Many lovers of homemade beauty recipes rave about the incredible effect of starch in face masks. Its effect is comparable to Botox injections: it smooths out wrinkles, restores shine and youth to the skin.
The secret of benefits for the skin lies in the composition of starch: vitamins B, C and PP, as well as iron, potassium and phosphorus stimulate intercellular metabolism and trigger natural rejuvenation processes.
We have collected for you recipes for the most effective face masks made from starch. You will learn what other ingredients to add to significantly improve your appearance. All recipes are easy to prepare at home, and to purchase the remaining ingredients, just look in the refrigerator, pharmacy or your nearest store.
To prepare masks, you can use potato or corn starch. Their benefits are the same, so the choice is yours. You can buy starch or make your own from potatoes.
Recipe No. 1 – Face mask made from starch and egg white
This recipe will especially appeal to those with oily skin types. The product has a double effect: it cleanses and tightens pores, and also helps smooth out wrinkles.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Egg white: 1 pc.
- Water
Features of preparing and using the mask
The components must be mixed in strict sequence. First, combine water and starch and mix thoroughly until smooth. It is important to determine the required volume of water so that the mask does not turn out to be too liquid.
Add the protein to the resulting slurry and mix again so that it is evenly distributed.
The product is applied to a cleansed face and kept for 30 minutes. This is a good opportunity to lie down, relax, listen to pleasant music or an interesting podcast.
At the end of the procedure, the mask must be washed off.
Egg white contains conalbumin, a natural substance with an antibacterial effect. That's why this important component of the mask cleanses pores and eliminates annoying oily shine.
Types of starch
The main sources of the product are: potatoes, corn, wheat. In some regions it is made from rye, barley, rice and even peas. Taking into account the type of raw material, the type of starch is determined:
- grain – made from rice, wheat, corn;
- tuberous - obtained from potatoes, tapioca, arrowroot.
For cosmetic purposes, potato and corn starch are mainly used. Their properties do not differ significantly, as do the qualities of other varieties. However, each product has its own specialty.
- Rice – perfectly whitens age spots and provides a rejuvenating effect. Suitable for sensitive skin that needs to rejuvenate or eliminate redness.
- Wheat – can be used for oily skin. This variety helps solve the problem of enlarged pores and comedones. Should not be used in masks for the purpose of rejuvenation.
- Potato – the feature of the product is the fight against wrinkles. Masks are prepared from it by heating and cold mixing with other ingredients.
- Corn – improves skin tone well, renews the upper layer of the epidermis. This is the most popular type, which can be used on any skin type to solve a wide range of problems.
Recipe No. 2 – Face mask with starch and egg
Face masks with starch and egg are divided into two types: with white and yolk. Each of these components has its own unique qualities, so masks with them have different effects.
If a mask with protein is cleansing, then with yolk it is moisturizing and whitening. It is addressed to those girls who want to improve their complexion and get rid of unwanted pigmentation.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Yolk: 1 pc.;
- Wheat germ oil: 1 tbsp;
- Warm water.
Features of preparing and using the mask
To make this useful remedy, you need to start by dissolving starch in warm water. Stir it thoroughly until the consistency is homogeneous, without lumps.
Add the remaining ingredients to the prepared base and mix again. Apply the resulting paste to your face and enjoy a well-deserved rest for 40 minutes. After this period, wash off the mask and be amazed at how fresh your face looks!
The egg yolk contains a lot of useful polyunsaturated acids, including cephalin and lecithin. They soften, tone and moisturize the skin.
How to prepare your skin for using a mask
- It is necessary to cleanse the skin of impurities and rinse with water.
- Tuck your hair under the bandage so it doesn’t get in the way
- Apply the composition to the face and neck
- You can apply a starch mask in several layers. The next layer after the previous one has dried. This will help enhance the tightening effect
- Exposure time 15 – 20 minutes
- Rinse off any remaining product with warm water or chamomile infusion
- After the procedure, apply moisturizing cream
Recipe No. 3 – Moisturizing starch face mask
The starch-based mask, the recipe for which you will learn right now, is a real treasure trove of benefits and taste. It contains aromatic and healthy ingredients, each of which we all love to feast on.
