Apricot
Action: removes inflammations, calms, feeds, deduces toxins, and also promotes cells’ regeneration.
How to use: to peel the apricots, to make porridge and to add sour milk in a proportion 1:1.

Banana
Action: feeds and tones up skin
How to use
* to mix received banana porridge with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice (it is ideal for a fatty skin)
* to pound banana, to add the spoon of milk and to mix.

Cowberry, cherry and currant
Action: freshen skin
How to use
* to pound the handful of berries up to porridge condition and to add a little potato or oat flours (1 part of a flour on 5 parts of berries)
* to squeeze out berries up to juice condition and mix it with honey (1:1).

Grapes
Action: smoothes, freshens and tones up
How to use: to take some grapes and to make so-called grape porridge and to put this mask on the skin of the face.

Strawberry
Action: humidifies, freshens, clears, feeds skin, promotes removal of pigment spots and freckles
How to use
* Pounded up to porridge berries should be put on the face (if you have very dry skin, it is necessary to add a nutritious cream into the mask)
* To pound half-handfuls of berries, to add the spoon of cottage cheese or sour cream and to put on the face for 10-15 minutes (ideally for dry skin).

Problem 3: pigment spots

Retinol action: Retinol turns arrows of internal clocks back. It concerns also roughnesses of skin relief, both pigment spots, and propensity to superfluous keratinization and other age changes mentioning the face and body.

Problem 4: skin ageing, photoageing

Retinol action: one more pleasant opening is that vitamin A interferes not only into natural (biological) withering, but also photoageing under action of artful ultraviolet. It noticeably smoothes wrinkles, makes active synthesis of collagen and elastin - structural fibers of the skin, raises its elasticity and improves structure.

In natural sources and in the organism vitamin A exists in different biochemical variants. These are the retinol, retinal, retinol acid, ethers and retinol aldehydes. All of them contain only in products of animal origin - a liver (especially cod’s liver, and also other sea fishes’ and animals’ liver), a butter, egg yolk, creams, and cod - liver oil. What about carrot? Beta-carotin, which is a part of many vitamin complexes, is the most known component. Besides carrots it contains in apricots, leaves of a parsley and spinach, pumpkin and other vegetables and fruits of warm shades - from orange up to scarlet and claret.

Today scientists know about 13 vitamins. Without them there is no life, however, and among them, irreplaceable on all of hundred percent, are unconditional leaders, on which beauty and health keep.

Experts figuratively name vitamin A as skin care vitamin.

If you wish to buy cosmetic production with derivatives of vitamin A, search on a label for such names, as or retinol acetate.

Vitamin A will help you to solve many skin problems.

Problem 1: acnes

Retinol action: reduces development of skin fat, eliminates superfluous fat, and reduces quantity of the pathogenic microbes. Besides - almighty vitamin relieves it from ugly spots, especially malicious spots formed on a place.

Problem 2: extensions

Retinol action: though extensions appear at sharp set of weight, on the mechanism this process reminds the classical ageing of skin, repeatedly strengthened in time. in structure of cosmetic means Retinol effectively smoothes traces from extensions, accelerates updating cells and development of collagen.

Gentle sun-protection cream for body SPF 30 from LANCASTER helps to take pleasure in stay on the sun. It prevents presenilation of skin, fills quantity of the lost moisture, calms and weakens it. For protection of gentle skin of the face, neck and décolleté LANCASTER has prepared a special recipe - sun-protection face emulsion SPF 50. Cream possesses easy structure; therefore it is intended for zones where the skin is especially gentle. Powerful filters UVA/UVB provide a high degree of protection. Skin sunbathes gradually, exactly and safely, remaining soft and gentle.
Sun-protection cream-pencil SPF 30 from CLARINS is intended for protection of the most sensitive sites of skin of the face (nose, lips, ears) - are ideal means for water sport and skiing or for stay on the sun.
Oil after sunburn CLARINS keeps sunburn, emphasizing its light. This means of easy structure leaves delightful effect of blinking on the skin. Favorably shades sunburn of shoulders, hands, areas of a décolleté, legs. And surprising oil Lancôme Star Bronzer contains the smallest gilt parts, reflecting light and converting it into golden light.

Recently many drugstores have considerably expanded the assortment due to cosmetic production. It is not surprising, as the chemist’s market of cosmetics is one of the most dynamically developing segments, which sales volumes (in comparison with medical products and BADs) considerably increases.

Medical (active) cosmetics are, applied for treatment and preventive maintenance of the certain diseases and contain various biologically active substances.

Mass Cosmetics market - is the cosmetics, accessible to the majority of consumers, intended for skin, hair and nails care. It is on sale both at chemist’s establishments, and in other shops (supermarkets, specialized shops, etc.).

As a rule, such cosmetic has no selective means, which relieve of the certain problem. Production of such manufacturers concerns to mass market cosmetics (for example, Garnier Laboratories, Nivea).

Selective (premium and luxury class) cosmetics - is an elite, prestigious cosmetics, which contains cosmetic lines, intended for certain types of skin or hair (for example, Vichy Laboratories).

1. Coffee
Coffee increases development of a hormone hydrocortisone, which is responsible for stress. And it is one of the main reasons of spots occurrence in the middle age. Portions of sweet coffee on an empty stomach are especially dangerous!

