Homemade serums for body and facial skin can be prepared from essential oils, honey, herbal extracts, carrier oils, vitamins and other natural sources. Combination of these ingredients in different proportions depends on the nature of your skin and purpose of treatment.
You need to consider normal skin, oily skin, sensitive skin, dry skin and combination skin before choosing the ingredients. You may use the serum for treating infections and skin disorders or skin beautification.
Composition of ingredients depends on the intensity of skin disorders and type of your skin. In most cases you may need to prepare only small quantities of serum sufficient for one or two days. It is because they are free from any artificial preservatives.
Essential Oil Serums
Essential oil serum can be prepared with the combination of carrier oils and essential oils. Some of the common recipes are made with the help of almond, apricot kernel, olive, soy bean and grape seed oils as carrier oils.
Dry Skin Recipe
Take 1 tablespoon of almond oil, chamomile oil, rosemary oil, jojoba oil, eucalyptus oil, and vitamin C powder. Optionally you can add 1 teaspoon of Aloe Vera gel. Pour the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
Now you need to heat the ingredients in an oven for about 1 minute. Take out the bowl and let the mix cool for about 20 minutes. Now you can apply it onto the skin areas.
This sort of serum is highly useful for dry skin. These elements help your skin cells to retain the water and other fluid elements. Applying this liquid alone may not be sufficient in case you have extreme dry skin.
Therefore you need to consume at least 3 to 4 liters of water every day during your treatment period. Repeated treatment can ensure hydration of your skin over long time.
Oily Skin Recipe
Mix 2 tablespoons of geranium oil, apricot oil, cedar wood oil and calendula infusion in a bowl. You can optionally add Vitamin E oil for enhancing the brightness of your skin after excess of oil is removed from the skin cells and tissues.
If you wish to increase the tightness of your skin by enhancing the production of collagen you can add 1 teaspoon of Aloe Vera gel. Add the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
Now you need to heat the ingredients in an oven for about 1 minute. Take out the bowl and let the mix cool for about 20 minutes. Now you can apply it onto the skin areas.
This sort of serum is highly useful for oily skin. The recipe has been tried out with many people who have reported of excess oil in their skin leading to acne and other types of skin disorders. The ingredients can also help your skin cells to retain the water which gets lost due to excess oil formation on the outer layers of your skin.
Apart from using these ingredients for external application you also need to take care of your diet during the treatment. Cucumber juice, water melon juice and pure water have to be consumed at regular intervals. Avoid exposing your skin to direct sunlight by covering with protective clothing, cap and goggles.
Combination Skin Dry Parts Recipe
Add 3 tablespoons of carrot seed oil, apricot kernel oil, grape seed oil and sandalwood oil in a bowl. You may choose to add 1 teaspoon of Vitamin C powder for enhancing the immunity level and protection against skin cells oxidation. Adding 1 teaspoon of vitamin E oil can help in brightening your skin tone to considerable extent.
While working with combination skin you need to be careful as your skin is made of dry part as well as excess of oily part. Exceeding one type of ingredients can lead to abnormal dry conditions while reducing them beyond a certain point will result in excess oil content.
Hence the usage of carrot seed oil, eucalyptus oil and lemon syrup is recommended to bring about the balance in your skin cells. Apply the ingredients onto your skin areas affected by dry skin only. For those parts which are affected by excess oil content you need to follow the recipe given below.
Combination Skin Oily Parts Recipe
For removing the excess of oil deposition from your skin layers you need to add antioxidant properties to the serum you are preparing. You can choose to apply vitamin serum directly or use the vitamin c powder with the following ingredients.
Take one teaspoon of lavender oil, rose oil, peppermint oil and almond oil (which acts as carrier oil). Add the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. If you wish to increase the tightness of your skin you can add two teaspoons of Aloe Vera Gel.
Mix well and heat the ingredients in an oven for about 1 minute. Take out the bowl and let the mix cool for about 10 minutes. Now this serum contains all the essential characteristics need for the treatment of sebum, the oil producing substance in your skin.
Apply the serum onto the skin areas which are affected with excess oily conditions. It is recommended that you keep away from dry skin areas while using this.
The recipe has been in practice by those living in tropical and cold climatic conditions equally.
Natural Organic Face Serum
Similar to the above serum preparations you can also try out similar ingredients for the making of facial skin serums. You may need to add honey, cucumber extract, papaya, banana and seeds of pomegranate to enhance the brightness of your facial skin.
Limitations of Organic Facial Oils and Serums
Organic facial oils and serums can be good sources for skin vitalizing and protection from skin disorders as long as they are used with reference to the guidelines of ingredients.
In case your skin is allergic to any of the above listed ingredients you need to stop using it and contact your dermatologist. It would be better if you can consult her before you start off in the initial stages.
