6 Easy Natural Skincare Recipes for you to Make at Home

Making your own skincare products is not difficult and does not require lots of expensive ingredients. Below you will find 6 easy natural skincare recipes that you can make in your kitchen.

1. Hand Sanitizer

100ml x Aloe Vera 4 x drops Cedarwood essential oil 8 x drops Tea Tree essential oil 8 x drops Sweet Orange essential oil

Mix all the ingredients together, thoroughly. Place in clean bottle or jar. Use when needed.

2. Natural Deodorant

30g Coconut oil 20g Arrowroot 20g Shea Butter 10g Bicarbonate of soda 9g Apricot oil 6g Beeswax Few drops of essential oil i.e. lavender, lemon, tea tree, thyme

Mix arrowroot and bicarbonate of soda together. Melt coconut oil shea butter and beeswax. Add apricot oil and gentle stir oils/butters into the arrowroot and bicarbonate of soda. Mix together well. Add a few drops of essential oils. Place in jar and use when needed.

N.B. Some people can find bicarbonate of soda an irritant.

3. Lip Balm

20g Sweet Almond oil or Grapeseed oil 13g Shea Butter 10g Beeswax Few drops of essential oils i.e. peppermint, lemon, lavender

Melt the sweet almond oil, shea butter and beeswax together. Add your favourite essential oils. Pour into a small tin or jar.

4. Clay Mud Scrub

100g Course sea salt 25g Olive oil 10g clay 10 drops essential oil.

Add the essential oils to the olive oil. Blend together the sea salt and clay. Pour on the oils and mix thoroughly together. Apply to skin, leave for half an hour. Wash off.

5. Thai Massage Oil

20ml Sweet almond oil or Grapeseed oil 2 x drops May Chang essential oil 1 x drop Lime essential oil 2 x drops Ginger essential oil

Blend the essential oils into the carrier oil. Pour into screw top bottle and use when required.

6. Baby Massage Oil

30ml Grapeseed oil/Sweet almond oil 6 x drops Lavender essential oil 2 x drops Chamomile essential oil

Blend the essential oils into the carrier oil. pour into screw top bottle. Gently massage the baby with this oil before putting to bed. This combination of essential oil is ideal to relax the baby before bedtime.

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