Oats in cosmetology recipes. Useful properties of oats and oat face masks

Oats have been known for centuries. It is widely used not only in nutrition, classical and traditional medicine, but also in cosmetology.

Due to the large amount of phytic acid, which is the strongest antioxidant, products and preparations containing oats help smooth any type of skin and also maintain the necessary moisture level.

The unique and complex chemical composition of this cereal comprehensively affects the skin. Starchy substances provide normal hydration, proteins prevent the development of pathogenic microbes, lipids support the nutrition of the surface layers of the skin, polyoses help in recovery processes, and polyphenols fight against inflammation.

On the basis of oat grain and cereals, various cosmetic companies produce effective lines of skin care products for all skin types.

This plant is especially widely used in home cosmetology. For the preparation of scrubs, masks and other nutritious and cleansing preparations, not only oat grains, oatmeal and flakes are used, but also bran seedlings and oat straw.

Preparations and preparations prepared on the basis of this cereal are simply indispensable for flaky, dry and inflamed skin. They are also suitable for tired and sluggish skin.

To take care of feet and hands, baths are prepared from a decoction of oats, which not only perfectly soften the skin and corns, but also provide vitamins and proteins. Let's try to cook some simple and affordable recipes.

• To make the skin of your hands and feet silky you need to prepare a decoction of oat grains. To do this, take 6 tablespoons of cereal, which is poured with a liter of water, boiled for ten minutes, filtered. Hands or feet are lowered into a warm broth for fifteen to twenty minutes.

• For a cleansing scrub, take a glass of cereal and lightly chop. Then pieces of oatmeal are mixed with water until a viscous mixture is obtained. Before applying the scrub, the face is washed with room water and wiped with oatmeal the whole face (except for the area around the eyes). Then the face is again rinsed with warm water. This facial cleansing is carried out once a month at night.

• To refresh and soothe the skin you need to prepare a mask. 4 tablespoons of chopped oatmeal are taken, which is poured with 60 milliliters of boiling water and mixed. In a thickened mass add a couple of small spoons, finely chopped, mint leaves. Such a mixture is applied to the face for ten to fifteen minutes, and then washed with water.

• A wrinkle mask is prepared from a couple of tablespoons of orange juice mixed with 100 milliliters of water. Then there is added oatmeal until a viscous mixture is obtained. This mask is applied for a quarter of an hour, and then cleaned with room water.

Oats are called a plant of female beauty, because it is rich in vitamin E. Decoction from oats cleanses the intestines, removes toxins and toxins from the body. As a result, complexion improves, problem skin cleanses. Green oat juice is very useful for women. It contains B vitamins, mineral salts, enzymes, protein substances, starch, sugar and other useful substances. Its use has a positive effect on metabolic processes in the body. Oat juice is also useful for nervous exhaustion, it improves appetite, acts as a tonic.

In order for oats to affect the body, it is used internally and used externally. Based on it, masks and peels are prepared. The result is fixed with masks. Useful oats for hair. Oatmeal or oat masks improve hair growth, strengthen hair follicles, etc. Baths with a decoction of oats soften the skin of hands and feet, help heal scratches and cracks, and eliminate peeling of the skin.

Face masks can soften, nourish, smooth, or act like a scrub. If you brew oats with boiling water at a rate of 1: 5 and leave it overnight, you can get a cleanser for instant face care in the morning. Filter the broth, wipe their face with it, leave it for 5 minutes, rinse with cool water.
Before going to bed, it is useful to apply a nourishing mask to cleansed skin. Mix oatmeal with a spoon of sour cream or non-sweet yogurt. The mask is applied for 15 minutes, washed off with warm water. The mask is suitable for dry and normal skin. If you add lemon juice to the mask, it will have a skin-whitening property.

If you grind oatmeal in a coffee grinder, mix with fine sea salt at a 5: 1 ratio, you can get an amazing scrub for oily and normal skin. A scrub is applied to a clean face, with a soft, circular motion, fingers apply a scrub to problem areas - cheeks, forehead, nose, chin. Leave for one minute, rinse thoroughly with warm water, apply a moisturizer.

