Currant homemade cosmetics. Black and red currant masks

Today I want to talk about the use of blackcurrant for the face. In fact, all varieties of currants are useful (black, white, red). The content of vitamins and minerals in berries is impressive. In season, you can pamper your skin with masks of ripe berries and fruits, which will create additional nutrition and hydration for skin cells. Homemade currant masks are prepared simply and quickly, and the result from the use of masks will not be long in coming.

But, before using a mask of berries, fruits, vegetables, be sure to do a skin test so that instead of the expected effect, you will not be disappointed with the result.

Summer is a wonderful time for berries and vegetables, fresh, ripe and delicious. Both children and adults love to eat berries, vitamins and microelements contained in berries, fruits, vegetables are very useful for our body, and of course for the skin.

In more detail, about blackcurrant berries, about the presence of vitamins in them, can be found in the article "". And also, from the article you can learn about how to use blackcurrant for treatment. Well, today we’ll talk about the use of blackcurrant for the face.

Blackcurrant for the face.

The action of blackcurrant face masks is due to the chemical composition of currant berries. Blackcurrant face masks can get rid of a number of skin problems. Masks improve complexion, relieve inflammation, increase skin firmness and elasticity.

• Vitamin C, which is abundant in currants, is a natural antioxidant. In addition, vitamin C restores and regenerates damaged skin cells.
• Potassium contained in currant berries moisturizes the skin of the face.
• Organic acids destroy bacteria and cleanse the skin of the face.
• Blackcurrant berries protect the skin from the negative effects of the environment.
• Due to the content of fruit acids in currants, currant masks have a whitening effect. Moreover, red and white currants have a whitening effect.
• Vitamins and trace elements contained in berries soften, moisturize, nourish the skin, making it smooth, soft and silky.

Blackcurrant face mask.

Blackcurrant masks can be made at any time of the year, in season, fresh ripe berries are used, and in winter, masks can be prepared from frozen berries.

Since the berries are high in fruit acids, including ascorbic acid, black currants can cause an allergic reaction, so be sure to do a wrist test before applying the wrist mask.

For masks, you can use black, white, red currants. A currant mask can be applied to the face with a brush.

Blackcurrant berries can stain the skin of the face, so the maximum mask time is 10 minutes. Do not keep the mask on your face for a long time.

To prepare the mask, the berries are crushed into a puree. Puree can be previously rubbed through a sieve until a homogeneous slurry is formed.

A currant mask should be done no more than once every two weeks, but can be used during the berry season, and once a week.

Classic currant mask. For a mask, currant berries need to be washed, dried, chopped and applied to the face with mashed berries. You can apply currant juice on your face. The black currant mask has a nourishing effect, the red currant mask has a whitening effect.

Mask for dry skin. For dry skin, combine currant puree in equal proportions with olive oil and sour cream (1:1:1). We mix everything until a homogeneous consistency is formed and apply on the face.

Mask for oily skin. For oily skin, currant berry puree is mixed with kefir in equal proportions and applied to the face.

Mask for aging skin. Currant puree is mixed with natural honey in equal proportions. Apply the mask on the face with a thin layer.

Mask for peeling skin. To prepare the mask, boiled cooled milk is mixed with currant puree in equal proportions and applied to the face.

Blackcurrant masks are contraindicated in case of allergy to berries or individual intolerance to berries, with a rash, with inflammation of the skin. Everything should be joyful and useful.

A unique berry, which includes vitamins A, C, E, H, PP, group B, as well as important macro- and microelements, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, dietary fiber, organic acids, poly-and monosaccharides.

Homemade masks based on it contribute to the appearance of a healthy complexion and erase signs of fatigue from the skin.

Black and red currants are an effective means of combating age spots on the skin. It is enough just once a day for 10-15 minutes to apply gruel from crushed berries to the face so that the freckles turn pale over time.

You can squeeze the juice from fresh currant berries and wipe your face with it twice a day. The desired effect will come fairly quickly.

These are just the easiest recipes for homemade currant cosmetics to prepare. They can be significantly diversified, taking into account the fact that the skin can be dry, oily, combination, problematic, youthful and fading. In some cases, it is preferable to use blackcurrant berries, in others - red or white. In some cases, it makes sense to add a teaspoon of vegetable oil to the pulp from the ground berries. So, we offer you the most effective homemade recipes.

Currant mask for dry skin

Take one tablespoon of blackcurrant berries and rub it well with ½ tablespoon of cream or sour cream, as well as with 1 teaspoon of olive or any other vegetable oil. Mix the mixture thoroughly and apply on the face for 15-20 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. With pronounced age-related skin changes, replace vegetable oil with honey.

