IHello, girls!
Natural cosmetics are becoming increasingly popular. We do not have to worry about harmful ingredients any longer.
Now we can create a cream that fits us perfectly and is good for the environment because we do not use plastic waste.
Do you want to say proudly that you've created your own care by yourself?
Here's a quick and easy recipe that will show you how to make a perfect cream.
The advantages of homemade natural cosmetics
A new cream is bought quickly. Making it yourself is not complicated, but it takes some time.
Why choose this effort and make a cream yourself? You will be surprised: The following five reasons will speak for themselves.
Natural ingredients .
No parabens, silicones, paraffins or other chemical preservatives or fillers and thickeners anymore. Just 100% active ingredients from nature. That just feels good.
Less is more .
Have you ever looked at the ingredients list of your body lotion? Around twenty names that are hard to pronounce.
With a selfmade cream, you can count the ingredients on one hand.
No plastic garbage anymore.
The massive plastic waste destroys the oceans and harms our health because the burning of garbage releases toxic gases. You can help to avoid this problem if you do not buy a conventional cream. You can store your DIY cream in stylish glass containers.
Make sure that the raw materials for the care are not packed in plastic.
Made for you .
With a home-made cream, you know exactly what's in it.
And if you do not like it, you just change the mix!
Fun in the matter.
How cool is it to create your own cream! Your girlfriends will be totally blown away. And who knows - maybe you have found a new to-do for your girls evening soon.
As you can see, there are good reasons to dare the experiment on making cream yourself! The procedure is much simpler than you might think.
Here is a simple recipe for a cream that you can apply to both the face and the entire body. A true multi-purpose!
What are we going to make?
The following recipe is perfect for beginners of DIY natural cosmetics. You do not need more than 10 minutes for the preparation.
You will make your cream, and it will be suitable for your face, as well as for the whole body.
The consistency is a bit hard, which is due to the contained shea butter.
Home-made cream: the ingredients
For this face cream / body butter you only need four ingredients. Two of them are even optional!
You can find the raw materials for the cream in organic markets and, of course, online.
What you need:
- 100 grams of high quality shea butter
- 30 milliliters of vegetable oil (for example almond oil, jojoba oil, apricot kernel oil or coconut oil)
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil (optional)
- 3 drops of tea tree oil (optional)
How it works:
First, the shea butter must be melted. For that you need a pot and a heat resistant bowl.
Heat some water in the pot, put a piece of shea butter in the bowl and melt in a water bath.
When the shea butter has softened, you can add the vegetable oil.
Put the mixture in a bowl and put the mix in the fridge for 20 minutes. The mixture should reach a firm (but not hard) consistency.
Remove the cream from the fridge and add the essential oils.
Now grab a hand mixer and mix everything through really well. Do not mix for more than a minute.
Put the mixture into a glass jar. A mason jar is especially good because you can close it.
Done!
Is the cream too rich?
Too dry or too oily? Each of us has a different sensation when creaming.
If the consistency of this DIY cream is too rich for you, a little trick will help. Add some potato starch!
Add the starch to the oil before adding the oil to the melted shea butter.
Do I have to add essential oils?
Essential oils have antibacterial and antiviral properties and are said to keep the skin young. They are not absolutely necessary for this recipe. If you only have shea butter and vegetable oil in the house, the recipe will succeed anyway.
However, this ingredient is worth it: it makes the effect of your DIY cream even stronger!
I hope, you found this useful.
Now go ahead and try it out!
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