Natural Skin Care

Learn how to make your own natural skin care products from creams and lotions to bath oils.

Creating and making your own natural skin care products is one of the most lovely things that can be done with herbs and flowers. So delightful is the perfume that fills the kitchen while creams and lotions are being prepared it almost seems like the garden has come indoors.

By doing this course you will not only enjoy the  pleasurable practice of making your own products but you will also know that what you’re applying to your skin is a product that contains the ingredients you have chosen especially for your skin type; ingredients that are natural and free of chemicals.

Course Outline

Part One

Actions of Herbs

Herb Constituents

Part Two

Herbs for Natural Skin Care (includes colour image of each herb)

Part Three

Looking After Your Skin

Skin Types

Ingredients of Natural Skin Care Products

• Ingredients for Creams and Lotions
• Natural Preservatives
• Anti-Oxidants
• Skin Types and Corresponding Essential Oils
• Easily Sourced Plants to use in Creams and Lotions

How to Make Natural Skin Care Products (most instructions include colour images)

• Keeping Records of Skin Care Formulas
• Skin Care Formulas
• Herbal Infusions
• Hot Oil Infusions
• Cold Oil Infusions
• Herbal Extracts Using the Cold Method
• Decoctions
• Flower (floral) Waters
• Instructions on how to make Creams, Lotions, Scrubs, Salves, Face Masks, Toners, Astringents, Bath Oils, and Bath Bombs.