Here, as part of the mask, they combine their beneficial qualities and provide a moisturizing and rejuvenating effect.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Banana: 1 piece;
- Heavy cream: 10 ml;
- Honey: 1 tsp.
Features of preparing and using the mask
Starch must be diluted in cream to form a homogeneous paste. Banana puree is added to it. You can make it by hand, mashing it with a fork, or grind it in a mixer. Next, honey is added and all ingredients are mixed.
The resulting composition is applied to the face and left on for 30 minutes. After this, the mask is washed off with water.
Banana is an important component of this mask. It has a rejuvenating and nourishing effect. It contains acids that remove dead cells from the surface of the skin. Thanks to this, it evens out the complexion.
Cooking features
A rejuvenating and moisturizing effect is achieved if the mask is prepared correctly. The main condition is to keep your hands and containers in which the product will be prepared clean. It is important to use natural and high-quality ingredients purchased from specialized retail outlets.
The container for preparing a face mask should be glass or plastic. The use of iron, nickel-plated or aluminum containers is prohibited - the composition may oxidize. It is not recommended to store the finished product; it is better to throw away its remains.
Store-bought starch is not always of high quality, so cosmetologists advise preparing it yourself. To do this, you need to peel 3-4 medium potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
Fold the gauze several times and place the mixture into it. Place the bundle of raw potatoes in a small container filled with cold water. Knead the bag with your fingers until a whitish sediment appears at the bottom. After this, the water must be drained and the starch dried.
Recipe No. 4 – Starch mask with lifting effect
A real miracle mask can be prepared from starch, yeast and milk. It is used for face lifting and for cleansing and tightening pores. A multifunctional mask that is especially useful for those with oily skin types.
Ingredients
- Starch: 3 tsp;
- Live yeast: 2 tsp;
- Milk: 5 tbsp.
Features of preparing and using the mask
Preparing this mask requires a preparatory period, during which you need to let the yeast infuse in milk. To do this, add milk to the yeast and wait 20 minutes. After this, starch is added and the mask is ready!
You need to keep it on your face for 30 minutes, then rinse with water.
Yeast is a storehouse of vitamins and microelements. When applied to the skin, they penetrate the layers of the epidermis and saturate them with useful substances. The effect will be noticeable after the first use.
Reviews
Victoria: I really liked the mask, which contains starch and salt - it’s a great scrub that gives one hundred percent results.
Zhenya: Starch is a very useful component; it has a very good effect on the skin, tightening wrinkles. I often resort to this type of cosmetology - it’s simple and effective.
Karina: I don't think any starch can really change anything. It seems to me that there is nothing better than the cosmetics that are made by cosmetologists specifically for the correction of wrinkled skin.
Recipe No. 5 – Cleansing face mask with starch and kefir
A cosmetic product made from starch and kefir visibly cleanses the skin, evens out the complexion, and tightens pores. This mask is especially relevant for oily skin.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Kefir: 1 tbsp;
- Egg white: 1 pc.
Features of preparing and using the mask
The recipe for this mask is simple. You need to mix all the ingredients and mix well until you get a homogeneous paste. To prevent the starch from becoming dry, it does not need to be further diluted with water. Kefir will cope with this task perfectly.
The mixture is applied to the face and after 30 minutes is washed off with water.
Kefir is highly valued for its whitening and cleansing properties. The amino acids it contains moisturize the skin and provide it with the necessary nutrition. When using masks with kefir, the youth of the skin is prolonged.
Recipe No. 6 – Firming face mask made from starch and sour cream
According to reviews from many lovers of homemade beauty recipes, this is the same mask that can be used instead of Botox. It helps against wrinkles, tightens the oval of the face, provides adequate nutrition and hydration.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Sour cream: 1 tbsp.
Features of preparing and using the mask
To achieve the best effect, you need to choose the fattest sour cream you can find in the store. Using homemade sour cream you will get a powerful mask with a guaranteed effect.
It's easy to prepare a mask. Mix both components until a homogeneous mass without lumps is obtained. Apply to cleansed face. Leave for 30 minutes and rinse with water.
Sour cream is a real miracle product for the skin. It contains a huge complex of minerals and vitamins, so it is often used as part of masks. When used, metabolic processes in cells improve and the regeneration process starts.
