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All-Natural Homemade Skin Cleansers

Did you run out of skin cleanser unexpectedly? Use one of these recipes to whip up a quick substitution!

• Use plain yogurt to gently cleanse your skin if it’s normal or dry. If you have super sensitive dry skin, mix some cooked, unflavored oatmeal into your yogurt. Add a small amount of cornmeal into the yogurt mixture to give it an exfoliating quality.

• If you prefer using cleansers that fight aging, mix up equal parts of honey and olive oil diluted with two parts of distilled water. The honey and oil combine to be hardcore moisturizers.

• The best way to clean oily skin is with steeped green tea.

 

What are your favorite all-natural homemade cleansers?

Easy and Basic Skin Care Regimen

I’ll admit it: while I’m huge into cleansing my insides, sometimes I’m a little lazy when it comes to cleaning my skin. That’s why I was so excited to find this easy four-step cleaning regimen. This way, I can clean my skin without spending all of my time in front of the mirror applying creams and toners.

 

1. Cleanse

A simple cleanser will be sufficient. I simply refuse to spend more than $20 on my cleanser. If you have dry skin, go with a creamy cleanser. Oily skin? Go with a clear cleanser. And the good news? You really should only wash your face in the evening—no reason to scrub in the a.m. I really like the Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser.

 

2. Exfoliate

There are a few different types of products you can use to exfoliate. The most popular type is a scrub. I’m partial to Burt’s Bee’s Citrus Facial Scrub.

 

3. Moisturize

Moisturizer is a must-have! It helps to improve the state of your skin. I am crazy about the feel of Clinique’s Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion.

 

4. Protect

It is so important to protect your skin from harmful UV rays. If you can, find a moisturizer that also has a respectable SPF content such as Neutrogena’s Healthy Defense SPF 50 Daily Moisturizer.

Rid Your Body of Toxins with the Sauna Cleansing Bath

Saunas make you sweat.  Sweating gets rid of toxins that are hanging out in your skin.  Easy enough!  To get your body sweating, try out this sauna cleansing bath.

 Use a sauna that does NOT have a wood that has been treated with toxic disinfectants.

1. Start out with a low temperature.  After 10-15 minutes, you should be sweating moderately, but the temperature should be low enough that you can stay in the sauna for up to an hour and a half without becoming uncomfortable.  Experiment and see what temperature works best for you.
2. After your sauna, take a shower using all-natural soap.
3. Take supplements to keep your nutrient levels high.

 Are you a fan of saunas, or do you prefer the sweat that works up during working out?

Two Ways to Cleanse Your Skin

There are many ways to sufficiently cleanse your skin in the not-so-conventional manner.  Here are two more ways to get your skin shiny clean.

 Air Bath

Bathing your skin in fresh air is said to help your skin’s ability to flush out toxins.

 So how exactly do you perform an air bath?  Step outside in your bathing suit for fifteen to thirty minutes.  At least, that’s what the “professionals” recommend.

 Skin Brushing

This act consists of using a natural bristle brush to brush in small circles on your entire body (excluding your head and other sensitive areas).  This is aid to promote healing and the flushing of toxins.

Both of these methods (and more) were found at the Holistic Med website, a one stop source for Holistic Medicine. 

Does this sound like great advice, or does it sound like ridiculous new age brouhaha?

Cleanse Your Skin with a Cleansing Bath!

When you think about truly cleansing the toxins from your skin, you probably think about the cleanser and tonic water that you use.  While regular cleaning and exfoliating your skin will help, there are still toxins stored underneath your skin, in your body’s tissues that can damage your skin and make it appear ashy or not fresh.

This cleansing bath is one way to effectively cleanse all of your body’s skin (and relax, too!).

1. Fill your bathtub with unchlorinated, hot water.
2. In order to neutralize the acids of the toxins, add two cups of baking soda to your bath water.
3. Add two cups of Epsom salts to your bath water.  This will help to draw all of those pesky toxins out of your body.  But don’t use the salts if you have a rash or open cut.  Talk about pouring salt on an open wound—ouch!
4. Relax and soak in the bathtub for half an hour.  Light some candles, read a magazine—whatever your heart desires.

