Parsley for the face: beneficial properties, simple recipes for anti-aging products

Composition and beneficial properties of parsley

Parsley contains many beneficial substances for the face:

Vitamin A smoothes the skin, tones, nourishes, protects from ultraviolet rays;
vitamin C eliminates fine wrinkles;
nicotinic acid improves blood circulation, fills cells with oxygen;
vitamin B1 relieves inflammation;
vitamin B2 helps cell renewal;
phosphorus and calcium are bleached;
ascorbic acid prevents the appearance of wrinkles and lightens pigmentation;
mineral salts deeply cleanse;
flavonoids promote collagen production.

Plant value

Parsley has a bright taste, pleasant aroma and is rich in valuable ingredients. The plant contains a whole range of beneficial properties. Parsley is a powerful antioxidant, fighting free radicals in cells and preventing skin aging. She is a real treasure:

vitamins, minerals;
various biologically active substances;
essential amino acids.

For example, in terms of carotene and ascorbic acid content, greens are many times higher than lemon and carrots. These healing substances fight diseases, including skin diseases, and have a rejuvenating effect on the skin.

Various decoctions, masks, ice cubes can be made independently at home. The effect of their use is comparable to the use of expensive cosmetics, and often many times better.

Parsley for the face: benefits and contraindications

Parsley for the face is especially useful when caring for:

fading;
fat;
problematic;
dry;
tired skin.

This greenery is contraindicated for dark-skinned people; it can lighten the skin unevenly. Allergies or individual intolerances are extremely rare - this herb is hypoallergenic.

Attention! Test any cosmetic product before use - apply a small amount to your wrist or elbow. If there is no reaction after 15-20 minutes, the product can be used.

What will help achieve the best effect?

Using parsley for the skin around the eyes you will achieve 2 main effects:

Moisturize, reducing the appearance of fine wrinkles (not expression lines);
Whiten by eliminating dark circles under the eyes.

In order to prevent the appearance of deep expression wrinkles, you should take control of your facial expressions:

You work a lot at the computer - use safety glasses and don’t squint;
You have poor vision, due to which you look into the distance with squinted eyes - use glasses or contacts;
During periods of bright sun (even in winter), wear sunglasses, this will prevent squinting, which occurs reflexively and is not controlled in the sun.

Advice: parsley will certainly help reduce the severity of bruises under the eyes, but in order to completely get rid of them, you should resort to a miracle remedy that will strengthen the entire body - healthy and restful sleep.

In order to get the maximum benefit from parsley, it should also be used internally. During the growing season of the plant in the garden, do not sit down to dinner without parsley on the table, this way you will saturate your body with vitamins for the whole year. Prepare a drink from parsley juice: 100 ml carrot and apple juice, 50 ml spinach juice and about 30 ml parsley juice. It is unlikely that you will find an even more powerful vitamin cocktail.

To avoid depriving yourself of vitamins in winter, prepare parsley root for the winter and use it to prepare lotion, as well as an infusion or decoction for oral administration. Preparing an infusion of parsley root is quite simple: pour 1 tablespoon of chopped roots with a glass of boiling water, leave for several hours and take 1-2 tablespoons 4 times a day before meals. This way you will not be deprived of vitamins all winter, and in the spring, when others will suffer from seasonal hypovitaminosis, you will delight yourself with beautiful skin and hair.

Skin preparation

For the best result, before any procedure, the face must be cleansed and steamed. Then the beneficial active substances enter the open pores. Skin preparation steps:

Wash off cosmetics with your usual product.
Make a scrub for deep cleansing - gently massage your face for 3-4 minutes, choose a product based on your skin type.
Steam. Pour hot herbal decoction into a container, hold your face over the steam for 10 minutes, covered with a towel.

Recipes for making “rejuvenating” cubes

To make ice cubes based on this herb, you can use:

decoction;
infusion;
juice;
greens with the addition of vegetable oils and juices of other plants.

From parsley decoction

To prepare ice cubes from parsley decoction, you need:

Grind 50 g of greens.
Boil 0.5 liters of water.
Pour boiling water into the chopped green mass.
Place the container with the resulting mixture on the fire.
After bringing the mixture to a boil, simmer it over low heat for 5 minutes.
Strain the cooled broth.
Pour into molds and place in the freezer.

