We all want our skin to feel and look the best it possibly can. When you customize your lotions, creams and scrubs – based on what you already know about your skin – you increase the likelihood of getting better results.
As a bonus, adding essential oils can make your personalized beauty products multi-functional. For example, you can choose to customize your scrubs to help you wake up in the shower, your lotions to help you sleep at night, or your lip balms to give you an energy boost.
Here are three easy do-it-yourself recipes that use essential oils – to add to your efforts in skin excellence.
Coconut Oil Body Butter
This is about the easiest thing you can make. All you need is one cup of coconut oil in solid form, and up to 25 drops of your desired essential oil.
Simply beat the oil with a hand mixer on high for about five minutes until it’s light and fluffy. Next, mix in your essential oils and you’re done!
Try using lavender essential oil for a relaxing fragrance, orange oil to energize, or On Guard for immune system support. Your options are practically endless!
Raw Sugar Scrub
Using a good body scrub is an invigorating process in and of itself, but is beneficial also to remove dead skin and improve circulation. You can customize your scrub with essential oils for additional benefits.
Check out this recipe from The Idea Room that uses only four ingredients: coconut oil, white sugar, shredded coconut and lime essential oil. Lime essential oil is a mood booster and a powerful anti-oxidant.
Lip Balm
Chapped lips are enough to drive anyone to distraction. It can be fun to create a lip balm to help protect your lips from the heat, cold and sun, but also as a mood booster, as a tool for relaxation or just because you can’t find your favorite scent in the store.
How Does She has a four-ingredient recipe including beeswax, coconut oil, cocoa butter and the essential oil (or the combination of essential oils) of your choice.
Try helichrysum for sun protection, ginger if you’re prone to motion sickness or the old standby peppermint.