Does pearl powder really work?
2022-03-18
Pearl powder is a great skin care product, but would you use pearl powder? What is the correct way to use pearl powder? Follow me down.
Method 1< /strong>: Oral. It is generally not recommended to take orally, and oral pearl powder is of high quality. But oral pearl powder can supplement the body's calcium, improve sleep status, and delay aging. However, pearl powder is a cold thing, and people with cold constitution should not eat it. Of course, not for people with a bad stomach. Long-term consumption may cause digestive problems and diarrhea.
Method 2: External use. In general, many people use pearl powder for external use, and the purpose of external use of pearl powder is mostly for whitening. When using pearl powder for external use, in order to make the pearl powder fit to the skin and allow the skin to absorb it, pour an appropriate amount of milk into the pearl powder, add an appropriate amount of honey and stir evenly.
1. Tapioca Banana Mask
Peel and mash the banana, add 2 tablespoons of cream and 0.3 grams of tapioca, mix with 2 teaspoons of strong tea, apply on the face, wash off after 10-20 minutes.
2. Pearl Powder Fruit Mask
Knead apples, cucumbers, pears, etc. on a washboard into mud, add flour, water and 0.3 grams of pearl powder, stir well, apply on the face, and wash off after 10-20 minutes.
3. Pearl Powder Milk Powder Mask
Mix 1 tablespoon of skim milk powder with half a tablespoon of honey, then add one egg white and 0.3 grams of pearl powder, stir well, apply it thickly on your face, let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then wash off.
4. Pearl Powder Protein Mask
Boil cucumbers with water and wash your face before applying. Add half a teaspoon of honey and 0.3 grams of pearl powder to the egg whites of one egg, stir well to make a mask. After washing your face with cucumber boiling water, apply the mask to your face and neck. After 10 minutes, rinse with cold water. Never use soap.
5. Pearl Powder Aloe Vera Mask
Mix 2 tablespoons of aloe vera juice with 2 tablespoons of flour and 0.15 grams of pearl powder into a paste, apply it on your face, let it dry before applying a second coat, leave it on your face for about 30 minutes, then wash it off.
Efficacy: Tightens the skin, promotes blood circulation, and prevents skin sagging.
This mask has a very good anti-inflammatory effect and is very refreshing. Use the best aloe vera juice mixed with tapioca. Aloe vera juice is slightly acidic, but has little effect on pearl powder. Some people may be allergic to aloe vera juice, so it's best to test it before using it. If you are allergic to aloe vera juice, you can try a tea tree or lavender hydrosol plus pearl powder bubble wrap.
1. See Type:
To process seawater pearls into pure pearl powder, the inner core must be removed first, which is costly and difficult to process. Even with processing, the purity is greatly reduced. The purity of freshwater pearl powder is higher than that of seawater pearl powder.
2. Look at the packaging:
Good pearl powder is mostly stored in a sealed bottle, which can reduce the contact area of pearl powder with air and human body, which is convenient for storage. Bags are not conducive to the preservation of pearl powder, and it is not conducive to consumer access. The low cost of packaging is mostly the hardest hit by counterfeiting.
3. Look at the weight:
High-quality pearl powder is in short supply and is often out of stock. The average weight per bottle is about 30 grams. Inferior fake pearl powder mostly adopts the method of low price and large portion. When you see more than 100g (especially in bags), choose carefully.
4. Look at the fineness:
The finer the pearl powder, the better, but the fineness unit of pearl powder is "micron", not the so-called "mesh" or "ten thousand mesh", and there is no "nano" level pearl powder, so the publicity can see. clue.
5. Look at the price:
Raw materials and processing costs determine that the price of pearl powder cannot be so cheap. The average price of high-quality pearl powder on the market is above 6 yuan/gram, and the price of bagged pearl powder is below 1 yuan/gram.
6. Look at the color:
A good pearl powder is the same color as the pearl, showing the original whiteness of the pearl, the silty is silky and delicate, you can see small pieces, you can open it by touching it, but there is no clumping phenomenon. The color of inferior fake pearl powder is either pale (adulterated, etc.), gray (contains heavy metals), yellow (high temperature damage), black (shell powder).
7. Test Skin Feel:
Good pearl powder is fine and smooth when rubbed by hand, without graininess. After rubbing, a thin layer of fine powder floats on the pulp of the finger, which can be applied evenly on the skin. Inferior fake pearl powder is rough in texture and has obvious graininess when rubbed with hands.
8. Smell:
After rubbing the pearl powder with your fingers, the high-quality pearl powder smells only with a faint original fishy smell unique to pearls, or almost no obvious smell. Poor quality pearl powder smells obvious (close to smelly feet). The taste will be more pronounced when some water is added.
9. Taste:
Good pearl powder can be taken directly orally, the taste is silky and delicate, it melts in the mouth, and it is not pungent. Inferior fake pearl powder tastes grainy, smelly, even burnt and smelly.
