Face mask with honey: homemade or ready-made products?

Honey has been called the elixir of life, youth, and beauty for hundreds of years. You can’t argue with that. But can they replace cosmetics? Let’s weigh the pros and cons.

The benefits and effectiveness of honey masks for facial skin

Honey is an amazing product. And not only because “if he is, then he is immediately gone,” according to Winnie the Pooh. What is its beauty?

  • Contains hundreds of biologically active substances (not all of them have been identified to this day).

  • Has bactericidal action.

  • Strengthens local immunity.

  • Moisturizes the skin and prevents the evaporation of moisture.

  • Warms.

  • Cleanses the skin, mattifies and gives it radiance.

It is interesting that the listed characteristics are characteristic of any kind of honey. But its composition – those same hundreds of biologically active substances – and their concentrations can vary from species to species. And even from bank to bank. Because the set of antioxidants, vitamins, polyphenols and other things depends on the plants from whose pollen the bees made their honey.

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Mechanism of action on the skin

Honey is suitable for all skin types. The only contraindication to the use of honey, not only inside, but also externally, is an allergy. It may be associated with an allergy to the pollen of certain plants from which the bees collected nectar.

Honey is suitable for all skin types.

  • Oily and problematic will help clean and mattify.

  • Combined softens, moisturizes dry areas and “works out” the problematic T-zone due to its bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties.

  • It nourishes normal skin with nutrients and maintains moisture levels.

  • Dry and very dry will soften, strengthen, moisturize and prevent moisture loss.

Our test will help you determine your skin type.

However, the above abilities are not directly related to the rejuvenating effect.

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What to give preference to: a homemade mask or a ready-made product

Healthy-Food trusts professionals and recommends purchasing ready-made cosmetics. Still, the face is not a testing ground for experiments.

Compare homemade and purchased masks with honey

Homemade

Purchased

composition

The composition and the thousand-year practice of using honey, at first glance, incline in its favor. But only if it is really natural honey. Are you sure you bought this one?

Many manufacturers are happy to include honey in their products. But the quality of the original product is carefully checked.

Efficiency

A honey mask will certainly bring benefits – if it is really honey, and not a fake based on tinted sugar syrup. But even on jars with real honey they don’t write: it restores radiance to the skin, reduces wrinkles, increases skin hydration, etc.

A clear purpose, a verified ratio of ingredients, tests carried out before the release of the product on the market, user reviews – all this allows us to seriously count on the promised effect. The manufacturer is responsible for it. Unlike the beekeeper.

Ekaterina turubara

“For thousands of years, women have applied self-made compositions according to “grandmother’s recipes” to their faces. It is believed that the very first masks began to be used in ancient Egypt, for example, the famous queen Cleopatra really appreciated the bleaching mixture of honey, milk and clay. But does it make sense today? The natural course of the development of civilization has led to the creation of effective formulas that take into account the experience of millennia.”

Convenience

Honey masks are definitely not for everyone. Stickiness and rather long rinsing are not the most pleasant aspects of homemade honey cosmetics.

Honey (with all its beneficial properties) is included in convenient creams, milks and even washing gels. In our opinion, these are definitely more convenient forms.

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Face mask with honey: choosing recipes and remedies

Cosmetics with edible ingredients are a real trend. However, honey, as a superfood and a super remedy for all misfortunes, has been in the top for more than one thousand years. You can try at your own risk to mix the mask of Cleopatra (in those days, the products used by the queen were definitely environmentally friendly, unlike today). And you can choose a convenient, affordable, fragrant ready-made cosmetics with honey.
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Face mask with honey and egg

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Act: cleanses oily and combination skin, soothes, evens out complexion, makes skin smooth and velvety.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 a tablespoon of honey;

  2. 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar;

  3. 1 the egg.

How to cook:

  1. separate the protein from the yolk;

  2. mix protein with vinegar and honey;

  3. beat the resulting mixture into a strong foam;

  4. stir the yolk separately.

How to use:

  1. wash your face;

  2. apply a thick layer of protein mixture;

  3. leave for 10-15 minutes;

  4. rinse thoroughly with water;

  5. blot your face with a towel;

  6. plentifully lubricate the face with yolk;

  7. leave until dry;

  8. rinse with water;

  9. get wet with a towel;

  10. wipe with a cotton pad with tonic and apply cream.

Editorial opinion. Is there anyone who wants to spend so much time on the egg-honey procedure? It is impossible to deny the beneficial properties of both honey and eggs, and even vinegar – here it acts as an exfoliating acid. But all this is true only in theory. We suggest using a tool no less than honey, but much more comfortable to use.

Gel-foam for removing makeup and cleansing the skin of the face Miel-En-Mousse, Lancôme

Contains acacia honey, softens the skin, gently cleanses and gives comfort. The gel is applied to dry skin, gently massaged, and then washed with water, upon contact with which the product is converted into a soft, easily washed off foam.

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Face mask with sour cream and honey

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Act: moisturizes and nourishes, refreshes the skin.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 a tablespoon of honey;

  2. 1 tablespoon of sour cream;

  3. 2 ripe strawberries.

