Homemade Facial Cleansers

Using homemade facial cleansers can clean your skin just as good if not better than cleansers made with harsh chemical ingredients.

Your face is delicate and needs a delicate touch, so using natural ingredients that work to eliminate dirt and oils will protect your skin from drying and harmful scratching. And they do get the dirt, oils and grime out of your skin.

Below are some of the finest homemade facial cleansers that will do just that, effectively cleanse your skin of the dirt and oils yet they won't strip your skin's smoothness and elasticity.

Keep in mind that alpha-hydroxy acids are what most facial cleansers use and are available in most foods we use. You will find these acids in things like milk, lemon juice, tomatoes, grapes, oranges and blackberries.

These foods actually exfoliate the dead skin cells naturally from your skin. It's important to remember that getting rid of the top layer of dead skin cells helps the moisturizers, toners and other ingredients you use on your skin to reach the rest of your skin cells.

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Recipes for Homemade Facial Cleansers

These cleansers are easy to make and are made from ingredients you have in your own kitchen cabinet. If you don't happen to have the ingredients needed, you can find them at From Nature with Love

Basic Clay Facial Mask

• 2-3 oz. cosmetic clay
• 1-2 oz. powdered herbs
• water or hydrosol
• 1-2 drops essential oil added at the time of application (optional)

Choose a cosmetic clay and herbs that are suitable for your skin type. Citrus peel powders add astringency, rose petal powder adds fragrance are anti-bacterial ingredients.

Other ingredients that can be added are milk powders, honey powder, oatmeal and sea vegetables.

Mix the powdered ingredients to make 4 oz. of dry clay facial and store in a 4 oz. jar. Clay facial masks should not be stored pre-mixed with the wetting agent. To use, add approximately 1/2 oz. of the dry clay facial herb blend to a small bowl and mix enough warm water or hydrosol to make a paste. Add a drop or 2 of essential oil if desired. Apply to the skin in a gentle circular motion, and leave it to dry for about 15-20 minutes. Wash off with warm water. If the skin feels tight, a light oil such as camelina can be applied afterwards.

Experiment with other wetting agents. Strawberry puree acts like an alpha-hydroxy, cucumber puree cools the skin, yogurt cools and softens the skin, and milk removes dead skin cells and softens the skin.

Copyright ©1997-2009 From Nature With Love and used with their express permission. From Nature With Love is a registered trademark of Natural Sourcing, LLC.

Basic Sugar Scrub

• 1 cup demerara, turbinado or brown sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable glycerin
• 1/4 cup fractionated coconut oil or other vegetable oil
• 1/4 teaspoon T-50 vitamin E oil
• 10-15 drops essential oil or fragrance oil (optional)

Add the sugar to a bowl and then mix in the glycerin, vegetable oil and T-50 vitamin E oil. You may substitute an additional 1/4 cup vegetable oil if you do not have vegetable glycerin. Add the essential oil or fragrance oil and mix well. The ingredient amounts may be adjusted to achieve the desired consistency. Package in a glass or PET jar.

Copyright ©1997-2009 From Nature With Love used with their express permission. From Nature With Love is a registered trademark of Natural Sourcing, LLC.

Basic Salt Scrub

• 1 cup sea salt, fine or Dead Sea salt, fine
• 1/4-1/2 cup fractionated coconut oil or other vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup liquid castille soap
• 1/4 teaspoon T-50 vitamin E oil
• 10-15 drops essential oil or fragrance oil (optional)
• liquid dye (optional)

If you are coloring the scrub, mix your dye and salt first stirring vigorously to distribute the dye. Then mix in the vegetable oil and the liquid castille soap and mix well. Add the T-50 vitamin E oil and essential oil or fragrance oil and mix well. The ingredient amounts may be adjusted to achieve the desired consistency. Package in a jar. NOTE: Salt scrubs should not be used on the face.

Copyright ©1997-2009 From Nature With Love and used with their express permission. From Nature With Love is a registered trademark of Natural Sourcing, LLC.

Fizzy Bath Salts

• 2/3 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup citric acid
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup oat starch
• 1 cup goat’s milk or buttermilk powder
• 2 cups sea salt
• pinch mica
• 30-40 drops essential oil
• 2-3 tablespoons sunflower oil or other carrier oil

Mix the dry ingredients and mica powder together in a bowl. If desired, increase the amount of baking soda and citric acid to get more fizz. In a small bowl, dilute the essential oil into the carrier oil. Slowly add the essential oil/carrier oil blend to the dry ingredients. Knead in enough of the oil until the dry ingredients are slightly moist but are still loose and crumbly. Store in a glass jar. Sprinkle into bath water.

Copyright ©1997-2009 From Nature With Love and used with their express permission. From Nature With Love is a registered trademark of Natural Sourcing, LLC.

Herbal Steam Facial

An Herbal homemade facial that works wonders for your skin and your spirit, I love it!

Here's a nice spa treatment facial that you can do at home:

Bring about 4 cups of water to a boil and add 4 tablespoons of your favorite herb, I like lavender but you can use whatever herb you like. Pour the herb water into a large deep bowl or pot. Slowly place your face over the bowl and cover your head with a towel. Be very careful as the water will be hot so start slowly.

Let the steam to build up around your face. Sit with the steam penetrating your face for about 10 minutes, don't go longer. The steam will invigorate your face and your face will also get tremendous moisturizing benefits from the steam meaning your skin will feel softer and moister and look younger. Follow the steam treatment with a nice homemade toner or astringent immediately after while pores are still open then follow that with your favorite moisturizer, I personally like Oil of Olay.

Luscious Lemon Cleanser

• 1 tablespoon corn meal
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons finely ground oats
• 1 teaspoon distilled water
• 1 tablespoon lemon pulp
• 2 tablespoons plain yogurt

Mix all ingredients together in the order presented. Wet your face and then apply rubbing gently in a circular motion. Remove with warm damp cloth. Mixture can be kept in your refrigerator for several weeks.

Brown Sugar Cleanser

A good facial cleanser and scrub is to mix honey and brown sugar. Rub it on your face for about a minute and then rinse. Follow that by putting the honey on your face all by itself for about 30 minutes. Rinse, your skin and notice how soft and supple it is.

Sugar and salt are very effective natural facial cleansers. You can simply add them to your favorite skin cleansers and rub gently to exfoliate.

** Can't find recipe ingredients needed? From Nature With Love has them.

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