2. Sweets and farinaceous foods
Sugar, chocolate, sweets, pies, cookies, chips and ice-cream cause occurrence of spots. And juices with the high maintenance of sugar have the same effect. Of course, it is quite difficult to refuse form all these temptations and it is not necessary to do it. It is better to search for compromises, replacing, say, insalubrious drinks with water and teas, and sugar - with dried fruits and honey.

3. Dairy products
it is not necessary to restrain itself in the use of the skim kefir, cottage cheese or milk, but the quantity of cheese or ice-cream needs to be reduced. Dairy products, owing to containing progesterone and steroids, strengthen activity of sebaceous glands.

4. Fats
Replace fats of animal origin with vegetable oils. Vitamins E and A are especially important for the skin. Vitamin Е contains in walnut and almonds, A - in dark green and dark orange fruits, for example in carrots and spinach.

5. Nuts
Fried, crackling, crude, tasty nuts. Almonds and pistachios, a peanut and walnuts - all of them cause occurrence of spots. However, we indefatigably repeat - spots appear at overeating!

Use of cosmetic ice is much more effective, than morning washing. When you wash your face with the pieces of ice, the temperature of skin fabrics decreases, vessels get narrowed. After some period of time vessels extend, and blood starts to circulate acts more intensively. All these processes rejuvenate your skin - the tone raises, the wrinkles smooth. The skin gets healthy gentle-pink and natural color. Usually cosmetic ice may be bought, or made by you. Herbals make the procedure even more effective.
You should remember that not all herbals equally approach for various types of skin, and ordinary water is not recommended. We recommend you to use mineral water for preparation of a cosmetic ice.
There are also such herbal mixtures, which can be used for any type of the skin. These are chamomile, sage, mint, turn, St. John’s wort and lime color.
It is easy to prepare such universal herbal mixtures: take 1 table spoon of herbs, 1 glass of boiled water and leave it for half an hour. Then pour the mixture into the forms for ice and place in the freezing chamber. It is possible to store such ice no more than for a week.
The ice still can be made of berries - mountain ashes, cranberries, a cowberry, a guelder-rose, a dogrose. It is considered, that red fruits have a lot of vitamins.
For this purpose it is necessary to mix 3 items of the spoon of berries with 2 glasses of cold water. Leave the mixture for 2 - 3 hours and filter and freeze the liquid.

If lips
… are weather-beaten

Who is guilty?
It is your habit constantly to lick lips. As a rule, it is result of overfatigue or an attribute of approaching stress. The saliva quickly evaporates, and lips become dry. The situation is aggravated with a cold, a dust, and also a strong wind.

It is impossible
* to mass lips a tooth-brush, rough scrub, including sea salt to use proof lipstick.

It is possible and it is necessary

* to spend on drink a rate of calming preparations. If the problem remains, address to the neuropathologist.
* to grease lips with juice of an aloe.
* to use hygienic lipstick!

… are peeled

Who is guilty?
These are the so-called “malfunctions” in metabolism, deficiency of vitamins A, Е and group B, lack of moisture in organism, poor-quality cosmetics, and also frequent use of proof lipstick. In rare cases of a crack on lips can be a symptom of diabetes.

It is impossible:
* to grease lips with Vaseline or glycerin, to go out without hygienic lipstick

It is possible and it is necessary:
* to watch a level of humidity. The drier air is, the more waters from lips’ surface evaporates.
* to replace proof lipstick with humidifying one.

It is not a secret that kiwi possesses wonderful properties and it is being widely used in cosmetics and culinary .Today we shall tell you about its external action: in fact this fruit also the fine cosmetician!
Vitamins, which are containing in it, and organic acids are very useful to the skin of the face: they possess not only toning up, but also medical effect, perfectly clear the skin, do its more elastic, tightened and young.

Clearing mask
Knead in mashed potatoes 1 fruit of kiwi. Put generously the received mass on the face. If the weight slightly tingling the skin, it means, that organic acids operate solitarily. Wash off the mask in 15 minutes. After that wipe the face with tonic and put a low-fat humidifying cream.

Nutritious mask
Mash a half of banana and 1 kiwi fruit of average size, mix it properly. For strengthening softening effect add 2 table spoons of natural yoghurt. Put the mask on preliminary cleared face. Wash off with warm water in 15-20 minutes.

After cold months your skin requires intensive humidifying. At washing do not use too hot or too cold water, water should be hardly warm. it is recommended to use the gels containing humidifying components instead of antibacterial soap or gel which usually, dry skin. After washing up put nutritious lotion or cream.

House wrapping
Self-made home wrappings are recommended for parts of body with the dense skin, inclined to dryness, such as hips, a shin, and the top parts of hands, buttocks and décolleté zone. Put on these parts a thick layer of a nutritious or humidifying cream or lotion, and then wrap it up with plastic foil. Cover with warm towel (or put on an old sweater or ski trousers) and lie down for 20-30 minutes. Then remove towels and a film and do the massage with the rests not absorbed lotion.

Elbows, knees and feet
During the winter the skin on your feet, knees and elbows has, most likely, coarsened. It is a high time to make a careful pedicure: first, to provide deep cleaning to feet, and secondly, to give to your feet a well-groomed kind. Soften the skin with a fat nutritious cream. There are no sebaceous glands on the feet, therefore, it quickly dries. It is necessary to fill this lack by means of cream and to put it daily for the night right after the evening shower or a bath. The skin on elbows and knees should be massaged and using of everyday nutritious cream is also recommended.