If you have a garden or just a small space for a few pots, make your own personal garden with beauty plants. Put your green thumb to work and plant some of the best plants with beauty benefits!
Here are the best 7 plants for your ultimate beauty products garden:
1. Lavender
– Antiseptic
– Anti-inflammatory properties
– Heals cuts and burns
Lavender is very often used in facial toners and lotions for refreshing and healing the skin. Use dried or fresh lavender to make your own infusion you can later add into your toners, moisturizers and even food.
2. Common Plantain
– Heals bruises and wounds
– Moisturizes skin
Plantain’s leaves are rich in mucilage, which repairs tissue damage, wounds, bruises and moisturizes the skin. Add some plantain lotion to your regular cream and apply it directly on your skin to see the results.
3. Sage
– Cleanses acne prone and oily skin
– Darkens hair
It’s a natural astringency that cleanses oily, acne prone skin and can be also applied on the hair. Washing your hair with sage infused water will naturally darken your hair without using any chemicals.
4. Calendula
– Heals sunburns and burns
– Reduces inflammations
– Heels eczema, acne and skin abrasions
Suffuse the golden petals of a calendula flower in water for several hours and apply the homemade infusion on to the affected area. You can also wash your face with the infusion to soothe and cleanse your skin.
5. Cucumber
– Tightens and moisturizes the skin
– Soothes irritations
Cucumber is great for eating, but it’s also great for keeping your skin moisturized. Put 2 cucumber slices over your eyes to tighten and lighten your skin under the eyes.
6. Aloe Vera
– Improves skin
– Prevents acne
– Powerful antioxidant
It requires minimal effort and water, but it’s the best plant you can use for your skin care. It’s used for calming and soothing your skin, healing cuts and burns and it’s the best moisturizer.
7. Green Tea
– Improves skin
– Powerful antioxidant
– Prevents acne
Infuse green tea leaves to create your own homemade, facial toner which you can use to refresh your face and clear any acne.