2 homemade cosmetics ideas for dry skin

Dry skin looks irritated and lacks lustre. Without treatment, it cracks. Just give up aggressive detergent-based products and use herbal moisturizers that nourish and hydrate the skin. Here are two homemade natural cosmetics recipes to try today.

This super soft mixture of comfrey, elderflower, fennel and rose water moisturizes the pores of dry skin as fully as possible. Elderflower soothes irritation, fennel restores pH and comfrey produces a mucilage with recognized moisturizing properties.

• 15 g (1 tbsp) dried comfrey root
• 15 g (1 tbsp) dried fennel
• 15 g (1 tbsp) dried elderflowers
• 180 ml (3/4 cup) rose water
• 60 ml (1/4 cup) witch hazel
• 5 g (1 tsp) vegetable glycerin
• 5 drops essential oil of rose

1. Put the plants in a coloured glass jar and add rose water and witch hazel. Close tightly and let the mixture sit in the dark for two weeks and shake once per day. Filter.
2. Add glycerin and rose oil and pour into a measuring bottle.
3. Spray on cleansed skin before applying a moisturizer. Keep this balm in the refrigerator and use it within 10 days.

This moisturizing serum is specially designed for very dry or sensitive skin. The essential oils of sandalwood and calendula are anti-inflammatory and regenerating; the macadamia nut and rosehipoils provide essential fatty acids.

• 30 ml (2 tbsp) jojoba oil
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) rosehip oil
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) apricot kernel oil
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) macadamia oil
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) carrot seed oil
• 4 drops essential oil of citronella Palmarosa
• 3 drops essential oil of calendula
• 3 drops essential oil of sandalwood

1. Mix the first five ingredients in a small stained glassbottle. Add essential oils.
2. Shake before use. Apply by massaging on wet skin.

These concoctions will be good for your skin. They will promote proper hydration and also help you save the money that it costs to buy commercial cosmetics.