Ancient beauty recipes. Beauty recipes from a grandmother's chest Elastic skin of the body

We offer recipes cosmetics which have long been used by our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. They include natural raw materials - for example, egg yolks or bee honey. These creams are short-lived and should be kept refrigerated.

First, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the basic recipes, in which you can add your own ingredients at your discretion.

Night and daily cream (basic recipe)

12 g of emulsifier, 30 ml of high-quality vegetable oil, 10 g of cocoa butter or 5 g of synthetic spermaceti, distilled water - 100 ml (night cream) or 150 ml (day cream), other elements - c. depending on skin type.

In a heat-resistant dish or in a water bath, dissolve the emulsifier, vegetable oil and cocoa butter. Heat the mixture to 60-70 °C. Separately, heat distilled water to the same temperature and add it to the melted fats. Remove from heat and, constantly stirring vigorously, wait until the mass has cooled to 40-50 ° C. Optionally, you can add essential oil and/or active ingredients, as well as preservatives. Put in a cold place.

Cream and cosmetic milk(basic recipe)

10 ml of lecithin, 10 ml of cocoa butter, 10 ml of high quality vegetable oil, 60-120 ml of distilled water, other elements depending on skin type.

Melt lecithin, vegetable oil and cocoa butter in a water bath and mix well. Separately, heat distilled water to 70 ° C and, stirring constantly, mix it with fats. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir until the mixture has cooled. In this case, you can add essential oil, other active substances or preservatives. If you use 60 ml of water, you get a cream, and if you add twice the amount of water, you get milk.

In the basic recipes, you can add all the ingredients necessary in each case. Here are some recipes for oily skin.

Cream of thyme(for oily, polluted, irritated skin)

30 g lanolin, 10 g beeswax, 50 ml soybean oil, 40 g witch hazel extract, 4-5 drops essential oil from thyme.

Melt lanolin, wax and oils in a heat-resistant bowl or in a water bath, heating to 60-70 ° C. Bring the witch hazel extract to about the same temperature and slowly pour into the fat mixture. Remove from heat and, stirring constantly, cool to 45 ° C. Now you can add thyme essential oil. Pour into bottles and refrigerate.

Hamamelis Cream(for oily and combination skin)

20 g of lanolin, 5 g of beeswax, 50 ml of wheat grain oil, 40 ml of witch hazel extract, 5 drops of lemon balm essential oil.

Melt lanolin, wax and oil from wheat grains in a water bath, heat to 60-70 ° C. Heat the witch hazel water separately to the same temperature, pour it into the fats and mix. Finally, add the lemon balm oil and stir until it cools down to 45°C. Transfer to a jar and place in a cold place.

A small bottle of unrefined olive oil, called "Provencal" by our grandmothers, will replace both cream and mask for any skin. If it is not possible to buy a wide range of cosmetics, buy olive oil. Even if you just apply a little olive oil on your face every evening and after half an hour remove the excess with a soft cloth, after a couple of weeks you will see changes on your face. The skin seems to come to life, smoothed, becomes elastic. Olive oil solves the problem excessive dryness, irritation, provokes the regeneration of skin cells. A valuable tool that can replace several jars of cream.

Butter can be thickened natural wax. Heat in a water bath in a small glass jar baby food three tablespoons of olive oil and a piece of natural wax the size of a walnut. Heating must be carried out until the wax melts, it is impossible to overheat. Mix the oil mixture well, after hardening it will look like vaseline. Before solidification, you can add a few drops of natural aromatic oil. For example, avocado oil, cardamom,. The cream is well applied, after half an hour the excess must be removed. This is an old recipe and it has stood the test of time.

Face masks for our grandmothers

It is pointless to list recipes for masks, there are an infinite number of them, but about a few masks that can always be made from what is at hand, and which have always served faithfully female beauty from generation to generation, I'll tell you all the same.

- Egg-yolk mask. Grind the yolk of one egg, adding olive oil drop by drop, with a tablespoon, until thickened. Then add a teaspoon of honey and rub again. The mask is best used in the evening, applying for 20-30 minutes. Then just rinse. Wipe your face well with an herbal ice cube. Look at yourself in the mirror. Well, how? I say that our grandmothers knew magical remedies. The mask can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. The mask perfectly nourishes, stimulates and rejuvenates the skin.

