DIY Skin Care
Let’s dive right in. I am sure all of you have heard of companies like Revlon, Maybelline, Aveeno, Dove, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, or The Body Shop. Many of their products have so many unknown ingredients, as opposed to the limited number of known, natural ingredients in your DIY products. They also cost a lot more than you will spend to make your own.
Stop and think for a moment. Do you know anyone with cancer? Or who is having trouble getting pregnant? Or who has children who are behind developmentally? Or whose friends are exhausted ALL THE TIME? Or maybe you are answering yes to one or more of these to describe yourself.
Removing harmful chemicals from your daily routine is not a 100% guarantee that you will be free from all these health challenges, as there are a lot of different factors involved in them. Still, we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to remove harmful chemicals and do everything we can to buy one more day with our sons or daughters, one more day with our parents or grandkids, or one more day with our best friends or spouses. Is it worth it to you to do everything you can to be as healthy as possible?
One really SIMPLE and RELIABLE way to have products that are safe and free from harmful chemicals is to make them yourself! Making your own products and infusing them with Young Living pure essential oils is a COST-EFFECTIVE way to get premium products. BETTER products for a FRACTION of the cost.
Safety & Usage
Let's start off by looking at the ways you can use Young Living essential oils and supplements.
AROMATICALLY: Put 6-8 drops of an essential oil or a combo in your diffuser. The diffuser will send the oil into the air and fill the room with the scent and beneficial properties of the oils.
TOPICALLY: Apply essential oils to your skin. Dilute your oils with a carrier oil if using topically, especially if you’ve never used them before. It is recommended that you use one drop of essential oil with 10-15 drops of coconut, olive, or almond oil and then apply it to your skin. Citrus oils like Lemon are photosensitive. Please avoid sun exposure for 12 hours after application to areas where you have applied citrus oils topically. Avoid putting essentials oils in the eyes or ears directly.
INTERNALLY: Young Living oils are pure and are labeled as Generally Regarded as Safe by the Food and Drug Administration. Because of their purity, some people like to ingest their oils to avoid "smelling" like an oil, or to support their body from the inside out. Oils that are safe for ingestion carry our Vitality Oil label.
SUPPLEMENTS: Follow the directions on each individual supplement package for proper safety and usage.
Purity is EXTREMELY important when it comes to wellness products. When you use products that are pure, you will have more effective results. Products that are formulated with synthetic ingredients may not provide any results and can potentially cause damage to your body. Young Living goes above and beyond organic standards to provide natural products that work. YL farms on land without the use of pesticides, hand weeds their fields, and tests their essential oils multiple times in million-dollar labs to provide products with the purest and highest quality chemical constituents. If a batch doesn't meet these HIGH standards, YL will not bottle it up and send it to you.
Check out the Seed to Seal process HERE!
Facial Cleanser
Regular cleaning is an important part of healthy, youthful skin; however, you can overdo it. Dermatologists agree that over-washing can lead to irritation and lack of moisture. If you have oily skin, you should wash your face in the morning and evening. If your skin is on the drier side, stick to once daily in the evening. Always wash your face after workouts to prevent breakouts.
Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Cleanser
Take your makeup off before you cleanse. Most cleansers won’t remove all of your makeup, so start with an oil-based makeup remover.
Avoid drastic temperature changes while cleansing. According to dermatologists, the whole “wash with HOT to open your pores and then finish with COLD to close your pores“ thing is a myth and it can actually cause irritation.
It is a good idea to cleanse your face in the shower. Mild steam can help soften hardened oil in pores.
Alternate your cleanser 3x a week with a gentle face scrub. Do more or less depending on how your skin feels. The Satin Mint Facial Scrub is A-MA-ZING for exfoliation.
During the winter months, skin may need some EXTRA lovin’. Adding Jojoba (ho-ho-ba) oil to your cleanser can give it just the love it needs. Jojoba oil has anti-inflammatory properties that help to tame chapping, reduce redness caused by drying, ease the effects of eczema and rosacea, and keep skin calm and comfortable. The Vitamin E and B-complex vitamins in the Jojoba oil help in skin repair. One other positive feature of Jojoba oil is its similarity to human skin oils. Its use can trick the skin into thinking it has produced enough oil and thus will balance oil production without promoting acne or other skin problems.
Benefits of the essential oils in this recipe:
Frankincense gives your skin a youthful appearance.
Lavender is calming, soothing, and cleansing to the skin.
Facial Cleanser Recipe
What You’ll Need:
50 ml foam dispenser
Label
1 Tbsp Castile soap
2 Tbsp distilled water
½ tsp jojoba oil
3 drops Lavender essential oil
3 drops Frankincense essential oil
Directions: Combine all ingredients in your container, mix, and enjoy!
Facial Toner
If you feel like you’re doing all the right things but your skin is STILL oily, using a toner may help.
The biggest argument in favor of using a skin toner is that it restores your skin's pH balance. Due to the alkalinity of soap, it causes skin to be less acid after cleansing. When the skin needs to work in overdrive to regain its more acidic natural pH level (between five and six), it may overproduce oil. Using a toner can help quickly return your skin to its proper pH level.
