Natural Skin Care

Natural skin care is best for your body. This sections describes how you can make your own natural skin care products. Also, includes hundreds of natural skin care recipes.

Herbal Milk Cleanser

For all skin types

To Make : Soak 1 heaping tablespoon of a dried herb or herb blend in a cup of cold, whole, raw milk for a couple of hours. Strain and refrigerate the milk.

To use : Rinse your face with warm water. shake the milk cleanser, and dip a cotton ball. rinse with warm water and follow with a cool-water splash.

This is a true milk cleanser. Milk cleanser as we know them commercial products are an emulsion of water and oil.

Whole milk, with the fat globules throughout, also provides this water-and-oil mix. (this cleanser will not remove water-resistant make-up).

To custom-make an herbal cleansing milk for specific skin types, use the following herbal combination :

1. Normal : equal parts comfrey leaf, lavender, rose, rosemary.

2. Oily : equal parts chamomile, comfrey leaf, rosemary, elderflower.

3. Sensitive : Equal parts rose, chamomile.

4. Blemished : Equal parts lavender, licorice, comfrey, chamomile, sage.

5. Mature : equal parts chamomile, lavender, comfrey, leaf, orange blossom, rose.