Many
natural ingredients can also be used to make your own homemade cosmetics. You
won't ever have to pay those high prices for eye mask cream, skin or body masks
again. The only difference will be products with natural ingredients and no chemicals.
This means that they will be gentler to your skin.
|
Try
these easy handmade cosmetic recipes for your skin and face:
| | Facial
Scrub
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon ground
oatmeal
- 1 tablespoon ground dried lavender blossoms
- 1 tablespoon
ground thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon ground almonds
- 5 drops lemon
essential oil
Grind all dry ingredients finely and mix until uniform.
Add essential oil and mix well. Store in a glass container. Use 1 1/2 teaspoons
with enough water to make a paste. Gently massage into skin and rinse thoroughly.
Night
Cream
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons olive
oil
- 1 tablespoon aloe vera gel
- 1 tablespoon shea butters
-
2 teaspoons grated beeswax
- 1 tablespoon rosewater
- 1/4 teaspoon
lecithin
- oil from two capsules of vitamin E
- 3 drops chamomile
or lavender essential oil
Melt oil, butter, and beeswax in heatproof glass
measuring cup, over boiling water or in microwave. Remove from heat just before
beeswax is completely melted. Finish melting by stirring in warm oil. Add the
vitamin E oil and lecithin and stir in between additions. Mix rosewater and aloe
together and slowly add to main mixture. Continue stirring with a small metal
whisk. Once mixture is cooled, add the essential oil and stir. Store inside drawer
or cabinet. Try to keep away from sun and heat. Use nightly-especially in cold
or dry weather.
| |
|
|