A mask of oatmeal, honey and lemon juice tightens sagging skin. The mask is kept for 15 minutes, washed off with cool water.

Trays with a decoction of oats help get rid of corns, heals small cracks. Oats are poured with water, insisted overnight, put on the stove, brought to a boil, then removed. Filter the broth through a fine sieve, mix with warm water 1: 1. Dip in the foot bath, hold for 20 minutes, periodically adding a little warm water. Then the feet are rinsed with warm water, dried, the heels are treated with a nail file or pumice, rinsed, dried, lubricated with a softening cream for the feet.

Hair masks are made from oatmeal. Flakes are crushed, brewed with boiling water. Apply to clean, damp hair, rubbed thoroughly into the hair roots, wrap a head with a waffle towel. The mask is kept for 30 minutes, washed thoroughly with warm water.
  Soda added to this mask is suitable for oily hair. Sour cream added to the mask - for dry.

Oat diet

Oat diet due to the high content of fiber in oat grains, effectively cleanses the body. This is the most sparing type of diet that nutritionists allow even those who suffer from diseases of the stomach and duodenum. Oat diet, among other things, heals the body. Oat diet is useful in the spring. Oat diet - a type of mono-diet. Follow a diet of 5-10 days, no more, then gradually switch to a low-calorie, but nutritious diet.

Training

Cooking oat cleansing broth. Pour 1/2 liter of purified oats with a liter of water and simmer in a non-stick pan for 2 hours (the amount of liquid should be halved). The resulting jelly to use in a warm form (you can warm in the microwave), 1 glass on an empty stomach. In the rest of the hours, eat regular food. Prepare for 3 to 5 days and switch to mono-diet.

  Oat mono-diet

  Hercules (oatmeal) pour water overnight at a rate of 1: 1. A single serving is 250 g. You can eat no more than 6 servings per day. Porridge is eaten warm or cold without salt, sugar and butter. To prevent constipation, you should drink up to 2 liters of water per day.
  For 5 days, oat mono-diet can be guaranteed to lose up to 5-6 kilograms, for 3 days - up to 3.5-4. For a dyne day, steadily 1 kilogram leaves, provided that the first, preparatory stage of purification was carried out.

There are also oat-milk and oat-fruit diet. These are the most delicious and not complicated diets that are used if there is no cardinally high weight. For 5 days of such a diet, you can guaranteedly lose up to 3 kilograms. Of dairy products allowed skim milk, kefir, yogurt. Brew porridge without salt and sugar in a hot or cold way. From fruits, green apples, sour berries and some types of dried fruits are allowed. In a cup, put one of the listed ingredients in layers, pouring each layer of fruit or berries into cereals. Pour the contents of the glass with boiling water, cool, clean in the refrigerator. With a milk diet, cereal is poured with dairy products, porridge is boiled in milk. In such diets supplements are only allowed in the form of honey and nuts, if very hungry. The last meal is replaced with fruit without porridge or dairy products, respectively, in another embodiment.

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  Natalya Petrova, specially for the site

Good day to all! Today we will talk about oats. No - no, not about oatmeal, but about oat grains.

A little about the culprit of the recall ....

Oat is known as a medicinal plant, which has a rich composition and many useful properties. What is not there: potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, chromium, manganese, zinc, nickel, fluorine, iodine, sulfur, vitamins, essential oils, and that's not all.

The range of diseases and ailments in which it is recommended to use decoctions and infusions of oats is also quite wide: it is obesity, since oats help regulate metabolism, these are nervous disorders and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, oats are also indicated for diabetes, it helps to function cardiovascular system, lowers blood cholesterol and there are still very, very many indications for use.

