like all cosmetic measures, the scrub will bring more effect if it is applied to a course of 5-6 procedures.

The prepared composition is applied to clean wet hair. Then the skin is massaged for 10 minutes. This improves blood circulation in the scalp and allows nutrients to penetrate the structure and to the roots of the hair. After that, remove the scrub with warm water.

It should be remembered that with dermatitis of the scalp, wounds and scratches, it is impossible to apply a salt scrub. It is not recommended to use a scrub with salt for dyed hair. Salt can contribute to the rapid leaching of the pigment and the appearance of dullness.

Salt scrub for oily hair with clay

Dilute 2 tbsp. Blue clay in 1-2 tbsp. Warm water until the gruel is obtained. Add 1 tsp. Sea salt chopped in a coffee grinder. The scrub is ready for use.

Salt scrub for dry hair

For preparation, you need 2-3 leaflets of aloe, indoor plant. Grind leaves in a meat grinder.

•   2 tbsp. gruel of aloe leaves;
•   1 tbsp. small salt.

Even after the one -time use of this scrub, the hair becomes smooth, shiny and obedient.

Salt scrub to accelerate hair growth

Prepare nettle infusion. For this, 1 tbsp. Dry nettle pour 1 cup boiling water. Cover the container and leave for 30 minutes. After this time, strain the infusion. Ingredients for the preparation of salt scrub:

•   1 tbsp. salts;
•   2 tbsp. infusion of nettles;
•   1 tbsp. natural honey.

This scrub not only activates hair growth, but also improves their appearance.

Salt hair schedule. Video

How to prepare a salt scrub for hair care at home.