- Sour milk or cream mask. Yes Yes. Kefir and cream, which we buy every day, are wonderful cosmetologists. They should trust their skin. It is good to buy bran or grind finely cereals. Pour a spoonful of bran or ground flakes with cream or kefir (a quarter cup) and let stand for half an hour in a water bath, in hot water. Can be mixed with sour cream. The mask should warm up to a pleasantly warm temperature. Apply for 15-30 minutes and wash off. No soap!

This mask nourishes, brightens the skin, tones and tightens it. You can add a few drops of olive oil for this. For oily skin - a few drops of lemon juice. For inflamed, acne-prone skin, add ½ teaspoon of powder. It's such a spice. It perfectly copes with the inflammatory processes of the skin. Unfortunately, the mask is not stored, it must be used immediately.

- Potato mask. Wash one small potato well, wipe dry and grate on a fine grater, right with the skin, you can add bran and a few drops of lemon juice. Everything! Apply to the face, covering from above paper napkin so that the liquid does not spread. Wash off with cool water after twenty minutes. The mask refreshes, relieves swelling, fatigue. So simple and so useful, try it.

- Yeast mask. For this mask, you need real live yeast, as before, which is now rarely on sale. But, if you can buy them, be sure to try this mask. You can use brewer's yeast, they are sold in pharmacies. Mix a tablespoon of bran, a teaspoon of yeast and a teaspoon of honey (if you cannot tolerate honey, you can do without it) mix and heat for about five minutes in a hot water bath, until warm. Everything can be applied. For 15-30 minutes. The mask is very helpful. It affects the deep layers of the skin, activates metabolic processes in them, relieves irritation and soothes.

Masks should not be overused. They can be applied, alternating, once or twice a week, or in courses, every other day, for two weeks. Then you should give the skin a rest, use only the cream. If you are not too lazy to brew herbal decoction and wash your face with it in the morning and evening, it will be fine. The broth is stored in the refrigerator for two days. Brew the most common herbs: chamomile, linden blossom, burdock and dandelion roots, St. John's wort and plantain. Everything that is available to you from this list can be used to cook cosmetic decoctions for washing.

Of course, it is good when there are funds to buy new cosmetic products and visit expensive beauty salons. And if there are no funds or opportunities? Such little things never stopped women in the struggle for their attractiveness. I hope grandmother's secrets will help you feel the most beautiful!

The main reason for women who do not look after their appearance is the lack of time. In fact, the reason is the lack of self-love. If such a woman loves herself for who she is, then there will be time.

The second common reason is lack of money. But that's not a problem either.

After all, our ancestors did not have expensive beauty care products, but despite this they had lush curls, clean and radiant skin, and a toned figure.

Ancient beauty recipes will help you take care of your appearance without large financial investments.

• Ancient Indian Beauty Recipe

Bathing in a bath prepared according to the following recipe:

1. A handful of rosemary, lavender and fresh orange peels soak in 500 ml apple cider vinegar. Let it brew for a couple of hours, filter and squeeze
2. Add the resulting infusion to a full bathing bath and stir well.
3. Lie down for 20 minutes, pat your skin dry with a towel and apply olive oil with 3 drops of lemon per 10 ml in the morning and 3 drops of bitter orange per 10 ml in the evening

Your skin will not just be satiny, it will emit a pleasant glow and an exciting aroma.

• An old beauty recipe from Persian beauties

Skin mask:

1. Ripe persimmon gruel + rice flour + green tea decoction to the consistency of sour cream
2. Apply for 7-10 minutes and wash off with a weak solution of green tea

Regular use of the mask guarantees the preservation of skin elasticity for many, many years.

• A beauty recipe for nourishing the skin of the face and preventing its aging from the healer Kurennov P.M.

Mix one raw egg yolk, a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of glycerin. The resulting mixture is applied to the face for two hours, and then removed.

The mask can be applied two to three times a week. The prepared mixture can be stored in the refrigerator.

