Saving Face: Recipes for the Perfect Face Cream

Let's face it, we live in NYC and we are going to be getting old fast, or at least our skin will be. These luscious cream recipes are worth ruining your blender over. And using oils infused with healing herbs doubles the nutrients to your skin- You'll truly be feeding face. Here's what you need:

A whole night to mess up your apartment without interruptions
A blender
A grater
A double boiler (or wing it with a pot and a metal bowl)
Jars to fill
Extra bowl
Measuring cups

Face Cream
Use a ratio of 50:50 oil to water. Warm up your oils to mix them together in a double boiler on low heat. Blend your waters in the blender (this will especially help if you are using fresh Aloe Vera which we really recommend). Then with your blender on medium speed drop the oil in until you get the consistency you want, you may need slightly more oil so keep some nearby. Once you get the basic idea of creams you can improvise easily. Here's the recipe we loved:

Waters:
2/3 cup rose water
1/3 cup fresh aloe vera, skinned and blended
2 vitamin E capsules
15 drops each Geranium and Rose Essential 0ils

Oils:
1 cup combine Calendula infused olive oil, Almond Oil, Rosehip Seed Oil, and Coconut Oil

Super Nettle Cream

For this oil we used a small amount of bees wax, you can add this to the other oils in the double boiler, make sure to keep it warm before adding it to the waters. We liked this so much we made a double batch. Keep in the fridge if you don't use it up right away, especially if you are using the fresh aloe.





Waters:
1 1/3 cup rose water
2/3 cup fresh aloe vera blended
3 vitamin E capsules
30 drops each Lavender and Bergamot Essential 0ils

Oils:
3/4 c combine infused oil of Calendula, St Johns Wort, Plantain, Comfrey
1/3 c cocoa butter and coconut oil combine
1/4 c lanolin
1/2-1 oz beeswax

Both recipes are adapted from Rosemary Galdstar's Perfect Cream Recipe, you'll find more info in her book "Family Herbal, A Guide to Living Life with Energy, Health, and Vitality."

Try it.

Love it.

Let us know what think.

-The Nettle Patch