How to prepare cosmetic ice and apply it to the skin around the eyes

Using Frozen Aloe Vera Cubes

Using frozen Aloe Vera cubes will help you remove wrinkles, skin blemishes, reduce skin inflammation, dark circles and bags under the eyes. After using Aloe Vera cubes, you will quickly notice that you look younger and more beautiful.

Using cosmetic ice from Aloe Vera helps to effectively solve several problems at once.

1. Rejuvenation. Rub ice over your face, neck and décolleté along the facial massage lines both morning and evening to moisturize and tone the skin and avoid the appearance of expression lines.
2. Preventing acne. Pimples, blackheads and blemishes often appear as a result of sun exposure or hormonal changes. Rub Aloe Vera ice cubes on the sore areas twice a day to relieve inflammation and reduce the number of pimples and rashes.
3. Stimulation of blood circulation. Stable blood circulation promotes skin rejuvenation. Use Aloe Vera cubes daily.
4. By using these cubes, you can tighten open pores and prevent acne. Aloe Vera ice cubes restore mobility and elasticity of pores.
5. Relieving swelling, eliminating bags and bruises under the eyes. It is enough just to regularly wipe the area around the eyes with pieces of frozen Aloe.

The benefits of ice for facial skin

The beneficial effect of ice on the skin of the face is based on the processes that occur in its structure. Due to cooling, blood vessels located close to the surface narrow, and those located deeper, on the contrary, expand. When the effect of ice stops, the skin gradually warms up and blood fills the upper vessels. This improves blood circulation and stimulates metabolic processes.

Especially useful are ice cubes for the face with fillers, which are juices (only natural), decoctions of medicinal plants, oils, and other components rich in nutrients. For each skin type, the composition is selected individually. Using ice cubes for washing and massage has a positive effect on the skin:

1. Oily shine disappears, the face becomes matte;
2. Small wrinkles and folds are smoothed out.
3. The sebaceous ducts narrow.
4. Pigmentation becomes less pronounced.
5. Firmness and elasticity are restored.
6. The tone is evened out and a healthy glow appears.
7. The surface becomes smooth and velvety.

Proper use of ice for the face is as effective as salon procedures and expensive cosmetics.

Another Way to Make Frozen Aloe Vera Cubes

In order to preserve natural Aloe Vera gel and use it not only for direct application to the skin, but also for adding to various recipes for homemade creams and masks, you can freeze the leaves not in pieces, but make an Aloe Vera gel from the pulp.

1. To make the gel, you need to extract all the pulp from the Aloe Vera leaves.
2. Place the pulp in a blender and blend very well until smooth and foamy.
3. Then you need to pour this foamed natural gel into an ice mold and freeze it in the freezer.
4. When the gel freezes, you need to remove the cubes from the mold and put them in a plastic bag that closes tightly and conveniently.
5. You can store such cubes in the freezer for as long as you like, they do not lose their properties.
6. If you want to use aloe vera gel for a mask or cream, then simply defrost the required number of cubes and the gel will be ready.

This video shows 2 different ways to make cosmetic ice from Aloe Vera.

Ice for face with aloe recipe

Aloe helps relieve inflammation, irritation, and various skin rashes go away. We keep the aloe leaf in the refrigerator (in a plastic bag) for 10 days. Then we cut off a piece and chop it with a knife. Add clean cold water to the aloe leaves (it should be 2 times larger in volume). Beat aloe with water in a blender. Strain the resulting liquid through a sieve and pour it into ice cube trays. Freeze it.

Ice for face with aloe (video):

cucumber ice for face

Benefits of Aloe Vera for the face (video):

Celandine ice for face

Even the name of this unique plant speaks for itself. Celandine helps in the fight against freckles and age spots, brightens the skin, and actively fights acne and pimples. A decoction is prepared from celandine, which is frozen in the form of ice cubes.

Watch a video about the properties of celandine for the skin:

Ice with calendula for face

Ice with calendula can relieve any irritation and inflammation from the skin. Calendula saturates the skin with micro and macroelements, promoting its renewal and rejuvenation.

