Benefits of rice for facial skin
Rice grains and flour from this cereal are a favorite and time-tested rejuvenating remedy for Japanese geishas, who are distinguished by their beauty and sophistication.
The cosmetic properties of this product are unique, and they are due to the special composition of rice, which includes the following components:
- Amino acids (allantoin, tyrosine, ferulic acid), which saturate the epidermis with fluid and nutrition, stimulate regeneration processes, relieve rashes and inflammation;
- Ceramides – protect the dermis from damage, help maintain youth and elasticity;
- Antioxidants (gamma-oryzanol, vitamin C), protecting the skin from aging and the negative effects of environmental factors;
- Vitamins: “E” - maintains youth, “B” - increases blood flow to skin cells, “B2” - ensures cellular respiration, “D” - tones;
- Minerals (phosphorus, iron, calcium, iodine, potassium) – nourish, strengthen the skin structure, accelerate processes in tissues;
- Fats – protect, tighten and whiten the skin.
Rice also has the remarkable ability to remove toxins from the entire body in general and the skin in particular.
Regular course use of anti-aging rice masks allows you to quickly achieve the desired result: the skin is deeply cleansed, its elasticity returns, wrinkles are reduced, and a beautiful shine appears.
General rules for using masks
“Rice rejuvenation” procedures are carried out once every 10 days for a month. More often it is not recommended, because a decline in metabolic processes may be observed in the dermis. After a month's course, you should replace rice with any other healthy product, and after some time (1-2 months) repeat these procedures
A fresh mask is prepared for each session, which is applied to previously cleansed and steamed skin. Movements when distributing the composition on the face are made in smooth circular motions along the massage lines.
These masks are also suitable for application to the eye area. The procedure lasts about half an hour, after which the mask is removed with a sponge and warm water.
Additional ingredients for the rice mask are selected depending on your skin type.
Features of the use of rice in cosmetology
In order for rice-based products to bring the greatest benefit, you should follow a few simple rules:
- for use in home cosmetology, it is better to take unpolished brown rice, since all valuable substances are concentrated in the shell and subaleurone layer (the layer between the white starchy grain and the brown shell). White rice is best used for lightening and lifting purposes, since it is rich in starch;
- To prepare rice flour, it is convenient to use a coffee grinder, or you can purchase ready-made finely ground flour or rice bran in a specialized department;
- rice has a drying property, so for dry skin it is recommended to add cream, sour cream or light-textured oil, for example, apricot, grape, jojoba, to rice masks;
- apply the product to a cleansed face, moving along the massage lines;
- It is best to use mineral or rice water to wash off masks.
To achieve the greatest effect, the procedure is recommended to be carried out in courses of 8–10 masks with an interval of 2–3 days. To maintain the result, it is enough to repeat the procedure once a week.
Recipes for wrinkles
From rice flour
With cream
- Rice (flour) – 3 spoons
- Cream – 2 spoons
- Honey – 1 spoon
Combine all the ingredients, let the mixture stand for a while (15 minutes), mix thoroughly again and apply. You can replace the cream with goat's milk in this recipe.
Expected effect: skin is moisturized, tightened, brightened.
With oat flakes
- Rice flour – 2 spoons
- Oatmeal – 1 spoon
- Banana – ½ pc.
Oatmeal flakes should be of the smallest size. If there are none, then traditional oatmeal is ground in a coffee grinder, combined with rice flour and poured with enough water so that the consistency of the mass is similar to thick sour cream. Mash the banana pulp and add to the paste. Mix and immediately distribute the composition on the face.
This mask relieves swelling, fights sagging and wrinkles.
With honey
To prepare the rejuvenating mixture you will need 2 tablespoons of rice flour, 1 spoon of agave juice, 1 spoon of liquid honey, a few drops of bergamot ether.
Combine all ingredients in one container, stir and heat slightly, placing the mixture in a water bath. It is more convenient to apply the resulting sticky slurry with a brush or sponge. The procedure time is 15 minutes.
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During this period, the beneficial substances of the mask will bring the tone of the epidermis back to normal, open and cleanse the pores, tighten and moisturize the skin. It is recommended to wash off the mask with water and grapefruit juice - this will help close the pores.
With yogurt
Take in equal proportions (1 spoon each) of any vegetable oil, yogurt, white clay, chopped parsley and rice ground into flour.
