Even though they may not be as expensive or fancy, handmade gifts tend to mean more than those bought in the store. Obviously, a homemade sugar scrub is not the same as a brand new laptop, but top-tier electronics are not always in the budget. Perhaps the laptop is in the budget, but you want to give a lot of gifts to friends, colleagues, and family. A great way to do that is by making your own beauty gifts. 

Heartfelt, homemade gifts always put a smile on the gift receiver’s face. It’s a beautiful gesture and people appreciate the time you took to make them something. The great thing about homemade sugar scrubs, bath bombs, soaps, or lotions is that you can make large batches and portion them out into small containers. Decorate the containers to your liking! You can even adhere labels on them that detail the ingredients or instructions to whatever you make. 

Since dry skin is very common during the winter, there are several DIY beauty recipes in this article that help moisturize the skin. There’s nothing wrong with giving a gift that improves skin health! Your gifts may be so well received that you have some repeat customers the following year. Or maybe you share the recipe(s) with your friends and family so they can enjoy the products year round. 

We wish you all a wonderful holiday season and hope these gifts go over well, should you decide to make and gift them. They are perfect for anyone on a budget, and the best part is that they are free of harmful chemicals. Let us know in the comments if you make one of the recipes, and if the people enjoy them as gifts!

Soothing DIY Lavender Oatmeal Bath Bombs

Release all the tension in your body and hydrate your skin in a relaxing soak with these DIY lavender oatmeal bath bombs. 

Click here to make the bath bomb. 

DIY Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Not only is this peppermint sugar scrub easy to make and beneficial for the skin, but it also utilizes some of the best scents of the holiday season.

Click here to make the sugar scrub. 

DIY Beard Oils With An Essential Oil Blend

Do you know someone with a beard? Help them get rid of any itchiness or dryness by gifting them this DIY all-natural beard oil. It’ll tame that mane!

Click here to make the beard oil. 

DIY Mint Foot Butter For Softer Feet

Nourish your feet, freshen them up, decrease cracked heels, and get rid of unpleasant odors by applying this DIY mint foot butter. People will notice the different after only a couple applications!

Click here to make the foot butter. 

DIY Under Eye Cream For Dark Circles

Do you want to help someone tighten their skin, reduce puffiness, and reduce wrinkles with 3 ingredients? Make this all-natural DIY under eye cream and people will love it!

Click here to make the eye cream.

DIY Aftershave Made With Essential Oils

Don’t let your male friends or family members plague their skin with the chemicals in personal care products after they shave. Instead, help them soothe their skin with this DIY aftershave.

Click here to make the aftershave.

DIY Apple Spice Sugar Scrub

Slather on a big dollop of this apple spice sugar scrub on the skin for maximum hydration, exfoliation, and moisture during dryer weather.

Click here to make the sugar scrub.

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Puffiness, dark circles, and fine lines are three of the most complaints people have about under eye skin. These common symptoms are the direct result of insufficient collagen production, which naturally occurs over time. As we get older, the body needs help making more collagen. Tack on stress and lack of sleep to this and you can experience severe dark circles and puffiness under the eyes. 

There are fancy creams that promise miraculous results, but these can cost an arm and a leg. We often find that it’s better to get back to basics, using simple ingredients that help to nourish the skin. Homemade face creams or under eye creams harness the power of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and anti-inflammatory properties. Together, the ingredients in this under eye cream can help reduce fine lines, dark circles, and puffiness. It’s like a natural anti-aging cream and under eye cream in one!

Coconut Oil

If the skin under your eyes has betrayed you and you need to cover your eyes with huge bug eye sunglasses to hide from the world, you need coconut oil in your life. Coconut oil is known for its moisturizing properties, and may even assist with lightening the skin. According to research, dark circles are a common symptom of dehydration, but they also result from lack of sleep, puffiness, or allergies. Coconut oil helps to thicken skin around the eyes, making the skin look more prominent. It does this by increasing cell turnover and reducing inflammation. Coconut oil acts as a temporary solution and addressing the real problem is necessary to completely get rid of dark circles. 

Chamomile Essential Oil

Chamomile essential oil contains antioxidants and powerful anti-inflammatory properties. The antioxidants may help to increase cell and tissue regeneration, minimizing pores in the process. Additionally, chamomile may help reduce puffiness and early signs of aging. Many researchers found that chamomile essential oil exhibits anti-aging properties, helping the skin appear more youthful. Chamomile essential oil also encourages healthier circulation to tissues, which may reduce dark circles and help restore even complexion.

