Natural DIY recipes are a wonderful way to care for your skin. Here’s our next DIY Healing Argan Body Oil you can try. You can either create this recipe from scratch, or get our Argan Body Oil and add the remaining ingredients to create this nourishing recipe.
Recipe: DIY Healing Argan Body Oil
Ingredients
Argan Oil – 2 Tsps.
Jojoba Oil – 4 Tbsps.
Sweet Almond Oil – 4 Tbsps.
Olive Oil – 4 Tbsps.
Vitamin E Oil – 1 Tsp.
Grapeseed Oil – 4 Tbsps.
Ylang Ylang Essential Oil – ½ Tsp.
Lavender Essential Oil – ¼ Tsp.
Roman Chamomile Essential Oil – ¼ Tsp.
Method
All these oils are in liquid form and can be easily mixed without much ado. Just take a clean glass bottle, with a dropper and add these oils into it. Shake well and you are good to go!
This oil can be stored in room temperature for about five months, though you can refrigerate for longer shelf life.
Tweaking the Recipe for Your Skin
Have very dry skin, or skin that needs extra nourishment? Try adding Tamanu or Seabuckthorn oil.
Have aging or mature skin? Consider adding rosehip seed oil, carrot seed oil and Avocado oil.
Have inflamed skin, or need an instant mood lift? Try adding Roman Chamomile Essential oil.
Have acne prone skin? Consider adding turmeric or thyme oil.
For overall skin nourishment and care, you can also add neem oil. However, if you want to add neem oil, many consider the stench overwhelming. It’s a good idea to do this – add the healing Argan oil to your palm and add two drops of neem oil. Use your fingers to mix and apply evenly. If you love it, then you can add the oil to the main bottle. On the other hand, you can just add neem oil just before applying, whenever you need it.
What’s with the Ingredients?
Most of the ingredients are already covered in previous posts. So we are going to see the ingredients that aren’t covered earlier.
Sweet Almond Oil
Rich in Vitamins A, E, B6, B1 and B2 it moisturizes and nourishes your skin. It helps balance dry or irritated skin. It is non-greasy, readily absorbed into your skin and does not clog your pores.
It helps eliminate dark circles, fine lines, wrinkles and fights other aging related signs like crow’s feet, since it is rich in Vitamin E.
It nourishes and heals the skin; hence an excellent aid to prevent or curb stretch marks. It protects your skin from sun damage and reverses UV rays inflicted skin damage. It also helps curb acne breakouts.
Olive Oil
It is an excellent skin moisturizer and great if you have sensitive and dry skin. It has skin regenerative properties, so can help with healing and keeping your skin supple and soft. Stretch marks can be lightened or reduces with regular olive oil usage.
With rich antioxidant and Vitamin E content, it is one of the best anti-aging solutions out there. It reduces inflammation and curbs aging signs in skin. It helps treat sunburn and leaves your skin radiantly looking.
Many dermatologists say Olive oil can trigger acne outbreaks as it can clog pores, so those prone to acne or have oily skin can skip it from the recipe.
Grapeseed Oil
It is one of the best additions to your skincare routine. Grapeseed oil is rich in linoleic acid and antioxidants, so helps curb acne outbreaks. With anti-inflammatory properties, it also helps curb acne and related inflammation.
Being an astringent, it helps tighten your skin and reduces swelling. Regular application tones and improves skin elasticity.
It is a good moisturizer and anti-aging aid. It helps reduce aging signs like wrinkles, fine lines, pigmentation, etc. It also helps reduce under-eye circles.
Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
More of an oil with health benefits, it also helps soothe and calm inflamed or irritated skin. It also helps with hormonal imbalance and reduced skin problems that are a result of hormonal imbalance. Besides, it soothes stressed minds and relaxes your mind and body.
Roman Chamomile Essential Oil
Excellent calming and relaxing oil that gently calms and nourishes your skin and mind. It is an anti-inflammatory and anti-infectious hence help deal with skin problems and inflammation effectively. It is used to treat skin dryness, eczema and itching.
Tamanu Oil
It is extracted from the nut kernels of Tamanu Tree. It is a good healing agent and can help treat sun burns, wounds and scars, as it helps with generating new skin tissue. It has anti-inflammatory properties that help curb skin inflammation, redness, sun burn, etc. It is rich in antioxidants and helps with skin regeneration. It helps with scar reduction and has antiseptic, anti-acne, anti-viral, anti-fungal, antibacterial, anti-ageing and anti-wrinkle qualities.
Not only is this oil good for your skin, it is also great to calm, relax and rejuvenate your mind and body. Use this healing oil whenever you are stress, enduring aches and pains due to excessive work or strain, or even as a daily skin and health rejuvenator. You can use pure argan oil for the recipe, or our very own Argan Body Oil that’s enhanced with Seabuckthorn Oil, Rosemary extracts, etc.
