Homemade Beauty Recipes

Facial Massage

Giving yourself a facial massage really helps in preventing premature aging. Warming, soothing and relaxing, it helps to release tension, improve the lymphatic system and improves the circulation, as well as improving muscle tone.

The above are a few good reasons to either give yourself or treat yourself to a facial at a salon. If you go to a salon, it's a great way to relax and great pick me up for your skin. Don't worry if you have make up on as the therapist will, as part of your deep facial cleanse, remove your make up. Also included in every facial is a facial massage using some wonderful aromatherapy oils. If you decide to massage yourself, make it part of your cleansing routine before bedtime. Use one of our aromatherapy oil recipes below, choosing one to suit your skin type.

Because it is so hard to describe a facial massage I have found a very good video. In this case pictures speak so much louder and make it much easier to understand than words. Below the video is you will find our massage oil recipe to give you a salon experience, if you prefer to buy a massage oil try this one Dermalogica PreCleanse which has a wonderful fresh herb/pine smell.

Massage oil gives slip and prevents friction. Choose two aromatherapy oils and follow our recipe below.

For normal skin choose between these essential oils : lavender, rose, cypress, geranium, chamomile, geranium, rosemary, neroli

For oily skin choose between these essential oils : tea tree, manuka, lavender, ylang ylang, tea tree, petitgrain, grapefruit, sandalwood

For dry skin choose between these essential oils : lavender, cedarwood, clary, jasmine, geranium, mandarine orange, neroli, rose, petitgrain

For mature skin choose between these essential oils : frankincense, neroli, chamomile, lavender, rose, geranium

For sensitive skin choose these between these essential oils : lavender, chamomile

Home-made Facial Massage Oil

15ml extra virgin olive oil or almond oil
5 drops of your first choice of aromatherapy oil
5 drops of your second choice of aromatherapy oil
Or choose 10 drops one one aromatherapy oil

Place the virgin olive oil into a dark bottle as this will help prevent the sun destroying the essential oils. Now pour 5ml of your first choice of aromatherapy oil into the bottle and then 5mls of your second choice. Put the top on the bottle, don't shake but leave it to stand and diffuse for at least 24 hours before using.

Thank you Mrs C from Scotland for writing in with this recipe

Lemon & Ginger Oatmeal Facial

This recipe also uses simple ingredients like oats and milk, but you also need to use some essential oils. It acts as a soothing, refreshing but gentle cleanser.

Ingredients

2 tbs oats
1 tbs milk
1 egg white
1 drop of lemon essential oil
1 drop of ginger essential oil

Method

1. Beat the milk and egg white together thoroughly.
2. Mix in the oats until it is like a paste.
3. Mix in the oils.

Treatment

1. Gently spread the mask over the face and neck.
2. Relax with mask on for 10 - 15 minutes.
3. Rinse the mask off with lukewarm water.
4. Gently pat the skin dry.
5. Use toner and moisturiser as normal.