Homemade beauty products

I love to make things myself a) i know whats in it and b) its so much cheaper. I have dozens and dozens of recipes saved here on my PC so thought I would share some. Some members maybe against/not like the ingredients posted for whatever reasons but it is personal choice some use them, some dont!

Lip glosses and balms
Aloe Vera Lip Gloss

Homemade Recipe for lip gloss made with Aloe Vera that will leave your lips soft and moisturized.

Ingredients

* 1 tsp. Aloe Vera gel
* 1/2 tsp. coconut oil
* 1 tsp. petroleum jelly

Directions

Combine the ingredients in a small glass bowl until well mixed. Heat for about 2 minutes in the microwave. Stir and pour into a small container. Let cool completely before use.

Apricot Lip Balm


1 t Beeswax (5 ml)
1 t Apricot kernel oil (5 ml)
1 t Calendula oil (5 ml)
Few drops essential oil of Lemon or orange

1. Melt the beeswax in a double boiler. Add the apricot and calendula oils, stirring constantly.

2. Remove the wax from the heat and continue stirring until it is partly cooled. Add the essential oils.

3. Store in a small glass jar.

Jojoba Oil Lip Balm

Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons of beeswax
- 2 ¼ tsp of jojoba oil
- grapefruit essential oil
- a small container

Melt the ingredients together and stir.
Remove it from heat and add six drops of grapefruit essential oil.
Pour the mixture into the container and let it cool for about 20 minutes.

Lemon Oil Lip Balm:

- ½ teaspoon of beeswax
- a teaspoon of petrolatum jelly
- 3 drops of lemon oil
- a small container

Melt the beeswax, add the petrolatum jelly and then the lemon drops.
Pour it into a container and let it cool for about 20 minutes.

Honey Lip Balm

Ingredients:
- 1 Tablespoon of petroleum jelly
- 1/3 Teaspoon of honey
- a small container

Melt the petrolatum jelly and honey together. Mix well and pour the mixture in the container. Let it cool.

Tips:

* To melt the ingredients together, you can either use a double boiler, or put them in the microwave.
* Let the wax mixture cool a bit before adding the essential oils, as they break apart when added to a hot mixture.
* You can either put your homemade lipbalm in a small pot or a tube. To put it in the tube, use a plastic pipette, but you need to be fast or the balm will harden in it.
* There are several types of beeswax available on the market. To make your own lipbalm I recommend pure and filtered beeswax. Pure means that it’s 100% beeswax, while filtered means the wax has been processed to get rid of any impurities such as dirt or pollen. If you want, you can use beeswax pellets, but they tend to be a bit more expensive.


Homemade Facials

Buttermilk and Fennel Cleansing Milk (For Oily Skin)

1/2 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp crushed fennel seeds

Heat the milk and fennel seeds in top of double boiler for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep for 2 hours. Strain, cool, pour into bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Chamomile Cleansing Milk (For Dry and Sensitive Skin)

1/4 cup cream
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp chamomile flowers, fresh or dried

Heat all ingredients in top of a double boiler for about 30 minutes, do not allow milk to boil. Turn off heat and let sit for about 2 hours, strain. Pour into a bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Kiwi Facial Cleansing Cream

1 kiwi, peeled
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp almond oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp almonds, finely ground

Put the kiwi in a food processor and puree. Add yogurt, almond oil, almonds and honey. It will form a thick and creamy paste. Use like any facial cleanser. Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Fennel Thyme Cleanser

2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tsp fennel seeds
½ cup water
½ lemon

Pull the small thyme leaves off the stem, crush the fennel seeds. Bring the water to a boil and add to the thyme and fennel. Squeeze the juice from the lemon into the hot mixture. Let it steep for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid out, pour it into a clean glass bottle or jar and refrigerate until ready to use.

Facial masks
Yogurt Cucumber Parsley Facial Mask

Homemade Spa recipe for a creamy facial mask that leaves your skin soft and refreshed.

Ingredients

* 1 Tbsp. plain yogurt
* 1 Tbsp. cucumber
* 1 Tbsp. parsley

Directions

Puree the cucumber and parsley finely and mix with the yogurt until smooth. Clean your face with a gentle Cleanser. Cover your face with this creamy mask.

This will rejuvenate your skin as it moistens. Leave the mask on for approximately 15-20 minutes for best results. Rinse with water. Follow with your favorite Moisturizer.

Avocado Banana Facial Mask

Homemade Recipe for A Nourishing and Moisturizing Facial Mask for Dry Skin

Ingredients

* 1/2 overripe banana, mashed
* 1/2 overripe avocado, mashed
* 2 tbsp plain yogurt (not nonfat)
* 1 tsp olive oil

Directions

Combine ingredients and mix well. Apply to clean face and neck. Leave on for 20 to 30 min. Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Relaxing Facial Recipe


Ingredients

* 1 beaten egg (unclogs pores)
* 1 carrot (cooked and mashed)
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
* 1 avocado (peeled and mashed)
* 3 tbsp honey

Directions

Combine the egg, mashed carrot, cream, avocado and honey in a bowl. Make sure the carrots are cooled down before you add them, or they will start to cook the egg. Stir everything together with a fork until they are well combined. Of course you could also throw everything in the blender and combine it that way.

Spread the mixture all over your face, being careful not to get it in your eyes or mouth. Leave it on for about 10 minutes, then rinse the mask off with plenty of warm water.

You can repeat this relaxing facial mask weekly, or just throw it together when you need to relax and pamper yourself.

Exfoliating Tomato Facial Mask

Ingredients

* 1 overripe tomato
* 1 tsp. lemon juice
* 1 tsp. instant oatmeal

Directions

Puree all ingredients in a blender.

Apply to your face and let it soak in for about 20 minutes.

Rinse with plenty of warm water.

hairspray without the chemicals!
1 lemon
2 cups
of water

Cut the lemon over a glass bowl to catch the juice. Add the lemon pieces and the water to the bowl and set the bowl in a pot of simmering water. Simmer until the lemon water mixture has been reduced by half. Pour it through a piece of cheesecloth to strain out the lemon pieces. Let the liquid cool, and then transfer it to a clean spray bottle.

The hair spray will keep for up to a week in the fridge

I think thats enough for now!! but i have plenty more on pretty much every category imaginable im addicted to this stuff so if you want more or anything specific let me know im sure to have it!

thanks for sharing :)

They all sound so yummy!!!
Thanks for sharing them! :lol::clap:

thanks for these - only issue is that you're using petroleum jelly - which is a petrochemical by-product - any idea what to use instead of that?

Thanks for sharing these, I have alwyas wanted to make my own stuff.

I make my own natural version of petroleum jelly recipe as follows:

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup olive oil
14g grated beeswax
12 drops grapefruit seed extract

1. In a double boiler over simmering water and medium heat, combine the olive oil and beeswax, and heat until the wax has melted.

2. Remove mixture from the heat and add the grapefruit seed extract.

3. Beat with a hand mixer until creamy.

Makes 1/4 cup. Store in a glass jar with a screw-top. This jelly will keep for a year.

Where do you get beeswax from? And some of the more exotic ingredients on here? Health food stores??

Beeswax I get from here
Beeswax Shop

health food stores stock a lot of the other stuff as well as ebay