Home Made Facial Cleansers

From very beginning women who are cautious about their looks and skin used to wash face with different natural materials like gram flour, whole milk and so forth. These are natural cleansers and are very gentle to facial skin. Nowadays a very huge range of synthetic cleansers are available all over the world. Some of these also claim of natural ingredients but their validity can not be checkered. Definitely it is better to skip such commercial face cleansers or face washes. There's no reason to spend a bunch of money on nasty chemical detergents to "wash" your face with. Real ingredients are much better for your skin anyway.

NATURAL FACIAL CLEANSERS FOR NORMAL SKIN:

Apply whole milk to your face with a cotton pad, rub gently and then rinse with water thoroughly.

Cucumber

Cucumber is a real natural cleanser and has been used for this purpose all over the world. A homemade facial cleanser can be made by any of the following recipes;

1. Use a mixture of cucumber juice and milk as a cleanser.
2. Mixture of 1/4 tablespoon lime juice and 1 tablespoon cucumber juice is also used as cleanser.

Milk and Lemon

You can get a number of milk cleansers in the market. However you can get the benefits of milk from fresh and cheap milk at home. Take 1 tablespoon of hot milk. Add 1/4 tablespoon of lime juice. Apply this mixture on your face and neck and wash off after 10 minutes. This lotion cleanses and purifies the pores of the skin.

Oatmeal as Skin Care Cleanser

There is a folk lore of thousands of years about using oatmeal as a natural skin cleanser. The recipe is easy and quick. Take 1/2 cup oatmeal. Add enough curd to form a paste. Apply this mixture on your face. Wash off with warm water.

Ground Rice

Grind rice in a coffee grinder and store in a bottle. Take two table spoons of it and make a paste with some yogurt or water. This will make a good skin Care cleanser when applied and rubbed gently.

HOME MADE FACE CLEANSERS FOR OILY SKIN

There are a number of natural ingredients that can truely substitute expansive commercial products and used effectively as natural cleansers for oily skin. These help to remove any dust or other impurities and wipe away excessive oil or sebum. The most popular ones are; Lemon Juice Soak a peice of cotton with lemon juice and rub

gently over your face in circular motions. This is a good natural cleanser to remove dust and oil. You can add some drops of mint juice to get a refreshing sensation. Mint also acts as an astringent for oily skin.

Vinegar

Any type of vinegar from apple cider to white synthetiv vinegar can be used as a natural facial cleanser. Soak a cotton peice and rub against your face avoiding the eye area. Rinse with warm water and gently pat the skin dry.

Dairy Products

Both of the main dairy products that is milk and yogurt can be used as homemade facial cleanser for oily skin. For yogurt just massage gently over the entire face and wipe away with a towel. Afterwards remove any residue with a toner or distilled water. For milk, add some lemon juice and mix well. Now strain and use as a cleanser.

Rose Water

Rose water is a well known for natural facial treatments all over the world particularly in Asian countries.
Just apply over the entire face with a cotton swab and rub gently.

Read more on Natural Recipes for Oily Skin Care.

HOMEMADE FACIAL CLEANSERS FOR DRY SKIN

Surely, we can find a number of items in our kitchen cabinet or grocery shop that can substitue the chemical based synthetic products and serve as natural dry skin cleanser without possing any harmful effects to our skin and any additional burden on our pockets. These include;

Oatmeal and Honey Cleanser;

You can use a mixture of oatmeal with honey and rub against your facial skin and neck in circular motion, avoiding eye areas. Wait for some time, now rinse with cold water. Oatmeal serves to cleanse your skin thoroughly while honey is a good nutrient and humectant that helps to improve your skin complexion making it soft, smooth and rejuvinated.

Oatmeal and Yogurt

Yogurt is a good dry skin cleanser. Take some oatmeals and mix them with yogurt, apply to whole face and neck. Keep rubbing against your facial skin but do not forget to be gentle and calm. Let it work for few minutes. Remove the scrub by simply rinsing with cold water. This homemade facial cleanser is equally effective for all skin types and even for sensitive skin.

Cucumber and Milk Cleanser

An easy recipe for a good skin care cleanser is to take half cucumber, peel and remove the seed portion. Put it in the blender, pour some milk and blend well. Apply over the face and neck and rub gently. To remove wash with luke warm water and pat dry. In fact this is one of the fastest and easiest facial treatments to get beautiful soft and supple skin.