If you want to make your own skin creams, this article is for you. In it, you will learn how to select the ingredients and how to combine them correctly to create a homogeneous emulsion. If, despite the above difficulties, you still want to learn how to make home care products, there are a number of advantages open to you:
- You know exactly what ingredients are contained in the cream and how they are useful. What can not be said when it comes to the product from the store shelves.
- You do not have to believe the notes written on the packaging of the products, because you yourself are the creators of your cosmetic "masterpieces". Today you can prepare an anti-aging cream, after two weeks - with a skin whitening effect.
- Homemade creams are much cheaper than quality commercial products.
- Creaming can become your hobby, and you will probably already know what to give your friends and relatives.
Homemade anti-wrinkle day cream recipe
Regardless of the skin type, the face must be moisturized with cosmetics. Moreover, if there are any problems on the skin (freckles, vascular mesh, age spots, peeling, etc.), the choice of ingredients for making the cream should be taken more carefully so as not only not to aggravate the situation, but also to correct the defects … Most often, women are interested in how to prevent the appearance of wrinkles and how to smooth them out if they have already appeared. Read our review of the Botox Lifting Serum.
Ingredients: distilled water (69, 07%), mint hydrolat (2%), emulsifier Olivem 1000 (5%), rice oil (12%), apricot oil (4%), relax'rides active (3%), natural moisturizing factor (2%), vitamin E (0.33%), aloe vera gel (2%), Cosguard preservative (0.6%).
Let's say you decide to make 50 g of cream. To calculate how much distilled water you need to take to make a moisturizer for your face, multiply 69.07 by 50 and divide by 100. That’s 34.54 g.
- Rice oil often used to make a daytime remedy for dry, rough, dehydrated skin and one that has lost its elasticity and firmness, instead of becoming flabby. This oil does not clog pores, prevents the appearance of wrinkles, and is wonderfully absorbed into the skin.
- Apricot oil include in the composition of funds to improve complexion. Vitamin C, which the oil is rich in, makes the skin more elastic, vitamin A is responsible for elasticity and hydration, vitamin F helps to accelerate the regeneration of skin cells, vitamins of group B have a good effect on the state of the epidermis.
- Relax'rides asset immediately after application, it reduces micro-contractions of the skin, while not paralyzing the muscles of the face. This substance fights wrinkles, reducing their depth and smoothing them.
- Natural moisturizing factor includes glucose, dextrin, alanine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, fructose, and sucrose. The active protects the skin from moisture loss, improving the properties of the epidermis.
- Vitamin E combats aging processes and wrinkles, tightens the skin and improves blood circulation. This antioxidant also promotes cell regeneration.
- Aloe vera gel it has long been recognized to be called a miracle elixir, because it gently and deeply cleanses the skin, protecting it from the negative effects of the environment. Aloe vera gel normalizes metabolic processes, moisturizes, nourishes and restores the stratum corneum. Thanks to lignin, which is part of this ingredient, healing substances penetrate into the deep layers of the skin.
Heat the fat phase (rice and apricot oil) and the emulsifier, as well as the water (distilled water, mint hydrolate) in a water bath to 65-70 ° C. Then pour the water phase into the oily phase, stirring the ingredients constantly for about three minutes. After the future cream has cooled down to 35-40 ° C, add assets (relax'rides, natural moisturizing factor, vitamin E, aloe vera gel) and a preservative. Mix everything well one by one.
Other homemade skin cream recipes
A wide variety of creaming ingredients available in online stores allows you to create products that eliminate various skin problems.
Cream for normal skin:
- Vanilla macerate - 15%
- Emulsifying wax No. 3 - 3.5%.
- Distilled water - 79.9%.
- Coenzyme q10 - 1%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
Apply the prepared product daily to previously cleansed skin. The cream nourishes the skin and improves its tone, while the delicate aroma of vanilla lifts the mood for the whole day.
How to make a cream for combination skin:
- Opuntia macerate - 10%.
- Sea buckthorn vegetable oil - 5%.
- Emulsifier Olivem 1000 - 5%.
- Damask rose hydrolat - 30%.
- Distilled water - 46.7%.
- Rosewood essential oil - 0.4%.
- Blue cypress essential oil - 0.1%.
- Algo'boost Jeunesse asset - 2%.
- Vitamin E - 0.2%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
The cream for combination skin gives the face freshness and smoothness, its ingredients have regenerating and rejuvenating properties. The emulsion has a slightly orange tint due to the sea buckthorn oil content.
Making a cream for oily skin at home:
- Vegetable papaya oil - 10%.
- Buriti vegetable oil - 1%.
- Emulsifying wax No. 3 - 5%.
- Witch hazel hydrolate - 79.3%.
- Natural pineapple flavor - 2%.
- Bacti-Pur asset - 2%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
- Soda ash - 0.1%.
Use the prepared product daily on cleansed skin. Instead of the pineapple aroma, you can take any other you like. Soda ash is present in the formulation to adjust the pH of the cream.
Dry skin cream:
- Shea butter - 5%.
- Sweet almond vegetable oil - 20%.
- Vanilla macerate - 32%.
- Emulsifier Olive Protection - 9%.
- Cetyl alcohol - 4%.
- Distilled water - 29.4%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
This tool will perfectly protect your face from the negative effects of the environment in the winter season. Store the cream in a dark and cool place for a shelf life of more than one month.
Do-it-yourself acne cream:
- Thyme hydrolate - 15%.
- Distilled water - 58, 48%.
- Jojoba oil - 10%.
- Emulsifier Olivem 1000 - 6%.
- Aloe Vera Gel - 6%
- Cranberry Powder - 2%
- Lemon essential oil - 0.9%.
- Manuka essential oil - 0.6%.
- Rosemary essential oil - 0.3%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
Each ingredient has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin and takes part in the fight against such a common skin problem as acne. The cream should be applied to the face and neck at night.
Cream recipe for rosacea:
- Calophyllum oil - 8%.
- Safflower oil - 10%.
- Emulsifying wax No. 2 - 7%.
- Distilled water - 68.8%.
- Red grape extract - 5%.
- Italian immortelle essential oil - 0.4%.
- Vitamin E - 0.2%.
- Cosgard preservative - 0.6%.
This cream helps in the fight not only with the vascular network, but also with acne. To eliminate rosacea, also observe proper nutrition and take Ascorutin.
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