Virtual Salon

Masks for dry skin

The coltsfoot mask for weather-worn skin of face and hands.
The fresh leaves of coltsfoot should be thoroughly washed, cut into small pieces and mixed up with fresh milk (2 spoons of coltsfoot to a glass of milk); then apply the mixture to your face and hold your hands in it for 15-20 min.

Mint face mask for dry skin.
You have to pour the leaves of mint, cut very small with a boiling water in proportions 1:3, then let the mixture boil for 2-3 min., cool it a bit and when it’s warm apply to a piece of gauze; the gauze should be taken in several layers. Now it’s time to apply it to face for 15-20min., then you take the mask off and rinse your face with warm water. The mask is better to be done 3 times a week; the course takes 3-4 weeks.

Cucumber face mask for peeling skin.
You need to mix 3 spoons of a cucumber grated very finely with 2 spoons of fresh of sour cream. The thin gruel is applied to a face and neck and washed off in 20 min. with warm water. The procedure is to be reiterated 2 times a week.

Dandelion mask for senescent skin.
Fresh dandelion leaves are kneaded. In this gruel you have to add a little bit of boiled water and then mix with the equal amount of honey. The mask is to be applied for 10-15min. Before applying the mask you can smear your face with olive or corn oil.

The mask of dandelion and mint leaves. One spoon of fresh dandelion leaves and one of mint leaves are mixed with a spoon of sour cream and one teaspoon of honey; then you smear the mixture till it gets homogeneous. The mixture is put on the face and neck for 20min. Then it’s washed off with warm water, after that with cold.

Parsley mask.
 You’re expected to mix a teaspoon of well smeared parsley with 2-3 teaspoons of sour cream. Then you add some oatmeal or starch into the gruel. The mask is applied for 15-20min.

Plantain mask for senescent skin.
Washed out fresh leaves of plantain should be smeared; then you add some boiled water and mix with the equal amount of honey. The gruel is applied to face for 15-20min. Masks are done 1-2 times a week.

The dill face mask.
One spoon of dill cut into small particles is to be mixed with one teaspoon of olive oil; then you need to add oatmeal flour (or flakes grated in coffee-grinder) to get the gruel. Then it’s time to apply it on face with a thick layer and wash away in 20 min. with warm water.

Masks for greasy skin

The coltsfoot face mask.
Two spoons of dry ground leaves of coltsfoot are poured with hot water till the mass takes the form of a gruel; then you need to warm it up on the fire till 60-70C and let it cool (till 37-40C). The gruel is put over the cleansed face. You keep the mask for 15-20min., having laid it on the gauze in one layer.

The sorrel mask.
You need to take the leaves of coltsfoot and sorrel in equal amounts. The ground plants are poured with boiling water in proportions 1:2. Then you boil the mixture for 1.5 -2min. and after that cool the extract; the mass, being warm, is put between the layers of gauze and then applied to face, purified beforehand. You should keep the mask for 15-20min. and then wash away the face with warm water.

Milk and cucumber face mask.
To make up the mask you need to mix ¼ of glass of milk with the same amount of cucumber juice. Then it’s up to you to wet a layer of absorbent cotton or gauze napkin in this extract, apply it to face for 15-20min., and cover it over with a wet towel. After you took the pack off you should wipe your face dry and apply the cream.

Parsley face pack.
You need to add rolled oat ground in a coffee-grinder into 2 spoons of warm parsley extract, till it’s like gruel. Then it’s time to apply the mask in a thick layer to face and neck for 20min., wash it out with cool water and rub the skin with an ice cube (made of the parsley extract).

Antiphlogistic herbal mask.
What you should do to make it up is to add one spoon of citrus juice to one spoon of gruel, based on the leaves of nettle and plantain (take them equally), and apply to a face purified with a lotion. In 20min. it’s time to wash off.

The dill face mask for porous skin.
You need to prepare the saturated extract of dill (2 spoons of dill to a glass of water, you need to boil it for 5min.). In the spoon of filtered extract you should add an egg-white and beat it. The mask is applied to face in layers (3-4). When the last layer is dry it’s time for you to wash the pack off with warm water.

Face masks for normal skin

Mask of the birch leaves.
One teaspoon of birch leaves ground into small particles are poured with ¼ of glass of fiercely boiling water; then you let it stand for 1,5-2 hours and filter. Then you add one spoon of the extract into the cream for greasy skin or butter and apply it to face in a thin layer. The mask is applied for 15-20min.

The lettuce face mask.
You’re supposed to add one spoon of vegetable oil and one teaspoon of lemon juice in the ground leaves of green lettuce. The mixture should be prepared right before its application, laid on the clean skin of face and neck and kept there for 15-20min. when washing it off you’d better use warm water first, then the cold one or absorbent paper tampon, moisturized in strong tea. The mask is expected to be applied 1-2 times a week.

Face masks for any type of skin

Sour milk blenching mask.
To prepare it you should mix one spoon of parsley cut very fine with a spoon of curdled milk (for greasy skin) or sour cream (for dry skin). The mask is applied to purified skin for 15-20min. Then it’s washed with cold water or the chamomile extract.

Parsley freshening mask.
The parsley is cut into small pieces, poured with water. Boiled and filtered. The gruel is put on apiece of gauze and applied to face for 30min. Then you should rub your face over with a dry cotton tampon. The mask is done 2-3 times a week.

Parsley and honey freshening face mask.
It’s necessary to mix the extract of parsley (30-40gr. to a glass of water) with a spoon of honey and a yolk. The mask is used for 15-20min., and then washed away first with warm then with cool water.

The parsley and dill mask for senescent skin.
Parsley and dill are mixed up in equal parts; then you take a spoon of the mixture, pour it with boiling water, let it stand in the hermetic dish for 2 hours and filter. The gauze or linen napkin is moistened in the extract and applied to face for 15-20min.

The plantain mask for senescent skin.
The leaves of the plantain, cut into fine particles, are watered with boiled water in the proportions 1:3, then the mixture is boiled (let it boil for 2-3min.), then cooled off and when it’s like this, you need to lay it on several layers of gauze (with cuts for eyes and mouth). You keep it for 15-20mn., after it’s taken off you wash your face with warm water. The mask is applied 2-3 times a week. The course of treatment includes 20 masks.

The lettuce freshening mask.
You cut the leaves of lettuce fine, smear them to get the gruel mass, mix two spoons of the gruel with 2 spoon of sour cream. You can use curdled milk instead of sour cream. In this case if your skin is dry you add ½ of teaspoon of olive oil. The mask is kept for 15-20min., washed off with cool water. You need to reiterate this procedure 2-3 times a week.

The lettuce softening relaxing mask to take the reddening away (after being in the sun). the leaves of lettuce are poured with a little amount of water, boiled and cooked so for 2-5min. The water is poured out into some dish and used for rubbing the face like the tonic. The hot leaves of lettuce are cut in small parts, applied to the gauze napkin; then the mask is put on a face and kept fir 25-30min. if it’s necessary you can do the mask 2-3 times a day.

The lettuce freshening face mask for coarse skin.
You add a spoon of butter (or oily sour cream) and a teaspoon of lemon juice into the ground leaves of lettuce. It is applied to a face and neck in a thick layer and kept for 20min. Then you wash it off with warm water, rinse your face with cold and rub your face all over with a tampon, moistened in string tea. The course – 10-15 procedures; 2-3 times a week.