Winter puts our body to the test. Indeed, this season can be difficult to cope with in terms of health. However, our beauty also takes its place! Low temperatures seem to remove all traces of hydration from our cold body… Our face, our lips and our entire body are sensitized and become unrecognizable. This is where life-saving cocooning treatments come in! As beneficial as they are comforting, they will help you get through the winter in style.
1) The spicy gourmet scrub
First of all, know that erasing dead cells is the most important step to display a healthy silky, glowing skin. To do this, the ideal base consists of four tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut, olive, avocado, etc.), six tablespoons of sugar or coarse salt and two tablespoons of coffee grounds. Then, we play on the aromatic side of a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, orange peels in small pieces and around 20 drops of orange essential oil. Finally, we keep everything in a jar in the fridge. This is what makes you addicted to exfoliation!
2) The hydrating mask for skin that screams “I’m thirsty!”
All skin types can lack of hydration and tightness. Pour gain comfort and relieve your skinhere is a remarkable recipe. To start, mix 3 teaspoons of natural yogurt and half a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Then complete with two teaspoons of pink clay and a drop of palmarosa essential oil. Indeed, the latter is excellent for dry and dehydrated skin. Then, when everything is well incorporated, apply the mask to your face, avoiding the eye area. Finally, let your mixture sit for 15 minutes.
3) The cream that warms hands (and hearts)
Are you familiar with frozen hands? Here is one of the best pampering treatments to warm them up. Plus, it also works on the feet. So it’s a indispensable long winter evenings and ski holidays! Here, heat 30 ml of sweet almond oil, 15 ml of calophyll oil and 10 g of beeswax in a bain-marie. When these ingredients are well incorporated, add 10 drops of each of these essential oils: ginger and rose geranium, off the heat. Then, transfer to a pot to keep away from light.
4) Velvet hand repair balm
Speaking of hands, are yours as rough and prickly as the branches of your tree ? This will have to be remedied! To do this, melt 10 g of shea butter and 3 g of beeswax in a bain-marie. Then, add to your mixture 15 ml of avocado oil and essential oils of rosewood and palmarosa (15 of each), all off the heat, because heat destroys the good properties of oils. After stirring well, transfer it to a pot and wait for it to solidify. All you have to do is find a dark and dry place to promote good conservation.
5) Comforting and warming comfort oil to nourish the body
You want swap your crocodile skin for very soft skin ? So, mix 50 ml of sweet almond oil with 10 drops of bitter orange petitgrain EO, 5 drops of sweet orange EO, 5 drops of Ceylon cinnamon EO (bark, make no mistake , because other cinnamons are very irritating). And there you have it, in just one minute you have concocted a treatment that smells delicious and extremely effective. In addition, it relaxes and brings very gentle heating effect. In short, it’s the complete care your skin has been waiting for!
6) Soft Kisses Lip Balm
Are your lips in a sorry state? Quickly test this soothing and protective recipe ! Melt a level tablespoon of shea butter in a bain-marie. Then add a drop of Roman chamomile essential oil off the heat. Finally, complete with 3 drops of one of these two options: either bitter orange petitgrain essential oil (gourmet aroma), or rose geranium essential oil (more floral). Indeed, these two options will be both equally excellent for your lipsthe choice will therefore be rather “olfactory”. Furthermore, do not hesitate to exfoliate your lips with a gentle and effective exfoliating mixture. To do this, you just need a tablespoon of honey, another of vegetable oil (coconut, avocado, almond, olive) and two or three spoons of sugar. With all this, It’s not just the Christmas cookies that will be delicious!
7) The magical elixir fights redness, one of the key cocooning treatments of winter
Winter makes the skin very sensitive and irritated. Fortunately, there is an effective treatment that you can apply under your usual cream to combat redness. To do this, pour a dab of aloe vera, 3 drops of jojoba oil and 1 droplet of Italian immortelle essential oil into the palm of your (clean) hand. Then swirl with your finger and apply to areas that need it. Goodbye little Rudolph-style red nose and red Santa cheeks! And if you have a limited budget, know that you can replace the Italian immortelle with rose geranium… the effectiveness will just be a little less good.
8) Nourishing mask for dry skin “forget winter”
To nourish your skin, you will not find nothing like the simplest pampering treatment : the banana-honey mask! And the preparation is as simple as you can imagine. In fact, all you need to do is mash the banana well and add a tablespoon of honey. Then apply everything to clean skin and let’s go for 20 minutes! This will leave your soft, nourished, clear and radiant skin. If holiday magic were a mask, this would be it 😉 Well… we might be overdoing it a little, but you’ll see that your parched skin will love it.
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