Herbal Skin Care Recipes - Good Enough to Eat!

Herbal skin care recipes can be just as effective as expensive commercial skin care products which may contain harmful components.  That's the beauty of home made skin care treatments - you get to choose and use ingredients that are harmless to your skin.

Herbal Skin Care Recipes vs. Drugstore Cosmetic Formulas

Because drugstore cosmetics have become heavily dependent on artificial chemical additives, more women are turning back to homemade skin care treatments. Women have been relying on many herbal skincare recipes long before the multi-billion cosmetic industry was born. 

Thousands of years ago, women of ancient Rome used homemade skin care and beauty packs made of eggs. Meanwhile ancient Egyptians used eye paints and the crushed shells of beetles for glitter eye shadow!

Your garden could be a virtual gold mine of ingredients for herbal homemade skincare recipes. You can use chamomile, lime flowers, rosemary and even the pesky dandelion to make a mild and refreshing homemade herbal  skincare essential - astringent!

For pimple outbreaks and mild skin infection, you can formulate your own natural homemade skin care antiseptic with lavender, mint, thyme or witch hazel.

If it's good enough to eat then you know it's safe! Oatmeal and almond are the basic ingredients for an easy homemade skin care recipe for an inexpensive yet nourishing facial.  Add rose water (or your favorite flower extract) and voila! You got an all-natural, homemade spa facial product.

If you have dry skin, you can substitute the following herbal skincare alternatives to heavily scented and expensive moisturizing creams: sunflower, almond, lavender and cold-pressed coconut oil.