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If thereโ€™s one topic I love talking about, itโ€™s DIY skin care recipes! 

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Not only do I love making these and enjoy mixing the ingredients and filling the pots, but itโ€™s also the environmental benefits of it (and the money savings).

Plus, my skin is far healthier since switching to natural homemade skincare. 

In this post, Iโ€™ll share my top 12 homemade skin care recipes for you to try yourself. 

I love each and every one of these recipes and mix and match depending on what my skin needs. So why not try them too?

Make sure to check out the recipes in the individual posts! 

Sugar wax recipe for ultra smooth skin

Discover a kinder, less painful, and more natural way to remove unwanted hair from your body.

You can make sugar wax with just a few key ingredients that Iโ€™ll bet you have in your kitchen cabinet right now. 

Make sure you follow the instructions in the post on this one!

Sugar waxing is different from regular waxing and requires a different technique, which I explain fully here in this post

A DIY sugar wax cooling in a glass jar.

Peppermint mocha coffee scrub

Peppermint is an excellent addition to homemade beauty products.

It smells divine, refreshes the mind and body, and stimulates the senses better than anything else.

One thing that frustrates me is the price of some store-bought face scrubs, which is why I love making my homemade version.

This peppermint mocha coffee scrub recipe is fantastic to use on oily or sensitive skin to reveal rejuvenated, fresh skin underneath. 

Peppermint mocha face scrub in a jar

Homemade night cream

This is one of my all-time favorite natural skin care recipes.

Adding a natural night cream to my beauty routine has been the best thing Iโ€™ve done to help slow down the inevitable signs of aging. 

This recipe is packed full of nourishing, natural ingredients to smooth and refine the skin while you sleep. 

For best results, make sure you cleanse correctly and remove all makeup before applying this product. 

Check out the recipe here.

Homemade night cream for glowing skin with white flowers on white shiplap..

Glowing skin face mask

Did you know that honey is a renowned beauty product? Itโ€™s one of my go-toโ€™s for glowing skin.

I love the fact that honey is something we all have in our cabinets, and this glowing skin face mask is super easy to make!

It contains just 4 ingredients, and you can use it as soon as youโ€™ve made it. 

Discover the recipe here in this post.

Face mask with honey for glowing skin on a wooden cutting board with dried springs and a honey comb.

Coconut oil lip scrub

Who doesnโ€™t love coconuts?!

This is a delicious lip scrub to eliminate dry, flakey skin and give your lips some much-needed love and attention.

One thing I appreciate about homemade beauty products is they use far fewer ingredients than store-bought ones, as is the case with this recipe. (read it here)

This means theyโ€™re cheaper to make and far better for your skin, with no nasty chemicals or toxins. 

Diy Lavender lip scrub in small container with lavender flowers.

Pedicure foot soak recipes

With summer well and truly here, we want to maximize our time outdoors in strappy sandals and have our feet on show in their best condition!

Enter – the foot soak.

One of the best ways to get soft and smooth skin without spending hours (or funds) on expensive beauty treatments. 

Check out the post so you can make your own foot soak today.

A pair of feet and hands with a pot of cream and towels.

Moisturizing tallow body butter

If youโ€™ve never before experienced the moisturizing benefits of tallow – youโ€™ve got to try this recipe!

Tallow is another word for rendered fat.

Fat itself is an excellent moisturizer and something that the skin needs if itโ€™s dehydrated or suffering signs of aging. 

This recipe makes a wonderfully rich body butter from a small handful of natural ingredients. I love this one!

A small jar of tallow butter with pink flowers next to it on a checked table cloth.

Homemade natural eye cream

The eyes are a delicate area, and therefore one of the best parts of the face to use natural skincare products. 

This amazing eye cream reduces dark circles and puffiness associated with tiredness, stress, and aging. 

It takes very little time to make and is a great product to save you money on expensive beauty products in store. 

woman applying homemade eye cream under eye

Charcoal peel-off face mask

If you suffer from blackheads (like I have in the past – ugh), then you must try this DIY charcoal peel-off face mask. 

Itโ€™s easy to make and is fantastic for removing blackheads directly, revealing clearer, brighter skin. 

I recommend using this face mask only when needed (say once a month), although activated charcoal is one of my beauty staples, so I always have a bag in the beauty drawer just in case.

Click here to discover the recipe.

White bowl with diy charcoal mask in it.

Homemade sugar scrub

Sugar is one of the most popular skincare ingredients. It works exceptionally well to scrub away dead cells and smooth the skin. 

Itโ€™s also a great scrub to remove makeup before going to bed and contains only 3 ingredients which are household staples. 

Why not try making it and using it tonight in place of your regular makeup remover – make sure you check out the different blends before making this homemade sugar scrub!

Homemade sugar scrub with olive oil in a glass container on wooden shiplap.

Moisturizing hand cream

This is one of the first recipes I ever made myself, which got me into the DIY skin care world. And Iโ€™ve never looked back!

I use my hands a lot, with constant hand washing, house chores, and, of course, making skin care products most days.

This is an effective, highly moisturizing hand cream that is great for hard-working hands to soften the skin. 

A small pot of moisturizing hand cream with a hand applying it.

Anti-aging face mask

We all want to know the secret to slowing down the signs of aging and smoothing out fine lines and crowโ€™s feet, right?!

This anti-aging face mask is another must-have in your beauty routine.

It contains bentonite clay and rose clay for smoothing wrinkles, along with jojoba oil for deep moisturization. 

Try making it and see for yourself how youthful you look afterward! See the recipe in this post.

homemade anti aging face mask in glass bowl.

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I hope you love these recipes as much as I do!

Why not comment below and let me know which ones you try making? I always love to hear from you. 

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13 Comments

  1. Michelle Bartley says:

    Great Recipes l am always interested in learning more

    1. Laura says:

      Happy you are here!