Cosmetics own hands: for the benefit of your beauty
Modern stores offer a huge range of different cosmetic products. However, not all of them are known for quality, and are often very cheap. A great alternative to cosmetics store could become means to care for face and body, made independently. By following certain rules and knowing a few simple recommendations, with their hands can do everything: soap, cream and even mascara and lipstick. To create quality cosmetics homemade recipes are clear help. Let's look at some of them.
How to start cooking cosmetics at home?
First you need to know what the subject is to get before starting to manufacture cosmetics. The most important - choose the right dishes. Plastic containers use is strictly prohibited. When heated the material of construction of such dishes, emit harmful toxic substances. In addition, plastic may crack or even explode in a microwave oven. Metal utensils also not suitable. In contact with some components, such as honey, such containers also emit harmful substances.
For the manufacture of cosmetics home use clay or ceramic ware, and the components are mixed with a wooden spoon. Some cosmetics, such as soap, you need the capacity, shape and size of which you can choose according to your taste. Jars and bottles of finished cosmetics is better to buy from a retailer.
Some recipes require exact measure components for blending. Therefore it is necessary to buy the balance, preferably electronic. Some models are even not only displays the weight in grams but in ounces that may be useful for the manufacture of soap.
To create different types of makeup requires a basic set of ingredients. This soap base, fruits and vegetables, a variety of plants, all kinds of essential oils, flavors and food coloring, sometimes soda, citric acid and alkali.
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How to make scented soap?
Soap - one of the cosmetic products that you can cook at home. There are 2 methods of soap making, "from scratch" and with the help of soap base, which is purchased in the store. If you can not find this component in your city, it's easy to buy in specialized online store. As a basis you can use baby soap without fragrances.
Soap "from scratch" - the process is quite complex and lengthy. For cosmetic products is necessary to achieve a specific chemical reaction between alkali and fatty acids, which is called "saponification." Cook finished soap bases is much easier and more convenient. And the quality is almost not inferior to that brewed their own "from scratch".
So, in greater detail in the manufacture of soap from an ad hoc basis. Soap base grate on a coarse grater and melt in a water bath. It can be used for this purpose and microwave. Then, a melted mass of added basic and essential oils, optional colorants. If you want to use the perfume, the essential oil is added. You can make any form of multi-colored soap, and even a picture. Sprinkle prefab molds alcohol, pour the finished mass. Leave until complete curing for 3-4 hours, preferably overnight. The finished soap store wrapped in plastic film to prevent the emergence of bubbles of moisture. It is best not to use soap at once, and leave it "lie down" for two weeks. In the process of aging in it set the desired acid-alkaline balance.
Soap with the scent of mojitos
This soap will appeal to those who are attracted to a sense of coolness. It is perfectly invigorates and tones. To make it 100 grams of bases added 2 crystal menthol, 1 teaspoon of almond oil, 2 drops of essential oils of lime and mint. For color and decoration you can sprinkle a pinch of brown sugar and dried lemon peel.
Flower soap
This soap is very bright and flavorful. At 100 grams the basics, take 5 grams of grape seed oil, 2 drops of food coloring in yellow. The flavoring will serve 7 drops of essential oil of jasmine, and for decoration, add dried flowers of this plant.
Coffee Soap
This cosmetic give a charge of vivacity for the whole day. 100 grams of soap base mix with palm and coconut oil (7 grams), add 25 grams of grated cocoa, 15 grams of coffee beans and flavor "Cappuccino".
How to prepare a fun bath bombs?
Geyser bath: you need to know?
Independently made at home can also be a so-called bath bomb, or a geyser. This is a very interesting and funny cosmetics that will appeal to both adults and children. In contact with water bombs create an exciting spectacle begin splashing water, emitting a pleasant fragrance.
The main components of Geysers for baths: soda and citric acid. They are taken in the ratio 2: 1. With grinders chop citric acid. Do this carefully. Acid - a very caustic substance. It should not be inhaled. Do the same with sea salt. Soda, citric acid and salt, mix well, add the essential oils for fragrance and dyes, as well as all kinds of ornaments. Pour 1 teaspoon of water or alcohol. The mixture begins to sizzle. Continue to interfere again, to quench the reaction. Finished mass must be similar to slightly moist sand. Distribute the weight of cups and leave in a warm sunny spot at least 6 hours.
Chocolate geyser
Such bombs lovers of sweets. After 64 grams of soda take 32 grams of citric acid, sea salt and dry milk. This also add 20 grams of grated cocoa flavor "Cherry in chocolate". Following the above recommendations, prepare a geyser.
Geyser "Rose"
Very funny and flavorful bomb. Mix 64 grams of sodium, 32 grams of citric acid, sea salt and dry milk. For flavor, add 10 drops of essential oil of rosewood for colors - red food coloring, and for decoration - decorative rosettes.
Cosmetics own hands: for the benefit of your beauty
Few people know that in your own home, you can cook even cosmetics. The ingredients for this are not always easy to find, but then again come to the aid of various online stores. So, buy a flower or beeswax. On the basis of preparing the lipstick, eyeshadow, lip gloss. Wax has a pleasant smell and a beneficial effect on skin condition.
To prepare the powder and foundation, for example, thickeners needed. It is best to use for this purpose xanthan. It is completely harmless and even part of some medical components.
Also, to create a powder and foundation obzavedites mineral bases. They vary in color and features. Choose base on the tone is lighter than the color that you want to get a result.
Mother of Pearl and pigments - important components of certain types of makeup. They come in different colors, so you can select the right for you.
Transparent Lipstick
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of beeswax, a few drops of grape seed oil and wheat germ oil, half a teaspoon of castor oil, 1 teaspoon of titanium dioxide or zinc oxide, 4 teaspoons of mica.
Wax finely chop or grate, melt in a water bath or in the microwave on low power. The slurry pour grapeseed oil or wheatgerm oil and castor oil. Add pigments (titanium dioxide, and mica). The resulting mixture was brought to thicken on low heat and pour into a mold.
Mascara
The ink, cosmetics are made in factories, includes lead. This is very harmful and heavy chemical elements. We will use harmless components. Half a teaspoon of resin and wax melt in a water bath, add half a teaspoon of flower oil and 1 teaspoon of black walnut or black pigment. The resulting mixture was then close and leave to cool. Before using this mascara will need to add a few drops of water and put on a special eyelash brush.
Dust
To create a powder mix of equal amounts of rice powder or mineral base and a suitable color pigment. Base is selected depending on the type of skin, and in accordance with what the result would like to receive. This can be moisturizing, matting or protect against UV - ray powder.
Tonal basis
Buy in store any light cream. It is better to take the children, it is the most harmless. In 1 tablespoon of cream, add 2 tablespoons powdered cooked at home and aroma oils. Mix mini-mixer until smooth.
Eye shadow
Make eye shadow at home quite easily. It is only necessary to select high-quality natural ingredients. Take 2 teaspoons of talc, half a teaspoon of rice powder, 2 teaspoons natural pearlescent pigment. If the mass will be too liquid, add a little flower wax.
There is still a huge number of possible recipes for the manufacture of cosmetics. Take the time to spend a little time and create for myself-quality care products for face and body. Perhaps the production of cosmetics will be for you an interesting hobby. You will be able to please his own hand made soap, creams, masks, lipstick and mascara are not only themselves, but also their loved ones. After all, natural cosmetics, made at home, it is also a wonderful, exclusive gift.