Mix everything thoroughly so that there are no lumps. If the mixture turns out to be thick, add a little aloe juice or warm water to it. Session duration is 20 minutes. After washing off the composition, the face will be refreshed, without signs of fatigue, small wrinkles will be slightly smoothed out.
With lemon
Brown rice crushed to a powdery state - 2 tablespoons, mixed with 15 g of honey, which was previously melted in a water bath.
Add 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice and the same amount of any vegetable oil (peach, almond, wheat germ, grape seed). Keep the mixture on the skin for no more than 15 minutes. This mask is designed for oily skin types; it normalizes the production of sebaceous secretions, eliminates excessive oiliness, removes blackheads and inflammation.
With spirulina
- White of 1 egg
- Spirulina – 4 tablets
- Sour cream – 1 spoon
- Rice flour – 1 spoon
Buy spirulina tablets at the pharmacy and crush them into powder. Beat the whites into a light foam. Add flour, sour cream and medicine to the protein mass, mix and use as directed. If the mask is prepared for too dry flabby skin, then the egg white in the recipe is replaced with yolk.
This mask perfectly moisturizes and tightens the epidermis.
With vitamins
- 1 raw egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon sea buckthorn oil
- 2 tablespoons rice (flour)
- 1 capsule of liquid vitamin A or E
Separate the yolk, add the remaining ingredients and knead into a dough. If it turns out thick, add a small amount of a dairy product: for dry skin, warm fresh milk, for oily skin, kefir. Apply a layer of mask to your face, when it dries, apply another layer, wait 20 minutes and carefully wash off the vitamin-egg crust.
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The mask simultaneously cleanses pores, tightens, nourishes and refreshes aging skin.
With rice bran
- Milk – 2 spoons
- Sour cream – 1 spoon
- Rice bran – 1 spoon
- Rice flour – 1 spoon
It is better to take dairy products for the mask with a high fat content. The milk should be warm, add bran and other ingredients to it, kneading so that the consistency is uniform. Immediately spread on the face and keep for about half an hour.
Fats in the composition stimulate collagen synthesis, rice and milk moisturize, whiten, soften the dermis.
Made from whole rice
With yolks
- 2 spoons rice
- 4 spoons of water
- 1 raw yolk
Pour warm water over whole rice grains in the evening and leave overnight. In the morning, rub the swollen rice without washing it so that you get a mass of homogeneous consistency. Add raw yolk to it, mix everything well again and apply to the skin.
The procedure will take no more than half an hour, but during this period the beneficial substances of the mask will lighten, moisturize and nourish the epidermis, and tighten it.
With milk
- White rice – ½ cup
- Milk – 2 spoons
Boil rice in water without adding sugar or salt. Drain the water, mash the rice and add warm milk. Immediately, before the resulting porridge has cooled, apply to the face and wait 30 minutes.
Rice porridge is useful not only for breakfast, but also for anti-wrinkle treatments; after such a session, the skin will be soft, smooth, without an oily sheen.
With essential oil
Cook rice porridge in milk, but without sugar and salt. Place in a bowl as much porridge as is needed for one mask. You need to knead or beat it, and add olive oil (1 teaspoon), a few drops of vegetable oily esters of lavender, rosemary, and jojoba. This composition vitaminizes the epidermis, moisturizes, and reduces wrinkles.
With pearl powder
- 50 g round rice
- 2 spoons honey
- 1 teaspoon pearl powder
Cook the rice without additives in water until it is very soft. You can even overcook it. Without draining the broth, knead this porridge into a homogeneous mass, add honey and powder. The effect of this mask is 30-40 minutes. The components of the mixture will give the epidermis tenderness, radiance, and smoothness.
With oat bran
- Whole rice – 2 spoons
- Natural yogurt – 2 spoons
- Oat bran – 1 spoon
- Vitamin “C” – 1 capsule or tablet
Cook the rice in the traditional way, drain the broth, cool, and blend together with the bran in a blender. Add the contents of a vitamin capsule (or a powdered tablet) and yogurt (without preservatives, sugar or dyes) into the mixture.
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Yogurt can be successfully replaced with fermented baked milk. This composition is applied to the face, neck, décolleté, and covered with a cloth or gauze. After 25-30 minutes, wash off. The mask works great against wrinkles.
From rice water
With green banana
- Rice broth – 3 spoons
- Green banana – ½ pc.
- Olive oil – 1 spoon
Drain the broth remaining after cooking the rice. For 1 mask you will need 3 tablespoons of this liquid. Grind or mash the banana, dilute the resulting pulp with rice water, add the oily product. The mask is ready for use; it is applied for a quarter of an hour.
