Homemade Facial Cleanser Recipes

Homemade Facial Cleanser Recipes

Buttermilk and Fennel Cleansing Milk (For Oily Skin)
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp crushed fennel seeds
Heat the milk and fennel seeds in top of double boiler for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep for 2 hours. Strain, cool, pour into bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Chamomile Cleansing Milk (For Dry and Sensitive Skin)
1/4 cup cream
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp chamomile flowers, fresh or dried
Heat all ingredients in top of a double boiler for about 30 minutes, do not allow milk to boil. Turn off heat and let sit for about 2 hours, strain. Pour into a bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Kiwi Facial Cleansing Cream
1 kiwi, peeled
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp almond oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp almonds, finely ground
Put the kiwi in a food processor and puree. Add yogurt, almond oil, almonds and honey. It will form a thick and creamy paste. Use like any facial cleanser. Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Fennel Thyme Cleanser
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tsp fennel seeds
½ cup water
½ lemon
Pull the small thyme leaves off the stem, crush the fennel seeds. Bring the water to a boil and add to the thyme and fennel. Squeeze the juice from the lemon into the hot mixture. Let it steep for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid out, pour it into a clean glass bottle or jar and refrigerate until ready to use.

Dispersing Bath Oil
This oil has a long shelf life at room temperature.
1 whole egg
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
2 teaspoons liquid soap or dishwashing liquid
1/4 cup vodka
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup whole fresh milk
Fragrant oil (optional) estimate about 1 teaspoon
Mix all ingredients in a blender for 30 seconds. Use only one or two tablespoons of this oil in a bathtub of water.

CRACKED HANDS/ELBOW/HEEL CREAM with Goatsmilk & Emu Oil
2 T beeswax (heaping)
2 T emu oil
2 T palm oil
3 T almond oil
1 T apricot oil (good for cracked skin)
1 C warm goats milk
36 drops essential oil
Melt beeswax, palm oil, and emu together, stirring constantly. Warm the almond and apricot oils gently, and gradually beat into wax mix. Add warm goat milk slowly to oil/wax mix, beating constantly till cool. Beat in essential oil as mixture begins to thicken. Spoon into jars and label.