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Do you love a product like Liz Earle’s Superskin Concentrate but want to have a go at it yourself? Then listen up!*
This is the second post of my DIY beauty products, the first being the DIY multi-purpose balm. For now I have only made up these two products, but in the future I want to make some more. Therefore, if you enjoy these types of posts then keep checking back!
This is the easier of the two products to make. It’s simple but highly effective, and better yet it’s so easy to tailor to your skin type!
*Before starting, I would like to clarify that I am not an expert in aromatherapy or producing skincare products but I do enjoy experimenting with my own blends. Any recipe that has been posted on my blog has been tested out by myself before even being considered as a post. However, if you do have any bad reactions to any DIY recipe posted here, please stop using the product straight away. Also, please do keep essential oil safety in mind when applying them anywhere!
I know that this is straying slightly from what I would normally post, but I was recently tagged by the lovely Dagmara from Mummy's Beauty Corner to fill out the "Would You Rather..." Beauty Edition tag and I thought that it would be fun to fill out!
This is my first 'tag' so I hope that you enjoy reading it!
Have you ever considered making your own skincare products? Just think about it; skincare that you can be sure only includes the things that you want. 100% natural, organic or as synthetic as you like. And you get to feel like you have accomplished something. Sound good? Then read on!*
A while back, I wrote a post about essential oils that included advice and uses for them from Paul at Freshskin. I also posted a couple of pieces discussing One Love Organics Skin Savior (with a quick mention of Lush’s Ultrabland), Liz Earle’s Cleanse & Polish and Burt’s Bees Cuticle Cream. Taking most of my inspiration from OLO’s Skin Savior (in regards to the multi-purpose aspect) as well as inspiration from Cleanse & Polish, Ultrabland and the Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream, I placed an order at Freshskin to attempt creating my own multi-purpose balm.
Along with this I was inspired by Liz Earle’s Super Skin Concentrate - which I have used in the past - to create a nice facial oil.
Over the next couple of posts I am going to discuss my methods for making both of these products. I’m going to start off by discussing the balm, how I made it, how it worked and how it stands up in comparison to the aforementioned inspirational products. In my next post, I will be discussing the same things but with the facial oil.
*Before starting, I would like to clarify that I am not an expert in aromatherapy or producing skincare products but I do enjoy experimenting with my own blends. Any recipe that has been posted on my blog has been tested out by myself before even being considered as a post. However, if you do have any bad reactions to any DIY recipe posted here, please stop using the product straight away. Also, please do keep essential oil safety in mind when applying them anywhere!
Clinique’s Anti-Blemish Clinical Clearing Gel is a lightweight blemish fighting gel. The product claims to begin fighting spots upon application and that it also prevents future breakouts. As well as fighting spots, this gel also helps to reduce redness on the face.
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would probably have seen my post last month discussing Clinique’s Anti-Blemish All Over Clearing Lotion. Within that post I also mentioned that I had been testing Clinique’s Anti-Blemish Clearing Gel also and that I was getting some good results.
After using the gel twice daily since that post, I wanted to share with you my thoughts on the gel now and how it has worked over that time period.
The Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser by Liz Earle is a plant-based, creamy cleanser packed full of oils, butters and extracts to provide you with exceptionally clean and glowing skin. The key ingredients feature beeswax, hops extract, eucalyptus oil, rosemary oil, chamomile oil, cocoa butter, pro-vitamin B5 and glycerin. Oh yeah, it’s also won 100 awards.
The cleanser is made up of a two part system. The cleanser itself is a white cream that comes contained in a whole range of sized containers, so therefore also different types of packaging. The smaller sizes are packaged in a small, green tube where the bigger sizes are in green pumps (and then back to the tube again for the 200ml). The one I have currently is a s 30ml tube that arrived in my May Birchbox. Along with this, with certain packages you receive a white muslin cloth with a green trim, but this is also available to purchase separately. This is the half that will be used to polish and wipe away the cleanser.