Curd mask with blackcurrant

Another simple recipe for dry skin. Rub a tablespoon of berries with the same amount of cottage cheese, add 2 tablespoons of slightly warmed milk. Mix the mixture thoroughly, apply on the face and a quarter of an hour, then wash with warm water. The mask has a nourishing and moisturizing effect.

Recipe for a cleansing mask for oily skin

Prepared as follows. Take red or white currants in the amount of 2 tablespoons and knead until gruel is obtained, add 1 tablespoon of potato or wheat flour. Mix the composition thoroughly and apply on the face. After a quarter of an hour, wash with cool water. For those who suffer from acne or enlarged pores on the face, such a mask helps to cleanse, relieve inflammation, narrow pores. In addition, it removes oily sheen from the face well.

Red currant juice can be used as a daily lotion for oily skin. It has an excellent refreshing, tonic, cleansing effect, removes excess fat. Some people dilute the juice from red currant berries with mineral water or add freshly squeezed lemon juice to it (in the amount of a few drops). You can freeze it in molds and wipe your face with cubes of such ice in the morning.

With dry facial skin, red currants should be replaced with black ones, and the juice should be diluted with boiled or mineral water in a ratio of 1: 1. We offer a homemade moisturizing tonic recipe for dry skin.

Tonic for dry skin

Squeeze juice from blackcurrant berries and mix with milk in a ratio of 1:1. Store in the refrigerator, wipe the face twice a day. If the skin is already starting to fade, you can add 1 teaspoon of honey to the tonic. With severe peeling, milk should be replaced with olive oil.

Tonic for oily aging skin

For owners of oily skin over the age of 35, the following mask is recommended. Mash the berries of white or red currant and grind with 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply the mixture on the skin for 10 minutes, and then wash first with warm, then cool water.

Another tonic recipe for oily skin with signs of aging. Squeeze red currant berries, take 2-3 tablespoons of juice and mix with 1 teaspoon of natural honey. Hold the mask on the skin for 10-15 minutes, then give your face a contrast wash (alternate hot and cold water).

Refreshing mask for oily skin

To prepare the mask, you will need 1 tablespoon of red currant berries and a little sour milk (yogurt, kefir, buttermilk). Mix two tablespoons of yogurt with crushed berries, stir until a homogeneous gruel is obtained. Apply to face, hold for 15 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature.

Mask for combination skin

This mask is also suitable for normal skin. One tablespoon of crushed blackcurrants is thoroughly rubbed with the same volume of low-fat yogurt. Apply to face for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with cool water.

Clay-based cleansing cosmetics from currant

If we are talking about oily skin, it is better to take white cosmetic clay to prepare the mask. Dilute ½ tablespoon of clay with juice squeezed from fresh red currant berries, spread the mixture on your face and hold for at least 10 minutes. If the skin is mixed, the mask should be applied to problem areas: nose, forehead, chin.

Owners of dry skin can replace white clay with pink, and red currant with black. The mask is prepared according to the same principle. However, a few drops of olive oil will not be superfluous.

Mask for oily skin with egg white

Thoroughly grind one chicken protein with ½ tablespoon of oatmeal and a tablespoon of ground red currant berries. Apply the gruel on the face with rubbing movements, hold for 15 minutes and rinse with cold water.

Purifying Yeast Mask

Take 1 tablespoon of fresh yeast and dilute it with ¼ cup of juice squeezed from red currant berries. Warm the bowl with the mixture in a water bath for 5 minutes and rub the shiver with the juice until smooth. Apply the resulting thick gruel on the face for 15-20 minutes. For normal and mixed skin, use black currant instead of red currant, and add a little milk to the yeast.

Nourishing blackcurrant mask for dry skin

Another mask recipe for dry skin. Mix egg white with one tablespoon of ground blackcurrant berries. And add the crumb of white bread or oatmeal, barley flour to the mixture in the amount necessary to obtain a semi-liquid mass. Apply the mask on the face with a plentiful layer, after 15-20 minutes remove with a cotton swab and wash with cool water.

Currant, both black and red, is a good way to whiten the skin.
Currant masks are good for lightening various age spots, freckles, for this it will be enough to apply gruel from berries once a day to skin areas with impaired pigmentation for 15-20 minutes.
Freshly squeezed currant juice has the same effect. Just wipe the freckles on your face with it 2 times a day and after a while they will become less noticeable.

The easiest currant mask recipe- this is to put berries mashed into gruel on your face and hold for about 15 minutes.
For oily skin, as well as for oily areas on combination skin (forehead, nose, chin), it is recommended to use red or white currants.
And for dry and normal skin, blackcurrant is well suited. But still, if you are the owner of a dry type of epidermis, add another 1-2 tsp to the berry gruel. vegetable oil.

