It's Time to Make Your Own Natural Facial Cleanser

Did you know that most facial cleansers contain chemicals that can actually harm the skin? The good news, you can make your own natural facial cleanser using ingredients that are easily available at home. Try checking your kitchen and find the ingredients below to make your own natural facial cleanser. Besides being thrifty, homemade natural facial cleansers are safer for facial skin.

Natural Facial Cleansers and How to Make it

Here are some examples of natural facial cleansers that you can make at home.

Apple

Benefits: Apple-based natural facial cleansers are especially beneficial for those of you who have dry skin. Necessary materials:
• Two peeled apples, cut into pieces.
• Half a tablespoon of olive oil.
• Half a tablespoon of honey.
• 125 grams of yogurt without taste.
How to make: Add all ingredients then blend until smooth. Wipe the mixture of ingredients that have been mashed to the face. Let stand for 5 minutes, then wash with warm water. For facial acne, you can use a solution of apple cider vinegar to cleanse the face. The trick, mix ¼ apple vinegar and ¾ clean water in a bowl. After cleaning the face and dried. Apply the apple cider vinegar solution on the face and leave it for 10 - 20 seconds. Rinse and dry.

Cucumber

Benefits: Normal skin can be cleaned with a natural face cleanser made from cucumbers. Cucumbers are also good for facial acne. Necessary materials:
• Half the cucumber is crushed with a blender.
• 1 teaspoon of yogurt without flavor.
• 1 cup of oatmeal.
How to make: Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Apply a mixture of ingredients that have been mashed into the face. Let stand for 20-30 minutes, then wash your face with warm water.

Honey

Benefits:
• Suitable for all skin types.
• Helps shed dead skin cells from the skin without scrub granules which are sometimes too hard for the skin.
• A natural moisturizer that can help make a face soft and smooth but not make your face oily
• Serves as a natural antiseptic that helps eliminate acne-causing bacteria and helps wound healing.
How to make:
• Protect your clothes and hair from honey that might stain.
• Wash your face with warm water.
• Choose natural honey without mixture. Pour half a teaspoon of honey on the palm. Stir the honey slowly with the index finger to soften it.
• You can add a few drops of warm water to dissolve the honey that is too thick.
• Apply honey and give a massage in a circular motion on the facial skin using fingers. Avoid the parts around the eyes.
• Clean honey from the face using warm water after settling for at least 5-10 minutes.
• Dry your face by gently patting it with a soft towel.

Castor oil

Benefits:
• Suitable for cleaning oily, dry and normal skin.
• Good potential to reduce wrinkles, as a moisturizer, and treat acne.
• Has anti-inflammatory properties, so it is good for dealing with dry and irritated skin
Necessary materials:
• Dry skin: 1 teaspoon castor oil, plus 1½ teaspoon shea butter.
• Normal and oily skin: 1½ teaspoons castor oil, plus 2 teaspoons olive oil or coconut oil.
How to make:
• Enter castor oil and the mixture into a bowl for later applied to the face.
• Massage the face with a spread of this oil the night before going to sleep. After that, dry with a towel that has been dipped in warm water. Wait for about one to five minutes before cleaning the face with the towel.

Oatmeal and yogurt

Benefits: Oatmeal can act as a natural facial cleanser and help remove dead skin cells on the skin, while yogurt can provide nutrition and moisturize the face. Necessary materials:
• Half a cup of oatmeal mixed with hot water to form porridge.
• 1 teaspoon of yogurt or honey.
• You can add half a cup of fruit such as crushed banana or papaya.
How to make:
• Mix oat porridge and other ingredients into a bowl. Clean and dry face. Apply the oatmeal mixture to the entire face, massage in a circular motion for 3 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Avoid sensitive areas, such as around the eyes.
• Alternatively, apply the oatmeal mixture to the face for 10 minutes, then rinse and dry with a clean towel.

  Tomato

  Benefits:
• Tomatoes contain salicylic acid which is good for acne, oily skin, and helps shrink skin pores.
• Good to help healing the skin after being exposed to the sun for too long (sunburn).
Material and how to make:
• Blend and fine blend the following ingredients. One ripe tomato and one tablespoon of sugar.
• Apply to face for 5 minutes and wash with lukewarm water.

Other Natural Facial Cleansing Ingredients

Some other ingredients can also be used separately as a natural facial cleansing mixture. Here are a few things to keep in mind when using it:

• Lemon juice makes facial skin more sensitive to sunlight. Therefore, minimize sun exposure on the face if you use lemon juice as a cleanser.
• Yogurt can be used alone as a facial cleanser by mixing one tablespoon of yogurt with one teaspoon of lemon juice. Yogurt that is used as a face mask can also help brighten the skin.
• Olive oil can also be used separately, by rubbing it on the face, massage for half a minute, then rinse with warm water.
• Green tea can be used as a cleanser whose role is to counteract the effects of free radicals on the skin. Green tea is also good to use as a facial cleanser for oily skin. Besides being applied topically, antioxidant-rich green tea can be brewed and drunk to make skin healthier.

In addition to some examples of natural facial cleansers above, the natural way to get a clean face is by eating healthy foods that are beneficial to the skin, drinking water and getting enough rest every day, and using sunscreen when doing activities in the sun.