I think many have tried washing with oatmeal. So I do this from time to time. One of the beautiful days, I decided to read about oats, to find out what kind of animal it is. It turned out that decoctions and infusions of oats are also used internally for the treatment of acne, i.e. from acne. The reviews were mostly good, so I stocked up with patience and willpower (and they will come in handy one hundred percent in this case) and began to try the wonderful oatmeal properties on myself.

What oats to buy?

I think no matter what. I used 2 different brands and did not find any significant differences.

Most often I bought this oats like this:

This is oats produced by IP Imashev, Perm Territory. You can buy oats in the department of healthy nutrition, if your city has one or in a pharmacy. By the way, the price of oat grains is quite pleasing - for 400 grams on average from 40 to 60 rubles, depending on the place of purchase.

Oats themselves look like this:

How to cook oats:

I used several ways:

Method number 1.   Oat broth. At the very beginning of application for about 1 week I cooked a decoction of oats. She took an ordinary faceted glass, poured 1/3 cup of grains, washed thoroughly, poured into a saucepan, poured three glasses of water, brought to a boil and then over low heat, preferably in a water bath or using a fire spray, boiled for about 1 hour. The result was a decoction yield - 1 glass. The broth turns a transparent tan.

Method number 2.   In the reviews that I read, people recommended cooking not a decoction, but a kiss from oats. But it didn’t work out for me, but the thing was that the oat shell did not boil and therefore only a decoction was obtained. In general, in order to get jelly, it is necessary to grind oat grains in a coffee grinder for example. How to cook: take 1/3 cup whole oat grains, grind them, pour 3 cups of water, bring to a boil and cook in a water bath or using a fire spray for 30-40 minutes, filter. Exit 1 - 1.5 cups jelly. Kissel turns cloudy, white - gray.

What is the difference between a decoction and jelly? The broth is more pleasant to drink, the jelly is thicker, has a milky flavor, plus the cold jelly is not very pleasant, so it must be diluted with hot water before use. In my case, the body perceived the broth better, but since all the same in the reviews it was written about jelly, I decided that I would cook it.

How to apply oats

I took jelly from oats for 3 months, daily, 1/3 cup 3 times a day half an hour before meals. That is, on the day I drank 1 glass of jelly.

That is why I said that it is necessary to stock up with patience and willpower .....

It is advisable not to skip the kissel techniques or to do it as rarely as possible.

Is there any effect?

There is an effect, but it does not appear immediately. After about 1 - 1.5 months of use, I began to notice that subcutaneous acne began to visit my face less often, my skin began to gloss a little less. Some note that at the first time of applying jelly, the face sprinkles heavily, about the same as in some when washing with oatmeal, the body is supposedly cleansed. I had no such effect.

But I want to upset myself and others: I did not completely get rid of acne with the internal use of oats, but I repeat once again that subcutaneous acne has become smaller and they appear less often.

But there are other important effects:

1. Strengthens the immune system. I became sick less often.

2. Charges with energy. You are like a battery. Vivacity appears, mood improves.

3. Weight loss. Indeed, for me it was amazing. I didn’t need to lose weight at all, since I was thin, I lost weight before using oats, and then I also lost about 2 kg while using oats. And this despite the fact that you can eat as much as you like. Well, in general, you can eat and not get fat. So, one should be careful with this property of oats. Because excessive thinness is also not good.

P.S

Here I want to say about which oats are better not to buy. In one store I bought a weighed oat, its price was even flattened and it looked very beautiful, but the jelly from it turns out to be very thick, so thick that it is impossible to even drink it and very - very tasteless. Here is a photo of such an oat

This camping trip deals with pure oat kernels. I don’t know at all, but I would not recommend such oats for use.

Also here I want to say about another way to use oats. This is an infusion of oats. It is prepared from unripened grains:

I bought this oat from one grandmother in the market, she advised me this recipe. And the recipe is this: take a handful of herbs, pour into a jar, and pour boiling water, insist for 30 minutes and the whole drink is ready to drink. But this is more like an addition. Now I drink it 1-2 times a week instead of tea. Very tasty, similar to herbal tea.

