Homemade Creams for Aging Skin

Make your own anti-aging creams at home.

Wrinkles are definitely one of the downsides of growing older, and there are many creams on the market--some of them quite pricey--that promise to make them disappear. Thankfully, there are helpful ingredients that are probably already in your kitchen that will naturally reduce the appearance of your wrinkles and hydrate your skin just like the pricey store-bought wrinkle creams. So get to the grocery store or your kitchen and whip up your own anti-aging creams.

Things You'll Need

• Plain moisturizer
• Seal-able bowl
• Spoon
• Honey
• Knife
• Vitamin E gel capsules
• Banana
• Plate
• Pineapple juice

Instructions

Honey Cream

1. Buy some plain lotion or moisturizer, and make sure it is made to be used on your face. This will help you bypass having to mix emulsifiers, oils and waxes to get the base of your face cream.

2. Open the cream you bought and scoop it into a larger plastic container (that has a seal-able lid) with a spoon. Add 1 tablespoon of honey and mix it into the cream thoroughly.

3. Cut one end off of three Vitamin E gel capsules with a knife and squeeze them into the cream. Stir them through so that the vitamins are evenly spread through the cream. The honey is both a wrinkle fighter and a self-preservative and the Vitamin E will keep skin-aging free radicals down.

Banana and Pineapple Cream

1. Mash up a banana on a plate with a large spoon or run it through a food processor to get a creamy consistency.

2. Add 1 tablespoon of the juice from a green pineapple into the food processor to mix it with the banana, or scoop the banana into a seal-able bowl and mix the juice in with a spoon.

3. Squeeze in three gel capsules of Vitamin E, to help preserve both the cream and your skin. Mix well.

4. Store the leftover cream in the refrigerator to keep the banana fresh and prevent it from oxidizing. Apply this cream to your face every night for 15 minutes and then rinse it off.

References

• Beauty Cosmetic Guide: Homemade Recipes and Creams for Wrinkles
• Health Recipes: Homemade Beauty Recipes