Homemade Things » Health & Homemade Beauty Recipes » How to Make Homemade Acne Treatments

How to Make Homemade Acne Treatments

To give all your home made 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 capsule and add the oil to any of these treatments. Your skin will absorb the vitamins and heal much better.

Every third day, 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 treatment, because it will dry your skin and you might start peeling - which is another problem entirely!

Once a week, give your skin a thorough treatment. Use a ground apple (remove seeds and core but leave the peel on) mixed with 1-3 teaspoons of honey. Let dry for 15-20 minutes and rinse with cool water.

Supplies You May Need

When it comes to suppliers, Mountain Rose Herbs is one of the leading online stores supplying 100% pure steam distilled plant oils with unsurpassed fragrances and oustanding depth, and importantly they are all therapeutic grade oils from reputable distillers.

They have a great selection of basic ingredients such as butters, wax and carrier oils, as well as any essential oils you might need. There are lots of other suppliers out there whose quality is similar to Mountain Rose but we havent found one thats beter value for money.

Simple Spot Treatments

Invest in some Essential Oils like burdock root, yellow dock root, lemon, or tea tree oil. Apply a smear to each zit before going to bed, or mix 6 drops of oil with 1 cup of warm water and massage into skin without rinsing afterwards.
It might seem counterintuitive to put oil on your oily skin, but the essential oils provide you with healing properties and relieve the dryness caused by other homemade acne treatments.
Or mix a beaten egg white with a few drops of lemon juice. Apply directly to the blackhead or other problem area. Let dry and rinse off with warm water.

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.

Place on a sunny windowsill.

Shake vigorously twice a day for two or three weeks.

Strain and rebottle. Store in a dark place.

Now you know how to make homemade acne treatments!

If you know how to make a personal care product at home, we would love to hear from you. Write an article about it - you can use this article as a guide for how to write a "how to" piece. Share your knowledge, and you could see your name in lights!

Homemade Acne Treatments