One of my New Year’s resolutions is to become a better cook, and because I’m also hopelessly addicted to beauty, 🙂 I’d like to include a smattering of DIY kitchen beauty recipes as well.
There’s just something about making homemade beauty products, isn’t there? — the idea of whipping something up from scratch, skipping the preservatives and really *feeling* the ingredients in your hands?
It turns out that homemade versions of many popular beauty products are easy to make with ingredients that most cooks have readily at hand.
But if you add the following three drugstore ingredients to your next shopping list, your repertoire of potential kitchen beauty recipes expands by leaps and bounds.
NOTE: Be mindful of allergies. If you can’t eat it, your skin may not like it either. 🙂
- Glycerin: a humectant that binds moisture to the skin (works far better than water alone)
- Sweet almond oil: a better alternative for DIY skincare recipes than vegetable oil
- Kaolin clay: great for tightening and cleansing
Exfoliating skin cleanser
Mix the following ingredients in a large bowl:
2 heaping spoonfuls of kaolin clay
1 tbsp ground rice (to exfoliate)
1 tbsp ground almonds
1/2 tbsp wheat flower
1/2 tbsp almond oil
5 capsules of evening primrose oil
Dried coconut flakes
Dried beans (ground up in a coffee grinder)
Flatten the doughy concoction to about an inch thick. Roll it up, and cut slices to use when you exfoliate. Refrigerate any unused portion (should be used within a couple of days).
For extra troubled skin, add an antiseptic herb like thyme or freshly chopped fennel to the mix.
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