Products for Oily, Rough and Dry Skin

Light Moisturizer For Oily Skin

This moisturizer for oily skin uses antiseptic essential oils that help balance and reduce sebum levels.

You Will Need

150 ml (5 fl oz) of base moisturizer • A large glass jar. A chopstick • 5 ml (1 tsp) each of orange-flower water and witch hazel • 6 drops each of cypress, geranium and lavender • 2 drops each of grapefruit and ti-tree

What To Do

1. Measure the base moisturizer into the glass jar. Using the chopstick, stir in the orange ­ flower water and witch hazel.
2. Add the cypress, geranium and lavender, and the grapefruit and ti-tree. Stir well to incorporate them thoroughly into the moisturizer. An alternative blend of masculine-smelling essential oils to suit an adolescent boy or a man with oily skin or acne, is as follows: 5 drops each of cedarwood, cypress and juniper and 2 drops each of ti-tree, myrtle and lavender .

Simple Head Cream

Aromatherapy hand creams moisturize dry skin and help to heal any minor abrasions. This recipe is simple to make because there is no flower water to incorporate. The lemon essential oil gently helps to fade any discoloured skin on the hands, and the benzoin helps to heal paper cuts and so on. This hand cream sets easily because natural, unfractionated (or unrefined) coconut oil is solid at room temperature, but the cream easily liquefies on contact with warm skin. Such hand creams are deeply moisturizing and take a little longer than commercial hand creams to be fully absorbed.

You Will Need

75 g (3 oz) of unfractionated coconut oil • A heat-resistant glass bowl. A pan of hot water • 25 ml (1 fl oz) of sweet almond oil. 8 drops each of lavender and lemon • 4 drops of benzoin. A large glass jar

What To Do

1. Put the coconut oil in the glass bowl, placed inside a pan of hot water over a gentle heat. Once the coconut oil has melted, add the sweet almond oil and stir until the mixture is thoroughly blended.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the lavender and lemon, and the benzoin. Mix them in thoroughly, then pour into the glass jar while still warm and liquid.

Hand Cream For Rough Hands

The following hand cream is excellent for those who work outdoors with their hands, such as gardeners, builders and so on. The skin on the hands can easily become hard, dry and chapped or cracked if it is not properly cared for. Calendula is an infused oil with legendary healing properties, while myrrh helps to heal cracked skin.

You Will Need

5 g ( l/8 oz) of beeswax • A heat-resistant glass bowl. A pan of hot water • 25 9 (1 oz) of cocoa butter • 20 ml (4 tsp) of sweet almond oil. 3 ml (1/2 tsp) each of glycerine and calendula oil. 5 drops each of myrrh and geranium • 3 drops of mandarin. A large glass jar

What To Do

1. Melt the beeswax in the glass bowl, placed in a pan of hot water over a gentle heat. Once the beeswax has melted, add the cocoa butter, sweet almond oil, glycerine and calendula oil, stirring steadily to ensure that all ingredients are incorporated thoroughly.
2. Remove the pan from the heat, stirring until the mixture has cooled. Then add the myrrh, geranium and mandarin, mixing them in thoroughly. Pour into the glass jar.