From herbal infusion

To make cosmetic ice from the infusion you should:

Grind 100 g of greens using a blender or meat grinder.
Dilute the resulting raw material with a glass of boiling water.
Leave the mixture for half an hour.
After cooling, pour into molds and place in the freezer.

Video: Making parsley ice cubes

From parsley juice

In this case, the most concentrated product is obtained.

We recommend reading about the medicinal properties of parsley for a woman’s body.

To prepare it you need:

Place large bunches of greens in a juicer and extract juice.
You can also make juice by chopping the greens in a blender, then rubbing them through a sieve and squeezing them through several layers of gauze.
To reduce the high concentration of active ingredients in parsley juice and at the same time enrich it with missing minerals, you can dilute it with mineral water in equal proportions or in a 1:2 ratio.

With olive oil

Often, sensitive or dry facial skin needs to be softened in parallel with the effects of parsley-based ice. To do this, the rejuvenating effect of herbal ice is combined with the softening qualities of olive oil.

For this:

An infusion is prepared from the green mass of the herb, as described above.
Enrich it with 1 tsp. olive oil and stir thoroughly.
Pour into molds and freeze in the freezer.

Did you know? Parsley is a close relative of carrots, dill, celery, cilantro, caraway, and even toxic hemlock.

Parsley masks

Parsley is a potent remedy, so masks are made from it no more than 2 times a week. To achieve maximum results, make a course of 10 masks, then take a break for several months.

Keep the composition on the face for at least 30 minutes and wash off with warm water.

For aging skin

Ingredients: parsley, mint, sour cream.

Thoroughly grind equal amounts of ingredients. Try to let the herbs release as much juice as possible. Apply an even layer on the face, neck, décolleté, and under the eyes. Wash off after half an hour with warm water.

Result: with constant use, fine wrinkles disappear, deep wrinkles become less pronounced.

Caring for the skin around the eyes

Ingredients: parsley, black tea.

Table. Grind a spoonful of finely chopped greens until juice forms, add a teaspoon of black tea. Soak cotton pads in the mixture and apply to eyes.

Result: helps remove bruises and bags under the eyes, refreshes the face.

Egg mask for the cold season

Ingredients: parsley, yolk, olive oil.

Mix 20 g of parsley with the yolk and a teaspoon of oil.

Result: nourishes, eliminates dryness and flaking.

Whitening for mature skin

Ingredients: parsley, white clay, orange essential oil.

Attention! Essential oils may cause an allergic reaction.

Mix clay and water in equal proportions, add half a portion of parsley, 5 drops of oil.

Result: evens out facial tone, lightens age spots, tightens the dermis.

Parsley for face with cucumber for combination skin

Ingredients: parsley, cucumber, vitamin A ampoule.

Grind the cucumber and greens in a blender, add vitamin.

Result: controls sebum synthesis, eliminates oily shine.

Whitening with strawberries

Ingredients: parsley, strawberries, lemon essential oil.

Take the components in a 1:2 ratio, beat with a blender, add a couple of drops of oil.

Result: brightens complexion, pigment spots, fights rashes.

With kefir for dry skin

Ingredients: parsley, kefir.

Beat equal amounts of ingredients in a blender until smooth.

Result: mattifies, refreshes, controls sebum production.

Nourishing for oily skin

Ingredients: parsley, egg white, honey.

Add 200 ml of water to 30 g of greens, boil for 15 minutes, strain, cool. Mix protein and honey with a tablespoon of broth.

Result: tightens, mattifies, refreshes.

Parsley for the face against wrinkles

Ingredients: parsley, butter.

Grind with a blender in a 1:1 ratio. Apply to face and eye area. Remove the composition after 15 minutes with a cotton pad, rinse off the residue with water.

Result: smoothes wrinkles, nourishes the skin.

Garlic for problem skin

Ingredients: parsley, egg white, garlic.

Chop the parsley, squeeze out a little juice using gauze, mix with egg white and 10 drops of garlic juice. Apply to problem areas.

Result: dries out acne, relieves inflammation.

