Easy Skin Moisturiser U Can Make at Home
Most of you will agree with me that shop-bought skin creams and moisturizers are very expensive. But did you know that natural homemade face cream is often better for your skin, or that it's actually very simple to make at home, and comes at a fraction of the price?
So, although there are many other homemade face moisturizers for you to try your hand at. In this post, I want to focus on how to make some of my all-time favorite DIY face cream recipes.
Similar to the very popular homemade wrinkle cream, the creams below are great for reducing and preventing wrinkles, they are also none greasy and absorb quickly into the skin. I often apply the rose anti-aging cream after using my homemade anti-aging serum or facial oil as it helps it penetrate the skin more quickly and eliminates the oiliness.
Eight DIY Face Cream Recipes
I will start by showing you how to make my Rose Anti-aging Cream for mature skin. I'll then follow that up with two variations, a luxury skin boost for dry skin, and my day cream for combination skin.
But keep reading, because after that I have five more excellent face cream recipes, I hope you enjoy these, I loved them all!
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To give your face cream that little extra, you can substitute all of the distilled water in the recipes below with floral waters (also known as distillates, hydrolats, and hydrosols).
You can also make your own floral water by steeping dried flower petals or herbs in boiling water for 10 minutes, then straining through a fine strainer or piece of muslin.
One Caveat On Making Your Own Floral Water
The homemade face creams below will keep for a couple of days without preservative, and 12 months with preservative added.
A preservative is particularly important if you do go down the 'making your own flower water' route. You must use a preservative or it will only stay fresh for a very limited time, and even with the preservative in it, you will still have to reduce the cream's lifespan to 4 months (12 months with purchased flower water/distilled water).
That's not to say that I wouldn't recommend making flower waters, I definitely would as they can be quite cost-effective and you will probably use all of the cream in four months anyway. Just make sure you use a preservative to get your 4 months.
So, What's In My Homemade Rose Face Cream?
This is for mature skin, it's an indulgent homemade face cream that has everything you need to combat wrinkles and boost regeneration.
- The Wheatgerm and Avocado oils are rich in vitamins and healing properties that soothe, moisten and encourage new cell growth.
- Rose essential oil is the crème de la crème of essential oils for combating wrinkles but it's extremely pricey. If you can afford the high price tag you will not be disappointed and you will find that a little goes a very long way, after all, we're talking drops here so it lasts for years when kept in the right conditions. But if Rose essential oil is out of your budget, use Rose Absolute which has come a long way in recent times. Or even Rosewood which although not quite as potent is a very good substitute.
- Frankincense is another high targeting essential oil for mature skin, cell regeneration, wrinkle targeting, soothing, and meditating are just a few of the properties this first-rate essential oil can bring to the table.
Important: Adding Preservative To Face Cream
When it states to add the preservative, you will notice I give a choice of when to add it. When buying your preservative the packaging should always give a guideline of when it can be added along with a maximum temperature limit. Most good preservatives can now be added at cool-down phase, this is my preferred method as it eliminates the chance of overheating and destroying it. But always check the recommended usage guide before buying it. Unless otherwise stated all of these homemade face creams keep for about 1 week without preservative, and 12 months with preservative added.
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Gather all of the ingredients and tools listed above. Use your small digital scales to carefully weigh out all the oils (excluding essential oils) and Emulsifying Wax into a heatproof container.
15 grams Avocado Oil, 10 grams Wheatgerm Oil, 15 grams Emulsifying Wax NF, 1 gram Vitamin E Oil
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Place the rose water and distilled water into a separate heatproof container, you can actually add the preservative to the water at this point but as there's a chance it could easily overheat, I prefer to add it later at cool down phase.
45 grams Rose Hydrosol, 15 grams Distilled Water
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Place both containers into a pan of simmering water; use 2 separate ones if you can't fit both containers in. You need to keep the jars off of the bottom of the pan to help protect the oils from the direct heat. I use the top part of a stacking steamer placed in a larger pan and this works great.
