Women: A good recipe for home-made makeup remover

[DBoon]

for the benefit of my wife, who is tired of paying for overpriced commercial preparations

I tried a google search, and just got a lot of commercial junk pages.

[Lex]

1. Baby-wipes that have aloe and vitamin E in them

work great as make-up removers.

[Frank Cannon]

2. If you don't mind your wife's face smelling like a baby's ass

Albeit, a CLEAN baby's ass. :)

[Lex]

3. Actually the ones with baby oil remind me of a baby, others don't

unless the smell of aloe reminds you of babies.

[Frank Cannon]

9. I know. I was just funnin' ya.

It's a good idea, actually.

[DBoon]

4. Would witch hazel work?

(asks my wife...)

[judaspriestess]

5. walgreens or similar brand cold cream

that stuff is great and it keeps your face really nice and soft. It removes mascara, everything.

huge jar of it is like 3.99

I already have oily skin so I only use it at night but I have grown very attached to this stuff and my skin is fantastic.

[Karenca]

7. Whatever she chooses, it better not be witch hazel...that's like putting

alcohol on her eyes.

[DBoon]

8. Her idea, not mine

I haven't a clue about makeup

[Karenca]

13. ok, all she needs to use is either her regular mild cleanser that she

uses to wash her face... ...or..
if she wears waterproof mascara, she can use vaseline.

[RebelOne]

11. Works great if you want your skin to wrinkle.

[davsand]

6. Here is a website with a lot of different "no-chemical" beauty secrets:

http://members.tripod.com/~Barefoot_Lass/index-3.html

I was thinking, originally, of suggesting olive oil to remove makeup. I suppose it might not smell as nice as the almond oil that the lady above suggests--but you probably have olive oil in your cabinet right now (and won't have to spend a bunch to get it if you don't...)

Some folks say to use baby oil, but I really am not a big fan of most of the mineral oil type stuff. I'd much rather use a natural vegetable oil on skin. I kept Material Girl oiled with Olive Oil when she was a baby.

Similarly, I didn't like to use baby powder on her (it did smell nice, however...) because talc is not all that good for your lungs. I used baking soda instead.


Regards.


Laura

[DBoon]

21. wife loves that site!

I printed it our for her.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I got free skin-care samples in the mail

among the items was olive oil makeup remover. Yeah, it was pure virgin olive oil and nothing else. Applied to dry skin and rinsed with water. Worked like a charm.

I'll but it from the store rather than pay twice as much for the "skin care formula".

[AirmensMom]

10. I don't wear makeup, so I can't help with that ...

but have her mix a little honey and salt together for a GREAT facial scrub afterwards. :bounce:

[RebelOne]

12. There are plenty of low-cost cleansers on the market.

I use Dove cream cleanser. It's only $2.99. Works just as well as the high-priced products.

[Shakespeare]

14. Here's what I make.

I make a half & half mixture of cold cream and baby oil (until it has the consistency of lotion), and keep it in a stoppered bottle. I use this for getting off eye makeup and my lipstick (I use Max Factor's Lipfinity, and it takes an oil-based remover to get the stuff off). For the rest of my face I use Philosophy's Purity cleanser.

[radwriter0555]

17. I had an allergic reaction to the stay on lipsticks... so now I can only

use the alba brand, found in natural food stores.

It created a permanent reaction so that anytime I wear a regular lipstick now, I get the same reaction.... strange, eh?

[azmouse]

15. I use plain old soap and water.

[radwriter0555]

16. Then buy Olay brand. Their cleansers are fantastic, and the Swiss brand

is also really great for scrubbing.

Under $4 a bottle.

[stanwyck]

18. Any kind of oil and baby wipes

olive oil, baby oil, almond oil from Whole Foods. And whatever baby wipes are on sale. The store brand is fine.
OR the store brand, less expensive version of Cetaphil. Mild and effective.

[xmas74]

19. A friend uses Crisco for eye makeup and stay on lipstick

removal. Take a very small dab, rub for about 5 seconds between your fingers to warm, smear on and wipe off.

We both use it for very dry skin on knees, elbows, feet and (sometimes) hands. In the winter we use it on our entire body for extremely dry skin and we both used it on our babies for diaper rash. (Clears up diaper rash faster than any goo out there on the market).

It's very gentle and great for dry skin. And I can buy a canister of the storebrand at Aldi's for about $2. If you have dry skin it will last for six months, normal skin will last longer.

If she has really oily skin I'd look for something else.

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. It's not homemade, but Maybelline's makeup remover

works very well and is dirt cheap as makeup removers go ($3 or so a bottle). The oil-free kind is what I use (blue cap), and I think it works as well or better than expensive ones, which I've also used. The "oil" kind (red cap) is very effective too, so it's her choice. It's cheap, you don't have to fuck with mixing ingredients, and it works very well.

I hope she's not glopping olive oil all over her face instead! LOL :)