Looking to up your beauty routine without breaking the bank? Making your own skincare and makeup products at home can be a fun and affordable way to pamper yourself. From face masks to lip scrubs, homemade beauty is all the rage right now.
In this blog post, we’ve rounded up some of the best DIY beauty recipes to try at home. These homemade products use simple ingredients you likely already have in your pantry and fridge. Making them yourself lets you control exactly what goes into your beauty routine.
We’ll share recipes for lush DIY face masks to exfoliate and nourish your skin. You can make clarifying clay masks, moisturizing avocado masks, and more. We’ve also got recipes for exfoliating lip scrubs to smooth and soften your pout.
DIY makeup is also a big trend. We’ll show you how to make your own tinted moisturizer, cheek stain, and highlighter. With just a few natural ingredients, you can whip up products that rival high-end cosmetics. Not only are these homemade options better for your wallet, they also use more natural ingredients that are often gentler on skin.
So if you’re ready to become your own homemade beauty guru, read on for our favorite DIY skincare and makeup recipes! With a little kitchen chemistry, you can give yourself a luxurious at-home spa day.
The Best Homemade Beauty Recipes
Rosewater Toner
Toner is often overlooked, but this unsung skincare hero can make a big difference in the health and appearance of your complexion. Using a toner has many benefits – it rebalances your skin’s pH after cleansing, removes any lingering traces of dirt, oil or makeup, refines the look of pores, adds an extra shot of hydration, and allows subsequent products like serums to absorb better. Check out this Rosewater Toner recipe from Waddle and Cluck.
DIY Face Toner Recipe with Essential Oils
Creating a DIY face toner with essential oils is an excellent way to help improve your skin’s appearance and overall health. According to Desert Naturals, “Homemade toners offer a wide range of benefits, such as removing dirt, balancing your skin’s pH levels, and providing hydration. The best part is that you can customize your face toner based on your skin’s needs by choosing essential oils that work best for you.
Homemade Bath Bombs
Homemade bath bombs are fun and easy to make! You can add options like dried flowers or herbs, essential oils, and colors to really customize your bath bombs. We love this recipe from Crafts by Amanda.
Fizzy Tropical Bath Powder
Bath powder is also a great option for some luxurious self-care. Check out this coconut-scented bath powder that turns the water a dreamy blue from Bitz & Giggles.
DIY Honey Almond Sugar Scrub
It’s important to take care of your skin, especially in the fall and winter when dry skin can be a problem. Take some time out to put together this simple bath scrub recipe from On Your Journey, which uses just five inexpensive ingredients to create a delicious, moisturizing body scrub that will leave your skin feeling soft and smooth.
Rose Sugar Scrub
You can also use flowers from your garden or from your sweetheart to make a sugar scrub once they start to lose their luster. Check out this delectable recipe from Homan at Home to use roses to make a sugar scrub that makes the beautiful fragrance of your flowers last even longer.
DIY Vanilla Rose Sugar Scrub
This homemade vanilla rose sugar body scrub recipe is a quick and easy DIY recipe for soft, smooth and moisturized skin with the light, sweet aroma of roses and vanilla.
Homemade Shaving Cream
Looking for a soothing, moisturizing and wonderfully fragrant shave cream without all the chemicals found in retail brands? This all-natural shave cream is simply fabulous. Make your own shaving cream easily and inexpensively with this simple step-by-step tutorial.
Lavender Soap
Learning how to make lavender soap at home is easy. The scent of lavender is so relaxing, you may find you want to keep them for yourself instead of giving them away as gifts as you intended! Just be sure to make extra soap for yourself.
Natural Gardener’s Soap
Whether digging in the garden, cleaning out the chicken coop, or completing other dirty outside chores, your hardworking hands need a little TLC. Use this easy gardener’s soap recipe made with coffee and vanilla to get dirty hands clean without using harsh chemicals.
DIY Shampoo Bar Without Lye
Did you know you can make your own shampoo bars? You can. Here’s an easy homemade DIY shampoo bar recipe without lye.
Coffee Infused Oil Recipe
There are so many incredible coffee oil benefits for face, skin, and hair. Whether you want a homemade coffee oil for your fine lines, puffy eyes, dry skin, or even cellulite, this is a natural skin care product you will love!