An alcohol-based toner strips off natural oils, so it is important to use a gentle alcohol-free toner. Make your own toner with a few easy-to-get, highly beneficial ingredients and essential oils that will transform this average toner into a premium product. Use your toner after cleansing and before moisturizing.
Vitamin E is both a nutrient and an antioxidant. Vitamin E oil prevents the formation of wrinkles by blocking free radical damage. It treats wrinkles by boosting collagen production, a connective tissue that keeps skin elastic and supports new skin cell growth and speeds up cell regeneration. If you are more prone to acne, use less or omit this from the recipe, as it is heavy on your skin.
Witch hazel is a plant native to North America and parts of Asia that has been used for centuries for its skin-soothing properties. Its powerful antioxidant and astringent benefits are known to help speed healing, prevent signs of aging, stop cellular damage that can lead to skin cancer, and eradicate bacteria that lives within the pores of the skin.
Benefits of the essential oils in this recipe:
Frankincense gives your skin a youthful appearance.
Tea tree has been used for centuries by the aborigines to cleanse the skin. Caution: this oil can be drying to the skin.
Cypress supports healthy skin. *Use with caution during pregnancy.
Geranium promotes healthy, clear, glowing skin.
Facial Toner Recipe
What You’ll Need:
2 oz container with eye dropper top
2 oz Witch hazel
½ tsp Vit E
3 drops Frankincense (optional)
3 drops Tea tree (optional)
3 drops Cypress
3 drops Geranium
Directions: Fill 2 oz bottle with witch hazel to 1/4 inch from the top. Add Vit E and essential oils. Shake well before use.
Mud mask
Has anyone been to the SPA in the last week? Making your own mud mask is an affordable way to feel pampered and treat your skin to what is deserves, on the regular!
The minerals in mud are highly effective for absorbing oil from deep within the pores as they dry, trapping oil in the mud. Mud is often used to detoxify and tone skin and is used as an anti-inflammatory agent for skin disorders.
Some other benefits of mud include: reducing signs of aging, improving circulation, shrinking large pores, rinsing away blackheads, and helping to clear acne. Please note that the mud will draw out some moisture from your skin as it dries, so it is recommended that you follow up with a moisturizer. ART Light or Intensive Moisturizer are two great moisturizer options from Young Living’s skin care line.
Benefits of the essential oils in this recipe:
Spearmint moisturizes and refreshes the skin.
Tea Tree has been used for centuries by the aborigines to cleanse the skin. Caution: this oil can be drying to the skin.
Lavender has a calm and soothing effect on your skin.
Mud Mask Recipe
What You’ll Need:
Bowl for mixing.
4 oz canning jar
About ¼ cup dead sea mud
1 drop Spearmint
1 drop Tea Tree
1 drop Lavender
Directions: Apply a thin layer of mud mask on cleansed skin. Leave the mask on your face for at least 15 minutes, or until it dries. Avoid facial gestures while the mask is on your face. The mask may crack. After 15 minutes, rinse your face with warm water.
NOTE: Amazon is a great place to order Dead Sea mud for your mud mask. Search for 100% Dead Sea mud.
Eye Serum
The point of an eye serum is to firm your eyes, decrease wrinkles, and reduce bags and dark circles under your eyes. Can anyone relate to looking in the mirror in the morning and thinking, “OMG, it looks like I haven’t slept in DAYS,” or, “How am I going to hide these bags?”
It’s time to say BYE BYE to sad eyes and HELLO to bright eyes.
One celebrity secret is argan oil, but you definitely do not have to be a celebrity to take advantage of this one. It is non-greasy and non-irritating, which makes it a great natural moisturizer to hydrate and soften skin and reduce the visibility of wrinkles. With its high vitamin E and fatty acid content, argan oil is ideal to give skin a natural boost.
Almond oil is very popular in Southeast Asia and in the Mediterranean region where the almond tree was first domesticated. It has gained huge popularity in the beauty industry. It creates smooth skin and it reduces dark circles under the eyes. According to an article released by “Natural Living Ideas,” some see reduced dark circles in as little as two weeks after applying under the eyes regularly.
Benefits of the essential oils in this recipe:
Sacred Sandalwood is very similar to Frankincense. It is calming and soothing, and provides a youthful appearance to your skin.
Blue tansy is a rare botanical in the chamomile family with skin-cleansing and moisturizing benefits. It is celebrated for its use in luxury skin care products.
Geranium promotes healthy, clear, glowing skin.
Frankincense is popular for its ability to maintain radiant skin and to smooth the look of healthy skin.
Lemon contains antioxidants and is refreshing, cleansing, and beneficial to skin.
Eye Serum Recipe
What you’ll need
2 oz container with eye dropper
1 oz Almond oil
1 oz Argan oil
3 drops Blue tansy or 3 drops Sacred Sandalwood
10 drops Geranium
10 drops Frankincense
5 drops Lemon - Add only for a nighttime eye serum as Lemon oil can cause sun sensitivity.
Directions: Fill 2 oz container with Almond and Argan oil. Add in essential oils and mix. Use ring finger to apply under eyes in am and pm
Skincare DIY Recipe Guide
Download the skincare recipes here.
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Additional Notes
Information obtained here is meant for educational and informational purposes ONLY, and to motivate and empower you to make your own wellness journey based on your own research and partnership with your healthcare provider.
The statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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