How to Make Homemade Remedies for Dry & Itchy Skin
The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, but skin is the largest external organ. These days people are taking a closer look at home remedies instead of choosing products that contain added chemicals. Making your own skin-care products for dry and itchy skin gives you more control over what you put on your body. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Natural mayonnaise
- Measuring cups
- Rubber spatula
- 2-8 oz. wide-mouth glass jars with lids
- Organic fresh fruit, banana, papaya, peach, avocado
- Spoon
- Knife
- Blender with fill cap lid
- Plastic bowl
- Natural vegetable oil
- Non-paraffin beeswax
- Cook pot
- Vitamin E capsule
- Rose-geranium essential oil
- Distilled water
- Organic coconut oil
- Cotton towel
- Organic sunflower oil
- Raw milk
- Cotton ball
Instructions
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Measure 1 cup of mayonnaise and using a rubber spatula, transfer to a small glass jar with a lid. Mark the jar for skin care only. Use the mayonnaise as a massage cream. Massage the mayonnaise into your skin on problem areas using a circular motion. Rinse the mayonnaise off with warm water after 20 minutes. Keep the mayonnaise refrigerated when not in use.
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Peel a banana. Cut a papaya in half and scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Peel the green skin from the papaya, using the sharp knife. Cut a peach in half. Remove the seed. Cut an avocado in half. Remove the seed. Peel the green skin from the avocado.
Cut the fruit into small cubes and place the cubes in a blender. Blend thoroughly to puree all the fruit. Place puree in a plastic bowl.
Use your fingers to apply the puree all over your skin while in the shower. Rinse off the puree with warm water after 20 minutes. Shower as usual. Massage your skin with a small amount of natural vegetable oil to finish the treatment.
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Use a small food scale to measure 3/4 oz. of beeswax. Melt the wax in a cook pot over low heat, stirring constantly. Add 1 cup of natural vegetable oil, one vitamin E oil capsule and 24 drops of rose geranium essential oil. Turn off the heat. Heat 1 cup of distilled water in a separate cook pot until it is warm.
Turn the blender on high. Slowly pour the wax and oil mixture into the blender through the fill cap hole on the lid, alternately adding the warmed water. Blend until the mixture becomes thick and creamy.
Turn off the blender. Transfer the cream to a wide-mouth glass jar, using a spatula. Cap and store the jar in a cool place until ready to use.
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Apply coconut oil to your entire body with your fingers, using a circular motion. Leave the oil on your body for 10 minutes. Wipe off the oil with a cotton towel before you take a bath. Fill your tub with warm water and soak for 10 minutes. Hot water tends to dry your skin further.
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Add five drops of sunflower oil to 1/4 cup cold raw milk. Dip a cotton ball in the mixture and cleanse the problem area of skin. Rinse with cool water.
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Tips & Warnings
Homemade remedies contain no preservatives. Keep products made from fresh ingredients in the refrigerator as long as you would keep the fresh product. Discard products if they become moldy or have a foul odor.
Always check with your doctor when you have health concerns.
Test a patch of skin on your arm by applying a small amount of an ingredient you've never used before, and leave it on overnight to ensure you do not experience an adverse reaction. If you have a reaction, do not use the ingredient.
Read the caution labels on essential oils and use accordingly.
References
- Photo Credit topless woman while skin massage over black background image by sasha from Fotolia.com
