Posted by Les Mauvaises Herbes
When you discover the world of DIY, you can feel a bit lost: there are so many options available to us!
I’m sharing my personal top 5 recipes for simple, accessible, and affordable cosmetic treatments to help you get off to a flying start.
Are you ready? Prepare yourself; there's no turning back. I promise!
– Marie xxx
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You can check out Audrey's top 5 here, and Mariane's here!
Cornflower and orange blossom two-phase cleanser and makeup remover (we're getting fancy!)
This makeup remover can be used for more than just removing makeup: you can use this treatment to cleanse your face. Oh yes! Did you know that you can actually just cleanse your face with a vegetable oil? That olive oil sitting on your counter right now—yeah, that works.
This makeup remover is an optimized version of that principle!
Bi-phase cleanser and make-up remover with cornflower and orange blossom
Of all cosmetics, the easiest to make at home is undoubtedly the bi-phase cleanser/makeup remover. Even your cat could do it! A bi-phase cleanser is simply an aqueous phase combined with an oily phase, which essentially translates into a mixture of hydrosol and vegetable oil.
Préparation
5 min
Conservation
6 mois
Rendement
100 ml
Milk of magnesia deodorant
Disconcertingly simple and effective. Yes, this is actually milk of magnesia from the pharmacy!
Milk of Magnesia Deodorant
Here's a recipe for a milk of magnesia deodorant, without baking soda, and frankly astonishing in its effectiveness! Like baking soda, milk of magnesia is alkaline. However, even though it's composed of insoluble molecules (hence its milky appearance), it's not abrasive and is suitable for sensitive underarms.
Préparation
3 min
Conservation
6 mois
Rendement
50 ml
Quick-and-easy dry shampoo
Basically, it’s just starch. Yes, starch! It works incredibly well and it changed Mariane's life.
Quick and easy dry shampoo
Dry shampoo literally changed my life.
A slave to daily shampooing since adolescence, I discovered dry shampoo when I was painfully trying to skip a day or two between washes. No more enduring greasy hair or succumbing to the call of shampoo. It can be made in a jiffy with ingredients from the pantry. It's true, I swear!
- Mariane
Préparation
10 min
Conservation
pour l'éternité
Rendement
60 ml
Face serum for mature skin
Okay, stay with me! I know the word "serum" makes it sound complex and all. It’s simply a blend of vegetable oils and essential oils. That's it! A super simple and highly effective principle that will cost you peanuts, for a luxury product for your face.
Face serum for mature skin
Here's a great serum recipe to support the health of mature skin, as well as skin with imperfections. It contains rosehip oil, an oil with incomparable healing and repairing properties.
Préparation
2 min
Conservation
6-12 mois
Rendement
50 ml
THE super balm
For one, our reputation is somewhat based on this recipe. No joke. For two, it will be your best friend. Your substitute for Vaseline or antibiotic ointment. It can even be used as a lip balm, a cheek salve for the winter, or a remedy for nursing nipples. Everything. Honestly, I'm almost tempted to put it on my toast 😅
This is the most "complex" recipe in this roundup because it involves melting oils and wax together, but really, it's very simple. If you can boil water, you can make THE super balm.
Super balm to the rescue for (almost) everything!
This is undoubtedly one of the most versatile DIY recipes. That's why I officially call it the SUPER BALM (insert echo effect here)! If you're as obsessed as I am with products that can be used in all sorts of ways, you'll be thrilled.
- Marie
Préparation
10 min
Conservation
12 mois et +
Rendement
100 ml
So, does this make you want to get started? Which recipe will you begin with? 🤩