How to cook:

  1. mash strawberries thoroughly with a fork, you will need 1 tablespoon of strawberry puree;

  2. mix strawberry puree, sour cream and honey into a homogeneous mass.

How to use:

  • wash your face;

  • wipe the skin with a cotton pad with tonic;

  • apply a thick layer of the mask on the face and lie down (so that the mask does not drain) for 15-20 minutes;

  • rinse with water, wipe the face with a cotton pad with tonic.

Editorial opinion. Appetizing mask. But a professional nutritional composition will have a much more saturated composition and, most importantly, a confirmed effect.

L’Oréal Paris Night Transforming Face Cream-Mask “Luxury Nutrition”

An oily yet gentle night care enveloping treatment made with royal jelly, as well as oils of rose nutmeg and argan rich in lipids. As a result, the skin is saturated with useful elements, the hydrolipid mantle is strengthened, the level of skin hydration increases, it smoothes, becomes more elastic.
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Face mask with oatmeal and honey

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Act: deeply cleanses dry and normal skin, smoothing, mattifying and moisturizing it.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 tablespoon oatmeal

  2. 1 teaspoon of honey;

  3. 1 teaspoon yogurt (no filler)

How to cook:

  1. grind oatmeal in a coffee grinder into fine flour;

  2. mix oatmeal with honey;

  3. Add yogurt and mix thoroughly until smooth.

How to use:

  1. wash your face, blot your face with a towel and wipe with tonic;

  2. gently, in a circular motion, rub the mass into the skin of the face, avoiding the area of ​​uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe eyes and lips;

  3. apply the whole mixture to the skin in this way;

  4. leave for 15 minutes;

  5. after 15 minutes or when the mask dries, wash it off with cool water;

  6. blot your face with a napkin and wipe with tonic;

  7. apply moisturizer.

Editorial opinion. If there is a desire, why not devote time to such an oatmeal-honey cleanse. But, in our opinion, cleansing and light peeling of dry and sensitive skin is no worse and definitely faster than specially designed products with honey.

Nourishing hand cream Confort Crème Mains, Lancôme

Thanks to acacia honey, this treatment quickly returns comfort to the skin of the hands and provides long-lasting hydration, leaving a delicate fragrance after application.
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Honey and cinnamon face mask

Act: moisturizing the skin, evening out the tone, smoothing fine wrinkles and lines of dehydration, soothing effect.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;

  2. 2 teaspoons of honey.

How to cook:

mix honey and cinnamon thoroughly.

How to use:

  1. wash and wipe the skin with a cotton pad with tonic;

  2. apply a mask on the face (if cinnamon causes burning, tingling, rinse immediately);

  3. leave for 10-15 minutes;

  4. rinse with comfortable cool water, pat dry with a towel;

  5. wipe the face with a cotton pad with tonic, apply a moisturizer.

Editorial opinion. Moisturizing, antioxidant action (if your cinnamon is fresh), high-quality cleansing – all this is possible. But it is impossible to predict the individual skin reaction to all these components. Is it worth experimenting?

Micellar makeup remover water for dry skin Eau Micellaire Confort, Lancôme

Designed to meet the needs and characteristics of dry skin. Rose water hydrates and soothes the skin. Acacia honey softens.
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Classic honey mask

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Act: cleanses, moisturizes, evens out the tone of the face.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon honey.

How to use:

  1. wash and wipe with tonic;

  2. apply honey in an even layer on the face, avoiding the area of ​​​​the eyes and lips;

  3. leave for 20 minutes or even overnight (having previously collected hair and spread a diaper or towel on a pillow);

  4. in the morning, wash off the honey with water at a comfortable temperature;

  5. Wipe the skin with tonic and apply a moisturizing day care.

Editorial opinion. Useful in all respects, honey remains very inconvenient in cosmetic use: it is sticky, fluid, and stains everything around. We prefer honey to tea, and for skin care we choose ready-made products from cosmetic brands.

Renewing face cream, Kiehl’s

The cream, consisting of 99,6% natural ingredients, contains ginseng extract and manuka honey. By stimulating cell renewal, it improves skin elasticity and smoothness, strengthens the protective barrier, fights age-related changes.
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Rules and recommendations for use

When choosing homemade cosmetics, it makes sense to follow these recommendations:

  • wash and wipe your face with tonic before and after applying a home mask;

  • when applying cosmetics with honey, first collect the hair in a ponytail or bun (or use a headband);

  • it is more convenient to maintain a home mask on the face while lying down, because the texture quite often does not allow you to be in an upright position;

  • Apply a moisturizer after rinsing off the mask.

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Safety measures

  • Honey is one of the strongest allergens. Be sure to test it on your skin before you start cosmetic creativity.

  • To knead the masks, use flowing, unsweetened honey.

  • Make sure to choose the natural “correct” honey. Real honey should have an aroma reminiscent of the plants from whose pollen it was obtained. If there is no smell, most likely it is not honey, but sugar syrup, or the bees were fed sugar.

  • Only “young” honey (in late summer and early autumn) can be completely liquid in our latitudes. If in winter you are offered such “fresh” honey, most likely the composition is not natural. And by the way, there is no sea buckthorn honey.

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