What else I want to say: face cleansing is a complex thing, external and internal cleansing is necessary. Therefore, do not be afraid to experiment, but do not forget that almost any remedy, even folk, has contraindications. Do not be lazy, before you try something, first read about this information. Perhaps somewhere you will need a doctor’s consultation))) Thank you all for your attention.

Biologically active substances contained in products from oats help exfoliate dead skin cells, thereby facilitating its renewal, nourish and soften the skin, making it smooth and supple, soft and velvety.

It is no coincidence that famous cosmetic companies produce creams, scrubs, cosmetic milk, soap, shampoos and tonics based on oat extract. Oat extract is a popular ingredient in anti-aging cosmetics. It calms and nourishes, normalizes cell metabolism, and also relieves minor inflammation and heals microtraumas. Oat products are also used in medical cosmetics to create ointments, balms, gels for the treatment of various skin diseases.

But nothing prevents the use of commonly available and inexpensive products from oats for cosmetic procedures at home. With regular use, home-made cosmetics based on oat products may well compete with expensive imported ones. Cooking them is very simple, they produce an almost instant effect. A valuable advantage of homemade oatmeal cosmetics is that they have a beneficial effect on any type of skin. If the skin is oily, porous, oats cleanses it, eliminates the oily sheen, prevents the appearance of inflammation and acne; dry, sensitive skin - effectively moisturizes and nourishes; normal and combination skin - refreshes, maintains a balance of moisture and nutrients.

In home cosmetology, they use oatmeal, cereal, butter, bran, and oat straw and oats seedlings.

Oatmeal wash

If you want to always look good and restore your skin freshness and firmness, try regularly washing with oatmeal. This procedure is suitable for cleaning any type of skin, but it is especially recommended for sensitive, prone to peeling, as well as oily and irritated skin. Thanks to it, the skin becomes smooth and delicate, acquires a natural color and blush.

Oatmeal can be washed in several ways:

1. Grind 1 cup of oatmeal in a coffee grinder (but not to the state of flour), add 1 tsp. drinking soda, mix well. Store in a glass bowl. For washing to 1 tbsp. l mix the mixture with water, milk or kefir until gruel forms, apply on the neck and face and wash with it in the usual way as a foam for washing. When the mass begins to easily glide over the skin, rinse it off with warm water, then rinse your face with cool salted or acidified water.
2. You can do it easier: 1 tbsp. l put small oatmeal in the palm of your hand, moisten it with water and carefully, gently wipe it with a wet face, gently rubbing it into the skin and bypassing the area around the eyes, then rinse your face with cool water. Before washing with oatmeal in this way, put a mesh in the sink so as not to clog the sewer.
3. 1 tbsp. l put the oatmeal chopped in the coffee grinder in a gauze bag or nodule, hold it for 5 minutes in warm water and use as soap. In the evenings, it is useful to wipe the skin with a decoction of oatmeal. For its preparation, 2 tbsp. l oatmeal pour 1 liter. hot water, cook for 10 minutes, drain, let cool. Moisten a cotton pad in the broth and wipe the face with light circular motions. This procedure will cleanse and smooth the skin, as well as prevent the appearance of wrinkles.

Masks

Check out the recipes for oat face masks to help your skin always be healthy, fresh and supple.

Do not forget that you can apply the mask to the face only after thorough cleansing of the skin. The mask should be applied from the bottom up, along the massage lines, starting from the chin (or, if necessary, from the neckline and neck), and ending with the forehead. Keep in mind that the skin is most susceptible to various cosmetic procedures from 18-20 hours.

If the skin is oily, do homemade cosmetic masks every other day, if dry - 2 times a week. If the mask is done carefully and in accordance with all the rules, then its action lasts for 3-4 days. Any masks need to be done in a course for 1 to 3 months, then let the skin “rest” for a month and you can start a new mask course. If hard hair is actively growing on the face or blood vessels are dilated, masks should not be done.

