Homemade Eye Creams

Use eye cream regularly to prevent wrinkles.

Making your own eye cream at home means that you can avoid unnecessary chemicals and needless ingredients. Use natural ingredients to create homemade eye creams, serums and gels. Incorporate your favorite scents, such as lavender, cocoa butter or aloe vera. Your personalized beauty products will pamper, cleanse, nourish and protect your skin. With a few simple ingredients and a few minutes to spare, whip up an organic treatment that will make your skin radiant.

Things You'll Need

• Jojoba oil
• 5 drops chamomile essential oil
• 5 drops rose essential oil
• Glass bottle with dropper top
• 3 tsp apricot-kernel oil
• 1 tsp. beeswax
• 5 tsp. rose water
• ¼ tsp. borax
• 5 drops carrot-seed essential oil
• 2 tbs. petroleum jelly
• 2 tbs. cocoa butter
• 2 tbs. coconut oil
• 1 tbs. aloe vera gel
• 1 tsp. fresh cucumber juice
• ¼ tsp. cornstarch
• 1 tbs. witch hazel

Instructions

Anti-Aging Restorative Eye Serum

1. Mix 1 ounce of jojoba oil, 5 drops of chamomile essential oil and 5 drops of rose essential oil.

2. Pour the mixture into a 1-ounce glass bottle with dropper top.

3. Smooth one drop of the mixture beneath your eye and under brow bone. Don't apply directly to your eyelids.

Wrinkle Eye Cream

1. Heat 3 tsp. of jojoba oil, 3 tsp. of apricot-kernel oil and 1 tsp. of beeswax in a small saucepan over low heat. After heated, remove from stovetop and stir to blend.

2. Warm 5 tsp. of rose water over low heat, adding ¼ tsp. of borax. Stir until the borax dissolves, then remove from heat, cooling to a lukewarm temperature.

3. Mix both blends, rapidly stirring.

4. Cool to room temperature, then add 5 drops of carrot-seed essential oil. Store in a glass jar.

5. Apply cream underneath eyes every morning and evening before moisturizing, letting it sit for 10 minutes. Wipe off cream with a soft cloth.

Cocoa Butter Eye Cream

1. Mix 2 tbs. of petroleum jelly, 2 tbs. of cocoa butter and 2 tbs. of coconut oil in a small bowl.

2. Heat the mixture in a microwave for 15 second intervals, stirring between each interval.

3. Cool in a glass container.

4. Apply to eye area nightly.

Cucumber Eye Gel

1. Mix 1 tbs. of aloe vera gel, 1 tsp. of fresh cucumber juice and ¼ tsp. of cornstarch.

2. Heat until boiling in microwave, approximately one minute.

3. Remove from microwave and mix in 1 tbs. of witch hazel. Stir well and let the mixture cool. Store in a clean jar and keep in a cool place.

4. Apply mixture under your eyes.

Tips & Warnings

• Borax can act as a natural preservative.

References

• Natural Skin Care Recipes: How to Make Homemade Eye Serum, Eye Serum Recipes, Eye Cream Recipes