I think I started making face wash a little over a year ago now, and have changed the recipe several times. For a good little while it used to be coconut oil based - sounds strange but it worked just fine. The only reason why I changed it up to a spray was because I didn't like dipping my finger in the pot. I suppose I could have gotten a squeezey tube, which I may well try out in the future but for now. This spray is my baby.
So the tools are as follows
- 50ml Spray bottle
- Castile Soap
- Distilled / filtered water
- Essential oils - Lavender, Tea Tree, Geranium, Cedar wood.
- Glycerin
- Scale
- A small funnel
Right, now this is pretty straight forward as things go.
- Make sure your spray bottle is clean.
- Place the funnel in the bottle and put it on the scale
- Pour 15ml of the Castile soap SLOWLY
- Add just a drop of Glycerin
- Add 2 drops of Lavender
- 2 drops of Tea Tree
- 1 drop of Cedarwood
- 1 drop of Geranium
- Then pour 35 ml of distilled water into the bottle
- Put the spray cap on
- Shake it like a polaroid picture
- Spray it a few times into the sink
- You're good to go
This lasts me for about 3 weeks in the Winter and 2 weeks in the Summer. I never finish the bottle but you get a feel for when all of the anti bad things the essential oil is for is used up. The whole process can be done in less than 5 minutes if you have a steady hand so I don't mind making it frequently. And my rough calculations add up to about 50p per bottle. But it will be much cheaper when I buy my new giant bottle of Castile soap - it will then work out to be roughly 20p per bottle.
Quick calculation of 20p every two weeks is £5.20. Even if I made a new wash every week it would work out to be £10.40.
So yes I save my money, and I can ramp up or down what I'm washing my face with, for example if I have some enlarged pore action going on, I can add more Cedarwood, if my skin is feeling a little dry in the Winter, I can add more Geranium.
I've listed below why I've added the ingredients I have. The essential oils do have several other uses.
- Castile Soap - It's a soap... it clears all the dirt / pollution away
- Distilled / filtered water - not tap water, there's just less chance of it carrying germs into your mix
- Lavender EO - For it's antimicrobial and antioxidant loveliness, it's good for eczema sufferers as well. Won't dry the skin out and is anti inflammatory.
- Tea Tree - It kills germs dead! As far as I can tell anyway, I even add this to my laundry. Great for spots including acne
- Cedarwood - one of my favourites, it balances sebum production and closes the pores, so my oily parts aren't so oily and my dry parts aren't so dry. It's an anti inflammatory as well
- Geranium - a staple in the collection. Toner, wrinkle reducer, bug repellent, and helps to fade scars from those old but not entirely forgotten spots. I don't wear foundation so the need for a balanced skin tone is a must
- Glycerine - It's a humectant, so it draws moisture to the skin. I have combination skin and still use this.
If you want to try making this yourself, please test on a small area first and read all about Essential Oils and Castile soap so you can make your own decisions as to whether you're comfortable with them.
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