Lotion for Oily Skin: Getting rid of the problems

On the ladies dressing table and a lot of different bottles of bubbles. But one of them - a real magic wand in any weather, allowing virtually instantaneous hide the excess glitter, inflammation and remove the black spots. Lotion for oily skin appeared on the cosmetics market is relatively recent, but has already managed to get a lot of positive feedback.

A little history

Lotion in a modern representation of women in everyday life appeared in the early XX century in France. The word is - «lotion», in French means "bath" and comes from the Latin «lotio» or "wash". Was first added to the water various herbs and flowers, essential oils and powders began at the dawn of civilization. Much later, watching the effect of individual plants, were taken by those who most help from the inflammation, shine, dryness and other troubles. Lotions on alcohol were first used more in the court of the Sun King to get rid of acne and cuts when shaving, and later used for this purpose red wine grape of weak consistency. Soviet women in the middle of the XX century used the tincture of calendula to wipe the night to relieve inflammation. At the beginning of the XXI century, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries produce all kinds of lotions with different compositions, the lion's share of them - lotions for oily skin.


Types of lotions for oily skin


All variety of lotions can be divided on the composition of the following groups:

    * Water-based
    * The alcohol-based
    * Acid
    * Alkaline
    * Flavored
    * Odourless
    * Multi

Exerted on the skin produce an additional effect:

    * Nutrients (usually one of the components - jojoba oil)
    * Moisturizers (with extracts of aloe vera and almond milk)
    * Degreasing able to simultaneously equalize skin tone (with shea butter)

In order to choose the right lotion is necessary to define the most important function in the process of skin care. The most popular lotions with essential oils, but to prepare such a miracle is possible and at home. It is only necessary to determine the components and the database - and you can experiment. We should not forget that the aromatic oils - extremely strong allergens, thus adding them to the composition should be carefully and try to use on skin reaction in a small area.

To combat the problems of oily skin should use:

    * Alkaline (used in highly inflamed skin).
    * Acid (help whiten and narrowing of the pores, but have a mild cleansing action,
       so before using beauticians advise pre-clean the skin).
    * Alcohol lotions (excellent job with an excess of sebum, but in order to retain 
       moisture the skin, you must use it every other day).