Eye mask

You can use parsley to make healthy face masks at home. The benefits of such masks are expressed in cleansing, whitening, intense moisturizing, and saturation with nutrients.

The anti-aging properties of this mask are also impressive. However, remember that it is better not to store homemade masks for more than a day. For example, a parsley mask for the area around the eyes will help remove swelling, puffiness, and dark circles. Ingredients:

parsley - 50 g;
medium potatoes - 1 piece;
olive oil - 30 ml.

Preparation and application process:

Prepare a decoction of parsley (see first recipe). Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
Mix potatoes, 2-3 tbsp broth and oil. Stir and place on two gauze napkins.
Lie down and gently apply the napkins to your eyes. Keep for about 20 minutes.

Note: it is better to make parsley masks at night. Since parsley promotes stronger penetration of ultraviolet rays.

Tonic

A decoction is used as the basis for tonics. Ingredients are added to it depending on your skin type. The product cleanses, nourishes and moisturizes the face. It is used 2 times a day - morning and evening after washing. By the way, you can read how to make other useful facial toners here.

Whitening with lemon for oily skin

Ingredients: parsley decoction, lemon.

Mix half a glass of broth with the juice of half a lemon.

Result: gradually brightens, evens out complexion tone, dries out acne.

For sensitive, aging skin

Ingredients: decoction of parsley, sage, rose petals.

Combine the components in a ratio of 2:1:1.

Result: removes redness and flaking; the skin becomes smooth and radiant.

For dry skin

Ingredients: decoction of parsley, linden.

Mix in a 1:1 ratio.

Result: softens, eliminates flaking and redness.

Ready mixes

If you don’t want to prepare the masks yourself, you can purchase them ready-made. Among the most popular purchased products:

Kingdom of Fragrances, Parsley and Cardamom

The product is intended for active nutrition and moisturizing of the skin of the face, décolleté and neck after 25 years. Tones, brightens the tone, tightens pores, tightens the contour and removes swelling.

Contains:

black cumin oils, sunflower kernels, milk thistle seeds;
extracts of ginger and aloe Barbados;
essential oils (rose, bergamot and cardamom);
vegetable glycerin;
the main ingredient comes in the form of a paste.

Apply the product in a thick layer and leave for 15-25 minutes. Remove with a napkin or cotton pad and wash.

Kingdom of fragrances

Onmacabim Reform Peeling Parsley

Has a cleansing and exfoliating effect. Contains:

Vitamins C, E;
Glycolic, salicylic, citric acids.

The base is present in the form of an extract.

Apply 1-2 times a week. Apply a thin layer on the neck and face, rub the mass into the skin with massage movements for a minute. Leave for up to 10 minutes, wash.

Onmacabim

Shark oil and parsley

The problem of tired and darkened skin around the eyes is solved by a mask containing:

shark oil;
extracts of white lily, parsley, arnica, Brazilian ginseng, horse chestnut, sage.

Apply the prepared mixture to the area around the eyes, covering adjacent areas of the skin. Leave for 20 minutes. The manufacturer recommends repeating the procedure daily for 2-3 weeks. Then you need to take a break.

Shark oil

Parsley face masks are perhaps the simplest folk remedy that fights age-related changes (wrinkles, spots) on the face. Thanks to their rich composition, they saturate the skin with all the vitamins and beneficial components necessary to prolong youth and a healthy complexion. They also actively cleanse pores, preventing the formation of acne.

Cosmetic ice

To improve blood circulation, preserve youth and skin tone, you need to wipe your face with ice every morning. In salons this procedure is called cryomassage. Even simple ice made from mineral water will bring noticeable results. And parsley ice will exceed all expectations:

will rejuvenate the skin, smooth out even deep wrinkles;
will relieve inflammation;
eliminates acne, whitens acne marks;
improves complexion, removes “grayness”;
lightens pigment spots;
will remove bruises and bags under the eyes, swelling;
tightens and cleanses pores.

Ice is made from a decoction, the recipe of which is selected according to skin type. Then pour into molds and store in the freezer.

Every morning you need to wipe your face along the massage lines. For 1 procedure use 1 ice cube. He cannot be kept in one place due to the risk of frostbite. You shouldn’t wipe your face afterwards; let the composition absorb so that the active ingredients penetrate deeper into the pores.

