Homemade Facial Powder from Natural Ingredients

Natural products are beginning to gain ground in a consumer society where almost everything is processed. Cosmetics made from natural ingredients at home are also in high demand.

It is true that cosmetics contain all kinds of toxic substances that harm our body or can even be fatal. If parabens, always present in such ointments which are commercially available, are carcinogenic, … there are many other compounds in the facial powder, for example, which can cause skin irritation. Next, we present you a recipe for facial powder which is made from natural ingredients that can easily be made at home.

Ingredients:

– Arrowroot starch

– Cocoa

– Cinnamon

– Nutmeg

Optional: Almond oil, Jojoba or Olive

How to prepare the powder:

1.In a ceramic bowl put the arrowroot starch – 1 tablespoon if you have darker skin, or a teaspoon, if you have a light skin.

2.Gradually add the cocoa, cinnamon and nutmeg until you get the color you want.

3. If you want to get a compact powder add jojoba oil, almond or olive oil until it reaches the desired consistency. You have to start from five drops up until you get the texture you want to get.

This combination of substances not only gives to your skin a beautiful color, and smooths but also hide skin’s imperfections.

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Homemade Anti-Aging Wrinkle Cream

Are you worried about wrinkles that have started to appear on the forehead, around your eyes and mouth? You can solve the problem with a natural wrinkle cream.

Why would you make a homemade wrinkle cream? Primarily because it uses only natural ingredients, skin-friendly, no parabens, fragrances and other chemicals. In addition, it costs significantly less than those creams you find in pharmacies or cosmetic stores.The ingredients in  this anti-wrinkle cream that we will present you have a surprising effect on the skin and are more effective than those that we find on the market.

Sweet almond oil is a natural emollient, so it makes the skin much softer, smoother and less dry. It revitalizes and moisturizes the skin, and it also tones. Virgin coconut oil have antioxidant and anti-aging effects. Beeswax and shea butter have anti-inflammatory properties, and vitamin E helps skin rejuvenation.

Ingredients:

- A quarter cup of sweet almond oil

- 2 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil

- 2 tablespoons of beeswax

- Half a tablespoon vitamin E oil

- A tablespoon of Shea butter

- A few drops of essential oil of your choice (to provide an irresistible fragrance mixture)

From the above mixture will get half cup of anti-wrinkle cream.

How to prepare this anti- wrinkle face cream:

Put all ingredients in a jar. Put water in a bowl, until its level reaches about 15 centimeters and when the water  boils, place the jar – without lid, in the bowl on the stove. Leave them there until melted, stirring occasionally.

As soon as all the ingredients were mixed and the mixture is homogenous, place it in a smaller borvan. Then leave the mixture at room temperature and you will see how the cream begins to harden. So you got to your house a natural wrinkle cream and much cheaper than commercially.

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