DIY

EASY LAVENDER HAND CREAM YOU WILL LOVE

Although tried many hand cream recipes in winter, I have never made hand cream in summer as weather is humid where I live. Since we now live in a time we need to wash or sanitize hands million times a day I find myself in need of dry hand remedy again in the middle of summer. Here is a super simple recipe for hand cream with Lavender scent that reminds me of summer times that we can go places freely. Here you go.

Prepare time: 5 MINS

Ingredients:

2 TBSP MANGO BUTTER

2 TSP ALOE VERA GEL

6 DROPS LANVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL

2 DROPS VITAMIN E (D-alpha-tocopherol)

Directions:

Blend mango butter till smooth (2 mins via hand mixer)
Add Aloe Vera Gel, blend it together
Add Lavender essential oil and Vitamin E oil, blend again till mix well

Perfect DIY Spa Day At Home Recipe

Dream about pampering yourself with a DIY spa day kit at home but don’t know how to start? Here are some easy DIY SPA day recipes to get some SPA water, bath salt, sugar scrub, face mask and body oil ready in minutes for your next spa day. These are some of my basic recipes for a quick treatment, you can add your personal twist to make DIY spa day kit for gifts or invite friends and loved ones to join!

Strawberry Cucumber Spa Water

Nothing like a colorful blissful drink to set the relaxing mood. Spa water is another pretty name for fruit infused water. One of my favorites is strawberry and cumber water as you can eat the rest of the strawberries and place cucumber slices on eyes later at facial.

Prepare time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Two strawberries

Few slices of cumbers

Tonic water (I used coconut water)
Directions: slices the fruit and place them in glass (save at least 2 cucumber slices for later). Fill the glass with water/tonic water/coconut water or anything you prefer.

2. Soothing Rose & Oats bath salt:

I pretty much start all my bath salt mix with Epsom salt for it can sooth sore muscles at the end of the day then add preferred herbs. I always blend the herbs and oats first and add it to the salt mix as I am not sure if they will drain well I my hundred-old house if added directly.

Prepare time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

½ Cup Epson salt

½ Cup Himalayan pink salt

1 TBSP Dried Rose Petal

1 TBSP Rolled Oats

Directions: blend rose petal and rolled oats, add them in Epson salt & Himalayan pink salt mix, stir till mixed completely.

3. Refreshing Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Sugar scrubs is another of my must have DIY Spa day items. It’s all natural and can be used on both face and body. It gently buffered away dead skin cells and skin literally softened, brightened and smoother right away. Here I added peppermint as it is my favorite herb to add for summer. If you are having trouble finding dry herbs, my hack is to check your tea cabinets. A lot of herbal tea have what we need and they are already blended and ready to be added to your next beauty DIY product.

Prepare time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

½ Cup Cane Sugar

1 Peppermint Tea Bag

1 TBSP Aloe Vera Gel

Directions: Mix all the ingredients together and enjoy.

4. Detoxing Green Tea Face Mask

Prepare time: 3 mins

One of my most used DIY face masks contains green tea and honey for their detoxing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties, (Well, their benefits go way beyond this) and they smell so good! In this recipe I added French green clay as my skin feels it can use some deep cleansing recently. You can skip it or use different clay or oats instead.

Ingredients:

1 Green Tea Bag

1 TBSP French Green Clay / Kaolin Clay

1 TSP Honey

Directions: Mix all the ingredients together and enjoy.

5. Sweet Orange Almond Body Oil

Last step of a spa day I ritually like to use body oil instead of lotion. My favorite is sweet almond oil as it is light, non-greasy and moisturizing. If you are lucky enough to have a loved one ready to give you a massage then jojoba oil might be a better choice. You can apply body oil directly and massage into skin. I like to add essential oil for extra pampering and one of my favorites is sweet orange or lavender if I am ready for bed. If you are familiar with aromatherapy, you can add few drops your favorite mix.

Prepare time: 1 min

Ingredients:

Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet Orange / Lavender essential oil

Directions: Add few drops of your favorite essential oil to body carrier oil and massage into skin.

Quick Rose Sugar Scrub / Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe

Microbeads is one of microplastic can be found on almost every beach worldwide. There are 5 Trillian floating pieces of plastic contaminating our water. Out of many alternatives to microbeads, my favorite is fine sugar. Fine sugar is natural source of glycolic acids which boots cell production and breaks down proteins that keep dead cells attached to your skin. It can quickly dissolve in water and leaves nothing for our water after jobs done. Below is quick Rose and Peppermint sugar scrub recipe for face and body. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Peppermint sugar scrub

1 TSP Dried peppermint

3 TBSP Cane Sugar

½ TBSP Aloe Vera Gel

Rose sugar scrub

1 TSP Dried rose petals

3 TBSP Cane Sugar

½ TBSP Aloe Vera Gel

Directions:

Grind dry peppermint or rose petals
Add cane sugar and Aloe vera gel
Stir well

Simple Rose Yogurt Exfoliating Clay Mask

One of my favorite face masks is honey oats 3 in 1 face masks from Body Shop. After learning many beauty recipes. I try to create this mask with a little floral twist. Today I made a rose honey clay mask which is detoxing, exfoliating and rejuvenating. It combines classic ingredients such as honey ,oats, Aloe vera gel with rose petals and kaolin clay to create a more multi0purpose yet still easy to make face mask. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 TSP Dried Rose Petals