Attention! The procedure is done at least an hour before going to bed or going outside.

For some reason, not everyone can wash their face with ice. Contraindications:

allergy to cold;
damaged skin;
rosacea – blood vessels are close to the skin;
viral diseases;
inflammation of the sinuses.

Difference from infusion

Before we begin to consider the detailed recipe, it is worth identifying the difference between two types of aqueous extract from parsley - decoction and infusion. The difference lies in the extraction mode. So, to make a decoction you need:

Pour the crushed plant with water and expose it to heat (heating in a water bath is preferable).
Then cool at room temperature.

The heat treatment process takes longer than infusion. Obtaining an infusion, on the contrary, requires longer cooling and less heating (up to 15 minutes).

Hydrolate

In another way I call flower water - a valuable facial care product. It is obtained from plants through distillation. Hydrolate extracts even more useful substances from raw materials than essential oil. This miracle remedy can be bought in specialized stores, or you can prepare it yourself.

Parsley hydrolate is suitable for all skin types.

Preparation process (you can read about the process of preparing hydrolate in more detail):

pour half a liter of distilled water into a large saucepan;
a sieve is placed in it so that it does not touch the bottom;
place a glass bowl on the sieve,
pre-washed and dried parsley is laid out around it;

Attention! It is recommended to make hydrolate from fresh raw materials.

then the structure is covered with a lid, the handle should be directed downward, condensate will be drawn dropwise into the bowl;
the joint between the lid and the pan is tightly wrapped with foil to prevent steam from escaping;
After boiling, turn the heat to minimum and boil for about 2 hours.

By this time, a full bowl of hydrolate is collected. It is cooled and poured into sterile containers. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.

Flower water can be obtained from any plant material: flowers, herbs, nuts.

This water is ideal as a tonic. It does not need to be diluted.

In the summer, the hydrosol is poured into a spray bottle and used as thermal water. It protects the skin from ultraviolet rays, tones, mattifies, makes it soft and silky.

Parsley for the face is a very useful remedy, as it is natural, affordable, effective and versatile. With regular use, it will help preserve beauty and youth for a long time.

Features of application

Parsley is a healthy and widespread herb that has virtually no restrictions on its use in cosmetology. It is suitable for all types of epidermis, but despite this, you need to choose and prepare this product correctly in order to achieve maximum results:

Greens are bought only fresh and juicy, without crushed or yellowed leaves.
Before using in mixtures, the leaves are doused with boiling water. If the recipe specifies the use of dried plant root, then it is also washed with boiling water, and only then crushed to a powder state.
Ready-made mixtures are used only fresh; leftovers are not stored in the refrigerator. The exceptions are cosmetic ice (stored for up to 7 days) and lotions (2-3 days).
The leaves are crushed in a blender.
Apply only to prepared skin, cleaned of makeup, steamed, with pores as open as possible for deeper penetration.
Depending on the accompanying components, the mixture is kept for 10 to 30 minutes and washed off with cool or warm water. After removing, apply the best facial moisturizer.
It is important to regularly use masks made from fresh herbs. The frequency of application depends on the problems of the epidermis, but does not exceed 2 procedures per week for a month.
After a month's course of procedures, a break is taken for 4-5 weeks.

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Indications for the use of parsley for cosmetic purposes

Parsley is successfully used by women to combat various problems. It helps to cope with many shortcomings.

Parsley masks and decoctions can prevent the appearance of pimples and blackheads, especially in the case of active sebaceous glands and excessive sebum secretion.
Regular use of parsley will help your skin look fresh and healthy.
Parsley will help restore water reserves to the skin of the face, get rid of the feeling of dryness and constant flaking.
If your complexion is gray or there are age spots, then the use of decoctions and masks can “whiten” the skin.
With natural aging of the skin, it is recommended to regularly wash your face with decoctions and make masks for the skin of the eyes and eyelids. Parsley is especially useful for older ladies.
For swelling, refreshing masks and careful use of ice from herbal infusions are recommended.
Parsley can be used as a cosmetic for rosacea, as it promotes vasoconstriction and blood clotting.