If you are on a search for the perfect skincare products for oily skin, look no further than this article. You can make the best homemade serums for oily skin for younger-looking, glowing skin.
Understanding What Face Serums are
Face serums are a combination of base ingredients/oils and healing ingredients based on your skin type and concerns. When applied directly on the face, the carrier oil dilutes the essential oils that are much stronger in nature.
While moisturizing your face is an essential step of everyday skincare regime, the needs and products for every skin vary. Face serums are key to deeply moisturized, hydrated, and soft skin. Even as branded face serums are marketed to be the ultimate solution for all your skin woes, homemade serums are both efficient in results and cost-effective.
DIY Homemade Serums for Oily Skin
Making a face serum is extremely easy. You would need base ingredient or carrier oil, essential oils, and preferably a dropper bottle for ease of use.
Contrary to the negative light shed on oil-based products for your skin type, not all oils are bad for oily skin. Let’s explore the ingredients and recipes for homemade serums that are beneficial and effective for oily skin.
Nourishing Homemade Serum for Oily Skin
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Jojoba Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Grapeseed Oil
- 5 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
- 4 Drops Patchouli Essential Oil
- 3 Drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
Benefits of These Ingredients
Jojoba Oil is a good source of sebum, an oil that the skin generates naturally. Jojoba oil creates an illusion for the oil gland that enough natural oil has been secreted. Hence, regulating natural secretion.
Grapeseed Oil has a high content of linoleic acid (one of the two essential fatty acids for humans) that helps in reducing clogged pores. Thus it regulates natural oil and treats dry patches in the skin as well.
Both Lavender and Patchouli oil have acne treating and oil balancing properties. Lavender oil also tones the skin and has anti-inflammatory and healing properties.
Ylang-ylang oil also balances oil production and has a soothing effect on the skin.
Instruction
- Add all ingredients to a 30ml glass dropper bottle and shake it.
- Clean your face every morning or before bed and apply it.
- Take four drops and apply it on the forehead, cheeks, and chin.
- Massage in an upward motion with your fingertips.
3 Ingredient Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoon Aloe Vera Gel
- 6 Drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
- 1 Teaspoon Rose Water
Benefits of These Ingredients
Aloe vera gel helps reducing pores and has soothing properties, making this serum an ideal product for oily skincare and acne treatment.
Tea tree essential oil has antiseptic properties that fight skin irritations and acne. With the other two ingredients actively working to fight oil, rose Water nourishes and soothes the skin, resulting in smooth and glowing skin.
Instruction
- Pour all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Wisk it using a spoon until all the ingredients have blended well.
- Pour it into a clean bottle.
- Take 4-5 drops in palm and apply it evenly on a clean face.
Reinvigorating Serum for Oily Skin
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Aloe Vera Gel
- 2 Teaspoon Rosewater
- 7 Drops of Tea Tree Oil
- 7 Drops of Sage Essential Oil
Benefits of These Ingredients
Tea tree oil and sage oil have anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties, to keep the acne in check. Aloe vera gel helps reduce the pores creating a smooth skin surface and rosewater moisturizes your skin and works as a toner.
Instruction
- Mix all the ingredients with a spoon in a clean bowl.
- Pour the serum into a dropper bottle.
- Take 3-4 drops on your palm.
- Apply it evenly on the face and massage in a circular direction.
How to Make your Own Face Serum for Oily Skin
If you wish to create your own concoction of face serum, here is a list of ingredients you can use, based on your skin type.
Ideal Base Ingredients for Oily Skin Type:
- Jojoba Oil
- Grapeseed Oil
- Aloe vera Gel
- Rosehip Oil
- Argan Oil
- Hemp oil
Ideal Healing Ingredients for Oily Skin:
- Lavender essential oil
- Tea tree essential oil
- Patchouli essential oil
- Yang Ylang essential oil
- Eucalyptus oil
- Peppermint oil
- Rosemary oil
- Frankincense oil
- Sandalwood oil
- Sage Oil
If you’re making your own recipe, be sure to test it before applying on the face. For that, apply it to the inner wrist area and monitor for 12 hours before use. If you feel irritation in the area, you might be allergic to one or more ingredients in the recipe. Gently wash the area with mild soap and rinse with warm water. Avoid using the combination and try another combination from the above list.
