Potent Hydrating Mushroom Face Cream
Level:EasyTime:30 mins
This nourishing medicinal mushroom-infused face cream Is a must to soothe and hydrate your skin.
Description
Including both tremella and reishi, what a perfect way to infuse some tonic herb magic into your skin care routine. This recipe is all natural and we strongly suggest you use 100% organic materials to make this beautiful face cream. Check out our Save Your Skin article for heaps more tips to keep your skin looking and feeling amazing!Â
Makes roughly 1 cup
Recipe by: Penny Benjamin - @pennybenjamin.nutritionist
Ingredients
Core Ingredients
Other Ingredients
- 1 tsp SuperFeast Tremella (aids the skin to hold moisture)
- 1 tsp SuperFeast Reishi (powerful anti-ageing compounds)
- 30g shea butter
- 24g jojoba oil (you can also use macadamia oil, liquid coconut oil or sweet almond oil)
- 14g vegetable-derived emulsifying wax
- 120g filtered water
- 6g potato starch or arrowroot or tapioca
- Optional: essential oils can also have an anti-aging effect, and provide a nice scent! Lavender, frankincense, tea tree and peppermint are some other beautiful options)
Method
Step 1
Melt the shea butter, jojoba oil and emulsifying wax together in a double boiler.Step 2
Allow to cool to about 40-45 degrees celsius.Step 3
Heat the water to about 40-45 degrees celsius (either on the stove, kettle or microwave). Basically, the oil mixture and water need to be the similar temperatures.Step 4
Transfer the water to a measuring jug or something that will be easy to use an immersion blender in. Add the potato starch and mushrooms to the water.Step 5
Add the oil mixture.Step 6
Use an immersion blender to combine the oil and water mixture, it should emulsify into a beautiful face cream.Step 7
Transfer the face cream to a jar and place in the fridge for a day. After 24 hours, stir through any essential oils you wish to use.Step 8
You need to store the face cream in the fridge as there is no preservative or anti-bacterial agent in there (bacteria will grow as the cream is based in water). If you wish, you can use a natural preservative and then not store in the fridge.Step 9
Use daily as a beautiful face cream!Featured in this recipe