The face after the banana-rice mixture looks toned and refreshed.
With potatoes
- 1 potato
- 2-3 spoons of rice water
- 1 spoon of honey
Grind the potatoes, whether boiled or raw, into a homogeneous mass, add the beekeeping product and rice water, mix. 20 minutes is enough for this express product to remove signs of fatigue from the face and tighten fine wrinkles.
Eye mask
Small expression wrinkles especially like to “settle” around the eyes. Even not all cosmetic creams are intended for application to this delicate area. Rice is perfect for this task.
With sour cream
Mix 1 spoon of fresh thin sour cream with the same amount of rice flour.
The product can be applied directly to the skin of the eyelids, or first on semicircles cut from a cotton pad, which are then applied under the eyes.
After 15 minutes, they can be removed and the skin rinsed with warm water.
Natural Japanese face masks
In recent decades, women in our country have had the opportunity to use any cosmetic products for personal care not only from our manufacturers, but also from competitive Western companies.
Now they have become aware of masks from a country whose flag depicts the rising sun. Japanese face masks have gained popularity among different women.
The secret of such popularity is hidden in the quality of cosmetic products. The cultural traditions of this country have left their mark on skin care products.
The basis of Japanese cosmetics is natural ingredients. Face masks based on recipes from this country are especially good.
Rice face mask
The mask perfectly removes dead cells, after using which the skin acquires a velvety structure. Before applying the mask, you need to wipe the skin of the facial area with some vegetable oil (a few drops are enough), then wait until it is absorbed, and only then apply the rice mask for 10 minutes.
Preparation of the rice mask: combine 4 dessert spoons of rice flour with heated milk until creamy.
Rejuvenating Japanese mask
Stock up on the following products: 4 dessert spoons of ground green tea without impurities, half a dessert spoon of thick candied honey, an yolk, and half a teaspoon (teaspoon) of lemon juice.
Japanese face masks do not require a long and complex production process. To obtain a mask, green tea needs to be held over steam, but not allowed to become damp: let this take you a couple of minutes. Combine the yolk with prepared honey and lemon juice. The last ingredient added to the mask will be tea.
It is better to mix everything that has been combined using a blender, then you can apply the mask to the facial area for a quarter of an hour.
Collagen mask “Japanese cucumber”
This product will help cleanse pores, stimulate capillary blood supply, and brighten the skin. It also has a tonic and moisturizing effect.
Essentials: Glycerin, purified water, fiber, propylene glycol, seaweed and cucumber extracts and hydrolyzed collagen and elastin.
Application: having combined the indicated substances, carefully place the mask on the facial area and press firmly for 1/4 hour with your fingers. After the procedure, do not forget to wash your face
Homemade mask for toning facial skin
Compound:
- 1 dessert spoon of green tea (without additives) ground into powder;
- half a dessert spoon of any honey;
- 2 dessert spoons of egg white, whipped until well foamed, and if the skin is prone to oiliness, then 1 yolk;
- half a small spoon of lemon juice.
Japanese green tea face masks are made from tea that has been steamed for about two minutes. The powder needs to be brought to a warm temperature, but try not to make it hot. Then you need to beat the white or yolk with any honey in a blender, adding the remaining ingredients a little later.
Apply the mask to cleansed and moisturized skin. To use such a mask in the eyelid area, pre-treat this area with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Remove the mask after 1/4 hour with a damp cloth, and then rinse off any remaining residue with water.
This mask is good if you follow a course of procedures lasting one and a half months: use twice a week.
Rice mask for problem skin
All you need is two large spoons of black rice and water. Overnight, soak the rice in water brought to 100 °C. The next morning, apply to the facial area. As a result, the pores will be cleaned and unpleasant blackheads will disappear.
Side effects, contraindications
Regardless of what type of rice product is used to prepare masks: flour, whole grain or decoction, they do not cause allergic reactions. Rice contains absolutely no gluten, a protein that causes allergies. Therefore, experts say that this cereal crop can be safely used for cosmetic purposes.
You just need to be careful when choosing other ingredients of anti-aging masks.
Video about rice-based masks and the features of their use:
Rice is a healthy and nutritious product that is incredibly popular all over the world. It is eaten, added to diets, and used to combat wrinkles. Once you try rice masks, these white grains will have another loyal fan.
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