Watch the video for a recipe for natural tonic and calendula ice cubes:

Kelp ice cubes for the face

Laminaria will help tighten the contour of the face and rejuvenate the face. Kelp contains vitamin C, vitamin A, niacin, coline, potassium, calcium, iron and many other beneficial substances and trace elements. To prepare cosmetic cubes, you need to pour a glass of boiling water over the crushed kelp, wait a little and put it in the refrigerator.

Mint ice for face

Mint ice for the face can refresh your face, tone your skin and give it a radiant appearance. The freshness of mint and the coldness of ice is the perfect combination for a morning wash. For dry skin, it is recommended to make ice from mint and milk. In this case, dried mint is brewed with hot milk, filtered and poured into cubes.

Rosehip for face in ice cubes

The vitamins contained in rose hips can slow down the aging process. It helps retain moisture in skin cells. First, prepare a rosehip decoction, which is then poured into molds and frozen.

Rosehip is a storehouse of vitamins for the face

Rice ice for face

Ice with olive oil for face

Questions and answers

I have dry skin, can I use Aloe Vera gel or Aloe Vera cubes?

Aloe Vera gel, as well as cubes from this plant, are great for any skin type. They perfectly moisturize both dry, normal and oily skin. But if your skin is very sensitive, then we recommend that you use thawed Aloe Vera gel (at room temperature).

Can I use frozen Aloe Vera cubes if I have symptoms of rosacea?

No, the use of ice on the skin is not recommended for this disease. Temperature changes and exposure to cold are harmful to the skin, so defrost the gel or even aloe pieces and use them at room temperature.

How long can you leave Aloe Vera gel on your skin?

You can apply the gel and leave it on for at least 20 minutes. The effect of Aloe Vera is so delicate that if desired, it can be applied before bed and washed off in the morning when washing.

How long can the finished product be stored in the freezer?

Frozen Aloe and also gel can be stored in the freezer for up to 6 months without any problems.

Why should you keep cut Aloe Vera leaves in water?

When you change the water in which the cut leaf is located, you will see that at first the water will be brown, the next will be yellowish and only the last portion of water will be clear. It is believed that in this way excess iodine compounds present in the plant are released. These substances can cause irritation, allergic reactions, and can burn sensitive skin. Therefore, you need to soak the leaves to get rid of aggressive substances and leave only useful ones.

Ice cube recipes for the face

To make ice for your face at home, just follow the recommendations and recipe.

Anti-wrinkle ice with flax infusion

Using an infusion of flax seeds as a basis, you can prepare an anti-aging remedy - ice for the face against wrinkles, which has powerful rejuvenating properties and a lifting effect. At the first stage, you need to prepare flaxseed infusion:

1. Pour half a tablespoon of seeds into 200 ml. boiling water
2. Close the container with a lid.
3. Leave at room temperature for at least 4 hours until white mucus comes out.
4. Strain the liquid to avoid any seeds.

Pour the finished infusion into molds and freeze. If possible, you can add 2-3 drops of jojoba essential oil to the composition. This will enhance the rejuvenating properties of ice.

A light facial massage with ice from dandelion juice, peppermint infusion, or marigolds will help remove signs of aging skin no less effectively. To prepare ice for the face against wrinkles, decoction recipes are selected based on skin type. Women who do not have time to prepare homemade cosmetics can use the simplest recipe - make ice cubes for the face against wrinkles from mineral water.

Ice for acne with aloe

Ice made from frozen aloe juice is suitable for treating acne. The plant is famous for its healing and cosmetic properties. The juice must be squeezed from the fleshy leaves of the flower located below. To increase its restorative properties, the juice must be biostimulated. To do this, cut leaves are wrapped in natural thick fabric and kept for two weeks in a room with a temperature of +3 - +5 C°, or in the refrigerator.

Cosmetologists recommend freezing aloe juice by combining it with mineral water or infusion of medicinal plants. Recommended proportion: 5 tablespoons of aloe for half a glass of decoction. To make ice for acne, a decoction of chamomile, marigold, celandine or string is suitable. The decoction can be prepared from one component or from a herbal collection.

Important! Those who often face the problem of acne need to understand that medicinal ice alone will not eliminate the problem completely. This requires more serious measures, but ice will help speed up treatment and will be an excellent prevention of further spread of acne.

