Before spending a bunch of money in anti-creams that cost an arm and a leg; ones that may or may not work, make your own cream at home with natural components which are able to kick away free radicals and other molecules that are harmful to skin. You don’t have to be a chemist to make your own anti-aging cream; all you need are some essential components to help you get to the right place.
Things you’ll need
- Recipe ingredients
- Food processors
- Glass jars
- Essential oil
- Green clay
- Vitamin E
- Aloe gel
- Vegetarian glycerin
Instructions
A simple anti-oxidation cream
- Start with a simple recipe as an anti-aging treatment using natural fruits. Add 1 table spoon blueberries, 1 table spoon minced strawberries, and 1 table spoon chopped papaya to the food processor and blend them until they become a smooth mixture. Pour the mixture into a plastic bowl.
- Add 1 table spoon of oatmeal into the food processor and wait until it becomes a paste-like mixture. Blend the mixture with the fruit one.
- Slowly stir while adding 1 spoon warm honey and 1 teaspoon of lemonade. Keep stirring till you have one thick mixture.
- Apply the anti-aging, anti-oxidation cream on your face and leave it there 15 minutes so that the anti-oxidant in fruits and honey could be soaked into pores and fight against the damages caused by free radicals. Do it twice a week to receive the best result.
Anti-aging mask
Homemade anti-aging cream is not only cheap, but also good for your skin.
- Blend 3 table spoons of green clay, 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon aloe gel together in a plastic bowl; stir the components with a spatula.
- In another bowl, combine 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin, 3 drops of vitamin E and 1 drop essential lemonade oil, lavender oil and grapefruit oil. While stirring the green clay mixture, slowly add the mixture of glycerin and essential oils.
- Keep stirring until everything is mixed together. The final mixture should be smooth.
- Apply the mask on the face and try to do it a several times a week in 20 minutes.
Tips and warnings
There’s no end of anti-aging skin care recipes on websites like www.makingcosmestics.com and www.pioneerthingking.com. You can search for books in the DIY area of any big bookstores or online bookstore. Some components like essential oil and Q10-enzyme have to be bought from a cosmetic shop or a grocer. Store the mixtures in glass jars and put the glass jars in the refrigerator to enhance their life expectancy.
Never use fingers to apply anti-aging cream on your face. Bacteria and other contaminants from your fingers can easily be transferred into the cream and make it rot. Use a spatula for application. If you are allergic to any component of the cream, find other appropriate components to replace the old ones. Some people are allergic to essential oil, especially lavender oil. Before using essential oil to make anti-aging cream, try putting a drop on your skin.
