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Homemade night time nourishing creams

As a part of your nightly skin care routine, you have to nourish and feed your skin with rich and heavy nourishing and moisturizing creams. Here are the recipes for 2 such homemade creams and here’s a step-by-step procedure for taking care of your skin at night. Also using night creams will give you a softer and smoother looking skin in the morning.

Almond night cream

Ingredients:

Whitewax 30 gm
Almond oil ½ cup
Rose water ¼ cup
Sodium benzoate ½ cup

Method:

Mix whitewax and almond oil over a very low flame, and then add rose water constantly stirring all the while. Allow it to cool. Then add sodium benzoate. Let it set. After a day this almond night cream is ready to use.

Nourishing cream with cocoa-butter

Ingredients:

Cocoa butter 2 tablespoons
Emulsifying wax 2 tablespoons
Bees-wax 1 tablespoon
4 tablespoons sesame (til) oil
1 teaspoon almond (badam) oil

(You can get all these at the chemist's shop)

Method:

Mix all these ingredients on a low heat, stirring it constantly. When the mixture melts remove it form heat but keep stirring till it cools. When it has cooled, store it in a bottle.

See also:
Day time skin care
Homemade day time nourishing creams
Home made eye cream for dark circles around the eyes

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  1. Anonymous3:50 PM

    Skin renewal process gets more active at nighttime. Night creams are specially designed to benefit the most at nighttime. You should apply night cream daily to set off the damage done by the makeup, sunrays and air pollution. People with dry and very dry skin are specially advised to use night creams to provide much required moisture. You can choose night cream according to your skin.

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  2. Suhas9:00 AM

    Using a night cream is essential to maintain the skins fresh look as well as aiding skin repair during the sleeping process. Night creams work their magic while you sleep, and you shouldn’t even think about going to bed without removing all traces of dirt and make-up and applying a good night cream.

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  3. Cole10:38 AM

    clarins moisture quenching cream is great but that is quite expensive too

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  4. Susmitha10:41 AM

    It depends entirely on the individual and what your hair is like to begin with. I've tried all sorts of conditioners, some very expensive, and have ended up going back to Herbal Essenses! Everyone reacts differently, so the best one is the one that works best for you. And the expensive ones aren't always better than the well known brands.

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  5. Anonymous11:34 AM

    use Aveeno clear complexion face lotion great for day and night it heal acne on
    the face.
    also Boots Expert Anti Blemish Night moisturizer makes the soft cheap cost $5
    at Target stores
    also Boots expert Anti Blemish Serum is great lightweight oil free cost $7
    cheap works .

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