Homemade skin lotions
• Ingredients:
45 gr yarrow and 4.5 dL of boiling water
Instructions: soak the dry yarrow in the boiling water and leave the liquid stay for three hours. Then, strain the liquid and pour it in a small bottle. Keep the bottle on dark place.
Use: this lotion treats dry and sensitive skin. Apply the lotion every night and every morning on clean face.
• Ingredients: 4.5 dL of apple cider vinegar and 2.5 dL of milk (3,2 fat)
Instructions: boil the milk and the cider vinegar and leave the mixture cool down. Strain the liquid through sterile gauze and pour it in a bottle.
Use: this lotion is good for dry skin. Apply the lotion three times a day on clean face.
• Instructions: 25 gr dry lemon balm, 3 dL of 70% alcohol and 7.5 dL of distilled water.
Instructions: soak the dry lemon balm in the alcohol and leave the mixture stay for ten days on dark place. Stir the mixture from time to time. After ten days, strain the liquid through sterile gauze and add the distilled water. Keep the lotion in the fridge.
Use: this lotion is suitable for very sensitive skin. Apply the lotion on clean face several times a day.
• Ingredients: 10 gr Rose de Mai, 25 gr of carrots and 2 dL of water.
Instructions: dry the Rose de Mai leaves, grind the carrots and mix both. Soak the mixture in the water for ten days and then boil the liquid. After it cools down, strain the liquid and keep it in the fridge.
Use: this lotion will refresh your skin tone and bring back the skin’s elasticity. Apply the lotion on clean face every morning and every night.
• Ingredients: 10 gr dry rose flowers, 50 gr sweet violet flowers, a deciliter of apple cider vinegar and 1.5 dL of water.
Instructions: soak the rose flowers and the sweet violet flowers in cold water and leave the mixture stay seven days on dark place. Then, add the apple cider vinegar and leave the mixture for another two days. Strain the liquid and keep it in a small bottle.
Use: this lotion is suitable for treating sensitive skin with large pores. Apply the lotion every morning and every night.
Normal skin cleansing lotions
• Ingredients: 2.5 dL of birch bark and a deciliter of 70% alcohol
Instructions: in early spring cut some birch bark and collect the juice it discharges. Mix this juice with the alcohol and then keep the mixture in a small bottle.
Use: apply the lotion on clean face every morning and every night. You can wash your face with chamomile tea before applying the lotion.
• Ingredients: the skin of two melons, 2 dL of rakija and 2 dL of rose water.
Instructions: soak the melon skin in the rakija and leave the mixture stay 14 days. Then, add the rose water and keep the liquid on dark place.
Use: the lotion is effective against wrinkles. Apply the lotion every morning and every night on clean face.
• Instructions: 25 gr of thyme, 10 gr of chamomile and 1.5 dL of water
Instructions: add the herbs in the water and boil them. Then, leave the tea cool down and strain the liquid.
Use: wash your face with the lotion. Every time use fresh tea. This lotion will refresh your tired skin.
• Ingredients: 30 gr of rosemary, 30 gr of rose flowers, 30 gr of mallow, 10 gr of sage and 4.5 dL of water.
Instructions: add the dry herbs in the water and leave them soak during the night. The next morning boil the mixture and then strain and pour it in a bottle. Keep the lotion in a dark place.
Use: the lotion will refresh your tired skin. Apply the lotion every night and every morning on clean face. Also, you can use it to remove your make up.