How to make a cream with your own hands

Cosmetic cream is an indispensable attribute of the beauty arsenal of any woman. It helps to prolong the youth and beauty of the skin. Today it is not at all necessary to buy caring cosmetics in expensive stores. You can make a cream with your own hands at home.

The skin needs regular and proper care. This will preserve her health, relieve dryness, tightness, cracks and fine wrinkles. A good cream can slow down the aging process of the skin, saturate it with nutrients and life-giving moisture.

"Homemade" cream has many advantages over purchased products:

• Safety. The drug, made by hand, contains natural ingredients that have a beneficial effect on the cells of the epidermis. In this case, the components are selected taking into account the characteristics of the skin. This product does not contain parabens and other chemical components, so it will not cause an allergic reaction or skin irritation.
• Democratic price. Home cosmetics is a budget option with a maximum of useful properties.It is affordable, since most of the necessary components are always at hand or can be bought for little money.
• Components. The cream can be prepared taking into account the tasks set (for moisturizing, nutrition, treatment), adding only the right ingredients. Environmentally friendly products have a beneficial effect on the skin.
• Freshness. Homemade cream is easy to prepare yourself in a matter of minutes. It is always fresh, and you can use it for several days or two to three months.
• Diversity. This process is creative and exciting. A large selection of raw materials and recipes allows you to make a variety of cosmetics at home, taking into account the specific needs of the skin at the moment.
• Such a product has a cumulative effect, but does not cause addiction to the skin.

Some products have a relatively short period of use, which is a minus of home creams. They are far from always suitable for long trips, travel, as they cannot be at hand at the right time. Most often they need to be stored in the refrigerator and in time to make a new portion. Such a product does not contain preservatives and quickly deteriorates. It makes no sense to cook it in large portions.

Making cream at home may require special tools (containers for heating and melting the ingredients, whipping and storing them, a mixer or a whisk). Of course, at the beginning of the "cosmetic" path, ordinary kitchen utensils may well be enough. If in the future you want to have the necessary devices, you will have to invest in “equipment”.

The composition of a homemade cosmetic cream depends on the existing problem of the dermis, skin type and allergies to various components. The created drug will have a certain effect. The tool should have a noticeable healing effect and be as useful as possible.

Such cosmetics have a directed action. To choose the right composition, you need to determine the task of the tool:

• Moisturizing. This product is designed for dry, dehydrated and flaky skin. Its action is aimed at hydrating the cells of the epidermis, so a lot of water is usually present in the cream.

• Nutritious. Means for saturating cells with nutrients. It differs from other products in that the basis of the cream is fat, not water. Its consistency is denser, it is not suitable for daily use, as it takes a long time to absorb. The composition of this series includes many useful components that give the skin health and well-groomed appearance.

• Protective. Protective agents are distinguished by the presence of a thin film on the surface of the dermis after application. It prevents the destruction of the cell structure under the influence of aggressive chemicals (paints, resins), household chemicals (washing powders, soap products) and adverse environmental conditions (ultraviolet, frost).

Winter cream is considered the most saturated, it copes with weathered and frostbitten skin, warms and reanimates it, covering it with a greasy film. Sunscreen saves the skin from sunburn, pigmentation and aging. It includes SPF filters.

• Mitigation and recovery. Such products are designed for day and night care, they are absorbed a little longer, but without the effect of a greasy film. The action of the cream is aimed at restoring the structure of the skin: it becomes soft, gets rid of small cracks associated with overdrying or chapping, looks smooth and well-groomed.

• Therapeutic. The task of such a cream is a directed effect on certain problem areas of the body: inflammation, redness, irritation, fungal infections, dermatitis, eczema, fungal infections.

• Anti-aging (rejuvenating). This series makes the skin supple and elastic, smoothes wrinkles and is their prevention. With regular care, the skin becomes taut and looks younger.

• Against skin pigmentation. This cosmetic line is designed to even out tone, reduce the visibility of blemishes and shallow scars. In order for the effect to be noticeable, regular care is needed for a long period of time.

In addition to containers for melting components, containers for whipping and storage, the components themselves are needed.

Materials for homemade cream are:

• solid oils (cocoa, mango, coconut, shea);
• vegetable oils (avocado, peach, jojoba, almond);
• essential oils (orange, lemon);
• pure water (filtered, mineral, boiled) or herbal decoction;
• emulsifiers (glycerin, lanolin, beeswax, lecithin);
• oil extracts of vitamins;
• additional substances (honey, royal jelly, propolis, menthol and others).

