Looking for and making homemade skin care recipes can take a hurried, frustrating day and turn it into and evening of relaxation. Every part of your body can benefit from a natural recipe of only a few ingredients I have found that even one ingredient can give your skin or hair the nutrients that it's lacking. This is not a case of less is more, rather one natural ingredient has vitamins, minerals, or even antiseptic properties that will do wonders.
Having an understanding of just a few ingredients will start you off on the right direction. Jojoba oil is great for making moisturizers, but not good in the bath, where you would want to use grape seed oil. The grape seed oil and sunflower oil will mix with water. (The carrier oils) When you get into the essential oils many have benefits from giving energy, antiseptic, or just relaxing. These oils are strong so take care in using them and try on a small part of your skin first. Most homemade skin care recipes will have a carrier oil and an essential oil and there are many of each. So take a little time and read up on them.
One ingredient I like and can use in many recipes is Sha Butter. There are many body butters to chouse from, Cocoa Butter, Kukui Nut Butter, Kokum butter, Mango Butter and Sal Butter, just to name a few. Using them in lip balm to body butter recipes these ingredients are one that you will want to look into.
Then there is what I like to call HONEY!! ggg the kitchen ingredients. Even honey is found in face and hair recipes. Puffy eyes cucumbers, a good cleanser yogurt, nourishing face recipe will have a banana. For homemade alpha-hydroxy acid oranges mangos grapes just to name a few. There are many teas that are added to lotions, baths and yes for your eyes, leave the old tea bags in the refrigerator and use as needed. You can start your carrier oil section with your olive oil and sesame oil. Sesame oil is a good sun block that I use in my lip balms. We could get into the herbs and spices but you get the idea. But think out of the box like a good milk bath recipe but find it hard to buy whole milk (buy powered milk). Getting ingredients that you can use in many recipes cutes down your coasts.
Then there are the TOOLS. A Good Pyrex measuring cup, one that can go into the microwave, Measuring spoons Glass eye dropper, I keep a dozen around if I can't get the smell of an essential oil out of it, I will just use it for that oil, A small kitchen scale, Stainless or glass mixing bowls, I Like stainless just for the drop factor, Stainless whisk for mixing, Funnel, Strainer, Spatulas, Pestle and Mortar, A blender or food processor. Do you need them all NO. But the next time you are asked to a kitchen party keep this list in mind. These are the cheaper items to buy.
With just a little of your time you can be making and using your own homemade skin care, they make great gifts, and the possibilities for a Cottage industry.....may make you wonder.
Wayne'r has a web site Natural Skin Care Info.com. Information on many of the ingredients used in homemade skin care recipes. Along withbook reviews for natural skin care. Oh yah and if you go to Homemade Skin Care Recipes page you will find many good recipes to start you off.