Would you give this cleansing bath a shot, or do you have a hard time swallowing that it will help to rid your body of toxins?

Why it’s Important to Cleanse from Within for Your Skin

Various types of skin cleanses have been performed for centuries.  Herbs, sweat lodges, and saunas are just three types of cleansing that have been performed since ancient times.

Skin cleanses are performed because oftentimes, toxic substances are deposited into the fatty tissues that lie below the surface of your skin.

If your other detoxifying organs (lungs, kidneys, liver, colon, etc.) are not performing up to par, there will be more and more dumping of toxics into those tissue layers beneath your skin.

If your skin isn’t eliminating wastes in an efficient manner, then there will be some serious backup of toxins throughout your body. 

What makes it worse is that some of those toxins that are deposited into those tissues under your skin eventually make their way into your bloodstream.

What can you do to ease this issue?  Participate in skin cleansing.

Have you ever participated in a skin cleansing process?

Important Tips for Sauna Takers

Saunas are great for cleansing and are often used in various skin cleansing processes.  However, they tend to dehydrate and take away certain nutrients, through the excessive sweating that occurs.  This sweating is essential for detoxifying your skin—the toxic matter that is stored in your skin and in the tissue beneath your skin is able to escape when you sweat for an extended period of time.  If you are considering taking up saunas in your life, consider the following tips:

If you are pregnant, very obese, very weak, or are suffering from jaundice, hepatitis, or anemia, you should talk to your doctor before considering a sauna.

If you are healthy and ready to sauna, follow these tips:

• Eat more sea veggies and kelp to replace minerals you lose during a sauna
• Take chelated and colloidal minerals
• Take salt and potassium tablets if you plan to sauna for more than one hour in a day
• Always follow your doctor’s advice!

 Are you a fan of saunas?  Or do you just feel drained afterwards?  Leave a comment and let us know!

Nutrients that Help You Have Better Skin

The following nutrients are important to your skin’s health and can help to cleanse your largest organ from within:

• Vitamin A (e.g. cod liver oil, butter) and Zinc are great skin cleansers.
• Vitamin B complex helps your body deal with stress more efficiently.
• Vitamin C boosts collagen, which helps your skin look healthy.
• Vitamin E rejuvenates your skin.
• Magnesium clears the liver of toxins and is also skin-friendly.
• Essential fatty acids detoxify the skin and moisturize.
• Omega-6, black currant seeds, evening primrose oils, and borage increase skin health.
• Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) from hemp protects the skin from unnecessary moisture loss.

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Changing Your Diet to Cleanse Your Skin

What you eat and drink greatly affects the condition of your skin.  Therefore, you can scrub and use as many toners and masks as you’d like; you’re not going to see a huge change in your skin until you begin to cleanse from the inside out.

 

Your skin is one of your body’s major filters, disposing of toxins that can affect your body’s organs.  When your body is on cleansing overload, it shows on your face.  Your skin may be dry, you may see acne, or you may have blemishes and breakouts.

 

Your first step to cleansing from within is changing your diet.  Try the following things to help better your health:

 

• Do not ingest things that are high in trans fats, sugar, alcohol, and caffeine.
• Stay away from junk food, red meat, and processed foods.
• Boost your intake of antioxidants.
• Increase your intake of fruits, veggies, wheat, and whole grains.
• Switch to fish for your protein source.
• Switch to virgin olive oil instead of hydrogenated oil.
• Switch to nuts and seeds instead of fatty snacks.
• Drink purified water.

 

You will experience a huge breakout before you see your skin getting better.  This is your body getting rid of all of those unwanted poisons and toxins that are still being flushed out of your body.

 

These changes should be permanent!  Otherwise, the improvement won’t be permanent.

 

Have you tried any of the tips on this list?  Did you see your skin improve?