You can also use trays in the bottom, or you can use a double boiler.
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Once the Emulsifying Wax has melted remove both containers from the pan. Then combine the waters and oils together, mix it for at least 3 minutes.
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Continue to stir at regular intervals until the cream cools to below 45C. Use your infrared thermometer gun to test this.
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If you are using a preservative and haven't added it earlier, now is the best time. The easiest way to add this is by placing the cream container onto the digital scales (.0000 of a gram scales are best) press the tare button (resets it to zero) then add the 1 gram with a dropper or small spoon.
1 grams Preservative
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If separation occurs in cool down phase, place the container back into the pan of simmering water until melted, remove from the heat then continue stirring until cool.
As your mixture starts to thicken add the essential oils and stir well.
4 drops Rose Essential Oil, 3 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
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Spoon into a sterile cosmetic jar.
1 Cosmetic Jar
Unless otherwise stated all of these homemade face creams keep for about 2 days without preservative, and 12 months with preservative added.
Luxury Skin Boost For Dry Skin
Vitamin A,B1,B2,B5,D and E are all present in the Avocado oil, helping to heal and moisten dry skin.
Argan oil and kukui nut oil are bursting with vitamin E so they are very hydrating and protecting; Kukui nut oil also has a high concentration of Vitamin A and C so it's great for very dry, sore or acne-prone skin.
The essential oils I've chosen for this diy face cream compliment the base oils fully, combating dry dull skin for 24 hours whilst helping to regenerate fresh new skin cells to give a healthy glow.
Ingredients:
- 15g Avocado oil
- 15g Argan oil
- 5g Kukui nut oil
- 14g Emulsifying wax NF
- 35g Orange Blossom Water
- 25g Distilled Water
- 1g Preservative (optional)
- 3 drops Myrrh essential oil
- 5 drops Neroli essential oil
- 1 Cosmetic Jar
Try to buy quality oils from a trusted supplier like Mountain Rose.
Method:
Use the same method as the Rose Anti-aging Cream above.
Clear & Bright Day Cream For Combination Skin
Melon seed oil is rich with vitamin C and omega 3 and 6, it absorbs into the skin very quickly taking all the other oils with it. Melon seed oil also holds great healing and skin protecting properties.
Jojoba oil is also rich in vitamins; it's a great choice for combination skin, the antioxidant properties are ideal for clearing excess oil and conditioning the skin. I've also added a little wheatgerm oil to increase the vitamin E content to help soothe and hydrate those flaky dry patches.
Sandalwood and ylang-ylang both have rebalancing values to help control oily and overly dry patches and their antidepressant properties will help kick-start your day and also put a spring in your step.
Ingredients:
- 15g Melon seed oil
- 15g Jojoba oil
- 5g Wheatgerm oil
- 14g Emulsifying wax NF
- 35g Lavender water
- 25g Distilled water
- 1g Preservative (optional)
- 3 drops Sandalwood essential oil
- 5 drops ylang ylang essential oil
- 1 Cosmetic Jar
Try to buy quality oils from a trusted supplier like Mountain Rose.
Method:
Use the same method as the Rose Anti-aging Cream above.
I hope you enjoy making this DIY face cream, I know it works well as I use it myself. But if you are eager to see more, below are four recent face cream recipes that I also loved.
Five More Face Creams To Try
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Luxurious Natural Face Moisturizer Recipe
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Homemade Wrinkle Cream Recipe
This DIY wrinkle cream recipe is fantastic, it's one of the first overnight creams I ever made. Aside from being considerably cheaper than commercial store-bought creams, you'll find it much gentler on your skin and often far more effective.
Make Homemade Wrinkle Cream
A Quality Homemade Face Moisturizer For Men
If a guy is going to use only the one diy skincare product, what should they use? This amazing homemade face moisturizer for men is what I came up with, and it really is amazing!
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