DIY Homemade Organic Cosmetics

Would it be great to have the luxury of a beauty salon right in the middle of your home? Yes! if you have the time, enthusiasm and energy, consider making your own organic cosmetics and toiletries. All you need is a few common ingredients available at your own kitchen refrigerator, or at your local grocery and drug store, a few recipes, a little time and you're set. It's not only cheap, safe and healthy, but you also get the delight of customizing your own beauty regimen. Here are simple easy to do organic cosmetics for your convenience

Organic Cosmetics for your Face

Banana Facial (good for dry skin)

Ingredients:
2 medium Bananas
Honey (optional)

Directions:
Mash bananas with a fork dont over mash or it will be too runny. Add honey if dseired. Smooth over skink, let sit for 10 minutes, rinses off with coll water.

Apple Facial Mask (good for acne prone skin)

Ingredients:
1 medium size apple (grated)
5 tablespoons of honey

Directions:
Mix the grated apple with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin then let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.

Carrot Top Facial Mask (good for normal-Oily skin)

Ingredients:
2 to 3 large carrots
4 and 1/2 tablespoons of honey

Directions:
Cook carrots then mash. Mix with honey. Apply gently to the skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse with cool water.

Gentle Facial Cleanser Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of oatmeal or cornmeal plain yogurt (add enough yogurt to form a paste)

Directions:
For a gentle facial cleanser, mix ingredien6ts, smooth over entire face avoiding eye area. Wash off with warm water.

Organic Cosmetics for your Hair

Tropical Conditioner

Ingredients:
1 avocado (peeled and mashed)
coconut milk

Directions:
Combine mashed avocado with some coconut milk. Mash together until it's smooth and about as thick as shampoo. Comb it through the hair and let it sit for 10 minutes, wash out.

Deep Conditioner (avocados contains vitamin b6 and vit E)

Ingredients:
1 small jar of real mayonnaise
1/2 of an avocado

Directions:
Put together in a meduim bowl and squish together with your hands until it's a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the tips. Put on a shower capo or wrap your head with saran wrap.
Leave on for 20 minutes. For deeper conditioning put a hot damp of towel around your head over the saran wrap. And if you have a really long hair and only need deep conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to the ends and just wrap them.

Egg Conditioner

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon baby oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup water

Directions:
Beat the egg yolk until it's frothy, add the oil then beat again. Add water. Massage into the scalp and throughout your hair. Rinse well.