Homemade skin care provides are inexpensive and effective alternatives to the ever changing self proclaimed best miracle cosmetics and lotions marketed by the large beauty companies. With the sluggish economy and shrinking earnings, it is a good time to consider making a change to your previous expensive skin care regime, especially when you have more urgent needs for your money, such as paying off credit card bills and mortgages.

Whether you are watching TV or flipping through lifestyle magazines, you can always see the advertisements promoting the latest skin care products claiming to eliminate all your wrinkles and fine lines in 14 days, or to clear up your acne and pimple marks overnight and so on. Even though you know these skin care products are a downright lie and they are not going to work as shown, you still pay top money hoping that a miracle will happen.

So how many $200 dollars skin care lotions and masks are you going to try until you realize most of the money you paid goes into the advertisements, movie star endorsements and product packaging? Many people wanted to maintain or get back a natural and youthful complexion. We spend a good deal of time trying to remove wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, blemishes and marks on our face and it has helped made the beauty and cosmetic industry one of the largest and most profitable in the world.

Homemade skin care products do not necessary lose out to the complex commercial formulations. On the minimum, you know that its all natural ingredients and no animal testing are involved, if that matters a lot to you. It is not difficult to try out homemade skin care recipes, which are created using the things that can be commonly found in your fridge or garden. You do not need any specialized skin care equipment such as facial steamers, and laser light machines as well.

For example, if you have oily skin, you can cleanse and exfoliate the excess sebum with a homemade facial mask that contains a few drops of witch hazel or lemon juice. Dry skin types can try out Jasmine in homemade skin care for added moisturizing and increased skin elasticity. Using the appropriate facial mask that suits your skin type will make you feel refreshed and leaves your skin lovely to the touch.

Some common natural ingredients that can be used in homemade skin care include almond oil, olive oil, aloe vera, chamomile and green tea. You should get familiar with their characteristic benefits so that you can create your own customized face mask. For example, both olive and almond oil can be added to alleviate dry and sensitive skin because they are easily absorbed by our skin surface and is an excellent emollient to soften our skin. Aloe vera skin care products are very famous and you can also add the smashed pulp in its leaves as homemade skin care for sun burns and other inflammations because it in very good for smoothing and healing our skin as well as stimulating skin cell regeneration.

Chamomile also has an anti-inflammatory effect and is especially good for the tender skin areas around our eyes. You can use it as a homemade skin treatment for puffy eyes. Green tea is a very powerful antioxidant and can remove free radicals that damage our skin cells from our face. You may already know this famous homemade skin care, but cold, used tea bags is very good for tired and dry eyelids, especially if you have used chamomile tea bags. Next time you finished drinking a cup of tea, make sure you save that tea bag in the fridge for refreshing your tired eyes.

Avocado is one of the best natural anti aging ingredient discovered. You just need to scoop out the flesh from a ripe avocado and mash it evenly to form a smooth paste. Used as a homemade anti aging skin care treatment, it also reduces the visibility of age spots and scar marks left over from acne. Just apply to your face for around 15 minutes and rinse off completely. Avocado had very good moisturizing and skin regeneration qualities.

Raw eggs are the primary ingredient used for the homemade facial mask base. Just gently mix an egg white with some honey in a bowl together with additional ingredients to suit your skin type or the particular treatment you intend to apply. Slowly massage the mixture onto your face and wash off after letting it dry for around fifteen minutes. If you do not like the smell of raw eggs, you can also try yogurt instead as a homemade skin care mask therapy. It is especially refreshing if you let the yoghurt chill in the fridge for 15 minutes before applying to your face. These natural skin care ingredients help replace collagen underneath the skin and can help remove fine lines and wrinkles. Cooked oatmeal can also be used for dry skin, although it is better not to use if you are known to be allergic to oat. Milk can be used for moisturizing skin over our bodies and is especially good on the dry skin on our legs and arms.

As you see, these homemade skin care treatments cost next to nothing and you can gradually fine tune the exact homemade skin care formulation to perfectly suit your skin, unlike most off the shelf products that are made for general dry, oily and combination skin types.