Hi Amiga, to save some money I started looking into Natural Skincare Recipes.
Fortunately, there are many natural skincare recipes you can find on the internet, I am particularly interested in ancient Skincare remedies I can imagine Cleopatra was using.
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In this post, I will be sharing 5 Ancient Natural Skincare Recipes.
Natural Skincare
Although I would love to have the whole collection of Tatcha Skincare, it is quite expensive, at this point I can’t even afford the moisturizer I normally use.
What is the solution to this problem? Simple. Mix your own, homemade skincare line. There’s nothing to it as most ingredients are found in your fridge or fruit basket.
All-natural skin recipes are easily found on the Internet or even in magazines.
Usually, these skincare mixes are composed of a combination of one or two fruits. Combinations like these can include either fruit pulp, fruit juice, or both.
Milk, water, or honey are usually added to smoothen the mixture. Add-ons such as oatmeal, wheat germ, brown sugar, and dried herbs are also included for more specialized concoctions such as a pimple treatment, flaking, and oily skin.
Skincare using natural ingredients offers great variety. There are facial cleansers, scrubs, moisturizing creams, and face mask recipes.
Don’t worry because indications for use are usually found with the recipes. The recipes indicate whether the mixture is for normal, dry, oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.
Some are even more specialized as blackhead removers (clay masks, see recipe below) or whitening solutions.
Benefits of Natural Products for Skincare
Natural skincare routines have many advantages. First, the ingredients are easily available and the choices are great. They are also natural, thus, greatly reducing risks of allergies or skin irritations.
Second, the ingredients are cheap, which translates into more savings for you.
Third, you can modify the recipes to suit your needs. Since the risks for irritations are minimal, experimentations are relatively safe.
Fourth, vitamins and antioxidants are naturally found in fruits, while milk and honey have restorative properties. Therefore, you get the same vitamins found in commercial products while limiting or eradicating chemicals.
As these skincare recipes use natural ingredients they require refrigeration and can only keep for a week.
However, it is better to make these in small quantities or batches for immediate use. In addition, these recipes contain natural hydroxy acids and vitamins for direct and instant skin rejuvenation.
Also, don’t forget to keep fit by exercising, having a balanced, healthy diet, and regular sleep.
With these prerequisites and your new skincare solutions, you’re on your way to having healthy skin that can top what science can offer. Now, that’s what you call natural.
Ancient Recipes
- Cleopatra’s Milk Bath
It has been said that Cleopatra had Milk Baths. She didn’t bathe in cow milk, her baths were provided by donkeys.
Legend has it that she required 700 lactating donkeys in order to supply the milk for her daily bathing routine.
Milk is such a great natural ingredient for skincare because milk contains lactic acid, which is an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA).
AHAs penetrate the top layer of the skin to soak off dead skin cells. Exfoliation stimulates the skin and healthy cells are regenerated.
Using AHAs in your skincare allows the skin to rejuvenate itself more quickly.
Cleopatra is said to have honey added to her baths, as well as lavender and rose petals and even raspberries and strawberries.
I imagine her using solely donkey milk for her baths. All skin types.
- 2 tablespoons of honey
- 2 cups of full-fat organic milk
- Lavender and/ or rose petals (optional)
Heat this up in a pan, don’t bring it to a boil. Add the mixture to your bath and feel like our ancient ancestors.
2. Saffron Oil
Cleopatra is said to have used saffron in her milk baths to make her skin glow.
Saffron is expensive but you just need a pinch to make a saffron-infused moisturizing and cleansing oil with saffron threads.
Just add a pinch to some melted coconut oil and rub it onto your face, let it sit for a few hours before you wash it off. Normal to dry skin types.
3. Geishas Sea Salt and Whip Cream Firming Rub
Geishas used 2 tablespoons of natural sea salt mixed with a little bit of whipped cream to make a face rub. Rub gently before rinsing off for a firm and smooth face.
You need a sugar-free whip cream. All skin types.
4. Egg Whites to Tighten Skin
Since 600 B.C. egg whites have been used for skincare. Egg whites were applied to the face and neck to tighten the skin. It is like a little facelift and also hydrates the skin.
Please use free-range, cage-free eggs. All skin types
5. Moroccan Red Clay Mask
Last but not least, the one ancient natural skincare remedy that intrigued me the most is clay masks.
The ingredients are probably not in your kitchen cupboard but clay masks are so powerful it can’t be missed from this list.
Cleopatra used clay masks in her beauty routine too, my gosh this woman must have been radiant from head to toe. Clay absorbs oils, draws out impurities, prevents acne, and controls shin. Very good for oily skin types.
I am so interested in this that I wanted to write a blog about it until I found one that I can’t top, https://helloglow.co/theres-a-clay-for-that-5-homemade-clay-face-mask-recipes/
Medically reviewed by Dr. Jennifer Haley, a board-certified dermatologist with extensive experience in medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology. very interesting read, with 5 homemade clay mask recipes.
This is my favorite from that blogpost.
Moroccan Red Clay is good for oily and acne=prone skin. It helps blackheads and clogged pores.
- 2 tablespoons Moroccan Red Clay (you can use this clay for various beauty purposes like soaps, scrubs, masks, and shampoos)
- 3 tablespoons rose water
- 1 teaspoon mashed avocado
Mix together and apply on T-zone or areas with clogged pores or acne-prone. As soon as the mask dries, rinse with warm water.
Mamacitas, you have been reading about (ancient) Natural Skincare and can try 5 recipes our ancestors enjoyed.
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