People say that life was born in the ocean. We don’t know if it is right, but we know that the gifts of sea can help you in the fight with stress and… cellulite. The main rich of the sea is salt. People get sea salt with the help of evaporation from sea water. That’s why sea salt contains all its qualities. Salt from Dead Sea is especially useful. Water in this sea is rich in magnesium, calcium, iodine, iron. Sea salt helps to take water and slags out from body and doesn’t dry the skin in this time. And one of the best salt’s qualities is to save from cellulite!
To improve the condition of skin, you need take sea salt bath 1-2 times a week. It is very easy to prepare such bath. Fill the bath with warm water and add 300 gram of sea salt. Sit in the bath for 10-15 minutes, and then take a warm shower. Such regular baths in combination with the next massage of “problem zones”, will improve tone of skin and smooth its relief. Also sea salt bath calms nerves, takes away exertion and tiredness and sates with iodine.
If you want to get rid of cellulite, but you have not enough time or possibility to sit in the bath, you can use sea salt scrub for body. You can prepare scrub by yourself easily. To prepare it, you need the glass of sea salt, 1 teaspoon aroma oil (lavender, peach, patchouli, rosemary for your choice) and 2 teaspoons olive oil. Mix everything carefully and leave for 20 minutes. Then mix again and put on the body with massage movements. Begin from legs and go up gradually. Add some water during a massage to improve effect of peeling. Then wash scrub and put anti-cellulite cream.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sea salt against stress and… cellulite
Posted by Carole at 1:04 AM
Labels: anti-aging skin care, aromatic bath, body care, skin care
Friday, November 14, 2008
Stop hair shedding and hair loss!
Last time more people notice hair falling out, thinning, or appearing in large amounts on their comb or brush. In this case you need care about your hair more carefully. Here you can find some original recipes for strengthening of different types of hair.
The mask for light hair. Mix 1 tablespoon colorless henna with 1 tablespoon of boiling water and add 1 tablespoon kefir, 2 stamped garlic bulbs, 1 teaspoon honey. Mix everything carefully and add beaten egg and mix again. Rub prepared mixture into hair’s roots and cover head with polyethylene and towel above. In 2 hours wash hair with warm water.
The mask for dark hair. Mix tobacco from one cigarette with ½ glass of strong tea and add 1 tablespoon any henna, 1 tablespoon clabber, a yolk and in 1 teaspoon cocoa, sea-buckthorn oil and vitamin A in oil. Mix everything carefully and warm on water bath. Then rub warm mixture into hair roots and cover head with polyethylene and towel above. Rinse hair with warm water in 2 hours.
Hair extract for dry hair. Mix in 1 tablespoon rosemary and camomile and pour it with ¾ glass of vodka in the bottle from dark glass. Keep extract in the dark place for 2 weeks. Then filter prepared extract and use twice a week. Rub extract into head skin with help old soft toothbrush, wetting toothbrush in the extract. Do not pour extract on the head! You shouldn’t wash off the extract.
Balsam for greasy hair. Mix vegetable oil and lemon juice in equal parts. Put prepared balsam on the head skin and hair before head washing for 15-20 minutes. Then wash head as usual. Rinse hair with herbal infusion.
To prepare herbal infusion, mix in 1 tablespoon sage and camomile and pour it with 1 liter boiling water. Keep to infuse and then filter.
Universal salt mask. Wash head and rub into wet hair kitchen salt during 10-15 minutes. Then wash hair with warm water. Usually 6 such procedures after head washing are enough to stop hair shedding.
Also you can use another variant of this procedure. After head washing put salt on the head skin. Cover head with polyethylene for 15 minutes and then wash hair with warm water.
Posted by Carole at 12:41 AM
Labels: hair care, hair lotions, herbal therapy, masks