For any skin type

Boil oatmeal for 30 minutes, remove 2 tbsp. l foam from the top layer of the mucous broth, let it cool, add 1 tbsp. l low-fat cottage cheese and 1 tsp. any vegetable oil. Apply the composition to the face, neck and décolleté. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with warm water. The mask makes the skin soft and matte.

For normal to dry skin

1. Mix 1 tbsp. l oatmeal crushed in a coffee grinder with 1 tsp. sour cream and the same amount of crushed egg yolk. Apply the mixture on the face for 20 minutes, then rinse with a little warm water. This mask nourishes the skin.
2. Mix 1 tbsp. l chopped oatmeal and kefir. Let the mass brew for 20 minutes, then add 1 tbsp. l thoroughly mashed banana, mix and apply it on the neckline, neck and face for 15-20 minutes. Wash off the mask with warm water. The mask nourishes and refreshes the skin.
3. Mix 1 tbsp. l oatmeal with the same amount of grated fresh cucumber on a fine grater, add 1 tsp. olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice. Apply mask to face, neck and décolleté. After 20 minutes rinse with warm water. The mask helps to cleanse and moisturize the skin.

For dry skin

1. 1 tbsp. l small oatmeal pour 2-3 tbsp. l boiling milk, let it brew for 10-15 minutes, add 1 tbsp. l vegetable oil. Apply the pulp on the neck and face, after 15 minutes rinse with warm water. The procedure should be performed 2 times a week, always using a fresh composition.
2. 1 tbsp. l freshly squeezed grape juice mixed with 1 tsp. sour cream and the same amount of vegetable oil. Add enough oatmeal to make a thick mass. Stir it thoroughly and put it on the neck and face. After 15 minutes, rinse with weakly brewed tea. It is recommended to carry out such a procedure 1-2 times a week for a month.
3. Mix 2 tbsp. l grinded oatmeal in a coffee grinder and mashed pulp of a tomato without skin and seeds, add 0.5 tsp. vegetable oil. Put the resulting slurry on the neck and face and leave for 20 minutes. Remove mask with cotton pads and wipe skin with cold milk. The mask nourishes, moisturizes and tones dry, sensitive and aging skin.
4. Mix 2 tbsp. l oatmeal with 1 tbsp. l infusion of linden flowers (1 tbsp. l. dry flowers pour 0.5 tbsp boiling water, let cool, strain) or strong tea, add 0.5 tbsp. l peach, apricot or any vegetable oil. Too thick mixture dilute with linden infusion (tea). Apply the resulting mass to the face, rinse with warm water after 15 minutes. The mask is recommended for dry weathered flaky skin.

For oily skin

1. 1 tbsp. l flowers of calendula (or dried mint leaves) pour 0.5 tbsp. boiling water, cover the dishes with infusion, leave for 15 minutes, strain and mix with oatmeal until a thick slurry is obtained. Apply it on the face and rinse off after 15-20 minutes, first with warm and then cool water, acidified with a small amount of apple cider vinegar. This mask has a cleansing, refreshing, tonic and matting effect.
2. 1 tbsp. l dilute oatmeal with pickled cabbage brine until a thick slurry is obtained and apply a mask to a cleaned face. After 20 minutes, rinse off the mask with cool water. If you make such a mask every week, oily and acne-prone skin will become soft and supple, your face will freshen.
3. Peel one small potato, grate it and squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Add oatmeal and 0.5 tsp to potato juice. lemon juice, stir until sparse cabbage is formed. Apply the mask to the face, rinse with cool water after 15 minutes.
4. 1 tbsp. l thoroughly grind oatmeal with yogurt or natural yogurt until the consistency of a thick gruel. Apply it on face for 15 minutes, then remove with a cotton pad soaked in cold water. Instead of kefir or yogurt, you can use juice from any acidic berries or fruits. The mask gently cleanses oily skin, and, eliminating excessive shine, makes it more matte.

