Do you love to use organic or natural skincare? A lot of chemical awareness campaign has been launched to educate the people about cosmetic and beauty product safety. A lot of chemical in your daily personal care and beauty product can ruin your health. That’s why natural products brand like Now Foods, Dr. Woods, Pangea, Pacifica and so much more are so popular in the market. But, it comes with a price and usually it is pricey than other regular brands. Do not worry, because you can find natural herbs for your skin around you and it is actually in your own home. Here are the best natural herbs for skin care that you can find around you and very beneficial for your daily skin care uses.
Rosemary
Rosemary is easy to plant and it has a lot of benefits in cooking and also beauty remedies. You can use rosemary as the ingredient in your DIY shampoo. It gives you a dark, smooth and strengthens the hair if you use it daily and you will have more benefits if you rinse it with rosemary tea.
Chamomile (and Thyme)
Chamomile and Thyme have a pleasant fragrance and it is a good ingredient to be your face and body cleanser. Put a lot of chamomile tea in your bathtub and soak your body to clear up body blemishes. It has an aroma that so therapeutic and you are having a relaxing bath with this to calm down your anxiety and very useful to the one who always stress out from work.
Lavender
Lavender is one of the most popular fragrance in the world because it is a calming scent and always been used in the anti-stress product. You can make your own natural remedies using lavender essential oil. Lavender has antiseptic properties and it is a decent ingredient to prevent skin infection and it is safe for a person who has sensitive skin. You can make a body mist by mixing lavender essential oil and strong lavender tea. It is very uplifting and making your stress free and calm all day.
Rosewater
Roses is a popular flower especially during Valentine ’s Day, Mothers day, wedding day and any celebration and occasion that you can imagine. You can make your own DIY Rosewater for your skincare. Rosewater is a great choice for the skin because of its anti-inflammatory properties and it functions as a gentle astringent. You can spray it all over your body and also your face every day without any bad side effects.
Neem
This amazing plant called Neem is easy to plant or find in the local market, or, you can order it online. It has a lot of healthy properties such as antibacterial and antidandruff. You can use it as the main ingredient to treat acne, skin problem, psoriasis, and hair problem due to dandruff. It has a garlic-type of smell, so you may not like to use it daily. But, this is a stronger ingredient that effectively solves the skin and hair problem for you.
Comfrey
Do you know how to make Comfrey oil? This healthy oil is use for moisturizing the skin, moisturizing the chapped lips, heal scrapes, and burns, and it is a natural remedy to treat eczema. It is so multipurpose and you can do it by yourself. Just take a jar filled with olive oil. Add some comfrey leaves and let it sit for 6 weeks before it is ready to use. You can apply the oil to the skin, but if you want it with a thicker consistency, you can melt the oil with beeswax or you can use cocoa butter and mango butter to create a thicker consistency like a lip balm usually has.
Sage
Have oily skin problem that irritates you? Sage is one of the best solutions for treating oily skin. You can make your own home remedy for oily skin with sage. You can use sage tea to wash your face daily to remove the excessive oil on your face. But after the condition is getting better and your skin is less oily, you can continue this beauty treatment for 2-3 times a week. You can make a sage daily toner too for your skin by mixing hazel cider vinegar or the apple cider vinegar. It is cheap and effective to use. Plus, the ingredients are easy to find.
Evening Primrose
If you don’t know about this great oil, Evening Primrose oil is the girls and women best friend in health. It has linoleic acid, and your body don’t have any mechanism or ability to produce this essential thing. Linoleic acid promotes younger looking skin and rejuvenating properties for the skin. If you don’t have any Evening primrose flower at home, you can buy the Evening Primrose Oil that you can consume or take the oil out to apply it on your skin. By using it daily, you can see the difference on your face and there is no visible wrinkles and lines.
Basil
Everyone sure have heard about this amazing plant. Basil is easy to plant and very useful in the kitchen, but it is one of the most popular skin care ingredients for beauty remedy. If your skin has poor luster and you house or the place you live is in bad air pollution, dry skin is the big problem. You can make a detoxifying toner from basil by crushing the basil leaves and then make a tea out of it with hot water. Let it sit and cool before use. You can apply it to your skin and adding moisture effect to it.
It is so great to have this kind of knowledge isn’t it? Our grandmother’s grandmother and people, who lived before the artificial skin care is born, already used their own beauty recipe to maintain their beauty and health, naturally and organically. This is the right way for making a skin care because our body is not created to receive any foreign matters or chemicals. Use natural herbs from now to make your own skin care and you will see it is the best beauty regime that effective more than the commercial skin care out there.