Facial serums are everywhere these days. Skin-loving ingredients bottled in little glass jars, and serums are just what you need for keeping your skin hydrating and combatting pretty much every skin concern. Really! Select the right ingredients and the serum will do everything to give you that much-coveted healthy, radiant, even-toned, happy skin. But why buy a face serum when you can easily make them at home?
Here Are 5 DIY Skincare Recipes For Facial Serums That Are Worth All The Effort
1. Vitamin E Serum
Vitamin E is known for reducing scars and controlling signs of skin ageing like fine lines and wrinkles, apart from being a great moisturiser. Since it’s very chip-chip, you need to dilute it with other ingredients like lavender, frankincense, tea tree essential oils, rosehip oil, and jojoba oil. Rosehip oil is laden with vitamin A, C, and E, and fatty acids that save the skin from sun damage and lightens skin scars.
Jojoba oil, on the other hand, mimics the natural oils of your face, thus, proving to be a great addition to this serum. Add to these a few drops of skin-loving frankincense essential oil for slowing down skin ageing, tea tree essential oil for acne, and lavender essential oil for soothing inflammation and irritations on your skin. And voila, you have a potent serum that is expected to be your skin’s BFF.
Ingredients
- 10 drops of Vitamin E oil
- 10 drops of rosehip oil
- 10 drops of jojoba oil
- 10 drops of frankincense oil
- 10 drops of lavender tree oil
- 10 drops of tea tree oil
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together and shake well, so they blend evenly.
- Store in a glass container and use it twice daily.
2. Rose Essential Oil & Glycerin Serum
Full of antioxidants, it treats skin inflammations, redness, and irritation. It is also an antiseptic and astringent. It heals skin conditions like dermatitis and psoriasis. To top that, it leaves the skin feeling hydrated. If you’re looking to treat damaged skin, this is one serum you should try and it’s likely that you’ll notice changes soon. Glycerine is known for its deep moisturising benefits.
Ingredients
- Rose essential oil
- 10 drops of glycerine
Method
- Extract oil from roses and bottle it in a glass container.
- Add glycerine and shake well, to mix the ingredients thoroughly and evenly.
- Use twice a day for making the most of the ingredients in this serum.
3. Tea Tree Oil, Lavender Essential Oil, & Vitamin E Serum
Tea is enriched with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral properties, which works like magic in treating and preventing acne breakouts. If you have oily skin, this is just the serum that you should experiment with. Vitamin E lightens scars and blemishes on your skin and protects your skin from sun damage.
Ingredients
- 10 drops of Vitamin E oil
- 10 drops of tea tree oil
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together and shake well, so they blend evenly.
- Store in a glass container and use it twice daily.
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4. Aloe Vera & Coconut Oil Serum
The myriad of benefits of aloe vera gel is known to all of us. Replete with antioxidant and anti-bacterial benefits, it soothes your skin, heals blemishes and scars, prevents and treats and prevents acne breakouts, and a whole lot more. However, if you have dry skin, you may want to tread cautiously with this plant-based gel. However, skin-living coconut oil is expected to more than makeup for this. A potent moisturiser, we swear you cannot have enough of this oil.
Ingredients
- 10 drops of coconut oil
- 5 tbsp of aloe vera gel
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together and shake well, so they blend evenly.
- Store in a glass container and use it twice daily.
5. Coffee & Almond Oil Serum
Coffee treats inflammation and improves blood flow, while almond oil acts as the perfect carrier oil that adds much-needed moisturisation to your skin. You can add avocado oil for adding to the hydrating benefits of this serum.
Ingredients
- ½ cup or 100 gms ground coffee
- ½ cup almond oil
- 1 tbsp avocado oil (optional)
Method
- Add the ground coffee to almond oil and let the juices of the coffee get infused with the oil.
- Let this stay for 4 to 5 days.
- Strain the ground coffee off the oil with a clean muslin cloth.
- Add avocado oil, if you want.
- Pour the ingredients into a glass bottle, give it a good shake, and store for using it once daily.
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