How to Make Homemade Acne Treatments

When you can just as easily make your own homemade acne treatments, why use expensive and inadequate commercial products?

These quick homemade acne remedies are made with natural and inexpensive ingredients, and with regular use will keep you spot free and promote a more natural tone and balance to the skin.

To give your store bought or homemade acne treatments a special healing boost, add vitamins to the mix.

Simply grind one Vitamin A capsule to a very fine powder and add, or pierce a Vitamin E or A capsule and add the oil to any of these treatments. Your skin will absorb the vitamins and heal much better.

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Quick Homemade Acne Remedies

For convenience, make enough of the herbal infusions mentioned in the recipes to last you through the week.

The first step

Is to cleanse your skin twice a day using a homemade cleanser that is recommended for oily skin. Cleansers and scrubs containing oatmeal or cornmeal are extremely affective as they easily absorb excess oils from the skin (See oatmeal recipe below).

Second step

After cleansing rinse your face with an astringent and leave it to dry naturally, a cool herbal infusion that's suitable for oily skin will make a very good astringent (See instructions below).

Finally

Once or twice a week (depending which you choose) treat your skin to one of our homemade acne treatments. All are very easy and inexpensive to make, yet can make a vast improvement to your skin when used regularly, even if it's just a simple steaming

Everyday Oatmeal scrub cleanser

Oatmeal is an excellent cleanser; it's also a very gentle cleanser making it perfect for everyday use in a homemade acne cure.

The olive oil in this scrub softens black heads; this makes them much easier to be removed along with any other oily bacteria that may be trapped within the pores. Lemon is a mild astringent which will help the pores to close, and the parsley is very good for fading any scaring or redness that may be left after an outbreak of spots.

What you will need

2 tablespoons fine oatmeal
4 tablespoons butter milk or plain yogurt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon olive oil

Combine all the ingredients together and gently rub the paste evenly over the face for about 5 minutes.

Rinse off with warm water then splash your face with cold water or a cold herbal infusion and leave to dry naturally.

Herbal Astringent Rinse

Make a simple herbal infusion for an astringent rinse by using either:

1 tablespoon of fresh chopped herb and 1 teaspoon of dried herb.
or
1 herbal tea bag.

Place your choice of ingredients into a heatproof jug or bowl, then pour 8 fl oz of boiling water on to it, cover and leave to cool.

Once cool strain into a clean container and refrigerate ready for use. Use within one week.

Best herbs to use in your homemade acne cure

Sage - mint - yarrow - chamomile - comfrey - elderflower - fennel - lavender - nettle - parsley - rosemary

For an astringent rinse that will treat enlarged pores, add 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar to the finished infusion before storing it in the refrigerator.

Weekly Facials

Twice a week, dip a cotton ball in witch hazel, herb vinegar (see instructions below) or rubbing alcohol. Rub all over your face (or anywhere you might break out) and rinse immediately.

Don't overuse this homemade remedy for acne, because it will dry your skin and you might start peeling - which is another problem entirely!

Herb Vinegar Instructions

You can also use herb vinegars as homemade acne treatments. Use 1 pint of apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar.

Place vinegar in a bottle that seals tightly.

Add 1 cup of organic, fresh herb leaves or flower petals, or 1/2 cup organic dried herbs or flower petals. Try lavender, violet, rose, geranium, lilac, or marjoram.