• Ancient Greek mask for cleansing and nourishing the skin of the face

One a raw egg beat, add 5-7 drops of lemon, one teaspoon of olive oil. Keep on face for 20 minutes, then wash off.

• An old Italian beauty recipe for soothing dry skin

In warm olive oil soak a few cotton pads, slightly squeeze them. Place soaked cotton pads on a pre-cleansed face and neck, leaving the nose and mouth area open.

Soak a towel in hot water and cover your face with it. Lie down until the towel cools down.

After that, remove the remaining oil from the face by blotting the face with a fresh, damp towel.

• An old Russian recipe for rejuvenation of oily and porous skin

Finely chop half a glass of fresh birch leaves, then brew them with boiling water (half a liter). Add a pinch of baking soda (in order for the resinous substances of birch leaves to dissolve better).

Let it brew for two hours. Strain the infusion.

With a cotton swab dipped in the finished infusion, we wipe the face and neck. Wash off with cool water after 30 minutes.

• Old English recipe for skin softening lotion

The recipe works no worse than modern lotions.

Put a slice of lemon in a cup and pour warm milk over it. Cover the cup with a saucer and leave for three hours at room temperature.

During this time, the lemon will curdle the milk. Drain the liquid from the cup so that the clot remains in the cup. Wipe the skin of the face and neck with the resulting liquid. The skin will be soft and tender.

• An ancient Roman recipe for healing oily and porous skin

Take six teaspoons of crushed flowers and stems of fragrant violets, pour two cups of boiling water. Insist and strain.

Wipe the face with the resulting infusion three times a day.

The gruel can be used for masks by mixing it with a tablespoon of flour. The resulting mixture is applied to the face for 20 minutes twice a week.

What face masks did our grandmothers make? Our grandmothers once also collected secrets from various sources, and we can say that for us this is already - old recipes for beauty.
Recently I found a notebook with recipes for face masks. Judging by appearance notebooks, she is quite a few years old, and the recipes, apparently, were often used.

Some of the pages are badly damaged beyond repair, so a few recipes will remain a mystery.

For modern youth everything that was in the middle of the last century is already ancient. Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, especially those who lived in the periphery, did not have to suffer when choosing cosmetics and fend off the catalogs of annoying distributors of network companies.

Ancient recipes for beauty from a grandmother's notebook

Women who are deeply over 70, and who have not spoiled their skin with modern false effective creams, look very decent. Their skin, as much as possible for their age, retained freshness, firmness and elasticity. Of course, there are many different “buts” here ... nevertheless, when you ask them what they use, they say - chamomile, sour cream, egg, Maybe they are being cunning?

Let's see what my grandmother used

Grandma's beauty recipes I rewrite it as it is, in the same style.

Lotions on the water

Made with any herb you like. 0.5 cups of dry grass is poured with var (boiling water means), covered and insisted for 1 day. Later, after straining, add one tablespoon of glycerin per 200 ml of infusion.

Dandelion oil
Flowers are harvested in May. You can chop together with roots, leaves and stems and pour any oil. The jar is cleaned in a place closed from the light for a couple of weeks.
Suitable especially for dry skin. It can also be done from

Skin cleansing masks

• Apply fat fresh cottage cheese on the skin. Wait until it dries slightly to the skin, and then gently roll it with your fingertips into a leak. 10 min., without strong pressure.
• Grind dandelion leaves, take 1 teaspoon. and pour warm milk -1 tablespoon, after 10 minutes add raw yolk. Good for normal to dry skin types.
  If then add the protein instead of the yolk
• Do the same with nettles and indoor geraniums. These masks are applied to the face, and when dry, they are rolled off the face in the same way as curd.

Salt Cleansing Mask

You need half a glass of fine salt. We fill it up:
With normal skin - cream, if the skin is oily - milk, butter, if the skin is dry.
Cleaning is done as follows:
Oily skin must first be lathered, then apply a saline composition. Let dry after 10 min. wash off.
Dry and normal skin no need to lather.

Cleaning with used tea leaves or coffee grounds.

First, the tea and coffee residues need to be dried. If the skin is dry, first apply sunflower oil, then tea or coffee and 4-5 minutes. Brush in a circular motion.
For oily skin, lather well first.
For oily and very porous skin, finely ground rice can be used instead of tea and coffee.

