A real, well-thought-out beauty wardrobe is just like a fashionable one: it has a base, something from the new season, accessories. Luxury, avant-garde, democratic brands and vintage. What is the role of vintage in beauty rituals? Yes, hand made from our own kitchen.
I started with it, then abandoned it, and closer to fifty years old I remembered again. Because tested weapons are not scrapped.
No, I'm not Granny Agafia with her recipes. And I never urge anyone to return from heaven to earth, that is, switch from “chemical” creams and shampoos to nourishing sour cream, moisturizing pear and matting tomato plus carrot juice instead of foundation and beetroot juice instead of blush.
I love cosmetics too much to refuse it. Plus, no cucumber will work as a primer or concealer. But in the kitchen you can find great masks and tonics. I know.
At the age of 15, I tried everything that was at hand. Whitened freckles with lemon - got red spots. Smeared with sour cream - got a nasty shine and a feeling of film. I read in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that the infusion of walnut partitions makes the skin dark - inspired, cooked, insisted, smeared. Darkened !!! Until the first rain. For the spoiled cloak she received a scolding from my mother. And the saddest experiment was with washing the head with rye bread: the crumbs were tightly stuck in the hair, and those that washed off clogged the bath drain. Scold again.
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But I liked something, I even really liked it - it just passed away, like frozen meat leaves when there is an opportunity to buy only fresh.
But homemade recipes are not second-class meat for you. When they work and give a wow effect, they become as eternally alive and relevant as, for example, a Burberry trench that was accidentally bought thirty years ago. Or a Calvin Klein denim jacket from the 90s. Or the perfect fit indigo straight jeans.
Here are my three immortal recipes
1. Lifting mask: Pour boiling water over a couple of tablespoons of oatmeal for an hour, add a drop of olive oil, grind in a blender, apply on face for half an hour.
2. Tea compresses … Everyone knows how to do it. If you have time, cool it in the freezer, but warm ones also relieve fatigue and make your eyes shine.
3. Strawberry - even frozen (only you need to defrost it). Improves complexion better than anything else. This is the oldest recipe from my piggy bank, it was used by Praskovya Zhemchugova. True, Cleopatra's donkey milk is even older. But I didn’t come across it.
In fact, a real woman can create from anything not only a hat, a salad and a scandal, but also a mask. And this does not mean that she has no money for a beautician. Just an edible mask is cool. And the result never disappoints.
And in the season, it's a pity to watch the same strawberries or apples spoil. And in the winter I discovered a salt psmidor mask. There was a large bank on the terrace. Half of them were persuaded with friends for baked mutton, a couple of tomatoes went to spaghetti sauce, and a couple more to soup. They stayed anyway. Do not throw them away!
She removed the skin from one, chopped the pulp, smeared it on her face. She was smart enough to put on the faded of twenty old T-shirts. After half an hour, washed off. I liked the effect!
Now I look thoughtfully at the jar of salted milk mushrooms. Do you think this is extreme? And what about Sienna Miller, who once, having dyed her hair into a brunette, was unhappy with the color she got and applied … ketchup to her hair. Then she boasted that he removed the strange shade and, in general, went to the benefit of the hair!
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It may seem that such procedures are best done alone. But is it always? If you have an advanced boyfriend - you can do edible cares together, you get almost "Nine and a half weeks". Last June, my friend and I were drinking champagne, eating strawberries, and I suggested trying strawberry masks. It was fun.
Of all the selfies I haven't taken, I only regret this one. In general, masks, especially from fruits and vegetables, seem to be made for selfies. Smeared avocado, yellow face, nose - red tomato. Hashtag #I am trending today.
And I also have a dream - to put my face in a sink filled with ice cubes and cucumber pieces. Renee Zellweger swears and swears that such a procedure "tightens everything that is possible, and besides, incredibly invigorates." Renee, what were you thinking when you did the facelift ?? Are the cucumbers over?
