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How to make brightening Body Oil.
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Intro
The journey to making brightening body oil.
I will admit, I have something of a fetish with hydrated and oiled supple skin. It’s beautiful to feel and look at. My obsession!
Skincare is one of the most beautiful forms of personal care in my opinion because I just feel great when I have good-looking skin. I remember turning my friends in university into my pet projects skincare, that must have annoyed them so much, I’m sorry!
One of my favorite skincare items is brightening body oil.
Subsequently, this article will sing to you the tales of its benefits on your skin especially. Also how to make them from the comfort of your home.
Evidently, I’m an advocate for doing as much of my consumable needs myself. Simply to avoid the risk of consuming unhealthy elements which could possibly affect my health in a negative way.
Moreover, learning how to make brightening Body Oil is less expensive when compared to store-bought ones. The Body oils brought from the stores left my skin feeling greasy. Other times, I felt very dry and scaly like a scaly-oily-dry-looking fish.
It was very important to me to make an oil that didn’t cause breakouts on my skin while doing its job. Specifically, an oil that wasn’t heavy and sticky on the skin. I hate heavy skin oils, it’s a drag to move over your skin and it always feels like it just lays there on the top of your skin, collecting dirt and greasing up, making you very uncomfortable.
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What is the benefit of brightening body oil?
- Body oils are hydrating to dry skin. Believe it, some oils have moisturizing functions, (e.g. coconut oil, rosehip seed oil marula oil olive, Argan oil, olive oil, etc.). Moisturizing your skin from the inside too by drinking water helps the skin radiate from the inside out and helps enhance the hydrating functions of oil.
- Body oils relieve itching on the skin. My cousin had a bad case of mosquito bite allergy once and this affected her physical image so much. When she told me about it, I did my research and found that oils could be used to soothe itches on the external skin. We used coconut oil on those spots in a gentle relaxing manner and it helped her a lot.
- Also, these oils are especially beautiful in the winter to help your skin fight against the harsh brittleness of the weather and also provide warmth.
- Generally, this brightening body oil is clean and vegan. No added chemicals, no unknown elements, no diseases causing elements, no stabilizers or artificial elements.
- In most cases, it is easily absorbed into the skin, they’re light and soft and enhance the looks of the skin.
- Maintains a healthy appearance of the skin especially due to the healthy contents of the oils. They can be used to perform massages, especially warmed-up oils. I’m literally drooling at the thought of the feeling of warm oil on my moist skin in round soothing motions.
- Great for fall and cold dry weather skincare regime.
- They have aromatherapy benefits.
- They maintain your skin’s elasticity and provide nutrients for your skin from the outside.
PS: I think it’s a bad idea to use oils during the summer without sunscreen except if you’re trying to get fried. My personal opinion though.
How to make DIY body oil
Get familiar with the ingredients
Body oils as we know are made up of oils but not just any oil makes a body oil. The oil that makes the cut must have essential benefits and functions of body oil such as hydrating, healing, etc. Think of body oil as a healthy meal for your skin, from the outside.
P.S.: Healthy skin is also affected by what you consume in your system. Your whole health depends on what you eat. Healthy eating as a form of self-love and care.
Main ingredient
My recipe for skin oil creates a skin-brightening body oil. The star ingredient which brightens the skin in this body oil recipe is orange peels.
Orange peels have antioxidant benefits, protecting the skin from damage.
Evidently, it contains a high quantity of vitamin c and other beneficial nutrients. Vitamin c is known in the beauty industry for its brightening and anti-aging properties. In the health sphere, it may have potent anticancer properties.
Main character energy giving skin oil.
Other ingredients include
Some oils perform more than one benefit, I use a combination of 3 oils for self-righteous reasons. You can substitute the oils in my recipe for other skin-beneficial oils as you desire.
Some oils widely used for skin oils includes;
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- Rosehip oil: this ingredient can be found in most skin care products because of its numerous benefits such as fading scars, stretch marks wrinkles, and treating hyperpigmentation (may not be suitable for people with acne-prone skin, but may be best for people with dry skin).
- Sesame oil: this oil is rich in vitamins and minerals and helps improve the look and glow of the skin while hydrating the skin deeply. It is also high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. This oil may be suitable for people with mature skin and people with acne-prone skin.
- Olive oil: this oil may be best for dry skin and may not be suitable for sensitive and oily skin. it is rich in vitamins, and antioxidants, moisturizes the skin, aids in lightening the skin, etc.
- Avocado oil: this oil may not be suitable for people with oily skin but may be great for dry and normal skin on occasional use. It contains great amounts of proteins and vitamins.
- Jojoba oil: this is equally rich in vitamins and minerals, and helps in enhancing your skin’s natural glow. (maybe good for oily skin and mature skin).
- Argan oil: this oil is super moisturizing, helps to soothe skin conditions, may treat acne in some people, aids in healing sunburns, and scars, makes your skin extremely soft, etc. It may be suitable for all body types, especially dry skin.
- Coconut oil: this is a very moisturizing oil, it has anti-bacterial properties, helps to fight wrinkles and frizz, can be used to relieve sunburn, acts as a makeup remover, builds collagen, etc. This oil may be best for normal, combination, and dry skin. Oily and sensitive skin may not be compatible with this oil.
- Sunflower oil: this oil works best for normal and combination skin. It’s highly absorbent and has antioxidants. It protects the skin and is also used to speed up the healing of scars. It may be safe for all skin types.
- Apricot oil: this oil has a sweet soft scent, nourishing, packed with vitamins, absorbed easily into the skin, and can be used by all skin types, especially sensitive skin.
I feel like the best time to use oils is when you still have some moisture on your skin, damp skin from the shower, it just brings out the moisturizing quality of the skin oil better, from my personal experience.
P.S: ALWAYS PATCH TEST FOR 24 HOURS TO CHECK FOR ALLERGIES.
Ingredients needed for skin-brightening body oil
The ingredients I use to make this DIY body oil include;
- 500ml Coconut oil
- 500ml Argan oil
- 500ml Sesame oil
- Orange peels of about 3 small oranges (cleaned). Buy online
- 150ml Vegetable glycerine (for extra moisture) Get it from Amazon
Note: I have normal skin on my body. I don’t use body oils for my face because it’s more of an acne-prone and oily area. Since I’m combining more than one oil, some of the oils I’m using are not suitable for my face. Again, this is my personal opinion from my personal experiences. I do use oils on my face though, not a combination of oils but a single oil that serves a purpose for acne-prone, combination skin.
I used the following tools;
- A clean saucepan is specifically not for food items.
- A clean beaker for measurement
- A wooden ladle for mixing
- A fine strainer. Buy on $5.29
- An empty clean bottle >1500mg, Get from Amazon $12.99.
Steps to make the DIY homemade skin-brightening body oil;
- Wash your orange peel in hot water for about 5-10 minutes. Dry it on a drainer or something similar to reduce the water quantity.
- In your clean saucepan, pour in your oils
- Add orange peels to the oils
- Heat over medium to low heat for 15 minutes
- Stir continuously
- Put down from heat and allow to cool
- When cool, add vegetable glycerine and mix in singular motion for 5 minutes.
- Strain into another clean dry bowl. Repeat the strain twice or as much as you desire.
- Pour into your bottle and use moderately.
I hope you enjoy this recipe and enjoy the benefit of this brightening, hydrating mineral and vitamin-rich oil for your body and skin’s health.
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