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acial masks can be an important allied when seeking a radiant and beautiful face, but if they are used inappropriately, they can cause the opposite effect.

Nowadays, woman often watches actresses or models at the television, and she wishes to have a soft and smooth skin like theirs. To achieve this goal many women use “masks”, which are just a set of cosmetics or natural products that have to be applied on the face and neck, in order to get either a softer skin, to eliminate impurities, or to simply recover the skin, bringing up luminosity.

It is important to know that facial masks are not a daily treatment, on the contrary, their effect may be increased when they are applied twice or three times a week. However, it is necessary to identify which is your specific type of skin to use the appropriate. To know this, first remove all the makeup and wash your face with a soft soap, dry it, then, stand up in front of a mirror, take a facial napkin and with it press your skin face softly.

If you feel your skin is not bothering you and the napkin looks clean and dry, you have a normal type of skin; on the opposite, if you feel your face is tight, and you watch redness in some areas and dry zones, your skin is dry. Well, if you press the napkin all over your face and it looks oily or transparent, you may know you have an oily skin. In the case you observe that some zones of your face are dry and normal, and the “T” (forehead, nose and chin) zone is oily, your skin is mix.

If your skin is oily and you are going to buy a mask, pay attention that it contains salicylic acid, scrubs like bromelain or papain. If you wish to prepare it with natural ingredients, you can use cucumber and apple. You may blend half of a red apple, half a cucumber, an egg yolk and some lemon juice. This mask must be applied cold and leave it over the face during 20 minutes. It removes the oil excess of your skin, and it has an invigorating effect.

For dry skins, you may buy masks that contain natural oils from fruits. To do a natural mask you can mix an avocado with two spoonful of almonds, and 2 vitamin E capsules. Natural oils stimulate the growing of new cells and help to get a firmer skin.

Mix skins require a lot of care. For this type of skin is advisable to use wheat masks. Wheat is an excellent natural ingredient, and at the same time it offers a cleaning effect, absorbing all impurities. It also hydrates the dryer zones of your face. Besides, if it is combined with lemon it will help you to eliminate dead cells, impurities of the skin, and it also helps to control the production of excessive oil.

There are plenty of benefits that you can obtain by using a good mask: nurture your skin, eliminate impurities, hydrate and eliminate the excess of oil. Identify your skin type and begin to enjoy the benefits of an excellent mask.

Eliminate the impurities! It is time to recover the natural balance and show a healthy radiant skin. Tone and moisturize your skin face!

ALFA