For problem skin

For problematic facial skin, the presence of enlarged pores, acne, redness is characteristic, such skin often peels and has an unhealthy color.

1. 3 tsp ground oatmeal mixed with 1 well beaten egg white, add 0.5 tsp. lemon juice. If the mixture is too thick, dilute it with a small amount of cold boiled water. Apply the mask to the face with lightly massaging movements, after 15 minutes, soften it with a warm compress, carefully remove and rinse your face with cool water. This mask has a cleansing, drying and anti-inflammatory effect. Oily skin with large pores, this mask will give smoothness and freshness.
2. Peel 2-3 small plums of dark color from the skin and seeds, mash them in mashed potatoes and mix with oatmeal to a thick porridge. Lightly steam the face and apply the mask with a thick layer on the face, rubbing for 2-3 minutes in a circular motion. Then leave the mask for another 15 minutes and rinse with warm water. The mask is recommended to be done 1-2 times a week, the course is 10 procedures. The mask nourishes, soothes irritated skin, cleanses it of black spots (comedones).
3. 2 tbsp. l mix oatmeal with 2 tsp. honey, dilute with slightly warmed natural apple cider vinegar to a thick slurry. Apply it on a cleansed face, leave for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water. The mask reduces oily skin, makes it dull, and helps prevent and treat acne.

Anti-aging masks

1. 1 tbsp. l Pour small oatmeal with freshly brewed black tea so that it completely covers them, cover, allow to swell for 15 minutes. Add 1 tsp to the resulting slurry. honey and lemon or orange juice, stir and apply on face. After 15 minutes, wash with warm, then cool water. This mask tones and cleanses aging skin, making it smoother and more elastic.
2. Mix 1 tbsp. l chopped oatmeal and mashed potatoes in a coffee grinder and dilute with kefir to obtain a not very thick slurry. Apply it on the face and after 15-20 minutes rinse with warm and then cold water. The mask rejuvenates the skin, smoothes wrinkles.
3. 1 tbsp. l small oatmeal pour a small amount of boiling water, cover the dishes with a lid and let it brew for 10-15 minutes. To a slightly warm porridge add 1 raw egg yolk and 1 tbsp. l chopped avocado pulp and unfiltered beer. Apply thoroughly mixed mass to face, neck and décolleté. After 15 minutes, wash first with warm, then cool water. Instead of avocados, you can use the pulp of persimmon, melon or apricot. The mask is recommended for aging and prone to dry skin.

Oatmeal Scrubs

For normal to dry skin

Mix 1 tbsp. l oatmeal and grated pumpkin pulp, add 1 tsp. vegetable oil. Apply the composition to the face and peel for 1 minute, then hold the mask for another 5-10 minutes, then wash with cool water.

For normal to oily skin

1 tbsp. l mix oatmeal in a coffee grinder with 1 tsp. granulated sugar, with the same amount of juice from aloe leaves and lemon juice. Dilute the mixture with a small amount of mineral water, apply to the face and massage it for 1-2 minutes, then leave it on the face for another 5 minutes. Wash off with cool water.

For oily and combination skin

Mix 0.5 tbsp. l oatmeal and potato starch (or oat oatmeal), dilute the ingredients with boiled water at room temperature until gruel is obtained, add a few drops of lemon juice to it. Stir and carefully massage the face with the resulting composition for 1-2 minutes, then leave the mask for another 5 minutes. Wash off the mask with cool water.

Oatmeal for hand care

The skin of the hands will become softer and more tender if you make baths lasting 10-15 minutes from a warm decoction of oatmeal twice a week. The mask prepared according to the following recipe will help to soften the skin rough with cracks in the hands: mix 2 tbsp. l oatmeal and warm milk, add a few drops of fish oil, rub the mixture into the skin of the hands, rinse off the mask with warm water after 20 minutes. To care for fading and wrinkled skin of the hands mix 1 tbsp. l oat flour and honey. At night, rub the mixture into the skin of the hands and put on cotton gloves. Wash off the mask with warm water in the morning. Oatmeal is also used for nail care, for this 1 tbsp. l oatmeal pour 1 tbsp. hot water, cook for 20 minutes, strain the broth and add to it 1 tbsp. l vegetable oil, mix. Dip your hands in the broth for 10-15 minutes. Do not rinse or wipe hands.

