Tuesday 17 February 2009

Facial Cleansing Milk with Vitamin E

This homemade cleansing milk is perfect for dry and mature skins and rich in Vitamin E! It's easy to make and your skin will love it!

What you need:
  • Tea from Rose Petals, Mallow and Chamomile
  • 150ml full fat Milk Cream
  • 1 spoonful Glycerin
  • 1/2 teaspoon Aloe Vera Gel
  • 5 drops Olive Oil
  • 5 drops Wheat Oil
  • 5 drops Sesame Oil
  • 3-4 drops Rose essential oil
  • Lemon Juice (from 1/2 lemon)
Preparation:
  1. It is important that you sterilize all your equipment into boiled water first.
  2. Boil the herbs into 300ml of Water, for 10 minutes approximately and let them cool.
  3. In a pot, mix the Milk Cream, the Glycerin, the Aloe Vera Gel and the four different oils and stir the mixture till all the ingredients are unified.
  4. Strain the herbs and add 50ml of tea (keep in mind that it should not be hot) into the mixture. The total volume now, should be 200ml, but if you like, you can also make it more diluted, by adding more tea.
  5. You blend the mixture (you can also use a mixer for that) and when all the ingredients are unified, add the lemon juice as a natural preservative.
You are ready! Put your Cleansing Milk in a nice bottle with a label of the day of preparation and keep it in a cool place for 1-2 weeks.

Tips: You can keep the rest of the tea as skin lotion, by adding lemonjuice from 1/2 lemon! :)

Good luck!

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