Currant face mask for dry skin care:
Rub a couple of tbsp well. l. blackcurrant fruits and a half tbsp. l. sour cream or homemade mayonnaise and with 1 tsp. any vegetable oil. Apply the resulting mass on the face and leave for 15 minutes. Wash off with warm water afterwards.
For aging skin, use honey instead of oil.
The procedure visibly refreshes the epidermis, nourishes and tones, slightly whitens.

For dry skin, the following homemade blackcurrant mask is also good:
Thoroughly grind into a homogeneous mass 2 tbsp. l. ripe berries, 1 tbsp. l. fatty and preferably homemade cottage cheese and 2-3 tbsp. l. milk. Apply the mixture on your face and wash off with lukewarm water after 15-20 minutes.
This procedure remarkably nourishes, softens, moisturizes, tones and slightly brightens the skin.

Purifying mask of red currant for the care of oily type of epidermis:
Mash into a pulp 2 tbsp. l. fruits (or take 3-4 tablespoons of juice squeezed out of them) and stir with 1 tbsp. l. wheat or potato flour. Apply the composition on the face and after 15-20 minutes rinse with cool water.
Such a tool visibly cleanses and narrows enlarged pores, removes oily sheen.

Juice squeezed from red currant is perfect for wiping oily skin.. It well tones, refreshes and cleanses the skin, removing excess fat on it.
You can use pure currant juice, or you can dilute it a little with water and add a few drops of lemon juice.
In particular, the juice can be frozen and then wiped with such ice on the face in the morning.
Do not forget about the whitening properties of the described products.

For toning drier skin it is recommended to wipe it with a piece of ice frozen from blackcurrant juice, half diluted with boiled or mineral water.

More for the epidermis prone to dryness, you can prepare a homemade moisturizing tonic:
Mix the juice squeezed from blackcurrant berries in equal proportions with milk and wipe your face with this composition twice a day, morning and evening. The skin should be without decorative cosmetics. After wiping, wait 10-15 minutes and then wash your face with just water.
With aging skin, it will be good to add another 1 tsp to the mixture. honey.
And if your skin is very flaky, use olive oil instead of milk.

Redcurrant face mask to tone up oily, but already aging skin:
Rub in about 2 tbsp. l. berries with 1 tsp. honey. If possible, you can add another 1 tsp. vegetable oil of grape seeds.
Apply the resulting mass for 10-12 minutes and then wash yourself first with warm, and then with cold water.

An invigorating mask for dull, aging skin:
Thoroughly rub 1 tbsp. l. cottage cheese (cottage cheese is better to take homemade and fatty) with 3-4 tbsp. l. juice squeezed from the fruits of red currant and 1 tsp. liquid honey.
Apply the mixture on your face for 10-15 minutes, then wash your face with contrast water (first warm, then cool).
The tool also softens the skin well, increases its elasticity.

Recipe for a mask of currant berries and sour-milk products for oily skin:
Mix well 2 tbsp. l. red fruits and mix the resulting slurry with 3-4 tbsp. l. kefir (in addition to kefir, you can use fermented baked milk, whey, curdled milk or sour milk) or a half tbsp. l. low fat sour cream.
Mix everything until a homogeneous mass is obtained, which is applied to the face for 15-20 minutes and then rinse with cool water.
In any case, the procedure mattifies and refreshes the skin, slightly whitens.

Moisturizing, refreshing and vitamin blackcurrant mask for normal and combination skin:
2 tbsp. l. berries rub together with the same amount of low-fat yogurt. Well, or you can take a little more yogurt. Hold the composition on your face for about 15 minutes, then wash your face with water at room temperature.

Currant and cosmetic clay cleansing and toning face masks:
For skin with high fat content, white clay (kaolin) and red berries are best suited. Just dilute 1 tbsp. l. kaolin powder with juice squeezed from the fruit, and apply the mass on the face for 15 minutes.
For combination (mixed) skin, apply the product only on its oily areas, such as the chin, nose and forehead.
And for a dry and normal type of epidermis, red or pink clay and blackcurrant berries are recommended. Everything is done exactly as described above.
For very dry skin, it is advisable to add a few more drops of vegetable oil to the mixture.

Tightening and cleansing, vitamin and toning mask with red currant for a more oily type of epidermis:
Separate the protein from the contents of a raw egg and add 2 tbsp. l. berries and half st. l. oatmeal.
Rub everything and apply on the face, lightly rubbing the mixture into the skin. Wash off with cool water after 15-20 minutes.

