Stretch marks are not a disease but they are quite embarrassing. Women, who are usually the victims, realize that they cannot show of skin because the marks appear on body parts such as the thighs, buttocks, stomach, the belly, breast and upper arms. If you are tired of buying OTC stretch mark creams, you can actually learn some simple recipe and make your own stretch mark creams.
Recipe #1 – cocoa butter stretch mark cream
Homemade stretch mark creams
- The ingredients
- You will not need too many ingredients to prepare this homemade stretch mark cream. You only need a teaspoon of sesame oil, tablespoon of wheat germ oil, two tablespoons of grated beeswax and a tablespoon each of vanilla extract, kernel oil and vitamin E.
- Making the cream
- Mix all the ingredients slowly using a pan apart from vanilla extract and then heat them until they blend properly. When they come from the pan add the vanilla extract so as to give it a scent.
- Using the cream
Your homemade stretch mark cream is ready for use on the affected part of your skin. You will get best results if you apply it in spherical manner and remember to massage your skin as you do it.
Recipe #2 – Vitamin stretch mark cream
- The ingredients
- The ingredients for this homemade stretch mark cream include two capsules of vitamin A together with 4 capsules of vitamin E. you will also require half a cup of olive oil and some gel from 4 aloe vera leaves. As for the aloe vera leaves you will get better results if you got fresh ones from your garden or perhaps a pot. Ensure that you drain the vitamins from the capsules completely.
- Mixing the ingredients
- When mixing the ingredients you will slowly mix the aloe vera gel together with the olive oil and then pour all the vitamin extracts making sure that all the ingredients get to blend perfectly well. Blending the ingredients properly ensures that you will get the correct consistency for your homemade stretch mark cream. The aloe vera gel can be quite sticky and as a result you must beat the mixture well so that the other ingredients get to mix well.
- Important tips to consider
- The homemade stretch mark cream needs to be applied at least twice daily on the skin so that you get satisfactory results. Another important observation about this particular stretch mark cream regards how you are going to keep it for further use. You simple need to have an airtight container which you can fit into some space in your fridge and only get it out when you want to use it.
Conclusion
Making your own stretch mark cream is not such a difficult task anyways so long as you are able to acquire the necessary ingredients. After finishing with the production you must have a clean airtight container to keep your stretch mark cream and apply it at least twice daily for better results.