Recipe No. 7 – Rejuvenating face mask made from starch and carrot juice
This product slows down the aging process and provides the skin with complete nutrition. The effect will be noticeable within a month if the procedure is repeated regularly. Optimal schedule for using the mask: 2 times a week. If you repeat the procedure more often, the skin may turn yellow from excess beta-carotene. If used too rarely, there will be no effect at all, or it will not be noticeable enough.
Ingredients
- Starch: 1 tbsp;
- Carrot juice: 4 tbsp;
- Full-fat sour cream or cream: 1 tbsp.
Features of preparing and using the mask
To obtain carrot juice in the required volume, you can use a juicer. If it is not there, small slices of carrots are passed through a blender or meat grinder. The resulting puree is rubbed through cheesecloth to obtain juice.
If the resulting carrot puree is too dry, it must be diluted with a small amount of water before extracting juice.
Preparing the mask is easy: you need to combine all the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Keep it on the skin for 30 minutes and then rinse with water.
Carrot juice is a universal component of masks for all skin types and for any age. It helps fight wrinkles and acne, improve complexion and slow down the aging process.
For hair thickness
Starch can also be very beneficial for hair. Girls use it calling it dry shampoo. Just sprinkle the partings on your head with powder, leave it on for five minutes, comb your hair or blow it with a hairdryer, then wash your hair. A corn or potato product is suitable for removing fat.
If you want to increase the volume of your hair , use this remedy: mash the tomato pulp, add 4 tsp. potato product, pour in 1 tsp. oils Apply to strands, leave for half an hour, rinse with warm water.
Dear friends, a simple, safe product is available in every home, so why not use it? Many women have already looked younger with the help of the masks listed above, try it too, to amaze your surroundings in the spring!
Also on our website you can read: how to properly use salicylic acid for acne.
What else?
These seven masks do not limit the full range of possibilities that you have with a bag of starch. Here are some other ingredients you can add to this base:
- Salt. This component turns the mask into a scrub. The use of this product stimulates blood circulation and promotes skin rejuvenation.
- Gelatin. This ingredient contains a lot of collagen, so its presence in the mask has a beneficial effect on skin elasticity and facial contours.
- Cucumber. Crushed slices or juice of this vegetable in a mask help fight acne.
- Lemon juice. Thanks to its rich composition, this component evens out skin color, cleanses pores, and restores firmness and elasticity to the skin.
- Cocoa. This delicious and aromatic powder in the mask helps to moisturize the skin and cleanse imperfections.
- Fish fat. This component has legendary benefits that are known to many. As part of the mask, it smooths out wrinkles and improves complexion.
- Turmeric. This aromatic and vibrant seasoning has an anti-inflammatory and cleansing effect.
- Tea tree oil. As part of the mask, this component accelerates the healing of small wounds and helps fight acne marks.
- Zucchini pulp or juice. This component provides an almost instant rejuvenating effect. This ability is explained by its rich composition, which contains pectins, vitamins, and carotene.
- Glycerol. The component helps moisturize and soften the skin.
Composition and benefits
The recipe for a Chinese miracle mask can have several options depending on the wishes of the user. The main component invariably is honey, rich in vitamins and beneficial microelements. This product also contains a large amount of acids of organic origin, including folic acid.
The healing properties of honey as an external remedy for the skin are due to its composition, including its high pectin content. With regular use, there is an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, cleansing and tightening effect on the dermis of the face. Another component, starch, is one of those substances that can tighten mature skin, even out the shape of the face and eliminate age spots. Starch contains:
- carbohydrates that provide intense nutrition at the cellular level,
- calcium, which helps improve tissue metabolism,
- iron is a component that saturates the skin with oxygen,
- groups of vitamins that prevent cells from becoming sluggish,
- potassium, which acts as a humectant.
These two elements form the basis of the mask. In addition to honey and starch, you can add here:
- milk,
- yogurt,
- sea salt.
The last component has a strong cleansing effect. Under the influence of salt, the pores expand, which facilitates the penetration of other ingredients into the deeper layers of the dermis.
Experts recommend testing for an allergic reaction in advance. Before use, it is necessary to take into account all possible contraindications.
