Facial Recipes

I love my homemade beauty products, but sometimes I struggle finding time to make them. I recently ran out of my favorite facial toner, and wanted to create a simple, quick, and most importantly, effective facial toner for my skin. Ever since I read about green tea’s ability to prevent UVB-induced inflammatory responses1 when used […]

Homemade Beauty Tips for Pimples Pimples, blemishes, zits… whatever you want to call them, are a highly inconvenient (and sometimes embarrassing) reality that most of us will encounter at some point in our youth.  For the lucky of us, it’ll taper off and never be an issue after those teenage years, but I have found […]

Homemade Face Wash Perhaps the most infamous of the homemade face washes, and the first one I was introduced to, is the Oil Cleansing Method.  This method consists of washing your face with oil (typically olive or castor) and sometimes a blend of essential oils.  It seems counter-intuitive (you want me to clean my skin with […]

Have you ever read the ingredients in your skin-care products?  Do you know what chemicals you are putting onto your skin? Most of us grew up using the pretty, fragrant and expensive bottles of face wash and moisturizer, readily available at your local store. We use it day after day without giving much thought to what […]

Facial Scrub for Dry Skin It is April in New Mexico, and we have had a dry year, a windy spring so far, and very little rain to accompany it. Unfortunately for me, that means allergies and excruciatingly dry skin. While I am constantly looking for a good facial scrub for dry skin, I am running […]

Homemade Facial Toner with Rosemary Last summer, I had the great privilege of trying l.c. of acirema’s Queen of Mug Herbal Toner.  I hadn’t used toners much before then, but man… I fell in love with that toner.  Immediately after applying it to my face, I could see it brighten and tone my skin.  I […]