Not only are homemade beauty products fun to make, they’re also effective. In fact, for many reasons they can be even better than store bought! Learn about the ways you can make homemade beauty products that work instead of spending tons of money in the beauty aisles of your local stores. Here are some homemade beauty products to love.

Why Homemade Beauty Products?

Don’t effective beauty products have to contain chemicals you can’t pronounce and cost lots of money for a tiny jar or tube? No! In fact, ditching those chemicals in favor of natural ingredients you can put together at home can only be a healthy decision–and it certainly doesn’t hurt to try. What have you got to lose?

Homemade Beauty Products To Try

Oatmeal Soap

The calming effects of oatmeal on skin, especially irritated and itchy skin, are well-documented. But you don’t have to buy a commercial brand to get the benefits. There are multiple recipes available on the web, but plan on having these key ingredients available when you make your own.

• Coconut oil
• Olive oil
• Distilled water
• Lye
• Ground oats
• Honey
• Essential oils for scent

Oatmeal soap is also great for acne-prone skin.

Avocado Face Mask

Avocados are wonderful for your skin! And it is so easy to do a soothing avocado face mask for dry skin. Just mash half an avocado and apply it to your skin. Let it sit on your skin for 15 minutes, then rinse off with warm water.

Turn the other half of that avocado into a facial scrub. Mash it, add a teaspoon of whole flax seeds, and enjoy a soothing, exfoliating face wash.

Avocado Hair Mask

Mash an avocado, then whisk in a couple teaspoons of raw honey or coconut oil. Apply this to freshly washed hair in the shower. Let it penetrate for 5-10 minutes and then rinse. This is an amazing conditioning mask that does wonders for dry or damaged hair. Try it once a week and see what results you get!

Yogurt, Cucumber and Oatmeal Cleanser

Combine half a cucumber {unpeeled} with 2-3 tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt in a blender. Blend until smooth. Stir in a couple of tablespoons of uncooked oats. Store this mixture in the refrigerator and use it as a nightly cleanser for your face and neck. The good bacteria in the yogurt, along with their associated enzymes, help to kill acne-causing bacteria on your skin surface. Yogurt is also a great skin tightener!

Interested in more homemade beauty recipes? Try these homemade formulas for healthy hair.