DIY Anti-Aging Frankincense Face and Neck Cream

I recommend this cream as a night cream as it goes on wet and stages down into an oily feel, before it absorbs into a silky smooth hydrated feel. Apply to face (eye lids also!), neck and décolleté. If you want to amp up the toning anti-aging properties of this cream, put a little in the palm of your hand and mix in a few drops of rosehip seed oil.

*Please note that rosehip seed oil is a natural retinol (vitamin A) and should not be applied to the skin neat (undiluted) always buffer the essential oil into or on top of a cream before applying it to the skin.

What you will need:

*Electric hand mixer

 

• 1 tsp. cocoa butter
• 1 tsp. coconut oil
• 1tsp. bee's wax
• 1 tsp. aloe gel
• 1/2 tsp. DIY frankincense extract oil
• 1/2 tsp. vitamin E
• 1/4 cup DIY frankincense milk
• 1/4 cup carrier oil (sweet almond, safflower, grape seed, olive) 

 

Melt and stir together the bee's wax, cocoa butter, coconut oil and carrier oil in a double boiler or over low heat.

In a separate mixing bowl combine and mix the (water soluble ingredients) aloe gel and frankincense milk, once the oils and wax are melted, slowly pour the oil mixture into the milk and gel mixture as you blend on low with the hand mixer. As the cream begins to form you can up the speed of the mixer to get a creamer texture, when the cream has cooled down, use the hand mixer again to mix in the vitamin E and frankincense oil.

 

This cream does not need to be refrigerated but it is a refreshing treat when applied cold!