Make Cosmetic Beauty Products at Home

LUSH cosmetic products are handmade with simple and natural ingredients. They offer a variety of different products from shampoo, conditioner, body scrubs, lip balms and facemasks that can all be made with household items from your kitchen.

For an at-home body scrub, try mixing one cup of raw sugar, the juice squeezed from half a grapefruit and one to two tablespoons of honey. To adjust the texture, add sugar or honey depending on preference. The sugar is a natural exfoliator while the honey soothes and softens the skin. The grapefruit contains silica acid and vitamin C, which reduces redness and clears the skin.

Lip balm is one beauty essential we can never get enough of, especially in the wintertime. Using a double broiler or a glass bowl on top of a saucepan of boiling water, mix:

-Three teaspoons organic beeswax,

-Five teaspoons of preferred oil (sunflower, coconut, etc.)

-Six drops of essential oils

-One teaspoon of honey for flavor

Once everything is melted, continue mixing to make sure all of the ingredients are evenly distributed. Then pour into individual, small containers and let sit for 20–30 minutes.

The lip balm will be softer the more beeswax you use, so if you want it a little harder use less beeswax and more essential oil drops.

Skip the mall and head to the grocery store next time you want a natural, homemade beauty product. Overall, making products like this at home is easy and there are so many different recipes to try for lotions, dry shampoo and more.

Natural beauty products at home are greener, more natural and cheaper than the store-bought alternative, not to mention free from animal testing.