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Natural Home Made Beauty Recipes

Facial Cleansers

Credit for the invention of cold cream, any history book will tell you, goes to a doctor named Galen, who lived over 1,700 years ago.  Our guess is that the credit for that first cream belongs to Mrs. Galen.  Consider it for a moment.  Do you suppose the good doctor was really concerned with the effect soap-and-water washing was having on  his complexion? 

The basics, good old soap and water, are wonderful cleansers but, like Mrs. Galen, most of us have cleansing needs that are as individual as we are.  Fortunately, times have changed since Mrs. Galen's day and women now have an almost endless choice of creams, lotions, washes and creams.  The trick is to find the one which is best suited to you!

Collected here are recipes for all types of cleansers.  Just whip up one or two creams; you'll find them quick and easy to prepare and nothing feels finer on the skin than a fresh, fluffy cream!

Dry-Skin Milk Wash

1 small cake castile soap
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup whole fresh milk
2 tsp. refined odorless castor oil
2 pinches benzoic acid powder

Grate soap and heat it with the water in a double boiler.  At the same time, heat milk and oil in another pan over low heat.  Stir both mixtures well.  When the soap has melted and the milk and oil have blended, remove both pans from the heat at the same time (Bring the milk-oil mixture to a near boil but do not boil it.  Combine and stir vigorously until the wash is of a uniform consistency.  Add benzoic acid and stir well.  Pour into a wide-mouthed bottle and store in a cool place.

Oily-Skin Astringent Wash

1 small cake castile soap
1 cup alcohol (70% strength)
1 tsp. washing soda
1/2 tbsp. distilled witch hazel

Grate soap, combine it with alcohol and washing soda and heat in double boilder.  Stir slowly until soap has melted.  Remove and let cool.  Add witch hazel and stir until wash is a uniform consistency.  Pour into a wide-mouthed bottle.

Strawberry Cleansing Lotion

2 tbsp. fresh strawberry juice
2 1/2 tsp. oil of sweet almonds
1 1/2 tbsp. refined odorless castor oil
light mineral oil

Over a measuring cup, gently rub berries against a strainer until you have two tablespoons of juice.  Discard pulp.  Add castor and almond oil and stir to blend.  Add mineral oil to the five ounce mark.  Stir rapidly and thoroughly.  Pour into a bottle and store in fridge.  Shake well before each use.

Rose Water Cleansing Lotion

5 tbsp. safflower oil
2 tbsp. milk of magnesia
2 tbsp. rose water
2 tbsp. distilled witch hazel
2 tbsp. glycerine

Combine milk of magnesia and oil in a jar.  Shake vigorously.  Add the other ingredients one at a time, shaking well after each addition.  Reshake before each use.

Basic Cold Cream

1 oz. white beeswax
6 tbsp. light mineral oil
4 tbsp. distilled water
1 tsp. borax
3 drops of your favourite perfume

Grate wax.  In a double boiler, combine wax and oil.  Heat and stir until well blended.  While doing this, dissolve borax in water and heat gently.  Do not boil.  Remove both pots from heat simultaneously.  Stirring constantly, add water solution slowly to oil and wax.  When combined, beat vigorously until cool.  Add perfume and beat until cream is fluffy and snowy white.  Put into jars.
 
 

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