Hot and cool steam offer a variety of benefits to your skin, particularly if you suffer from dry skin or blemishes. Most people have discovered the benefits of facial steamers after visiting salons and spas, but the ability to perform your own steaming at home is more convenient and affordable.
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Steam offers a number of benefits including
Opening the ports for easy removal of dirt and dead skin cells
Stimulates blood circulation, providing a refreshed appearance
Rehydrates the outer layer of skin
Opens up clogged nasal and sinus passages
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In the past people have used boiled water in a teapot, sitting in a gym's steam room or applying hot compresses. People have even held their faces over pots of boiling water. Unfortunately, many of these present safety issues.
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However, an at home steamer provides all of the benefits of facial steaming at a salon or spa. The home steamer allows you to perform your own facials at home on your own time. Whether you enjoy a facial before you go to bed or first thing in the morning, all you have to do is fill the water tank, plug in and turn on. You'll be enjoying your own steamer in just a few minutes.
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If you enjoy exfoliating your skin, you'll also find that a home steamer makes it easy to remove a facial mask. Apply the mask and allow it to dry as you normally would. Then allow the steam to soften the mask and remove with a warm rag. You will find the mask comes off of your face without you have to over scrub to remove it, which could cause inflammation.
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Other benefits of steam are that it delivers oxygen and moisture to the skin while also removing toxins. The steam opens up the pores and loosens any blackheads or whiteheads and helps to prevent future blemishes.
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It is important that your steamer atomizes the steam first. The benefit of the steam being atomized by the steamer, however, ensures that the steam particles are small enough to be absorbed by your skin, as regular steam particles are actually too large.
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Today's new steamers also come with a cold mist feature. This feature is excellent if you suffer from allergies, as it removes allergens from the skin. You will also find that it causes the skin to tighten up and shrinks the pores. Cool mist also helps to reduce redness and inflammation.
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You can also add essential oils to the steamer. Depending on your skin type, you will want to use different essential oils. For instance, oily skin benefits from fennel, rosemary or lemon. Dry and sensitive skin benefits from chamomile and lavender. Sun damaged skin benefits from lemon oil or oil of patchouli.
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Excessive pollution, hectic schedule, and you wonder why your face looks so dull and drab. It is possible to find time for a home facial or get a professional facial performed.
Facial Steaming can help maintain and rejuvenate your skin and bring that luster back. It has been told and known that from century we have been using this method.
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What can a good steam do for your face?
Steam helps in increasing the skin blood circulation, and also removes toxins.
The open pores give deep cleansing agents and it helps to remove the harmful bacteria from the skin.
Steaming the face is the best way to clean your pores, to get rid of pimples, blackheads and white heads.
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How to Use a Facial Steamer
Most of the steamers are operated with the help electricity.The steamers have a settings panel, that help control the temperature. It will take few minutes and then steam releases out. We have to cleanse our face with any good cleanser. This is because when we take steam the pores in the facial skin will be opened.
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We then need to place our face towards the steamer and cover our head with towel. Always be away 9-13 inches away from the steamer. Take steam for 5-10 minutes and then the skin pores will be opened, after that we need to wash our face and pat dry and use any good face mask.
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People who have dry skin can rose water, lavender or marshmallow root into the water for maximum effect. For oily skin type, rosemary, lavender, basil or lemongrass are good. For acne prone skin, eucalyptus oil or chamomile oil are suitable. People with highly sensitive skin are advised to undergo facial steaming only once a month.
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Professional Facial Steamers
Many types of Professional facial steamer are available in the market. It is known among the various types the portable type is the best and the most affordable one.
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Facial sauna is also an efficient way of rejuvenating the skin. Facial sauna involves the use of an inhaler mask to funnel out the dirt off the facial skin. The electronic aroma and herbal steamers and the upgraded version of facial steamers. These appliances make use of herbal essences to rejuvenate the skin.
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Some of the professional steamers are as follows
Mini facial steamer US it provides abundant steam and is equipped with independent steam/ ozone switches and an automatic safety shut-off. It helps in enhancing the skin tones and complexion, improves blood circulation while reducing wrinkles.
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Extended Arm and Digital Timer
Professional Spa Facial Steamer
Aromatherapy facial steamer
Digital facial steamer with trolley and lamp mount
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It is known that many steamers have ozone which is created when the steam passes through a UV light at the tip of the steamer arm. This helps in sterilizing the steam. Hence we can say that facial steamers will help in enhancing the skin tones and complexion, improves blood circulation while reducing wrinkles.
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