Facial Cleansing Grains Recipes for Natural Skin Care
These DIY facial cleansing grains are a great alternative to soap and water. They’re kind to your skin, easy to make and perfect for your natural skin care routine! Discover how to make exfoliating facial cleansers to add to your your daily beauty regimen with three unique skin care recipes for glowing skin.
Care for Skin with Natural Facial Cleansing Grains for Glowing Skin
These organic DIY facial cleansing grains recipes are an excellent natural alternative to soap and water that are not only kinder to your skin but are also incredibly easy to make! Because they don’t strip your skin of necessary oils that can over dry your face and lead to worsening break outs or simply dry, flaky skin you’ll have healthier glowing skin to look forward to! In addition, you can also use these organic facial cleansing grains as a face mask when you find your skin needs a little extra love.
Following are three easy, natural skin care recipes for making your own DIY facial cleansing grains recipes. However, feel free to customize these facial cleansing grains recipes so they cater perfectly to your own skin type by choosing or substituting ingredients that work best for you. It’s really not difficult at all to get started!
Herbal Facial Cleansing Grains Recipe
© Rebecca D. Dillon
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon lavender flower powder
2 teaspoons French green clay
1 teaspoon chamomile flower powder
1 teaspoon marshmallow root powder
1 teaspoon calendula flower powder
1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon arrowroot powder, cornmeal or fine ground oats
2 teaspoons poppy seeds
Instructions:
Measure out all of the ingredients for your facial cleansing grains and combine in a glass bowl. Mix until all ingredients are evenly incorporated. Using a small funnel, fill two 8-dram glass vials – I got mine from SKS Bottle & Packaging here – and cap.
To use combine 1-2 teaspoons with a small amount of water, coconut milk, milk, rosewater honey or aloe until it forms a paste. Massage onto skin then rinse with water and pat dry. Follow with your favorite natural facial serum or facial oil.
Suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin.
Fruit & Veggie Facial Cleansing Grains Recipe
© Rebecca D. Dillon
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon carrot powder or cranberry powder
1 teaspoon orange peel powder
1 teaspoon basil powder
2 teaspoons Rhassoul clay
2 teaspoons sugar
1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder, cornmeal or fine ground oats
Instructions:
Measure out all of the ingredients for your facial cleansing grains and combine in a glass bowl. Mix until all ingredients are evenly incorporated. Using a small funnel, fill two 8-dram glass vials and cap.
To use combine 1-2 teaspoons with a small amount of water, coconut milk, milk, rosewater honey or aloe until it forms a paste. Massage onto skin then rinse with water and pat dry. Follow with your favorite natural facial serum or facial oil.
Suitable for normal, combination and oily skin.
Detox Facial Cleansing Grains Recipe
© Rebecca D. Dillon
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons bentonite clay
1 teaspoon spirulina powder
1 teaspoon sea clay
2 teaspoons activated charcoal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon Dead Sea salt, fine ground
1 Tablespoon arrowroot powder, cornmeal or fine ground oats
Instructions:
Measure out all of the ingredients for your facial cleansing grains and combine in a glass bowl. Mix until all ingredients are evenly incorporated. Using a small funnel, fill two 8-dram glass vials and cap.
To use combine 1-2 teaspoons with a small amount of water, coconut milk, milk, rosewater honey or aloe until it forms a paste. Massage onto skin then rinse with water and pat dry. Follow with your favorite natural facial serum or facial oil.
Suitable for combination, oily and acne prone skin.
Love these facial cleansing grains recipes but want more ingredients to play with? Other fun ingredients you can incorporate into your recipes include aloe vera leaf powder, chlorella powder, healing comfrey root powder, Echinacea flower powder, frankincense powder or anything else you dream up.
In addition, these floral cleansing grains also make wonderful DIY wedding favors or bridesmaid gifts as well as homemade stocking stuffers. Or you can pair them with products made from some of my other homemade beauty recipes such as my mineral bath soak recipes, argan and rosemary facial cleansing oil recipe, and DIY herbal facial steam for a homemade beauty gift set.
Don’t have time to make your own facial cleansing grains? You can purchase pre-made facial cleansing grains from Mountain Rose Herbs here.
If you like these natural skin care recipes, then be sure to pin this post for later. Also be sure to check out these other homemade daily face wash recipes that you can add to your beauty regimen. You’ll learn not just about the benefits of making your own homemade daily face wash, but also find recipes for formulating your own DIY cleansing balms, oil cleansers, soap cleansers, facial scrubs, cleansing clays, milk cleanser and micellar water.
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