One of my favorite homemade skin care recipes ever is baking soda face wash. Love, love, love it! But it’s not something I can use every day. Every week yes, every day, no.
When I was a teenager, I use to wash my face with Dawn dish soap. I’m not kidding.
Obviously, I’ve learned the error of my way, and in fact, I’ve gone through periods of time where my skin care routine consisted of nothing more than splashing water on my face in the morning.
I guess I might be an extremist.
I’ve learned the error of that too though. It just doesn’t work in the summer when you’re sweating a lot.
So I need something that will cleanse, but also, that is gentle enough that I can wash with it several times a day if I need to, and this gentle homemade face wash fits the bill.
As you probably know, I’m a huge fan of aloe vera gel, and use it in my homemade body products every chance I get. Aloe acts as a non-greasy moisturizer treating dry, flaky skin. It also helps treat acne, and fights aging. (source)
That’s why this face wash uses aloe vera as half the ingredient volume. It’s good stuff!
The other half is made up of either liquid castile soap, or homemade liquid soap, which is super easy to make – I like to use homemade soap made with goat milk for even more skin nourishing benefits.
Add a few essential oils that support skin health, and it’s basically super food for your face!
And after you finish washing, you can follow up with more aloe vera infused lotion via this homemade baby lotion – yes, baby lotion. It’s perfect!
Gentle Homemade Face wash
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup aloe vera gel
- 1/4 cups Homemade liquid soap, or liquid castille soap
- 4 drops frankincense essential oil
- 4 drops lavender essential oil
Instructions:
- Mix all ingredients together and store in a tight-lidded 4 oz. container.
- To Use: Wet face, gently rub a nickel-sized amount of face wash into your skin.
- Rinse with lukewarm water.
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Amy says
I make this face wash, but I like to add a little witch hazel and tea tree oil!
Elise says
Great addition!
Vickie says
What kind of aloe gel and liquid Castile soap do you purchase, and is it gentle? The skin on my face and neck is so sensitive and gets red patches very easily. I am really enjoying reading on your site. It has such great suggestions!
Anita Machlin says
I have been looking for this. I grow my own aloe. How do you process it to be smooth rather than globby?
Jo says
Put it in a blender or food processor!
Tina says
Does this face wash suds up, or is it more of a creamy face wash?
Sara Malinowski says
This is so lovely.
I used pure aloe vera straight from my plant. Can you tell me please how do you preserve it as aloe vera will only last a week in the fridge, where I’m keeping my bottle of wash at the moment.
Lib says
Hello, what’s the shelf life of this face wash? Many thanks
Lib
Jessica Kluck says
I am wondering the same
Deborah says
I’m gonna make this as soon as I get some Aloe Vera gel.
Missie says
I just made this and used it last night. It is really nice! It lathered up very easily because of the castile soap, and the scent was lovely!
I used lavender scented Dr. Bronner’s castile soap, but still added 2-3 drops of the lavender essential oil.
Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Jeannette says
Since aloe is a water based product what do you use to preserve this face wash?
Samantha says
I just made this cleanser. The picture made me assume it would be creamy, but mine is very liquid. In fact, I can’t seem to get the Castille and Aloe to mix. Right now, I have globs of Aloe floating in Castille. Anyone else have this same issue?