23 Dec,2023
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For good reason, we have voted the body butter the best, first botanical formulation to make at home. Apart from being super easy to make, it is a beauty product loved by all ages and used by almost everyone. Start with a simple, framework formulation and adapt it to suit the ingredients you can find easily.
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A close second to the body butter is the body balm as a superb first skincare product to make at home. There are some subtle, but important differences between a butter and a balm.
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Everyone needs a lip balm in their life. Lip care beauty products make nice pocket-sized gifts for friends and family and are convenient to take out and about with you to help protect lips when on the move.
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Face oils are among the best, simple homemade skincare products as they are one-pot, cold-blend formulations. They are generally formulated with botanical oils such as grapeseed, rosehip and sunflower as well as liquid waxes like jojoba, but can include some oil-soluble additives like vitamin E which is an antioxidant.
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Dry, powdered formulations that the user brings to life with liquids like water or hydrosols are trending beauty products. Along with solid formulations, they can be more economical to package.
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Similar to the powdered cleansers above, an activated face mask is a dry formulation with some choice ingredients designed to serve a specific skincare purpose.
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Face toners are long-standing products in most commercial cosmetic ranges and show no sign of disappearing despite the arrival of micellar waters. So why would toners still be go-to beauty products to make at home?
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The pandemic lockdowns turned many of us into home hair stylists. So now, as the next step, why not start creating some easy DIY natural haircare products too? Everyone has at least one hair styling product in their bathroom cabinet and a styling wax.
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At number nine in our list of easy, beauty products to make at home is a relative newcomer cosmetic – the hair mist. You can think of the hair mist as being a toner for hair as it has similar, multi-use applications.
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Gels and oleogels are very on trend and are some of the most exciting of the simple, DIY skincare products to make at home on account of the colours you can create and their delightful feel on the skin.
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