Or try this currant and yeast cleansing mask for oily skin types:
1 st. l. baker's yeast (first crush the yeast block, and then measure the right amount of crumbs), pour about a quarter of a glass of juice squeezed from red berries, and put the bowl with the mixture in hot water for 10 minutes. After that, rub everything with a spoon until a thick homogeneous mass is formed, which is applied to the face for 15 minutes.
With a mixed and normal type of epidermis, yeast is recommended to be mixed with blackcurrant juice with the addition of a small amount of milk.
This tool also makes the skin smooth and matte.

Finally, a currant berry face mask recommended for drier skin types:
Mash 1 raw egg yolk with 2 tbsp. l. black fruits and add so much barley or oatmeal flour, or a crumb of white bread to the mixture, so that when stirred, a rather non-liquid mass is obtained.
Apply the composition liberally on the face and after 15-20 minutes remove it with a cotton pad dipped in warm milk, then wash with warm water.
The procedure promotes moisturizing, toning and better cleansing of the skin.

Cleansing, nourishing, moisturizing gooseberry masks
Ripe gooseberries can be used to prepare healthy mixtures for both dry and oily skin.

Masks for all skin types from raspberries
Raspberries have many positive cosmetic properties - this is the enrichment of the epidermis with vitamins, its light whitening, refreshment, toning, etc.

Recipes for folk masks from fresh and frozen viburnum berries
Kalina has anti-inflammatory and tonic properties and can be used for oily, problematic, aging, dry skin.

Cranberry masks narrowing pores, drying, refreshing
It is especially good to use cranberries in the care of the oily type of the epidermis, because. it contributes to its degreasing.

In mid-July, tasty and healthy currant berries ripen.Red, white, black currant, regardless of the variety and color - the richest pantry of vitamins and trace elements. Based on this wonderful berry, you can independently prepare effectivenatural face masks.

What are the benefits of currants for the face

Organic acids have an antibacterial effect, improve the functioning of the sebaceous glands.

Vitamins deeply saturate the epidermis, enhance the regeneration process, improve the protective function of the skin, smooth out fine wrinkles.

Potassium promotesmoisturizing sagging skinnourishes and tones dry skin.

Ascorbic acid has a persistentrejuvenating effect, soothes inflamed skin.

Alimentary fiber will give the skindelicate peach softness, silkiness, eliminate peeling and dryness.

Vitamin A quickly revives tired skin.

Vitamin H will give a blush to the cheeks and return the skin to a fresh, well-groomed appearance.

Summer currant masks- an indispensable natural remedy in home cosmetology. The main thing is to know the basic principles and rules for home currant procedures.

For making currant masksUse both fresh and frozen berries. For dry skin, give preference to masks fromblackcurrant. For oily, problematic skinwhite and red varieties are perfect.

Apply to the skin only freshly prepared composition. Be sure to test the mask on your wrist before starting the procedure.

A selection of folk recipes for homemade masks based on currants, we also recommend reading the article: .

12 useful tips for facial care, vitamin currant masks

1. . To nourish dry skin, whip up a generous handful of ripe blackcurrants. For oily skin, aromatic red berry puree is perfect.
2. Purifying mask. Pour a piece of rye bread with warm milk. Add a tablespoon of currant puree. Stir until smooth.
3. Moisturizing maskRejuvenate tired skin. Combine and beat 50 grams of blackcurrant, a large spoonful of homemade sour cream or curdled milk, half a dessert spoon of natural liquid honey. It is recommended to wash off this mask with cold boiled water.
4. Nutritious currant composition. Crush a handful of ripe berries with a wooden spoon. Add fatty cottage cheese, egg yolk and a coffee spoon of olive oil.
5. Rejuvenating currant mousse for sagging skin. Beat with a mixer fragrant black berries with fat sour cream. Pour in a tablespoon of cosmetic peach oil.
6. Toning currant mask. Great remedy for flaky skin. Use fresh blackcurrant juice. Combine equal amounts of warm milk and currant juice. Add a spoonful of bee honey and some oat bran. Mix until a medium thick paste.
7. Cleansing scrub mask for oily skin. Mix well a large spoonful of fragrant redcurrant puree with corn or oatmeal. Put the resulting mass on the face in a dense layer.
8. Mask for mature skin with a tightening effect. Dilute a tablespoon of cosmetic clay with warm currant juice. Let the mixture stand. Wash off the mask with cool mineral water.
9. Softening mask for sensitive thin skin. Pour 50 grams of low-fat kefir or yogurt into tender currant puree. Shake thoroughly and apply the fragrant nourishing mixture on the face.
10. Whitening mask. Effectively removes skin pigmentation. Prepare fresh juice from white or red berries. Soak a washcloth liberally in it and apply a compress.
11. Refreshing red currant mask. The skin looks rested, more even and smooth.
12. Vitamin cocktail for oily skin. Mix redcurrant juice and mineral water. Add a coffee spoon of honey. Soak a linen napkin in the resulting composition and apply to the face.