Charcoal Soap Recipe
There are so many activated charcoal soap benefits that go beyond traditional cleansing methods. In this step-by-step guide from Kateable, you will learn the top charcoal bar soap benefits, an easy-to-follow homemade black soap recipe, and the different ways you can use charcoal soap!
Homemade Rosemary Water for Hair Growth
Unlock the secrets to luscious, vibrant hair with We Three Shanes’ homemade rosemary water recipe. A few sprigs of fresh rosemary and some water is all you need to say goodbye to bad hair days and hello to natural shine and growth – it’s the DIY hair hack your locks have been craving!
Zero Waste Makeup Remover Pads
It is increasingly important that we all do everything we can to protect our planet. Lots of small acts make a big difference. One easy way is to make yourself some reusable makeup remover pads with this guide from Christine’s Crafts. These are made square and using scraps of fabric or old towels/robes, so they are also zero waste. All that means is that you use everything in your projects and throw nothing away.
DIY Whipped Body Butter with Essential Oil
Who doesn’t love soft, moisturized, and healthy skin? Learn how to make your own nourishing whipped body butter with essential oil. Free from synthetic ingredients and preservatives. The butters and oils used in this recipe are the perfect combination that will leave your skin moisturized for days after applying.
Lavender Chamomile Facial Cleansing Grains
These easy DIY facial cleansing grains have fabulous exfoliating power, yet are gentle enough for sensitive skin. This botanically-infused recipe also carries the magical scents and soothing benefits of both lavender and chamomile.
DIY Homemade Face Serum Recipe For All Skin Types
This super fast and easy DIY Face Serum recipe is an easy and cost-effective way to treat your skin to nourishing essential oils. Take your skincare routine to the next level with your very own customized homemade facial serum with essential oils and all-natural ingredients.
DIY Grapefruit Mask
Grapefruit, a breakfast favorite, is not only delicious and refreshing but also contains vitamins and antioxidants that are beneficial for your skin. The vitamin C in grapefruit helps to brighten the skin and even out your skin tone, while the natural acids can help to gently exfoliate and clean your pores. Try this grapefruit-infused face mask.
Nourishing Brown Sugar and Honey Facial Mask
This all-natural facial mask is very easy to make and can made for single use or for a full jar. This nourishing facial mask has a great combination of base ingredients for softening as well as exfoliation ingredients. The essential oils in this recipe are a wonderful blend to help soothe your skin, possibly lessen signs of aging, and help balance hormones. Make your own Nourishing Brown Sugar and Honey Facial Mask – your skin will be so happy!
DIY Facial Lotion Bar
If you’re tired of commercial products filled with chemicals and artificial fragrances that mess up your skin care routine, you will definitely want to try making these facial lotion bars from Kateable.
Natural Calendula Lip Balm Recipe
Making your own calendula lip balm is a great way to ensure your lips stay soft and moist during the extremes of temperature in different seasons. This recipe is easy to make with natural ingredients, and you can even swap the essential oil in it for your favorite scent!
Honey Beet Tinted Lip Balm
This easy tinted lip balm recipe is made with beeswax, honey, oils and tinted with beet powder for that colorful touch. This fun DIY, with both moisture and a touch of shine, will have you never buying lip balm again!
Orange Spiced Cider Beeswax Lip Balm
The base ingredients for this easy lip balm recipe are pure beeswax, organic coconut oil, and sweet almond oil. All wonderful natural ingredients that we use regularly in our homemade beauty products, including our own lip balm.
Easy Homemade Sunscreen
Whether hiking, working in the garden, or hauling wood, you and your family need sunscreen. Check out this recipe from An Off Grid Life.
After-Sun Lotion Bars
These bars are not just simple to make, but they are also filled with natural ingredients known for their skin-soothing properties. Shea butter, coconut oil, and beeswax offer a moisturizing base, while vitamin E oil works to nourish and repair the skin. Aloe vera is famous for its calming and healing properties when it comes to sunburn, and lavender essential oil offers additional skin benefits, plus a relaxing scent that’s perfect for end-of-day application.
All Natural DIY Lip Gloss
After making this all-natural, super easy DIY lip gloss, you’ll never have to buy the store bought kind full of chemicals again.
Cotton Candy Lip Scrub
Doesn’t this lip scrub look good enough to eat?! The good news is. . .I suppose you could eat it. Well, let’s just be honest here, you can eat it and you will live to see tomorrow. SO good.
