Natural Skin Care Recipes

Comfrey oil (Symphytum officinale) is another potent herbal remedy for skin care. It is high in allantoin, a mucilaginous healing substance that causes cell growth. An old European folk remedy, many uses of comfrey abound. Being mucilaginous, common uses of comfrey include healing wounds, preventing scars and treating existing ones, decreasing dryness and flaky skin, and soothing irritated skin. Comfrey also has mild astringent and drawing qualities, making it useful for alleviating cysts, toning a loss of texture/firmness on the skin and increasing movement ofContinue Reading…

Herbal oils are fantastically useful and practical to have on hand. I’ve used them as an emollient for the bath, as a body moisturizer, for all dry or irritated skin, on the hair and scalp, fingernails, for massage, as a base for creams and salves, face moisturizer, as cleansing agents…hmm, any other ideas?? The gist is, as a great natural skin care aid! Herbal oils are also called infused oils, or herbal-infused oils. They are a mixture of herbs with a natural skin care oil,Continue Reading…

Natural skin care recipes can be very simple or highly complex. They can be made from fresh fruits and vegetables, natural skin care oils and herbs, essential oils and butters, waxes and other natural ingredients. Click natural skin care recipes to share your best of best! I started creating natural recipes in 2004 when I got involved with herbal medicine, healthy eating and practices of yoga and tai chi. For me, caring for my skin naturally was a likely next step- I didn’t want toContinue Reading…