Hello dear ladies! Today I continue the theme of the fight against wrinkles. And I opted for the most healthy product. The product, which in the statements of nutritionists, cosmetologists and other -ologists has long gained a reputation as the very, most cleansing. Guessed? Exactly, this is oatmeal.

Masks from it are useful for everyone. An oatmeal facial mask helps to treat wrinkles, heals acne, soothes sensitive skin, nourishes, refreshes, cleans pores, and relieves inflammation - just don’t list all its advantages. At home, to make it - there is nothing easier: pour oatmeal or flakes with boiling water, but a spoon of honey there - beauty! But why does such a simple mask act like that?

Composition and properties

What is good oats for skin? Well, let's start with its consistency. It is good for masks in that it contains starch. Have you steamed oatmeal or flour? So, you know that this forms a kind of paste - a thick, enveloping mass. It dries on the skin, tightening it with a mask, and while it dries, it nourishes our skin with vitamins and a bunch of other useful substances.

Here are some vitamins oatmeal contains:

• Carotene is a substance that helps to absorb vitamin A (by the way, A, in spite of all the statements found in various sources, is not found in oats, so oatmeal should be eaten with oil, and it is useful to add a pharmacy vitamin to a face mask).
• A number of vitamins of group B.
• Vitamin E (tocopherol).

But what are the trace elements:

• potassium;
• calcium;
• magnesium;
• sodium;
• sulfur;
• phosphorus.

By the way!   I recently found out that an unpleasantly smelling, dangerous, and poisonous sulfur is a "mineral of beauty." Its effect on the skin, hair and nails allowed to call this element. And in the body, sulfur is part of the most important amino acids and is involved in the synthesis of collagen.

So we got to the amino acids. These substances in the composition of oats are very important for us. Indeed, thanks to them, all metabolic processes occur in our body, cells breathe, skin is renewed, skin is rejuvenated, collagen and elastane are produced. And the amino acids in oats are full, and their ratio is simply ideal, both for internal and external use.

Proper use

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your mask.

1. You can make cereal masks, but personally I like flour more. How to cook it? It's as simple as that: I throw the cereal into the coffee grinder - and in a minute it is ready. Masks are made thicker from flour, and their consistency is more tender.
2. Before preparing the mask, flour (or cereal) must be specially prepared - brewed or at least steamed with boiling water to make a dense mass. Then you need to let her brew for about five minutes. After that, you can enter the remaining components into it.
3. Apply the mask only to cleansed skin, avoiding the area around the eyes.
4. How long should we keep the mask on our gentle faces? No more than 15-20 minutes: the oatmeal dries quite quickly, so the exposure time is limited.
5. Try to apply this wonderful medicine for age not only externally, but also inside: eat oatmeal. Then the impact will be complex, and therefore more complete.

And now, dear ladies, when we figured out the composition, action and proper use of oatmeal, we go directly to the goal - the recipes.

Kisel Coast

Why jelly? This is from my childhood left. My grandmother often cooked oatmeal jelly. Yes, so cool that we cut him with a knife. Tasty was extraordinary! But, here the grandmother died, and the recipe for her kissel was forgotten, no one is cooking.

But today we will prepare oatmeal kissel for completely different purposes. After all, do we have beauty on schedule today? So, in order to prepare the oatmeal blank for the mask, pour two tablespoons of water (you can milk or a decoction of herbs) into the bowl, add a spoonful of oatmeal to it. We put our farm in a water bath and, constantly stirring, bring to a boil. As soon as the mass begins to thicken, remove from heat and cool.

All! This is an oatmeal base. And to it you can already add all of the following nutritional benefits. What kind? Attention!

