5 Organic Homemade Facial Cleansers

Looking for how to cleanse your face naturally?  Then look no further.  Here are 5 natural and homemade facial cleansers that you can make and use at home.  There are a lot of facial cleansers out there with lots of dangerous ingredients like petroleum, artificial dyes and fragrances, and propylparaben (which mimics estrogen and messes up your hormone balance whether you are male or female).  Making sure you use natural cleansers, makes sure you know exactly what your skin is absorbing.

I sell 2 liquid facial cleansers in my shop: Anti Aging OR Acne Facial Cleansers. They are similar in ingredients, except vary by what essential oils I use in them.

But if you would like to make your own, then you want to look for ingredients that will cleanse your skin without stripping it completely of its natural oils.  Here are a few recipes and methods to get you going.

#1 Oil Homemade Facial Cleansers

Try oil based facial scrubs to exfoliate and cleanse your skin while deeply nourishing at the same time.  Oils are also great for removing makeup.

Lemon and Rosemary Facial Sugar Scrub

Ingredients:

• 1 cup organic sugar
• 1/2 cup apricot kernel oil
• 3 drops rosemary essential oil
• 10 drops of lemon or orange essential oil

Directions:

1. Mix the ingredients together and store in a glass jar.
2. To use, place 1 Tbsp in your hand and massage onto your face.
3. Rinse and pat dry.

Click HERE for 11 more Simple Life Mom recipes.

#2 Gentle Soap Facial Cleansers

I did not put the recipes for cold processing here, since it is a large process for those who have never made soap before. However, Castile soaps are often made from 90-100% Olive oils instead of a mixture of fats like other soaps.  This makes the soap softer, but very gentle on the skin.  A great soap to try as a beginner and wonderful for the skin.

Click HERE for a great Cold Processed Castile soap recipe.

Another Homemade Soap that is gentle on the skin is a shampoo bar, due to the great nourishing oils within the recipe and because it usually has more readily available oils that were not converted to soap by the lye.  I know many people who use shampoo bars as a shaving bar.

Click HERE for 7 Homemade Shampoo Bar Soap Recipes to make on your own.

Also find these shampoo bars in my SHOP.

#3 Honey Facial Cleanser

Raw Honey is very hydrating, kills bacteria, and nourishes skin, replenishing moisture and vitamins. That’s why you will often see it being used in natural beauty recipes. Here is a simple recipe using honey to help cleanse pores.

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp raw honey
• 1 Tbsp raw apple cider vinegar

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients and keep in a sterile container and use a clean utensil each time.
2. Wet face with warm water.
3. Rub 1 tsp. between fingers and massage into face to loosen dirt and makeup.
4. Rinse.

#4 Oatmeal and Yogurt Facial Cleanser

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup pulverized oats

Directions:

1. Pulverized oats in blender (optional).
2. Mix yogurt and oats together.
3. Keeps in fridge for one week, depending on how sterile you keep it.
4. To use: wet face with warm water.  Rub 1 Tbsp between fingers and massage into face to loosen dirt and makeup.  Rinse.

#5 Baking Soda Facial Cleanser

I really like this cleanser, but some people are sensitive to using baking soda directly on their skin.  I know of a few people who cannot use homemade deodorant because of this.  So, like with every recipe on my site, test on a small area and make sure you have no reaction.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon avocado oil
• 2-3 drops of tea tree essential oil (anti-bacterial)

Directions:

1. Mix all three ingredients together and massage into face to remove dirt and makeup, staying away from eyes.
2. Rinse.

Follow up with one of 4 Herbal Skin Toners and Homemade Lotion and Anti-Wrinkle Serum. Click the links to get the recipes.