Homemade Cleansing Creams for glowing skin

Homemade Cleansing Creams for glowing skin

Cleansing creams are the lotions, which remove dirt and grease from your skin by dissolving them. Besides removing dirt, it also removes traces of makeup. Soap and water can remove topical dirt but it can clean it deeply into the pores of skin and makeup has waxy base which soapy water cannot remove. Cleansing lotions are the best resort in winter when wind is dry and you should avoid use of soap.

There are number of options for preparing homemade cleansing creams. You can prepare them easily with the help of natural products. These creams can be stored if preserved properly. It should be applied in circular motions and after that rinse your skin with lukewarm water.

Easy to make Homemade Cleansing Creams:

Cucumber Cleansing Cream

This makes use of cucumber, which has natural toning qualities. Take ½ cup of cucumber juice, 500 ml olive oil, 30 gm beeswax, 30 gm spermaceti and a 1 tsp of sodium benzoate. Pour bees wax and spermaceti in a bowl and use double boiler to melt this. After this melts, mix cucumber juice and olive oil to it. In the end mix sodium benzoate to it and store after cooling.

Almond cleansing cream

Heat and melt 120 gm of white bees wax in a double boiler, then add to it 1 tsp of borax powder, 500 ml almond oil and 1 cup of rosewater. Stir well to mix it and here is wonderful cleansing cream ready for you. You can store it in refrigerator for some time.

Cleansing cream Prepared from Rose Petals

Take 500 ml of hot distilled water and pour it over 50 gm dried rose petals. Steep it for 10-15 minutes. Cool it and add 1 tsp lemon juice and in the end pour ½ tsp sodium benzoate. Cool it completely and put it in airtight jar and refrigerate it.

Glycerin Cleansing Cream

It is very simple and easy to make cleansing lotion. Take equal quantities of glycerin and lemon juice. Mix and shake well. It is ready to use.

Oatmeal cleansing Cream

Mix ½ cup of buttermilk, 60 oatmeal and 1 tsp of sodium benzoate. Mix all ingredients to make a paste. You can store it up 2 months in refrigerator.

Cleansing Cream from Lemon

Take 1 and ½ tbsp of non-petroleum jelly, 3 tbsp of jojoba oil, 1 tbsp of witch hazel, 1 tbsp of beeswax, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, few drops of lemon essential oil and 1/8 tsp of borax.

Melt jelly and beeswax in a double boiler. Separately warm jojoba oil and mix it to the wax mixture. After that add lemon juice, witch hazel and lemon oil. Then gradually add borax. Beat this well to make a cream.

Chamomile Cleansing Cream

Take 500 ml distilled water and add to it 50 gm chamomile flowers. Now heat it on low flame for 15 minutes. After that add one tsp lemon juice and ½ tsp sodium benzoate. After it cools, put it in an airtight jar.

Buttermilk and Fennel cleansing cream

Boil 2 tbsp crushed fennel seeds in ½ cup buttermilk for ½ an hour. After that cool it for two hours and pour in airtight jar. You can store it up to 2 weeks.

Cleansing cream for Dry Skin

Take 1 tsp Almond powder, ½ tsp milk powder and a pinch of sugar. Mix all the ingredients and store in a dry jar. When you want to use, take ¼ tsp of mixture and mix it well with warm water. Massage it all the face and neck and wash it off with warm water.

Turmeric cleansing cream

Take ¼ tsp of turmeric powder and mix it well with ½ tbsp of lemon juice. Blend both ingredients to make a paste. Apply it all over the face and wash it off with warm water.

Lanolin cleansing cream

Take 2 tbsp of petroleum jelly, 1 tbsp of lanolin, 5 tbsp of olive oil, 3 tbsp of sunflower oil and coconut oil, 25 tbsp water. Mix lanolin, petroleum jelly and olive oil by heating on a double boiler. After taking off from heat, add hot water slowly and beat well. Preserve this cream in refrigerator.