I must admit at one time in my life I was a terrible snob about my facial products. Until I learned that you absorb at least 60% of everything that you put on your skin. I quickly became the household Label Czar! Since then I have learned how to make many homemade beauty products. I have also learned that more than 75% of what I was using was completely unnecessary anyway. Silly me.
I use this face wash in the shower. I have very delicate, dry skin and this is gentle enough to get every trace of makeup and dirt out of my pores without making me shrivel up like a prune.
Homemade Face Wash
4 oz liquid Castile Soap (I use baby mild)
4 oz purified water
1 oz olive oil
5 drop tea tree oil
Pour into a refillable pump type bottle. Shake before use.
This recipe costs me 0.53 cents! I use tea tree oil because my skin is prone to breakouts. This keeps my skin clean as a whistle and pimple free!
So what do you use Castile soap for in your house?
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themagicherb said,
February 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Love it. At least you know what your putting on your skin when you make it at home
themagicherb said,
February 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Reblogged this on The Magic Herb and commented:
I found this on somebody else’s blog but I love the make it yourself aspect. Just feels more natural
Shelley said,
February 24, 2012 at 6:25 PM
I have the driest skin ever. I have started using coconut oil on my face every morning after I wash my face. I would love a recipe for a mud mask for reducing wrinkles and cleaning pores.
arealfoodlover said,
February 24, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Ok I’ll get to work on that. I would also suggest Jojoba oil as a moisurizer. I use that on my face and love it. According to the wrinkle experts
Jojoba is the closest thing to the natural sebum in your skin.
Shelley said,
February 26, 2012 at 8:30 AM
I actually have jojoba oil in the house. I’ll putting it on around my eyes too.
Sarah Bosse said,
March 14, 2012 at 10:20 PM
I now wash mainly with warm water twice a day, no soap, and I use olive oil both to moisturize and remove makeup! Its very cheap because a *little* goes a *Loooooong* way. I’ve never had better skin – Step Away From The Soap! LOL. You might enjoy this one about lovely olive oil…
http://naturallygutsy.com/2012/01/05/olive-oil-evoo-a-healthy-fat-with-benefits/
Glad you found something that works well for you. I had to experiment for over a year to figure out my solution. :/
Gutsy Girl
arealfoodlover said,
March 15, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Sarah, It took me a while too. I tried the oil cleansing method first, and no matter how I adjusted the ratio of the oils it dried my skin out really bad. I have super dry sensitive skin and you would think cleansing with oil would be perfect right? I guess I’m an anomally
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