Ice for bruises and swelling with vegetable juice

Juice squeezed from raw potatoes works well for morning puffiness and dark circles under the eyes. By turning it into ice for the face, you can not only eliminate puffiness, but also increase tone and give your face a fresh look. The cubes are prepared simply:

1. Wash and peel the potatoes.
2. Squeeze out the juice. You can use “grandmother’s method”: chop the vegetable and squeeze through a gauze cloth.
3. Freeze the juice.

Potato juice can be used whole or diluted with an equal volume of mineral water. Ice made from vegetable juice, such as cucumber or parsley, is excellently refreshing. Both components can be used separately, but together they complement and enhance each other's properties. To prepare cucumber juice, you need to peel the vegetable and remove seeds. Otherwise, seed particles falling into the ice may scratch the skin.

To obtain parsley juice, it must be chopped and squeezed. Finely chopped greens can also be added to the ice tray. Vegetable juice cubes are not only effective in reducing swelling and bruising, they also have strong anti-aging properties. A decoction of fresh or dry parsley is no less useful. It is prepared using only the leaves:

1. Grind the leaves of two bunches (medium size).
2. Fill them with 0.5 liters of hot water.
3. Boil for 15 minutes over low heat.
4. Close the lid tightly and leave until it cools.
5. Strain.

Important! The permissible shelf life of pieces of ice from fruit or vegetable juice does not exceed three days. After this, it will lose its properties.

Ice for dry skin with herbal infusion or fruit

Dry skin does not tolerate low temperatures well, so procedures must be carried out carefully, taking into account contraindications and taking precautions. Fruits, such as kiwi, strawberries, and grapes, will help provide the epidermis with vitamins and replenish the lack of moisture. The recipe for making fruit ice is simple: grind the pulp, add purified, boiled or mineral water, and freeze it.

Watermelon has a positive effect on dry skin. Before freezing it must be cut into large cubes. You just need to make sure that there are no seeds in the pulp, which can injure delicate skin. Some decoctions of medicinal plants will help improve dry skin: field chamomile, sage, dill, peppermint, plantain, marshmallow root, linden blossom, rowan berries. They are prepared at the rate of 1 tablespoon of phyto-raw materials per glass of water.

Important! If after the first procedure the condition of the epidermis worsened: redness, peeling, microcracks appeared, you should refuse further cold procedures.

Ice for oily skin with green tea

Cosmetic facial ice is an ideal skin care product for oily skin. For owners of this skin type, facial ice can completely replace your morning wash. Such procedures will have a positive effect on the condition of the epidermis. The cubes tone, narrow sebaceous channels, reduce sebum secretion, mattify, without over-tightening and maintaining moisture balance.

The purpose of products for oily skin is to degrease and normalize sebaceous secretions. Green tea brewed with lemon and honey has these properties. Ice cube recipe:

1. Brew tea: a teaspoon of tea leaves in a glass of water, leave for an hour.
2. Add 1-2 teaspoons of honey to warm (not hot) tea.
3. When the honey is completely dissolved, add juice squeezed from half a lemon.
4. Distribute into molds and freeze.

Honey is quite often found in home cosmetics. Ice for the face, recipes containing honey, cleanses the skin well and has a rejuvenating effect.

Important! Even before using honey externally, you need to make sure that you are not allergic to this product.

If for some reason it is not possible to use high-quality green tea, it can be replaced with a decoction of St. John's wort, marigold, wormwood or birch buds. Lemon juice in this recipe can be replaced without loss with another sour juice: currants, cherries, pomegranate or apple cider vinegar.

Ice for normal skin with milk, herbal infusions and oils

There are many recipes for making ice cubes for the face that are suitable for those with normal skin. But frozen herbal decoctions are considered the most useful. Plantain, fragrant violet, horsetail, lemon balm, and St. John's wort will have a good effect on the skin. They can be brewed separately or combined. Prepare a herbal decoction for freezing at the rate of a tablespoon of herbal raw materials per glass of water.

Ice cubes with the addition of essential oils of orange, mint, geranium, tea tree, and rose will help refresh, provide vital substances and rejuvenate the skin. Oils can be added to prepared decoctions or combined with clean water. It is permissible to add no more than 10 drops of etherol per glass of solution.

Milk ice for the face will help keep your skin young and healthy for as long as possible. Reviews from those who have tried it for themselves are only positive. By using it you can improve skin color and prevent early aging. Cubes are frozen only from low-fat homemade milk, which is diluted with water in equal parts.

