Making your own skincare products is simple and requires only very few ingredients. All the home made products can be certified safe, satisfactory and reliable. Store bought can have a lots of additives, chemicals, preservatives and colors in-order to make it more attractive, easy to use and to get a prolonged shelf life of the product.
In this article we will discuss how to make hair oil, skin brightening serum, skin lightening facial mask, skin lightening facial peel and rose water.
The above mentioned skincare products can be easily made at home and they have an approximate shelf life of 5-10 days in refrigerator but the benefits you reap for your effort are for life time.
Hair Oil
Hair oil provides moisturizing benefit protects hair from split ends, hair fall, discoloration and promotes hair growth. Here is simple hair oil with aloevera as its main ingredient.
1. Aloevera Hair oil
Aloevera is a perfect solution for hairfall and dandruff problems. Applying alovera extracts to hair, makes it stronger, silky and paves way for a long thicker hair.
Ingredients required: fresh aloevera extracts and pure coconut oil.
Method: Use fresh aloe vera extracts for this preparation. Take a leaf of the plant and cut open to obtain the transparent gel like subsatance, discard the rest. Using double boiler method, we are going to prepare the alovera oil.
Put the extracted aloe Vera onto the pure coconut oil. Let the bowl containing the coconut oil and aloe be placed onto the stove top. Let it boil and simmer it for 1-2 hours until the bubbles stop and turn off the stove. Let it cool and transfer it to a air tight bottle and it stays good for around a month.
Usage: take required quantity of the oil and apply onto the scalp during day time.
Massaging Oil for Fast Hair Regrowth
Achieve a faster result using this massaging oil, as many therapy and ayurvedic treatments require patterned massaging techniques that heal a lot of problems, so as this scalp massaging oil works.
2. Onion Hair Regrowth Massaging Oil
Studies have shown that onion juice helps hair regrowth for some people. The dietary sulfur in the onions helps to achieve hair regrowth. It nourishes the hair follicles and reduces hair fall and paves way for new hair growth.
The only problem with this massaging oil in the strong smell of the onion, a few drops of lemon juice or your favorite essential oil or flaxseed gel (boil flaxseeds and water in the ratio 1:5 and pass it over a cloth to get the gel) helps overcome this problem.
Vitamin E capsule are rich in antioxidants and hence protects and promotes hair growth.
Ingredients required: pure coconut oil, small onion, vitamin E capsule.
Method: Peel the skin of about 10 small onions and grind it without adding water and extract the juice.
Strain the juice, squeeze vitamin E capsule and add 20 ml of pure coconut oil. Alternatively you could also heat the coconut oil, and add cut/mashed peeled onions and switch off when sizzling sound stops and add vitamin E capsule. This stays good for 10 days in refrigerator.
Usage: take required quantity of the paste and massage onto the scalp and let it remain for atleast half an hour. After 30 minutes, wash your hair thoroughly well. Repeat it atleast twice a week and continue it for minimum of 6 weeks for improved hair growth.
Skin Brightening Products
Who doesn’t love a home-made skin brightening products, it’s a double delight if it can really achieve the skin to be glowing, bright and young.
3. Papaya Skin Brightening Gel
The enzyme “papain” in the papaya, reduces wrinkles hence tightens and compacts the skin giving younger appearance. Due to the natural bleaching properties of Papaya, it can make the spots faint and improve complexion. All the vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidant and fibers combines with enzyme papain to produce skin lighting effect which thereby reduces tan from the skin.
Saffron has an amazing skincare property, adding it to the recipe produces an incredible result to the skin. Saffron improves blood circulation, brightens skin, moisturizes it and makes the skin glassy, glowing and bright.
The skincare benefits of aloevera are infinite and it has the power to change your skin completely. It can make you look younger and reduces the facial marks, scars, fine lines, wrinkles, removes sun tan, cools skin and transforms skin to a clear and young.
For this serum, I have chosen store bought organic aloevera gel (free from chemicals), so as to increase the shelf life of the product, if you get fresh aloevera , prefer fresh alovera gel over the store bought one.
Ingredients required: papaya, strands of saffron and aloe vera gel.
Method: choose a ripe papaya fruit and make smooth paste with equal parts of aloevera gel and papaya. Once ground to a smooth paste, add 5-7 strands of saffron to the paste and grind again. Transfer it to an air tight container and store it in freezer for a maximum of 15 days.
Usage: take a good quantity of the gel and massage onto the face in upward circular motion for 20 minutes and let it dry. Rinse your face once it dries on skin. Best to use before sleep and continued use gives a powerful result.
Note: If using fresh aloe gel, it stays good for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.
4. Yogurt face pack
Yogurt contain Lactic Acid bacteria (Lactobacillus) that works great for skin. It nourishes skin, improves skin brightness and glow from within. Besan/gram flour helps skin to achieve an instant glow, and enhances skin complexion.
Kasturi turmeric is a good antiseptic, regenerates new skin cells, lightens skin tone and diminishes acne and blemishes.
Ingredients required: curd, gram flour and kasturi turmeric.
Method: take two spoons of Yogurt, and add 1 spoon of gram floor and half spoon of kasturi turmeric powder and mix well to get a smooth paste.
Usage: apply this pack can be used in the morning before having bath.
This face pack can be used daily to get a stunning skin, works good if fresh ingredients are used.
Antiaging Products
What are the possible signs of an aging skin? Wrinkles, fine lines, dark spots and dark circles, dry and dull skin, lack of skin glow and uneven tone and texture. These problems can be easily cured by following the below recipes.