1 TBSP Rolled Oats

½ TSP Kaolin Clay

1 TSP Aloe vera Gel

2 TSP Greek Yogurt

Directions:

Grind dried rose petals and rolled oats together
Add Kaolin Clay, yogurt and Aloe Vera gel, stir well
On clean and damp skin, apply the mask for 5-10 mins, remove while mask is still wet

Lemon Hand Cream Recipe

As a person who constantly washes hands throughout the day (Sometimes for no reason), I am always on the hunt for next great hand cream recipe especially when weather gets colder. Comparing to body butter, I like hand cream to be thicker, more moisturizing yet still easy to absorb and smooth to apply. Below is a hand cream recipe with Mango butter, healing Chamomile, Calendula and Sunflower oil. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp Mango Butter

1 Tsp Chamomile & Calendula infused Sunflower oil

2 Tsp Aloe Vera Gel

6 Drops Lemon Essential Oil

Few Drops Vitamin E (D-alpha-tocopherol)

Directions:

Blend mango butter till smooth (2 mins via hand mixer)
Add Sunflower oil and Aloe Vera Gel, blend it together
Add Lemon essential oil and Vitamin E oil, blend again till mix well

Simple Non-Greasy Sweet Orange whipped body Butter

One of most frequently made natural skincare products in our home is body butter. It’s easy to make, non-greasy, silky smooth and ultra-moisturizing. Here is my simple go-to whipped body butter recipe with mango butter, Aloe Vera and sweet orange essential oil. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

¼ Cup Mango Butter

4 Tsp Aloe Vera Gel

10 drops Sweet Orange essential oil

2-3 Drops Vitamin E oil (D-Alpha-Tocopherol)

Directions:

Whipped Mango butter till smooth (about 5 minutes with hand mixer)
Add Aloe Vera Gel and mix again (you will notice everything starts to become fluffy)
Add sweet orange essential oil (or you preferred essential oil) and Vitamin E Oil (Anti-oxidant)
Mix well and enjoy!

Exfoliating Face Mask with Oats for different skin types

With simple ingredients and few minutes of your time, you can make a quick and gentle exfoliating mask to give a skin a boost in term of overall appearance. Oats have always been my favorite as exfoliates in facial masks. It is gentle and full of amino acids which are building blocks of our skin. Below I made three exfoliating masks using oats and easy to find ingredients like dried botanicals, honey, yogurt and Aloe. It can be used for normal to dry, normal to oily or sensitive skin. Enjoy!

Rose oats yogurt mask (best for normal, normal to dry or mature skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP Dried rose petals

1 TSP Rolled oats

2 TSP Greek Yogurt

Directions:

Grind rose petals and oats, add yogurt and mix well

Green tea honey mask (Best for normal and normal to oily skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP Green tea powder

1 TSP Rolled oats

1 TSP Honey (Manuka honey UMF 15+ recommended)

Directions:

Grind rolled oats add green tea power and honey, stir well and enjoy.

Chamomile Aloe Mask (Best for normal or sensitive skin type)

Ingredients:

1 TSP dried Chamomile flowers

1 TSP Dried Oats

1 TSP Aloe Vera Gel

Directions:

Grind Chamomile flowers and oats, add Aloe Vera gel and stir well.

Homemade Charcoal Toothpaste Recipe

As a frequent coffee and tea drinker, I need to whiten my teeth from time to time to remove stains. Today I made a classic toothpaste recipe with charcoal, coconut oil and baking soda. It smells great, tastes a bit salty and brightened teeth instantly after one use. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 TBSP Coconut oil

¼ TSP Charcoal Powder

¼ TSP Baking Soda

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients together, apply pea size to your toothbrush and enjoy!

Detoxing Green Tea Clay Face Mask

There is always that time of the year, acne magically made its way to forehead for no obvious reason. As a person with normal to dry skin, I usually skip clay in my usual masks until acne paid its expected visit. Here I would like to share a simple 3 ingredients clay mask recipe to detox and battle acne. You can also add 1-2 drops of tea tree essential oil for extra benefit. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

3 TBSP Aloe Vera Gel

1 TBSP French Green Clay

1 TBSP Green Tea Powder

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients well and apply on clean and damp face.

Quick reminder: Never let clay mask become dry on your face, rinse it off while it’s still wet, and of course always test it first if you have never tried French clay before.

Soothing Lavender Bath Salts

Nothing is more relaxing than taking a soothing bath at the end of day. Here is my go to simple homemade recipe with like lavender, oats, chamomile, Himalayan salts and Epsom salts. Add your favorite essential oil to make it your own rejuvenating heaven. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

½ Cup Epsom Salt

½ Cup Himalayan Salt

1 TBSP Rolled Oats

1 TBSP Chamomile Flowers

1 TBSP Lavender Flowers

Directions:

Grind rolled oats, Chamomile Flowers and Lavender flowers together
Add Epsom Salt and Himalayan Salt
Stir well and enjoy!