Currant masks are a generous gift of nature for the beauty and youth of our skin!

Blackcurrant is a storehouse of the most useful vitamins and minerals. Its berries contain vitamins A, B, P, pectin acid, essential oil, phosphorus, iron and much more.

Currants are significantly superior to other berries in terms of the amount of vitamins and nutrients. That is why housewives are trying to make more preparations of this berry for the winter.

But besides all this, blackcurrant is also an excellent cosmetic product. For example, its leaves are famous for their whitening effect, branches of this plant can be steamed in a bath, as they open pores well, and whitening or anti-aging masks can be made from berries.

For some reason, many women have a somewhat distorted idea of ​​​​how a blackcurrant face mask is prepared. They believe that this is an extremely complex and time-consuming procedure.

However, this is not the case, the most effective remedy that can take good care of your skin is always at your fingertips.

Surely the advantages of natural remedies are obvious to everyone: they are affordable, effective and do not include chemistry incomprehensible to us. Of course, they cannot give you a 100% guarantee of results, but in return they offer natural cleansing and hydration of the skin.

How to prepare a blackcurrant face mask

Blackcurrant can be used for cosmetic purposes, both fresh and dried. If you want to make yourself masks all year round, then the berries can be frozen.

Black currant contains many vitamins that are necessary for the healthy existence of the skin. That is why masks using these berries are so highly valued. We present to your attention six currant face masks that can give your skin all the necessary nutrients and help you cope with many problems.

• Blackcurrant Whitening Facial Mask

It will require the juice of green currant fruits. This juice must be mixed with vinegar in a ratio of 1: 1 and beat with a blender. The result should be a homogeneous mixture that has a white color. Wash your face with this solution twice a day.

• Anti-aging mask

Here you will also need the juice of green fruits, only this time it will need to be mixed with almond oil. This mixture should be well beaten and frozen. It is good to wipe your face with such ice cubes after a steam bath or compress.

• Toning mask

Here we will mix ripe berries with honey. Berries first you will need to crush the berries and only then add honey to them. One glass of berries will account for tbsp. honey. For this case, linden honey is best suited.

You can apply this mixture to the skin for only 20 minutes, then it will need to be removed with warm water, and thick cream should be smeared on the face and left for about 10 minutes.

• Currant vitamin mask

To make such a mask and 1 tsp. currant juice, all ingredients must be mixed. Then the container in which our mixture is located is placed in hot water for 4 minutes. Then we apply the mask for 25 minutes and wash it off with warm water.

• Nourishing mask

This is the most common and simplest mask. Here you will just need to mix the grated berries with sour cream or kefir. Keep the mask on for 10 minutes. Before applying the mask, make sure that the skin is sufficiently hydrated.

• Softening mask

This type of mask will help you normalize the regenerative functions that occur with the help of skin metabolic processes. To do this, pour 20 currant leaves ½ cup boiled hot water. The leaves need to be infused for 15 minutes, then add 1 tbsp. berry juice.

In addition, you can simply moisten gauze with an infusion in which the leaves are infused and apply to your face. This procedure should be carried out at least 2 times a week, the entire course involves 20 masks.

• Blackcurrant toner for dry skin

For dry skin types, blackcurrant berry juice is well suited. It will be able to saturate our skin with vitamins and fill it with the necessary moisture.

For this tonic, you will need berry juice, mineral water and olive oil. Everything should be mixed in proportions 4:4:1, for convenience, you can use a teaspoon as a measuring tool. It must also be remembered that such a tonic will need to be shaken before use. You can also make ice cubes instead of tonic and wipe your face with them.

• Tonic for aging skin

Here we need blackcurrant berry juice, it will need to be mixed with warm milk, the proportions should be 1:1. Add a little honey to the resulting mixture (0.5 tsp per 100 ml). If desired, you can add vitamin E or A, which are sold in oil solutions. You can add no more than 3 drops.

As for contraindications, there are practically none in the cosmetic industry, except for allergies. Contraindications are only when taken orally.

So, after we have examined in detail all the beneficial properties and possible use of blackcurrant for the face for cosmetic purposes, we can say with full confidence that this berry can replace the most expensive products, as it has a number of useful substances that our skin needs. .