Making creams at home - a stick abouttwo ends. On the one hand, all components are natural and environmentally friendly, there are no chemicals, you know exactly what was put there and what is not. On the other hand, to prepare the cream at home, you need to carefully select the components to suit your skin type (and these components can be quite expensive due to their exoticity). In addition, the final product may simply not work the first time; will you be persistent enough to achieve a good result? But even if you cook the cream at home, it may turn out that it ... cost more than a store. Still at home creams there is such property: they are not kept for a long time, as well as any product consisting of natural components.
So, to make a cream at home,you will need the following tools: a small mixer and a syringe (in order to accurately measure the right amount of components). Component parts can be purchased both in grocery stores and in specialized cosmetic shops where cosmetics are sold by weight. Usually used egg yolks, vegetable oils (sunflower, olive), honey, beeswax, pulp of various vegetables and fruits.
How to prepare a cream at home?The algorithm for preparing the cream is always the same. First carefully weigh all the constituent parts. A piece of wax must be cut with a very sharp blade. Then in a stainless steel or glass container, mix the wax with vegetable oil, honey, glycerin or lanolin. In another container pour the flower water or infusion of herbs. After that, put a little hot water into the pan and place both bowls inside it. It is very important to stir the oil continuously with the wax until they mix. After the wax has completely dissolved, remove the pan from the fire. Gradually add the infusion of herbs into the oil mixture, constantly whipping the liquid with a mixer at a low speed or whisk. When you completely mix the infusion of herbs with the oil mixture, stop whipping. After whipping, add essential oils to the cream, and then place the cream in a jar or several jars. Capacities with a cream put in a refrigerator or other cool place for hardening. Ready cream should also be stored in a cool place, whether it is a shop cream or a home cream.
Now consider the specific recipes.You can prepare a protective hand cream at home. It will take 50 grams of beeswax, 100 ml of vegetable oil, if desired - a couple of drops of essential oil for flavor. Wax must be melt in a water bath, then add oil, mix the ingredients thoroughly and cool. This cream is good for working in the garden or vegetable garden, when washing dishes and work, during which the hands come into contact with water.
How to prepare a body cream at home?The best variant of a cream for a body will be a cream with propolis. It should be noted that propolis has healing properties. It has an antimicrobial and healing effect. In addition, it helps to restore and normal work of cells and tissues of the body. In order to prepare a propolis cream, you must first weld a cream base of 16 grams of wax, 50 grams of vaseline oil, 1 gram of sodium tetraborate and 33 ml of distilled water. Wax to dissolve in a water bath, sodium tetraborate dissolve in hot water and pour in a mixture of wax and oil. This mixture must be stirred until it cools and solidifies. Take 30 grams of this base (about three teaspoons) and melt it in a water bath. Then you should cool it a bit and add to it 2 or 3 teaspoons of 10% alcoholic tincture of propolis. Cool again, while not stopping stirring. This cream is stored for a long time, the main thing is to store it in a dry and cold place.