Mask with honey

About I spoke recently. But, there was no talk about the combination with oatmeal, but in vain it is an excellent mask, especially for dry skin. So, we take our billet of jelly (if in a hurry, you can just pour a spoonful of oatmeal with a spoonful of hot milk) and add:

• a spoonful of honey and
• a teaspoon of sour cream
• if the skin is dry, mix in the resulting mass oil - olive, butter, avocado oil or wheat germ.

Another version of this mask - with the addition of an egg or just an egg yolk, is ideal for aging skin.

With avocado

Knead half an avocado in a gentle mashed potatoes. Add a couple of tablespoons of oatmeal (or cereal). Bring to the desired consistency, adding olive oil.

With tea

The simplest but very effective mask. We steam (or brew!) Flakes with hot tea (two tablespoons of cereal or flour - a spoon of tea). Black tea - for dark skin, green - for light. The high antioxidant content in green tea guarantees you a youthful return. And if the tea is with mint - this guarantees a calming and cooling effect.

There is also a variation with herbs - initially mix oatmeal with crushed (sage, or look which one suits you best) and steam this mixture with milk or just some water. In conclusion, it’s good to add a spoonful of honey.

With cottage cheese and fruit

In the oatmeal base, add an equal amount of cottage cheese and mashed potatoes from any fruit: apples, kiwi, bananas, persimmons and strawberries are also welcome. You can dilute the mask with fruit juice - this will give an additional tightening effect - or with dairy products (milk, cream, sour cream) to give the skin smoothness.

With starch

Very interesting mask with a double lift-effect. What is needed for her:

• a spoon of oatmeal
• starch - a tablespoon,
• as much milk (or cream)
• two spoons of mineral water,
• teaspoon wheat germ oil
• a pill.

We combine the two bases - oatmeal and starch (see how to brew starch for a mask), add wheat germ oil. Soak the mummy in 0.5 tablespoons of water (so that the tablet melts), and then send it to the general composition. Apply to the face and hold until dry (15 minutes), rinse with warm water.

Cereals? Flour? Milk!

The most valuable in any product can be extracted by insisting, thickening, drawing. And here is one of such methods for extracting useful substances from oatmeal (flakes) - obtaining oat milk. In fact, this, of course, is not milk at all, but even an infusion - and he initially gained popularity in official medicine - as a medicine for treating the liver - and only then - in cosmetology.

Oatmeal recipe

It is very simple to cook: for 150 g of oats (grain or cereal - whoever likes it) they take 1.5 liters of water. Water temperature and cooking time vary depending on the raw material.

If we cook from grains, we boil it in a thermos with boiling water for the night, if from cereals, fill it with water a little warmer than room temperature for only 20 minutes. Then scroll in a blender and get a thick jelly - not jelly. We filter it - this is it, the famous oat milk.

It can be used both internally and externally - in any case, its benefits will be invaluable.

• Inside. They drink it 2-3 times a day, always before meals — about 30 minutes. It cleanses the body, treats the gastrointestinal tract, liver, all kinds of gastritis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis — and, accordingly, improves the skin.
• Outwardly. Use as a face tonic. Apply to cleansed skin for 20 minutes, wash off, shine - by the way, in the literal sense of the word, this is not for you to wash yourself. The skin after this oat tonic is filled with such a delicate matte radiance - a miracle is simple!
• And another option for using milk - pour into molds and freeze. I already talked about the benefits, but here's another recipe in the piggy bank.

A slightly modified variation on the theme of oatmeal in the video:

Is there any harm?

Now, as usual, it is necessary to write about contraindications - but there is nothing to write about. Oatmeal does not seem to have any contraindications - unless you have a rare case of cereal allergy. So carefully consider the ingredients that you add to the mask - and if they do not cause negative reactions in you, then feel free to use the mask.

Write in the comments which oatmeal masks you like. Your feedback is very important to me. And I say goodbye to you, dear ladies. To the new masks!