This handmade face cream recipe teaches you how to make face cream at home from scratch. This DIY Face Moisturizer is a blend of Sweet Almond oil, Babassu butter and a plant-based emulsifier.
The biggest benefit of this freshly handmade face cream is that it is preservative free. Yet it will last you for a good six months. Make your own face cream in a small batch to give your skin the freshness of all the ingredients. Furthermore, you are welcome to customize it further to suit your skin requirements. You may choose a fragrance oil of your choice or go with an Essential oil. You may opt to go fragrance free with your luxurious handmade moisturizer. Here, however I have used an exotic Almond Fragrance oil.
What are the benefits of this Cream?
To clarify, Babassu butter offers abundant nourishment of fatty acids and restorative oils that are anti-inflammatory and can heal rashes. Furthermore, it reduces cellular damage caused by harmful chemicals and naturally hydrates and moisturizes the skin fully.
However, if you find it difficult to source Babassu butter, you may opt for an alternative butter.
If you add 2 grams of Certified Organic Cocoa Butter you can make your own homemade Cocoa Butter Face cream.
Equally important, is another variant, Shea Butter Face moisturizer. Here you may replace Babassu Butter with 2 grams Certified Organic Shea Butter.
Both these butters offer the same level of nourishment. Additionally, they work on dryness, wrinkles, dark spots, blemishes as well as stretch marks.
Sweet Almond oil is a cold pressed light weight oil that is very nourishing and moisturizing. Being rich in antioxidants, it helps in removing toxins, opening clogged pores as well as retaining moisture. Furthermore, it builds and repairs the skin’s collagen layer, ensuring the skin is firm, soft and youthful.
All in all, your luxurious and nourishing handmade face cream is the most natural and nourishing daily routine. It ensures that your skin gets the boost of nature’s goodness. This is a simple four ingredient recipe that is so easy to make.
Come, let us together learn to make our handmade face cream from scratch. This DIY moisturiser will keep our skin fresh and radiant at all times.
Ingredients
- Emulsifier for Creams & Lotions, 5 grams
- Sweet Almond Oil, 12 grams
- Babassu Butter, 2 grams
- Distilled water, 81 grams
- Almond Fragrance oil, 0.5 to 2 ml
Recipe
Time needed: 15 minutes
First thing to remember, please ensure that all your equipment as well as the work area are sanitized. You may use 99% Isopropyl Alcohol commonly known as rubbing alcohol.
- Weigh and put in the emulsifier.
Firstly, in a clean and sanitized container weigh and add 5 grams of Soapy Twist’s emulsifier.
- Add the butter & oil
Secondly, weigh and add 2 grams Babassu butter and 12 grams Sweet Almond Oil.
- Heat the mixture
Thirdly heat the mixture in a micro wave oven or over a double boiler till a slurry is formed as shown in the tutorial.
- Add Hot Distilled water part by part
Subsequently add hot distilled water, 27 ml at first, gradually stirring the blend. Once the mixture starts emulsifying, keep adding 27 ml water gradually again. Finally add the remaining 27 ml of water till the blend is fully emulsified.
- Add Fragrance
Finally, add an Essential oil or Fragrance oil of your choice and mix till its incorporated fully. Here we have used Almond Fragrance oil. Your handmade face moisturizer is ready to use.
As a matter of fact, you may like to purchase all your ingredient from www.soapytwist.com.
Furthermore, you may wish to take a look at the following blogs
- Soap Free Tripple Butter Cleanser Recipe
- Homemade Moisturizing Body wash Recipe
- Whipped Foaming Bath Butter Recipe
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ans 1. To clarify, you can make a natural face cream by simply blending togeather a skin nourishing oil, butter and emulsifyier as shown in the recipe above. Your natural cream is an emulsion of water, oil and butter, bound together by a plant based emulsifier.
Ans 2. As I have shown above, following this recipe step by step, you will be able to make your face moisturizer from scratch.
Ans. 3 Please use this product within 6 months.
Ans 4. You may use Phenoxyethanol which is a plant based preservative and is avaialble at our website, www.soapytwist.com. The recommended dosage is not exceeding 1% of your total output. This will keep your cream good for 12 months.
Ans 5. Certainly not, you may store it in an air tight container at room temperature. Only ensure to keep it away from moisture to avoid contamination.