Grandma's rejuvenating masks

Everything is like in a notebook: these masks saturate the skin with vitamins, nourish it well, respectively, improve metabolic processes in the skin.

To enhance the effect of any mask, three-year-old aloe juice is added to them. Put 5-6 leaves of aloe in a black photo paper bag, and put it in the cold for two weeks. Then just squeeze the juice and mix 1 tsp into the masks.

french mask

• We need:
• Beat together 200 gr cream and an egg;
• squeeze the juice of one lemon;
• take 100g of vodka or purified moonshine.
• Beat everything well and add 1 teaspoon. glycerin, and refrigerate. You can store up to six months, but it is better to make fresh more often.
• Use in the evening daily for face and neck. Wash off after an hour.

Cabbage masks for beauty

1. Grind the cabbage leaf, take 1 tsp of protein, sour cream and oatmeal and mix with tsp. cabbage porridge. Keep on the skin of the neck and face for up to 20 minutes.
   For dry skin, instead of protein, you need to take the yolk, and add 1 tsp. grow oils.
   Instead of porridge from fresh cabbage, you can make masks on sauerkraut juice. Suitable for any skin type.
2. Instead of cabbage, you can use fresh young green peas or sweet bell peppers. Just do not need oatmeal.
3. Mask with fish caviar for any skin. Take 1 tsp. fresh or salted caviar, knead and mix with 1 tbsp. grow oils, put for 10 minutes. into the refrigerator. Then add the yolk and apply on the face for half an hour.

Masks for skin elasticity and firmness

All these recipes are from my grandma's old notebook. Yes, and my mother, most likely, also used them. At all times, a woman sought to look beautiful, with well-groomed skin. We tried in every possible way to reduce wrinkles, swelling under the eyes, freckles were removed and. And all this was done using natural ingredients.

These masks are for those over 30.

Revitalize prematurely aging skin. 1 tablespoon black radish juice + 1 tbsp. honey + 1 tbsp. fat sour cream. Beat everything well and apply in layers, after 5-6 minutes. In general, it will take 25-30 minutes. Then wash off. The mask is suitable for all skin types.

Starch mask
Make a starch paste. For oily skin, mix 1 tbsp. paste + 1 tsp oatmeal + 1 tsp whipped protein.
For dry skin 1 tsp. dilute dry starch in 1 tsp. warm milk or vegetable oil.
Apply to the skin for 25-30 minutes.

Firms and prevents skin flabbiness
You need to grind a spoonful of rice to a state of flour.
To 1 tsp. rice flour add a beaten egg + 1 des.l. sour cream. Keep 15 minutes. Suitable for any skin.

Mask for venous outflow
Pour rye crumb (100 gr) with hot milk, leave for 15 minutes, covered with a lid. Then apply this porridge on your face for 15 minutes. Remove with a hot milk compress for 2-3 doses.

Softening masks
All of them are based on vegetables and fruits.
, pumpkin, melon, beets, peaches,…. everything that is at home and can be eaten, everything can be put on the face.
Choose any vegetable or berry, grate and add, depending on the type of skin:
When dry - cream, sour cream and yolk
With oily - protein.
These masks not only soften the skin, but some of them also whiten.

There was even a mask made from citrus zest (any kind). Grind the zest, take one spoon and add a teaspoon of flour, egg yolk and sour cream. Mix everything and apply on your face.

Madame Pompadour mask.
It is written that it nourishes and whitens the skin.
Grate the lemon along with the peel and fill it with 0.5 cups of alcohol. Mix well and strain, add sour cream or heavy cream, whipped protein, tsp. glycerin. . Wash your face in the evening.

• Hydroperit tablets were also used to lighten the skin. It was added to cottage cheese and applied to the face for 20 minutes.

Yeast is very common. From characterize as a means to strengthen sluggish skin, to cleanse it:

• Yeast with hydrogen peroxide will whiten the skin.
• Yeast with hot milk and a spoonful of any natural juice increases blood circulation and reduces sagging.

In general, it is interesting how our grandmothers strove to remain attractive and beautiful without ampoules, mesoscooters and other ingenious insinuations.