Beeswax is one of the popular components of home cosmetics. It helps to strengthen the structure of the nails, softens and saturates the cells with useful substances.

Hardened areas of the body (arms, legs) can be given health and beauty with the help of pork fat. Its action provides emergency assistance with weathering and frostbite.

To determine the choice of additional components, you need to consider the purpose:

• For moisturizing you can add decoctions and infusions of herbs, glycerin and essential oils of myrrh, jasmine and patchouli to the cream.
• As nutritional ingredients you can use regular products (cream, sour cream, honey and egg yolk), as well as oils (avocado, sandalwood, coconut, jojoba).
• For a whitening effect lemon and parsley can be added to the cream.
• If you need a mixture with a healing effect, it is worth supplementing it with carrot seeds, chamomile flowers, aloe Vera, celandine, plantain.
• Do not mix acids of different types (when combined, the effectiveness of the cream may decrease).
• To better penetrate the pores, you can add alcohol to the composition in a small amount.

• First you need a prescription for specific care. It is necessary to measure an even amount of ingredients: violation of the proportions of the components will change the planned result. Solid components should be chopped with a knife or fork.
• The containers necessary for work are sterilized with boiling water or alcohol. Then the components (oils, emulsifiers and other ingredients) are laid out on them.
• The emulsifier is melted in a water bath until completely dissolved, water is heated in a kettle, and herbal decoction is heated in a water bath.
• After heating, all components are combined until a soft consistency is formed: stirring is done with a whisk, and then use a mixer. At the end of stirring, preservatives (glycerin), esters are added, then the resulting mixture is poured into containers and put in the refrigerator. Ready cream can be used in two or three days.

A good homemade cream will give the skin youth, elasticity and healthy appearance. Today, there are many recipes, taking into account the different characteristics and needs of epidermal cells.

For the base, chamomile infusion is used. To do this, two tablespoons of dried flowers are poured into 100 ml of water, brought to a boil and insisted. In the strained broth, add one teaspoon of shea butter and jojoba oil, 4 drops of orange oil ether.This mixture will save the skin from severe dryness.

For deeper hydration, you can use green tea by brewing one tablespoon per 100 mol of water. For this recipe, you need shea butter, beeswax, glycerin (one teaspoon each), 4 drops of lemon oil ether, 2 capsules of Aevit vitamin (which has antioxidant and immunostimulating properties). The oils are heated in a water bath, then mixed, adding a decoction and essential oil. The mixture is stirred until a uniform texture is obtained.

See the following video for the recipe for making a moisturizer.

To restore the fat balance, resuscitate the skin, prevent dryness and flaking, you can make your own nutritious mixture with a pleasant chocolate aroma. To do this, you will need cocoa butter (1 teaspoon), ground cinnamon (half a teaspoon) and orange essential oil (2 drops). Having melted solid butter in a water bath, add the remaining ingredients to it, mix thoroughly and put it in a cool place.

A simple recipe consists of a glycerin base (130 ml), onion juice (2 tablespoons), lemon (3 tablespoons) and one spoon of honey. The finished product can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 5 days in a glass container.

See the next video for the recipe for making a nourishing cream.

For the remedy, you need the juice of two lemons, an infusion on their peel, one teaspoon of glycerin and jojoba oil, two tablespoons of beeswax. It is not difficult to prepare the remedy: the peel is crushed, 50 ml of boiling water is poured and infused for an hour. Then it is mixed with heated wax and other components.

The recipe for making a cream for age spots, see the following video.

To make a simple home remedy, you can take a regular fat cream (50 ml), mix it with urea (2 grams) and lecithin (1 gram). Then heat the mixture in a water bath, add a few drops of lemon essential oil. It is better to use the remedy before going to bed.

Making your own fat cream is very simple. To do this, take a small spoonful of cream and butter, heat them in a water bath and mix. At the end of stirring, add two or three drops of lemon juice to the mass.

Universal mixtures prepared at home can have a double effect: take care of the skin of the hands, feet and nail plates. The manufacture of such a drug will require the presence of beeswax (20 grams), liquid lecithin and lanolin (1.5 tablespoons each), apricot oil (2 tablespoons) and shea butter (teaspoon), 5 - 7 drops of vegetable lemon essence, one capsule vitamin E.

The wax must be melted and mixed with the rest of the ingredients, then put away in a dark and cool place. It is recommended to apply the product in the morning and evening. It will have a beneficial effect on skin health, strengthen the nail plates and accelerate nail growth.