1, cosmetic use of honey
1, repair hair mask
Honey can restore the luster of hair and prevent the ends of hair from splitting.
The specific formula is: 1 teaspoon of honey+1 cup of water +2 teaspoons of vinegar, and a few drops of essential oil can be added if possible. After shampooing, massage the scalp and hair for a while, and then wash it with water.
Step 2 Moisturize the skin
Legend has it that Cleopatra's skin care secret is to bathe with milk and honey. α hydroxy acids in dairy products can soften dead skin, while enzymes in honey can make skin softer. Add a bag of milk and a few spoonfuls of honey to the bath water and mix well.
3. Sun protection and skin care
Honey has been used to relieve sunburn since ancient times. When the skin is sunburned, you may wish to apply a thin layer of honey, which will make you feel cool and soothing and have a better sunscreen effect.
4. Anti-wrinkle and moisturizing
Honey can be called "natural humectant". Mashing avocado or butter and adding a few spoonfuls of honey to make moisturizing milk also has a good anti-wrinkle effect.
Step 5 exfoliate
Mix honey, brown sugar, olive oil and lemon juice to make a scrub for massaging the face. It has no chemical stimulation, can exfoliate and make skin smoother, and is especially suitable for sensitive skin.
Step 6 prevent chapped lips
Mix honey, brown sugar and olive oil, massage lips and save chapped lips.
Step 7 eliminate scars
Honey can accelerate scar regression. Put some pure honey on the scar before going to bed, then wrap it with a bandage and wash it the next morning.
8. Acne removal
Honey is antibacterial, can clean impurities in the skin and has a good "anti-acne" effect. After washing your face, apply honey to acne.
2, the specific practice of honey beauty
1, daubing beauty method
Direct application with honey has a good cosmetic effect.
Modern research shows that when honey is applied to the skin surface, glucose, fructose, protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals in honey directly act on epidermis and dermis, providing nutrition for cells and promoting cell division and growth. Skin coated with honey has compact, neat and elastic epidermal cells, which can also effectively reduce or remove wrinkles.
The usual application method is: dilute honey with 2-3 times of water, apply it to your face every day and massage it properly; You can also dip gauze in honey, then gently wipe your face until you feel slightly hot, and then wash it with water.
2. Edible Beauty Method
Honey is full of nutrition. Eating honey can make the body strong, and the appearance will change qualitatively, which is in line with the beauty theory of "nourishing before the show". In particular, honey has a strong antioxidant effect, which can remove the garbage in the body-oxygen free radicals, so it has the functions of keeping young and resisting aging, eliminating or reducing skin wrinkles and age spots, and making people look young and beautiful. Therefore, taking 20~30 grams of natural mature honey every morning and evening with warm boiled water can enhance physical fitness, maintain beauty and make ladies healthier and more beautiful.
3, honey bath beauty
Adding honey directly into warm water to make honey aqueous solution of about 1%, washing face or bathing, especially "honey bath", has obvious effect on eliminating fatigue and making skin smooth and delicate.
You can also apply honey to the whole body before taking a bath, especially the soles of your feet, knees, elbows and other parts. /kloc-after 0/0 minutes, soak in the bathtub and wash it with soap again. After taking a shower, you will feel like frozen fat all over.
In addition, 500 grams of honey, fresh chrysanthemum 100 grams (25 grams of dried chrysanthemum) is enough. First, the chrysanthemum is boiled in water, boiled twice, and then the residue is removed to get juice, which is added to the bath water with honey. After soaking the whole body for about 20 minutes, wash it with clear water and take a bath every 3-5 days, which can make the skin smooth and delicate, and have the effects of beauty and fragrance.
3. The health function of honey
1. People who often eat sugar will damage their teeth, while people who eat honey will not only damage their teeth, but also sterilize their mouths.
Honey is easier to digest and absorb than sucrose. The main components of honey are glucose, fructose and monosaccharide, which is convenient for human body to absorb directly. Honey also contains a large number of enzymes from the digestive tract of bees, such as amylase and invertase, which can help the human body digest and absorb nutrients in honey. Therefore, the elderly and infants with weak digestive ability, as well as those who have just recovered from illness, can get rich nutrition by eating honey. In addition, honey has a high calorie, which can quickly relieve and eliminate fatigue for people with high physical labor intensity or strenuous exercise. Honey can also lubricate the stomach and treat digestive system diseases, which is a good medicine for constipation.
3. Honey contains protein, which can not only increase human nutrition, but also become an important source of baby food when the cheese in baby's milk can't be digested and absorbed. Therefore, replacing sucrose with honey is extremely beneficial to the digestion and nutrition of artificially breastfed babies.
Although honey contains a small amount of minerals, it is indispensable for human body, especially for infants: because human milk and milk contain little iron, eating honey can supplement it.
5, honey has bactericidal ability, can treat trauma and respiratory diseases, such as skin rupture and open wound bleeding. Applying honey can stop bleeding and diminish inflammation. Honey aqueous solution can treat rhinitis and sinusitis, and can also promote calcification of tuberculosis focus. Typhoid bacteria, dysentery bacteria and enteritis bacteria harmful to human body cannot survive in honey.
6. Honey has the functions of calming the nerves, increasing intelligence and improving sleep, which is helpful for treating nervous system diseases and cardiovascular diseases, such as lowering blood pressure and treating anemia.