Homemade Lavender Purifying Face Cleanser Recipe for Dry Skin
If you're that gal or any other person who don't apply heavy make up and at the end of the day you want to have clean face without dealing with harmful chemicals in cleansers that can leave your skin more dry especially when you already have dry skin type. This cleanser can clear and purify your face. Now let's make homemade lavender purifying face cleanser recipe for dry skin.
DIY SKINCARE
If you don't apply make-up and have very dry or sensitive skin type then escaping harsh ingredients from conventional face cleansers like parabens, silicones, sulfates and detergents that can strip all the moisture and natural oils from your skin.
Water-Based Face Cleansers
Generally, water-based face cleansers contain watery ingredients in large percent which can remove sweat and dirt from the face. It doesn't use soapy or oily ingredients to remove dirt instead it uses ingredients like
Floral waters
Apple cider vinegar
Fruit juices
Raw honey
Herbal-infused water, etc.
Most of the time these face cleansers are usually hydrating, gentle to the skin barrier, remove dirt and residue from harsh ingredients from the store-bought cleansers. Let's make this face cleanser that is going to clear and purify your face infused with lavender water.
Selecting Ingredients
Lavender floral water: This floral water has sweet-smelling scent that gonna leave your face smelling good. This floral water can soothe and hydrate sensitive and dry skin type. Adding it to your face cleanser is going to be beneficial.
Chamomile floral water: You can not only benefit from the its dry flowers but also its floral water can help nourish your skin. It can soothe and calm your skin as your it purifies your skin. Chamomile floral water is very gentle to the skin even for delicate and sensitive ones, so it's gonna help a lot with dry skin.
Apple cider vinegar: This ingredient has many benefits that can help your skin. Apple cider vinegar contains alpha-hydroxyl acid (AHA) that can gently exfoliate the dead skin cells and remove dirt. Another thing that this ingredient does is help balance your skin pH. It is very gentle can make your skin radiant and very hydrating.
Raw honey: It is another humectant which can be hydrating to your dry skin. It has anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties that can help your skin. Don't worry about it being sticky, when mixed with other ingredients it becomes non-sticky. It is moisturizing and self-preserving ingredient that is excellent to your face.
Aloe vera gel: Can help with skin's complexion, but also can soothe skin redness and irritation, promote healing on acne scars, deeply hydrate your face skin. In order to create a nice
Vegetable glycerin: Glycerin has potential to moisturize your skin and improve hydration. When you add it in face cleanser it can improve your skin hydration.
Ingredients
¼ cup of lavender floral water
¼ cup of chamomile floral water
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (ACV)
2 tablespoons of raw honey
1 tablespoon of aloe vera gel
4 teaspoons of vegetable glycerin
After knowing all the ingredients that you'll need, gather them on your kitchen top. Get tools and utensils required for this recipe. Collect mixing bowls, designated face cleanser bottle where you're going to store that recipe, measuring spoons, measuring cups, mixing spoons and other things that your might need should be in arm's length.
Instructions
Measure out your ingredients; lavender floral water, chamomile floral water and apple cider vinegar. Pour them into a glass measuring cup and then place it in saucepan with few inches of water to create a hot water bath.
Put it on stove top and wait till the water simmers and the mixture in measuring cup is heated. Turn off the heat.
Carefully, remove the glass measuring cup from the saucepan and pour the liquid in a mixing bowl. Wait the liquid to cool to a room temperature 25 Celsius(77 Fahrenheit).
Add spoonful of raw honey, aloe vera gel and vegetable glycerin into the mixing bowl and mix with a wooden spoon.
Lastly pour your now ready face cleanser in a designated pump bottle. Make sure your bottle is well sanitized to avoid bacterial growth. Allow it to cool and then store it in refrigerator and use within 14 days.
How to Use Water-based Face Cleansers
Get your cotton pad and add a blob of face cleanser then rub it on your whole face.
Wash with clean water afterwards
This should be followed by facial toner for more squeaky clean look and feel.
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