Vitamin E Oil

This is an excellent ingredient for anyone who wants to improve their skin care routine. While many people use it to nourish hair, it also works to soothe the skin, especially around the eyes. Studies show that vitamin E oil helps to reduce under eye puffiness and enhance overall complexion. This contributes to a healthier glow, which reduces any darkness around or under the eyes. The antioxidant properties help to improve skin texture around the eyes. If you want to reduce puffiness, it works best if you massage it gently under the eyes.

DIY Under Eye Cream

Ingredients:

• 1/8 cup unrefined coconut oil
• 10 drops vitamin E oil
• 10 drops chamomile essential oil

Instructions:

• Add all of the ingredients to a small mixing bowl and mix together to thoroughly combine. 
• Spoon the mixture into an airtight container and store in a cool, dry place. 
• When ready to use, dab your fingertips in the mixture and gently pat under the eyes. Massage gently and leave on overnight. 

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To all the people who love coffee, you don’t have to be ashamed about your love for it. Instead of drinking four cups a day (yikes!), consider incorporating those grounds into your skincare routine. Coffee grounds contain numerous anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help benefit the skin. 

The American Chemical Society found that coffee is the most popular source of antioxidants in the United States. That’s only because people in the U.S. drink so much coffee. Those antioxidants, however, are dampened by the sugar, creamers, and syrups that people put in their coffee. You can incorporate the grounds into face masks, scrubs, pastes, lotions, or creams. When you apply a coffee infused product, or coffee grounds, to the skin, it helps to improve complexion and circulation, which contributes to a youthful appearance. 

Coffee Helps To Exfoliate

As it turns out, you can make a cup of coffee and then incorporate the grounds into a scrub. When you massage a coffee scrub into your skin, it helps to strip away dead skin cells and built-up bacteria. You can even mix coffee grounds and coconut oil for a simple lip scrub that keeps your smackers supple and soft. Additionally, coffee grounds work to increase circulation, which can reduce the appearance of cellulite. Coffee is a gentle exfoliant, which is great if you have sensitive skin. 

Coffee For De-Puffing Under Eyes

When you wake up after a deep slumber, you don’t want to look in the mirror and see puffy eyes. Here’s a little beauty hack for you: applying coffee to the skin can help remove water and shrink blood vessels, both of which help reduce puffiness. The reason this happens is because of the caffeine content. Did you know that the area under your eyes is a lymphatic channel? Since it doesn’t drain easily, it is your responsibility to enhance lymphatic drainage. Turn to coffee to help remove unattractive puffiness or under eye bags. 

Coffee Reduces Dark Circles

Most people drink a cup (or four!) of coffee to get rid of dark circles under their eyes, but they could use a coffee-infused lotion instead. As we mentioned earlier, caffeine improves circulation, helping to tighten the skin and brighten complexion. Additionally, coffee has collagen-boosting properties that help to lighten up the area under your eyes. When you apply a coffee-infused lotion or cream at night, you’ll wake up with moisturized and hydrated skin under the eyes.

DIY Coffee Eye Cream

Ingredients For Coffee Infused Oil:

• 3 tablespoons whole coffee beans, ground 
• 4 ounces olive oil (coconut oil works too)

Instructions For Coffee Infused Oil:

• Combine the coffee grounds and oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook for 15-30 minutes. 
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and strain the infused oil through a cheesecloth. Save the strained oil in a jar and get read to make the coffee eye cream. 

Ingredients For Coffee Eye Cream:

• 3/4 ounce shea butter
• 3/4 ounce cocoa butter
• 1/2 ounce coffee infused oil
• 1/4 ounce jojoba oil
• 1/4 ounce rosehip seed oil
• 10 drops lavender essential oil
• 3 drops chamomile essential oil
• 5 drops vitamin E oil

Instructions For Coffee Eye Cream:

• Put the shea and cocoa butters in a glass measuring cup with a pour spout and warm in the microwave until both butters are completely melted. 
• Pour in the coffee infused oil, jojoba oil, and rosehip seed oil and stir to combine. 
• Drop the essential oils and vitamin E oil into the mixture and stir to combine. 
• Pour the mixture into your container of choice (should fit in two-ounce container) and let them harden at room temperature. Screw on the lid and store in a cool, dry place. 

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Suffering from puffy eyes, dark circles, or fine lines is no way to go through life. Unfortunately, the stressors of everyday life can lead to anxiety, depression, or insomnia, also known as the holy trinity of sleep interference. So what do people with puffy eyes or dark circles do? They turn to chemical face or eye serums with high hopes of their skin looking like the models in skin care commercials.

What if we told you that you didn’t have to turn to chemical skin care products to make the skin around your eyes look more youthful? Well, it’s the truth! Powerful anti-aging compounds exist in coffee, cacao butter, beeswax, and rosehip oil, which are the four ingredients in this eye cream.

Coffee For The Skin?

