I am loving this series! I have found I really, really enjoy
making my own basic beauty products. So far I’ve showed you how to make your
own homemade moisturizer and face wash.
Today I am delving into more of a “specialty”
product. This is a Vitamin E Eye Cream.
I came up with this when I discovered lines around my eyes
and got tired of spending over a hundred dollars each month just on eye cream!
I found a recipe and decided to give it a go. I've been using it for a few months and
have been really pleased with the results I've seen! Obviously, I can’t go back
in time so I still have some fine lines but I feel as though they are not as deep
as they once were. I also feel as though they aren't as noticeable to everyone.
I tweaked this recipe a bit from the original because I
wanted more Vitamin E in mine. My thought process behind this was Vit E is a
healing vitamin & so if I have a higher concentration of it in my cream, I
may see better results. I have no idea if this is what actually happened or
not, but it was my thought process!
Vitamin E Eye Cream
2 capsules from a Vitamin E bottle (I use this brand)
A bit of coconut oil
3 toothpicks
Lavender essential oil
Contacts case
Pierce each of the Vit E capsules & squeeze one full
capsule into each side of the contacts container. Scoop in a little coconut oil
(1/2 tsp should suffice), take one toothpick & dip it into your lavender essential
oil & mix the Vit E & Coconut Oil together with the toothpick. Then,
take the last toothpick & dip it into the lavender essential oil and mix
the other side of Vit E and coconut oil together. Put the caps on tightly & store in the refrigerator. Put on each night before bed and in the morning
before your makeup! Now, you don’t have to keep it in the fridge, I do simply
because I love how cold it is on my eyes in the morning and I feel like it
makes any puffiness from my sleep go away. Plus, coconut oil liquefies at 76 degrees Fahrenheit so this keeps it solid and makes it easier to apply.
Coming up next week is cuticle oil and cuticle scrub….
If I can ever find the time, I'm going to give some of these home made beauty products a try!!
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely find the time, they are super quick to make. This eye cream was the most "labour intensive" and it only took me 5 minutes (since you have to pop open the Vit E capsules lol). The coconut moisturizer takes 2 minutes to whip up. They have all lasted me 2 months now. It was well worth the 15 minutes one evening to whip them up. It used to take me longer at Target to pick out each of these products ;)
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