If you are someone who suffers from a dry or aging skin, you probably have these common problems:
- Trying to find a moisturizer that isn’t filled with chemicals,
- Trying to find a moisturizer that actually works, and
- Trying to find a moisturizer that doesn’t empty your wallet each month.
Finding a proper, all-natural moisturizer that will give you a luxurious and nourished skin, can definitely be a challenge. So, you’re probably fed up and ready to try something new… Something like making your own!
Below is a list of 32 unique and effective moisturizers that you can make at home. Find one that matches what you’re looking for and give it a try tonight!
DIY Moisturizer Recipes for a Silky Skin
1. Simple Moisturizer
Making your own moisturizer can be as simple as three easy ingredients and only 5 minutes of your time. An aromatic and functional moisturizer in no-time!
2. Aloe Vera Moisturizer
The calming and soothing effects of aloe vera mixed with a variety of specifically chosen essential oils make for a wonderful moisturizer.
3. Whipped Body Butter
This is that miracle potion that you use when you’re going out on the town in your spicy new mini dress and you need your legs to look on point!
4. Face Moisturizer
Moisturizing your face can be important especially for those dry winter months. Use this face moisturizer before applying your makeup for a long-lasting effect.
5. Lime Coconut Body Butter
It looks good enough to eat! Your skin will like it a lot more though. Whipped coconut butter with only a few drops of lime essential oil.
6. Hand Cream
Help your dry, cracked hands with a healthy moisturizing hand cream. This one has the powerful effects of beeswax!
7. Smooth Homemade Lotion
This lotion is “pumpable” which requires a little more time and effort to be put into it’s making. It’s so worth it though!
8. Sugar Cookie Body Butter
If you like the smell of fresh cookies baking in the oven, you’re gonna love the scent of this fluffy body butter!
9. Homemade Bedtime Lotion
This calming body lotion brings an array of calming scents that will help relax your body and mind so you can get a good nights sleep.
10. Summer Shine Body Lotion
A moisturizing body lotion that not only boosts your skin but adds a bit of shimmer and a bit of shine! Perfect for a summery day.
11. Intense Moisturizing Lotion
Most store-bought lotions are filled with ingredients that allow it to have a long shelf-life. This all-natural moisturizer is designed to be made in small batches so it won’t go bad!
12. White Chocolate Lotion Bars
An easy and all-natural lotion bar that has tons of beneficial ingredients for your skin. It also makes the perfect gift!
13. Lavender Body Butter
This lotion is aimed towards people who get eczema. A soft effect that helps relieve some of the problems. Only 10 minutes to make!
14. Mango Body Butter
Give your skin the moisture it’s searching for with this silky and creamy mango body butter. A delight to dry skin!
15. Gingerbread Body Butter
Ground ginger, cinnamon, almond oil, coconut oil, this body butter looks (and smells) good enough to eat!
16. Lotion Bars
Lather on the moisture with a simple easy-to-make lotion bar. Smelling of sweet and calming lavender. These all make a wonderful gift.
17. Green Tea Moisturizer
This moisturizer hydrates without clogging pores and smells and feels wonderful. No, it won’t turn your face green!
18. Vitamin E Nighttime Cream
Wake up with a radiant and hydrated skin by applying this anti-aging Vitamin E face cream at night. Quick, easy, and totally worth it!
19. Rose Hibiscus Body Butter
You can whip up this whipped body butter in no-time at all. It smells like the sweet scents of roses and will make your skin feel like a cloud.
20. Cinnamon and Clove Lotion Bar
Gentle shea butter that melts on your skin to provide a creamy and hydrating sensation. Combine that with the fresh scents of cinnamon and clover and you will fall in love!
21. Pretty Legs Cream
This lotion has the perfect blend of essential oils that provide health benefits to the skin all while smelling amazing!
22. Rose Moisturizing Mist
An incredibly light moisturizer that you can spray onto your face, anywhere on your body, and even into your hair!
23. Vanilla and Cacao Body Butter
A luxurious body butter that’s texture is silky and smooth. The best part? It’s not filled with chemicals and toxins. This moisturizer is ‘au natural’!
24. Moisture Rich Bath Melts
Soothe your itchy skin while soaking in the bathtub and take in the healing effects of milk and honey. Leave your skin feeling silky and soft.
25. Green Tea Face Cream
This is a repairing face cream that uses the powerful effects of green tea to soothe sun damage and possibly reduce aging.
26. Aloe Vera Face Cream
A face cream that is great for all skin types. Coconut oil significantly reduces dryness and is a natural antibacterial.
27. Peppermint Foot Cream
Only four natural ingredients and a very short amount of your time and you can create this aromatic peppermint foot cream. It makes a lovely gift during the holidays!
28. Acne Prone Skin Moisturizer
If you suffer from acne or oily skin, here is a lightweight moisturizer you can make at home that won’t clog your pores.
29. Dry Winter Skin Lotion
We have here for you: the cure to dry winter skin. This moisturizer is loaded with Aquaphor, Vitamin E, the soft silky touch of baby lotion, and coconut oil.
30. Chocolate Body Butter
This chocolate body butter looks heavenly! I’m sure your skin will think so too. Luxuriously soft and delicious to smell (but probably not to eat!)
31. Moisturizing Face Mask
Although both delicious ingredients in the kitchen, when applied topically, raw honey and coconut oil make a nourishing and hydrating face mask.
32. Vanilla Bean Lotion Bars
The perfect lotion bar for the cold and dry winter months. These bars are filled with healthy ingredients and also make wonderful gifts!
A Wonderful Range of DIY Moisturizer Recipes
So as you can see, there is a large variety of recipes on the internet so you can make your own all-natural moisturizer. Whether it be for your face, body, feet, hands, hair, or all of the above, there’s is a moisturizer recipe out there for everyone!
Keep your skin looking healthy and feeling rejuvenated with an all-natural lotion. The best way to know exactly what you’re putting on your skin is to make it yourself!