People praise coffee because they consider it to be life’s blood, especially when they are drained of energy and require a pick-me-up. Little do they know that coffee beans contain antioxidants that help firm up and tighten the skin, in addition to restoring brightness and damaged skin. The caffeine in coffee works to improve blood flow to the face, which contributes to healthy skin cell production and reduced puffiness. Since dark circles are caused by stagnant blood around the eye area, coffee helps circulate the blood and reduce that dark appearance.

Cacao Butter For The Skin

Make sure that you get cacao butter and not cocoa butter. Cacao butter is replete with vitamins, minerals, and polyphenols that nourish the skin. Studies have shown that the polyphenols can improve skin elasticity, skin tone, regenerate skin cells, boost collagen production, and reduce signs of aging.

Rosehip Oil For The Skin

Working to penetrate the lower layers of the skin, where skin cell regeneration takes place, rosehip oil assists with repairing damaged skin tissue and increasing collagen production. Rosehip oil contains high amounts of vitamins C & E and omega-3s and omega-6s, all of which help to tighten the skin, reduce dark circles, and balance oil glands.

Beeswax For The Skin

Beeswax works to hydrate, condition, and soothe the skin, but it can also exfoliate and repair damaged skin tissue. Many commercial beauty products contain beeswax because of its ability to reduce itchy or irritated skin, and slow the signs of aging. Beeswax acts as a protective layer on the skin, working to help the skin retain moisture while also allowing it to breathe.

DIY Eye Cream

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons coarsely ground coffee beans
• 2 tablespoons rosehip oil
• 2 tablespoons raw cacao butter
• 2 teaspoons beeswax pellets

Instructions:

• Add the coffee grounds and rosehip oil to a double boiler. If you don’t have a double boiler, add a few inches of water to a saucepan, bring to a boil, and place a heat-safe glass bowl atop the saucepan. Then place the coffee and rosehip oil in the bowl.
• Heat the coffee grounds and rosehip oil in the double boiler/glass bowl for 30-45 minutes over medium-low heat. This allows the coffee to infuse into the oil.
• Strain the coffee beans out of the oil through a fine mesh strainer and then pour the oil back into the double boiler/glass bowl. Add in the cacao butter and beeswax pellets and stir until melted (about 5 minutes).
• Remove from the heat and pour the mixture into your desired containers. Allow it to firm up at room temperature for a couple hours, or you can accelerate the process by placing it in the fridge.
• Store in a cool dry place and apply once daily (preferably at night or in the morning) to improve the skin around your eyes.

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Lack of sleep or irregular sleep patterns can make the skin under your eyes look puffy, saggy, or incredibly dark. Sometimes your eyes can look this way even if you are sleeping like a log every night. Things like stress, poor diet, anxiety, and nutritional deficiencies can also contribute to the way your eye area looks. Lucky for you, we found an intensive eye care cream that works wonders.

Store bought eye creams can contain a lot of harmful ingredients that may damage your skin. Additionally, using eye creams, or any skincare products with chemicals, can negatively affect your internal organs. The chemicals are absorbed by your skin and enter your body, which only creates more toxic build-up in various organs and systems. This homemade eye cream contains natural ingredients that work to hydrate your skin and naturally decrease dark circles. Let’s explore two of the awesome ingredients.

Geranium Essential Oil

Commonly used in aromatherapy, geranium essential oil has been used to promote healthy skin for thousands of years. In more recent years, people have used geranium oil to alleviate anxiety, reduce inflammation, and balance hormones. It contains astringent properties, which help to minimize wrinkles by tightening facial skin. Additionally, geranium oil works to stop bacteria from growing on the skin.

Shea Butter

Dark circles under the eyes typically indicate that the skin lacks moisture and is in desperate need of hydration. High quality Shea butter contains essential fatty acids and vitamins that help to brighten the skin under the eyes, resulting in an even tone. Shea butter also contains a large amount of vitamin E, which helps to restore skin elasticity and works to repair any skin damage.

Ingredients For Eye Cream:

• 2 tablespoons Shea butter
• 1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon beeswax
• 5 teaspoons rosehip oil
• 4 drops geranium essential oil

Instructions:

• Place all of the ingredients, except the rosehip and geranium oils, in a heat-safe glass measuring cup.
• Fill a small saucepan with water and place the measuring cup containing the ingredients in the water. Make sure no water gets in the cup.
• Warm this over medium heat for about six minutes, stirring the mixture occasionally until everything is melted.
• Remove from the heat and carefully remove the cup from the water. Let this cool for about five minutes before adding the rosehip and geranium oils. Stir well.
• Transfer this mixture into a glass jar with a lid and use a thumbnail size amount under each eye every night. Store with the lid on the jar in a cool, dry place.

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