Sensitive skin is too fragile to be exposed to chemically loaded face washes. It reacts to any and everything, even artificial fragrance. The first basic step of proper skin care is washing the face. And choosing a right face wash is even more important for sensitive skin, than for any other skin type. In order to ensure that your ultra sensitive skin stays fair and radiant, without having the risk of getting damaged, elope using cosmetic face washes from the market. Instead, use the 5 homemade face washes we have listed below to pamper your skin with.
1. De-Tan Face Wash
Sensitive skin results in pigmentation when exposed to sun. And our de-tan face wash can remove tanning without causing tingling. What you need is, sandalwood powder, rose water and Neem oil.
How To Make:
Place sandalwood powder in a bowl and start adding rose water. Stir the powder until you get a liquid texture. Now add 3 to 4 drops of Neem oil to the mixture, and heat it in sim flame for 2 to 3 minutes. Drop the face wash in your palms while warm. And massage your face with it for 5 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water. Use twice everyday.
Benefits:
Sandalwood powder bleaches the skin and removes tanning. Rose water cools down inflamed cells. And Neem oil flushes free radical and dead skin cells from the surface. The resulting skin is toned and fairer.
2. Anti-Acne Face Wash
Sensitive skin can become dry as well as oily due to weather change. And It leads to severe acne that is very hard to combat. What you need in this case is a safe anti-acne face wash that wouldn’t disturb the skin’s pH. In order to make one yourself, you need honey, aspirin and distilled water.
How To Make:
Take about 2 teaspoons powdered aspirin in a bowl, and heat it till it gets dissolved in distilled water. Mix honey with it and beat well. Directly apply on moist face and keep massaging it for 10 minutes. Wash with cold water properly. Use every night before going to bed.
Benefits:
Honey kills acne causing bacteria and flushes them out from the skin. And aspirin reduces acne induced pain and inflammation without disturbing the skin’s pH.
3. Fairness Face Wash
Sensitive skin gets dark due to weather change and pollution. What you need for maintaning your fairness in all seasons is a gentle chemical-free face wash. To make one at home, you will need Shea Butter, bentonite clay and rose water.
How To Make:
Mix 1 teaspoon molten Shea butter, 1 teaspoon rose water and 1 teaspoon bentonite clay. Grind the mixture in a mixer till it starts foaming. Apply on dry face generously, and massage on the face twice a day, for 15 minutes.
Benefits:
Bentonite clay will remove dead cells, dirt, blackheads, whiteheads and sebum. It will fade acne marks and sunspots. Shea butter will hydrate and moisturize shrunken cells. This will make dull skin radiant. And rose water will maintain the skin’s pH. The resulting skin will be twice fairer and brighter.
4. Anti-Aging Face Wash
Sun, pollution, free radicals and many other reasons result in premature skin aging. But it gets worse with sensitive skin, because you cannot use retinol based serums. But the face wash we have listed will reverse the clock for you. What you need is, egg white, raw milk and aloe vera juice.
How To Make:
Scoop aloe vera pulp and keep it aside. Mix 1 teaspoon egg white with 1 teaspoon raw milk and stir well to get a gel like consistency. Now add the mixture and aloe vera pulp in a mixer, and grind them till the mixture turns foamy. Apply on steamed face and massage for 15 minutes. Rinse with cold water.
Benefits:
Egg white will improve collagen health that will result in the production of elastic and plump new cells. New cells will replace wrinkled dead cells, and the skin will become tight and wrinkle free. Aloe vera will reduce inflammation and raw milk will reduce freckles and fine lines.
5. Hydrating Face Wash
chapped and dry sensitive skin is too fragile to be touched. It causes a lot of pain and leads to dullness, darkness, ageing and even skin conditions like eczema. You can save yourself from the brunt of these problems by using a homemade hydrating face wash. What you need is, aloe vera, honey, Himalayan pink salt and raw milk cream.
How To Make:
Grind Himalayan salt in a mixer to make fine powder. Mix half teaspoon of this powder with honey, and heat in sim flame till the powder is completely dissolved. Add 1 teaspoon raw milk cream, 1 teaspoon aloe vera pulp and the honey salt mixture in a mixer, and grind them till you get a semi liquid texture. Refrigerate for 2 hours and apply on wet face. Massage for 10 minutes and rinse with tap water. Use once in morning and once at night.
Benefits:
Himalayan salt will detoxify the face. Honey will remove freckles and peeling skin without inflaming it. Raw milk cream will moisturize the skin cells and aloe vera will make the shrunken cells plump.
The given 5 homemade face washes will transform your skin completely. Just remember though, never apply citric products on sensitive skin, especially if it is inflamed.
