No miracle cream or slimming gel will make you lose weight by magic. This is why it is always recommended above all to monitor your diet and rebalance your diet in addition to physical activity to lose weight and slim down your body overall. However, even if cosmetic treatments aimed at toning do not make you lose weight, they still have a use. They support the remodeling of the silhouette, and boost venous return to avoid the accumulation of cellulite, water retention and heaviness. They can also help slow down the appearance of stretch marks (common when you lose a few pounds), improve the quality of the skin to make it more supple and luminous. Combined with long targeted massages, these few recipes for a toning slimming treatment are therefore a good complement during a diet to quickly gain firmness.
We emphasize the importance of massaging the skin for a long time. This helps to tone it, restart blood flow and better penetrate the active ingredients of the treatments. Also remember to favor organic ingredients and store your treatments away from light and heat.
The special “vine silhouette” gel slimming treatment
Very effective against the feeling of heavy legs and venous insufficiency, this treatment contains plants withfirming effect on tissues and for the fight against cellulite. Its essential oils provide a draining effect to limit fat storage and water retention.
The ingredients:
75 ml of verbena hydrosol
20 ml of ivy extract
1.7 g guar gum powder
17 drops of juniper essential oil
80 drops of grapefruit essential oil without furocoumarins
19 drops of naticide (preservative)
Recipe for this slimming treatment:
Mix the hydrosol with the ivy extract and guar gum. Here, the use of a whisk is recommended to avoid lumps. Leave for 10 minutes, time for the gelling agent to set well. Then, we incorporate the other ingredients one by one. Transfer your gel into a glass jar. It will keep for approximately three months.
Toning cream with the sweet scent of oregano
Oregano is not only used to flavor pizzas and give a good smell to the treatment. Combined with lemon, it gives the treatment a powerful toning and strengthening power. It is the ideal treatment after a sports session thanks to its power re-energizing. And of course, its richness in oil and shea butter or vaseline will help nourish and soften your skin. This gives it elasticity, especially if you have mature skin.
The ingredients:
40 g of shea butter or petroleum jelly
20 g lanolin
2 tablespoons of organic olive oil
15 drops of oregano essential oil
5 drops of lemon essential oil without furocoumarins
The recipe for this slimming treatment:
Pour your butter or petroleum jelly, your lanolin and your olive oil into a bowl. Let them melt gently in a bain-marie while mixing with a spoon. Once the texture is uniform, you can remove the bowl from the heat. Add the essential oils to the mixture and then transfer everything into a glass jar. This softening and treating cream can be kept for around six months.
Anti-cellulite oil, the slimming treatment that erases cellulite
In this recipe, macadamia oil will improve lymphatic drainage and provides a pleasant, low-greasy texture to the treatment while combating stretch marks. However, it is to lemongrass essential oil that we owe most of the power toning and regenerating of this care. For the second oil, you can opt for rosemary (revitalizing) or mentholated eucalyptus essential oil (for fat destruction).
The ingredients:
10 tablespoons of macadamia oil
20 drops of lemongrass essential oil
10 drops of rosemary cineole or menthol eucalyptus essential oil
The recipe for this slimming treatment:
The instructions for use are quite simple since you just need to pour the macadamia oil into a glass bottle. We then add the essential oils, making sure to respect the doses. Finally, close the bottle and shake. This little treatment will keep for around 6 months.
Please note, the use of the essential oils mentioned should be avoided during pregnancy. We therefore advise pregnant women not to use them!