HOMEMADE COSMETICS JARS: FIVE CHRISTMAS CUDDLES INTO THE JARS.

We have already talked about DIY recipes for skin care and invigorating products for our hair. But Christmas holidays mean especially one thing: sparkle! So let's learn how to give back light and nourishment to our skin with homemade natural cosmetics and some precious tips for making original Christmas gifts in a jar.

Nourishing avocado and jojoba oil face cream

The first cream exploits the natural properties of avocado(rich in vitamin E, which prevents the signs of skin aging) to give back nourishment to dry and dull skin. To prepare this face mask we will need:

• the pulp of half an avocado
• 1 teaspoon of jojoba oil or almond oil
• 1 teaspoon of honey.

Mix the mashed pulp of half an avocado with honey and add one teaspoon of jojoba or almond oil. Once you got a homogeneous mixture, apply the mask on dry cleansed skin, leave on for 15 minutes and then rinse with warm water. We can store the face cream for two or three days in one of the Stocksmetic cosmetic jars, like the 30 ml Heavy frosted glass jar.  

Almonds and yogurt scrub

Face cleaning should be done with regularity, preferably using natural ingredients that we can find in our pantry. For cleaning the skin from smog and traces of make up, we can prepare a cleansing scrub mask with:

• almonds
• half a jar of natural yogurt.

Chop the almonds finely and mix them with natural yogurt in order to get a rich and nourishing mixture. Apply the scrub on your face skin, leave it on for 10 minutes and then rinse with a gentle massage. In order to preserve any exfoliating product, our cosmetic packaging collections offer a great choice of containers, like the plastic jars with under cap and hermetic sealing of the Thalasso cosmetic line.

“Green” relaxing face mask

Give yourself a pause from the pre-Christmas hustle in search of gifts, finding time for a "green" cuddle. The ingredients for this relaxing face mask are:

• half a glass of green clay
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• half a glass of mineral water
• lavender essential oil
• green tea.

Put honey, oil and water at ambient temperature in a cup. Slowly add clay and mix all the ingredients with a wooden spoon until you get a homogeneous compound. Apply it on your face and leave it on for 15 minutes. If you want a toning effect and a more relaxed skin, you can rinse it out with green tea, after it cooled down for 20 minutes. Green clay is a multifunctional natural remedy with different applications in the cosmetic field: it fights skin aging, provides an anti-inflammatory effect and purifies the skin from toxins and impurities. This cream can be reused several times and kept in a fresh and dry place for some days. If your cream is getting dry, you can add some water every time you apply it. Furthermore it's important to avoid that clay gets in contact with metal, so the best solution to keep it are plastic jars, such as the 200 ml Pure plastic jar.

Shea butter cream for soft hands

Are you tired of irritated, dry and chapped hands? In order to face the cold winter days with flawless hands, you can prepare a rich and nourishing cream with butters and essential oils. For this recipe you need:

• 40 gr of shea butter
• 25 gr of almond oil
• 5 gr of cocoa butter
• 20 drops of lavender essential oil.

Christmas gifts in cosmetic jars: spicy bath salts

Fight stress with bath salts! A precious idea to treat yourself or your friends are the Christmas spicy bath salts. A relaxing and scented bath is the best cuddle we can give ourselves after an exhausting day. Bath salts dissolved in hot water give an enveloping scent but also help releasing muscle tension and eliminating all the toxins accumulated by the skin. The ingredients of bath salts are:

• 200 gr of coarse sea salt
• 2 tablespoons of cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon of nutmeg
• 2-3 chopped cloves
• 2 drops of vanilla essential oil.

After crushing the cloves, just add them to the other spices and salt. Mix the ingredients and then add the vanilla essential oil. We can keep this explosion of perfumed salts in an hermetic sealed jar like the 200 ml Thalasso plastic jar for a practical and exclusive gift box. For an elegant and party-inspired design, you can choose the silver metallic finish of the 50 ml Luxe metalized glass jar. To customize your DIY Christmas gift don't forget personalized boxes and labels with your Christmas wishes!

"Explosive" cuddles: homemade bath bombs in cosmetic jars

Another original idea for DIY Christmas gifts are "bath bombs". Invented by the english brand Lush, specialized in natural cosmetics, these scented bombs owe their name to the pleasant crackling produced when their ingredients meet hot water. Once dipped in the bathtub, the combination of sodium bicarbonate and citric acid produce a chemical reaction similar to an effervescent explosion. Spreading enveloping scents and soft colored foam into the water, they are a true spectacle for nose and eyes!

 

Therefore these products are the ideal solution for those who want to treat themselves and friends with a relaxing and fancy bath. But these sparkling bombs are also very easy to make and can be a really appreciated handmade gift. To prepare bath bombs we need:

• 200 gr of baking soda
• 100 gr of cornstarch
• 100 gr of citric acid
• 2-3 teaspoons of coconut oil
• 20 drops of essential oil (relaxing with lavender and ylang-ylang, stimulating with sweet orange and bergamot, spiced with cloves and cinnamon)
• natural or food colors.