Ice for problem skin with decoctions of medicinal herbs and iodine

To make ice that will help heal problem skin, the composition is selected taking into account the problem that needs to be solved:

1. For frequent inflammations, ice with chamomile for the face is considered the most useful.
2. Calendula will help relieve irritation.
3. For frequent acne, it is better to use a decoction of celandine.
4. A frozen decoction of marshmallow root will help soothe irritated skin. Cosmetologists recommend using it even for men after shaving.
5. Immortelle will cleanse the epidermis of toxins.
6. A decoction of birch leaves and buds will strengthen facial vessels.
7. Elderberry will speed up the treatment of acne.

For those who suffer from pustular rashes, the following recipe is suitable:

1. Prepare a decoction from any medicinal plant (your choice).
2. When the broth is infused, cools, strain.
3. Add iodine at the rate of 3 drops per glass of decoction.
4. Distribute into molds and freeze.

These cubes should be used sparingly. If your skin becomes very dry, it is better to stop using them.

Contraindications for use

As you understand, even the simplest and most harmless cosmetic product has its contraindications. In this case, this technique should not be used by those who suffer from various skin diseases, such as eczema. Also, you should not use such a product for those who notice small open wounds and inflammations or spider veins on their skin.

And, of course, the possibility of allergies should not be ruled out. This is especially true when you make not just ice, but add a small amount of any herbal infusion to it. In this case, you should first do an allergy test. To do this, take a ready-made cube and wipe the skin on your wrist with it. If you have not experienced any irritation in this area for several hours, then you can safely use a similar product on your face.

Recipes for cosmetic ice with parsley

All mixtures for freezing are quite easy to prepare.

Recipe No. 1

1. Grind 50 g of plant;
2. let water boil in the amount of 0.5 liters, combine it with parsley;
3. let the mixture boil again, and then continue to simmer it, turning the heat to minimum;
4. Let the mixture cool, strain it, pour the resulting liquid into molds, and put it in the freezer.

Recipe No. 2

You can also make ice from parsley juice.

1. Extract the juice from several bunches of the plant using a juicer. If you don’t have one at hand, you should grind the raw materials using a blender, then wrap the resulting pulp in gauze and squeeze thoroughly.
2. Pour the juice into molds and place in the freezer until completely frozen.

Recipe No. 3

1. We combine 1 bunch of the main ingredient, 2 tbsp. l. chamomile color, 1 tbsp. l. tea leaves.
2. Pour 0.5 liters of boiling water over the mixture, let the mixture boil, then simmer over low heat for a quarter of an hour.
3. Let the mixture cool, strain, pour the liquid into molds, and place in the freezer. These ice cubes perfectly tone, refresh, and give the skin elasticity.

All these recipes can be used to prepare a product for any type of skin.

Cosmetic ice for the face: what are the benefits?

Ice washes are beneficial for a number of reasons. It’s hard to believe, but the product gives an effect after the first session. For example, if you use herbs for the face against wrinkles with ice, the contour of the face is tightened. Upon careful examination, you will notice that minor inflammations have gone away. Moreover, ice helps normalize sebum production, neutralizing oily shine.

According to reviews, regularly using facial ice for wrinkles can achieve the following positive effects:

• eliminate swelling;
• “lighten” dark circles;
• smooth out small age-related wrinkles;
• tighten pores;
• increase tone;
• improve color.

Rules for using ice cubes

In order to achieve a good result, you need to use ice for washing your face following specific instructions. Rubbing your face with ice should take from 1 to 5 minutes. Procedures need to be carried out every day, in the morning and evening. On the first day, one minute will be enough for such washing, and then, if no negative reactions are noticed, the time of the procedure gradually increases. After wiping your face with ice, you must use a moisturizer.

Green tea

The main antioxidant for our body, green tea, works not only from the inside, but also on the surface of the skin. Make a strong brew (tea bags will also work), let it brew for a couple of minutes, strain and pour into molds. The resulting ice improves blood circulation, soothes inflammation and is suitable for the delicate skin around the eyes. If, in addition to radiance and toning, you are expecting a nutritional effect, first dissolve a spoonful of honey in a glass of warm tea.

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