Ayurvedic recipe for sensitive skin

This Ayurvedic skin care recipe you can make yourself for sensitive skin, using aromatherapy oils.

CLEANSE

Mix one teaspoon of almond meal, with half a teaspoon of ground orange peel, half a teaspoon of dried milk.
Store in a small jar.
In your palm, make a paste using quarter of a teaspoon of cleanser and rose water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
Gently massage into the skin for one minute. Do not scrub. rinse well with warm water. Do not dry.

NOURISH

Mix 30 mls of almond oil, with 10 drops each of rose and sandalwood oil.
Store in a dark glass bottle with a dropper.
In your palm, mix 2 to 3 drops of nourishing oil plus 4 to 6 drops of water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
While your skin is still wet, gently massage the mixture all over your face and neck skin for one minute.

MOISTURISE

Melt 45 grams of cocoa butter in a double boiler.
Add 90 mls of sunflower oil.
Remove from heat.
Using a dropper add 60 mls of rose tea*- one drop at a time, while stirring the mixture.
When it is cool, add 5 to 6 drops of sandalwood oil.
Gently apply a very small amount of this moisturising cream over the surface of the face and neck.
DO NOT MASSAGE it into the skin.
Apply as needed during the day.

DISCLAIMER
The information presented on this website should not be considered complete, or take the place of a medical consultation, for diagnosis and treatment, with a healthcare professional.

Beauty is more than skin deep.

Beauty from the inside.
Balance the whole body.
Balance the skin.
Skin a major organ of toxin elimination.

• to make the herbal tea infusion, pour two cups of boiling water over two tablespoons of the tea herbs in a clean glass jar. Let stand for two days, stirring occasionally. Strain and use the liquid as required.

Massage around the eye in the direction from the outside eye to the inner eye.
If you have skin prone to millia / white heads, especially around the eye's, avoid the use of oil based cleanses and moisturisers in this millia prone zone.