How to do a skin cleansing at home

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The first thing we have to do before starting with this home treatment is cleanse the skin in depth and, for this, it is important that you do it with a soap or cleansing gel that is adapted to the conditions of your skin. This is the best way to get rid of the impurities that have accumulated on the face and that could make the result of the treatment not optimal.

To choose the soap with which you will clean your face, you will have to take into account your skin type because it will not be the same, if your skin is oily, dry or combination. In the event that your skin is very sensitive, it is best to opt for cleansers that do not have fragrances or alcohol and that have a neutral pH, in this way, you will avoid the appearance of redness or irritation.

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The next step of the skin cleaning at home It consists of deeply removing any imperfection or trace of dirt that has not been removed with the first step; To achieve this, the best thing to do is a apply a facial scrub. The way to do it is very simple: you have to have a slightly damp skin, then, apply the scrub in small amounts starting from the forehead to go down the contour of the face. Don’t forget your nose, cheekbones or chin, as they are also prone to dirt accumulation.

The process of exfoliating the skin is very simple: you will have to scrub the product in circular movements and pressing lightly to unclog the pores that are clogged.

If you do not want to buy a scrub, you will like to know that with it sugar that you normally cook you can get to make a homemade scrub and very effective. Thanks to the thickness of the sugar, you can deeply cleanse the skin and, in addition, fill it with the nutrients that this product contains. To do this, all you have to do is put a spoonful of sugar in your hand and mix it with a little water, pass it over your face with circular movements and you will see how clean your face is.

Besides sugar, there are many more treatments such as oatmeal, honey, and so on. At OneHowTo we discover homemade scrubs for your face so that you can choose yours.

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Once the exfoliation is done, the next step is open pores to be able to proceed to do the cleaning in depth. To achieve this, it will be enough for us to do some steam shower since the heat will open the pores and prepare them to clean them. The way to do this is very simple: you will have to bring water to a boil and, when it is ready, turn off the heat and bring your face about 30 centimeters from the pot.

So that the steam does not escape, it is best to cover your head with a towel and stay in this position for a few 10 minutes, approximately. With this you will get the pores of your skin to open but, in addition, it also makes the skin much more relaxed since the heat improves blood circulation.

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When we have open pores, it is the ideal time to start cleaning itself. What does it mean? Well, we will have to extract blackheads and pimples that we have in the face. To do this, the best thing is that we have completely clean hands and that we gradually extract the pimples or blackheads with the fingertips, never with the nails because we could get injured and leave a horrible mark.

It is possible that some blood will come out, this is the indicator that will tell you that it is already clean and, therefore, you do not have to continue pressing. One piece of advice is that instead of cleaning your pores with your fingertips, you wrap them with antiseptic gauze that are disinfected. In the event that you have a pimple with pus, we invite you to read our OneHowTo article in which we show you all the tips so that you can remove a pimple of pus.

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When you’ve finished cleansing your skin, the next step is apply the tonic with a cotton ball or with your fingers (which must be clean). The tonic has an essential function for this beauty treatment: it manages to eliminate any impurities that could not be eliminated with the previous steps. But, in addition, it is also essential because manages to close the pores completely and, therefore, make your skin clean and protected from any external pollutant.

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To finish with the homemade skin cleansing, the last step we have to follow is moisturize the skin. After all the cleaning, our face will be damaged and red, so there is nothing better than deeply nourishing and regenerating the health of the skin. For this you have several options: you can choose one moisturizing mask ready-made or, if you don’t want chemicals or spend money, you can learn to make one yourself.

In this sense, the plant aloe vera It is one of the best options to hydrate and regenerate the dermis. To make this homemade mask, you just have to cut an aloe leaf and remove the gel that you can see inside, which has a viscous and gelatinous appearance. Put it in a container and add the juice of 1 lemon, mix everything well so that the two components are integrated and, then, apply it on your face. Let it work for 20 minutes, then rinse it off with lukewarm water.

This is just one of the many options that there are, if you want to know more, we invite you to read our article in which we tell you how to hydrate the skin naturally.

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