Face Wash That Puts the “Care” Back into Skincare

Washing your face is one of the simplest self-love methods you can perform, and you deserve to take a few minutes to add this to your morning or evening regimen. Better yet, give your skin the deluxe beauty treatment by making your own all-natural daily face wash.

Full of goodness in the form of skin-loving essential oils and organic compounds,

this face wash works great for all skin types (no more looking through products trying to figure out if they’re for dry, oily, or combination skin), and you can rock confidence in knowing it’s free from all the nasty chemicals pumped into commercial beauty products.

What are your favorite essential oils to use in your skin care products? Share your recipes and tips with us in the comments!

Getting Started

Let’s get you going so you can be ready for a fresh start with your facial routine. When it comes to using essential oils, you probably already know not to use plastic bottles, but you’ll also want to use dark-colored glass to preserve the integrity of your solutions. These amber glass bottles are perfect. They’re travel-sized and also have a nifty spray nozzle for awesome portion control. Seriously, just a little spritz goes a long way!

The Best for Skin Rejuvenation

One of the best aspects of making anything yourself is the freedom to play around with new elements and discover what works best, but it’s always a boon to have tried and true methods from experts who share their best practices. In this case, The Essential Collective has given us an amazing comprehensive guide to using essential oils in daily life, and this essential oil face wash is one of the recipes suggested for healthier skin.

The essential oils chosen here represent the best for skin rejuvenation and have proven benefits.

PATCHOULI 

Did someone say sagging skin? No doubt about it, with age comes a lessened elasticity of the skin. While there are a couple of ways to counteract that, you’ll be well on your way once adding Patchouli to your daily skin care to tighten those skin cells. What’s more, Patchouli will also stimulate your facial muscles for lymphatic boost and healthy blood flow. Patchouli will give you a radiant glow.

LEMONGRASS 

Crossing guards have the important job of controlling traffic flow at intersections, and Lemongrass gets to do this. Lemongrass helps cleanse the skin by reducing oils, and as a natural toning agent, it prepares the skin to receive moisture and nourishment from the other ingredients and closes the pore conduits after your facial. 

YLANG YLANG

There’s nothing worse than washing your face and feeling that dry tightness that comes from being stripped of its natural oils. Thankfully, that’s never the case with Ylang Ylang on the job. Clean and restore is the name of the game, and Ylang Ylang adds or subtracts exactly what is needed for healthy oil balance all while it maintains moisture. This is another reason our facial wash works so well for all skin types.

“Ylang Ylang makes the skin appear smoother.”

— Oil + Glass Recipe Book

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The Recipe to DIY

In your amber spray bottle, add 2 drops of Patchouli, 4 drops of Ylang Ylang, and 2 drops of Lemongrass. If you want to change up the scent, you can add 2-3 drops of Tea Tree, Lavender, Cedarwood, or Frankincense. The same as when making your own perfume, it’s best to start from the day before so that your essential oils can bond over the course of twenty-four hours to create a synergy.

This way the molecules can provide the same level of results each time you use your face wash rather than a constantly changing disproportion.

In addition to the combined benefits, this lipid is an excellent general use carrier that helps dissolve and remove bacteria, makeup, and any other yucky buildup.

You’ll likely recognize this next step if you made your own roll-on, and that’s adding a little carrier oil. The Oil + Glass recipe calls for Young Living’s V-6™ Vegetable Oil Complex, and if you use that you will pack the power of six beautifully fatty oils into each face wash. You can always substitute grapeseed oil if you don’t have the V-6™ on hand, but it’s absolutely worth getting if you can.

After that, fill your bottle a little less than one-third of the way with Dr. Bronner’s Unscented Castile Soap. You’ll see a whole rainbow of options, but you won’t retain the lovely fragrance of your essential oils combination if you add the scented castile soaps, so stick with the baby blue. Dr. Bronner’s is safe yet strong with incredible foaming action, so only use as much as you need, and you’ll have plenty left for many other batches of face wash. Fill the rest of your bottle with water, gently shake to combine, and you’re set.

This is all you need for a morning or before-bed power wash – no need to strip your skin with toxins – and a tiny little bit goes a long way. Your face will love you, your wallet will thank you, and you will feel empowered and invigorated.

If you’d like to learn about which crystals to add to enhance the cleansing and nourishing experience of using this face wash recipe, check out the Crystal + Oil Synergies Recipe Book.

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