5. Butterfly Pea Flowers Serum
Butterfly Pea Flowers are rich antioxidants, and provides a deep hydration to the skin. Hence it has anti-aging properties and it also promotes collagen production.
The flowers are blue in color and has “anthocyanins” as one of its component which also helps in skin restoration. Butterfly Pea Flowers prevents early aging of skin and provides a fabulous looking skin.
Even regular intake of Butterfly Pea Flowers tea promotes younger looking skin and it is guaranteed health drink for relaxation, calms body and mind, provides moisturization to the skin, and fights free radicals from causing harm to the body.
Vitamin E capsule has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammation properties. Hence it protects skin and soothes the irritated skin. It also has anti-aging benefits on external application.
Ingredients required: Butterfly Pea Flowers, fresh aloevera and vitamin E capsule.
Method: Take 10 grams of the flower in the bowl and add hot boiling water to it and cover the bowl completely with the lid. After the water comes to room temperature, add either freshly extracted aloevera gel or organic aloevera gel and squeeze the contents of the vitamin E capsule to it and mix well. This well blend purple gel is then transferred to an air tight glass container. Store it in freezer for a maximum of 15 days.
Usage: use before sleep everyday to get a scar free, clear and glowing skin.
6. Avocado Face Mask
Avocado is a fruit well-known for its anti-aging benefits, and heals the aged appearance of the skin.
Ingredients required: Avocado and aloevera gel/strawberry and vitamin E capsule
Method: choose a well-ripened avocado fruit and remove the fleshly part of the fruit into a bowl and half part of either aloevera gel/strawberry and squeeze the contents of the vitamin E capsule to it and blend well. Transfer it to an air tight container and store it in freezer for a maximum of 7 days.
Usage: can be used whenever required, apply the pack and let it dry, rinse well after the pack is absorbed onto the skin.
Skin Lightening Facial Mask and Peel
The main purpose of Skin lightening treatments is to make skin feel clear, light, hydrated, without any clogged pores.
7. Coffee Face Mask
The caffeine in the coffee improves the blood circulation, and detoxifies the skin. Coffee also protects skin from free radical damages, and provides a youthful looking skin. It also compacts and firms the skin while improving its elasticity. It reduces skin inflammation and heals eye bags instantly.
Sandal wood, a mild antibacterial and protects skin from acne. It reduces sun tan simultaneously improves skin brightness, and has anti-aging benefit.
Lemon is a well known citrus fruit that is a complete pack of Vitamin C antioxidants. It heals dark spots, blackhead, clear skin, lightens skin, controls excess oil production, scrubs away the dead skin cells and protects skin.
Ingredients required: Coffee, aloe vera gel, sandal wood, and lemon.
Method: ½ spoon of coffee + 2 spoons of aloe vera gel + half spoon sandal wood + 1-2 drops of lemon. Take mixtures in suggested amounts/ratio and make a smooth paste.
Usage: apply it on face and let it dry. Rinse in lukewarm water for a glowing and healthy skin.
8. Skin Lightening Facial Peel
Gelatin is a main ingredient for facial peel. It not only forms a substance for face peel, it is also works great for your skin. Gelatin cleanses skin, has anti-aging properties, rich in protein, promotes collagen production, reduces wrinkles, and diminishes marks on skin.
Fresh milk work as an excellent cleanser and promotes skin glow.
Ingredients required: Gelatin + (fresh milk/orange/papaya/any facial friendly ingredient of your choice)
Method: take equal quantities of Gelatin and water and warm / heat the water for Gelatin to dissolve in water. Now add milk/puree of any skincare ingredient. This mixture tends to form a gel when left cool, hence reheat it slightly before applying it on face and let it dry. After drying, peel off the mask gently, the dead skin cells and skin residues are removed along with the peel, making your skin feel light and clear.
Usage: apply a thick layer of this face peel and wait till it dries. Now peel the mask from skin, and you can see visible changes in your skin.
Rose Water
The role of rose flowers are tremendous in skincare. The flowers naturally have an excellent emollient property to moisturize the skin and have a mesmerizing fragrance.
Rose water can use it to blend with your face masks, packs or even use it for hair. It can be used as a toner or a cleanser, rose water also moisturizes skin and provides a brightened skin.
Method: Take a bowl full of rose flowers and add a cup of water to it, and place a small bowl (probably made of glass or wood) at the center of big bowl containing rose and water and cover it with tight and flat top lid.
Now place this set up on the stove and let it come to a boil and once it starts boiling place ice cubes on the lid for the streamed water to condense back to the small bowl.
The water obtained is the pure rose water and let it cool immediately transfer it to an air tight jar. This rose water you can use it in your skincare routine.
Conclusion:
These skincare products are a very simple and requires only minimal effort to make it at home. The only drawback of this skincare products are its texture and usage. You can’t wear it while going out, as your store bought ones. Since the products are made out of fresh ingredients without additives, stabilizers, preservatives, and artificial coloring agents, it is not compatible for usage without proper care.
But I can assure you onething, “you can see a complete transformation of your skin from a dull, saggy, dry, skin to a clear, scar free, youthful, brighter, healthier and vibrant skin”.
Thank you for taking the time to publish this information very usefully!
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I love rose water for cooking too, so using it on my skin would be wonderful! I was thinking about trying something wilder for skin care like these hacks https://www.ez.insure/2019/08/7-skin-care-hacks/ do you think they could be used at home too? Or made into a tonic like the ones you talk about?