Looking for natural skin care recipes with spring flowers that you can make at home? Here are some amazing skin care recipes with sweet violets, pansies, and other lovely spring flowers. But first…
Spring is approaching and we couldn’t be more excited. In fact, we can’t wait to celebrate this moment by making natural skin care recipes with spring flowers. Sweet violets, primula, cowslip flowers, and pansies are amazing for your skin, and here are 5 different skin care recipes with spring flowers that you can easily make at home. All you need is fresh or dried spring flowers and a few other ingredients that most of you already have in your homes. Let’s get to the natural skin care recipes.
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5 Natural Skin Care Recipes with Spring Flowers
1. Sweet Violet Face Milk for Skin Rejuvenation
(Viola odorata)
Ingredients:
- 3 tsp of fresh or dried sweet violet flowers
- 1 cup of milk
Preparation & Use: Heat up the milk on the stove and when it boils, pour it over the flowers and cover the pot. Leave the face milk for an hour. Strain and apply the milk to the face, neck, and décolleté using a cotton pad. Rinse it off after 15-20 minutes. This natural skin care face milk brings back tenderness and youth to the skin.
In addition, you can use this spring flower to make a natural make-up removal recipe, almost similar to this one. Here is how to make it. Add a handful of fresh sweet violet flowers to a three-quarter cup of hot milk. Stir gently and allow to infuse for half an hour. This milk cleanses the skin and you can also use it in compresses to cleanse and soften the skin. It is natural skin care that also rejuvenates the skin.
2. Patience Dock Face Mask
(Rumex patientia)
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp patience dock leaves powder
- 1 tsp raw honey
- 100 ml patience dock infusion
Preparation & Use: To make the infusion, scald 1 tsp of the plant in 100 ml of hot water. When it has cooled down to room temperature, add the powdered patience dock leaves and honey into the infusion. Mix well until you obtain a thick paste. Spread the face mask on the clean face skin and neck. After 15 minutes wash the mask off.
3. Heartsease Lotion for Mature Skin
(Viola tricolor)
Ingredients:
- 1 handful of heartsease flowers and leaves
- 2 tbsp of fresh thyme flowers and leaves (or 1 tbsp of dried thyme)
- 300 ml of flat water or rainwater
- 2 drops of grapefruit essential oil
Preparation & Use: Make an infusion by pouring boiling water over the heartsease and thyme flowers. Let the infusion cool for 20 minutes. Strain the infusion through a gauze and pour it into a bottle, then add the drops of grapefruit oil over and shake the bottle well. Wipe your face daily, in the morning and in the evening, with a damp cotton pad. Allow the face to dry, then you can apply your natural face cream.
4. Dandelion & Yogurt Face Mask for Mature Skin
(Taraxacum officinale)
Ingredients:
- 1 handful of dandelion leaves
- 1 tbsp natural yogurt
Preparation & Use: Collect dandelion leaves, wash and pass them through a slow juicer to get a small amount of juice. Add the yogurt to the juice and mix well until you get a homogenous paste. Spread the face mask on the face. After 10 minutes, wash it off with lukewarm water.
5. Cowslip Face Cream Recipe for Withered Skin
(Primula officinalis)
Amongst all the March blooming wildflowers, cowslip is the most potent for skin revitalization and rejuvenation. Here is how to make an amazing natural skin care recipe with cowslip flowers.
Ingredients:
- 2-3 handfuls of cowslip flowers and leaves
- 2 tbsp of pork fat
Preparation & Use: Put the lard on the fire, in a small bowl, to melt. When it starts to smoke, add the finely chopped cowslip flowers and leaves. Allow to sauté until soft, then remove from the heat and allow to cool until the next day. Heat up the composition again this time in a double boiler, then strain it and pour it into a jar. Apply this natural face cream in the evening, after you’ve cleaned/washed your face well.
Read Also: 7 DIY Natural Skincare Recipes with Chamomile
We really hope that the natural skin care recipes with spring flowers here will really be of use to you, especially now that spring is around the corner. Let us know what natural skin care you use on a regular basis in the comments below. Stay beautiful, naturally!
