I found these face wipes on Pinterest and I just had to make them. I use coconut oil to take off my makeup, for moisturizer, and even to make my own homemade deodorant. I LOVE coconut oil! I knew I had to try these out as soon as I saw them. They don't have any alcohol or scary ingredients in them, just coconut oil, water, and tea tree oil! So they shouldn't dry your face out, but will leave it clean and moisturized.
Before I came across these I had been thinking that I needed to find a way to get my face extra clean. I feel like just washing my face at night hasn't been getting off all of my makeup. I saw these and thought they would be just what I was looking for.
This recipe comes from
MeganMeCrafty. It's great because you can adjust it to your skin type. You can add more coconut oil for dry skin or less for oily skin. The tea tree oil can help to balance your complexion and keeps the wipes from molding. I have dry skin so I just used two really big scoops of coconut oil instead of heaping tablespoons.
To make the wipes you will need:
2 cups of warm water (the recipe calls for distilled, but I just boiled tap water)
2 heaping tablespoons of coconut oil
10 drops tea tree oil
1/2 a roll of select-a-size paper towels
7 cup container with lid (like a Tupperware or Rubbermaid container)
The recipe states that you should rinse out your container and measuring equipment with boiling water to be sure that your wipes do not mold. I went ahead and did that since I was boiling water to use anyway. I like making sure that anything I use on my face is extra clean!
The first thing to do is to cut your roll of paper towels in half with a sharp non-serrated knife. You can keep the other half of the roll to use when these run out.
Then, take your warm water and mix in the coconut oil until it is fully melted and combined. Next, add in your tea tree oil. ONce everything is mixed together, add about 2/3 of your mixture to the bottom of your container.
Then, place the paper towels in, cut side down. Pour the rest of the mixture over the top of the paper towels and seal the lid on tight.
Flip the container upside down to ensure that the liquid soaks into the paper towels. I had my doubts that it would fit and get saturated, but it really does work!
After about 5 minutes you should be able to easily pull the cardboard center out of the roll of paper towels. If it seems too difficult the replace the lid and flip the container over for a bit longer.
Then, you can pull out the center towel and use them like pop-up wipes! Store them tightly covered with the lid so that they stay moist.
This recipe was so easy that I think I will use it over and over again.The wipes felt oily, but in a good way, like they will moisturize my skin instead of drying it out. They are also inexpensive. You can buy huge jars of coconut oil at Costco (it's unrefined, cold pressed, AND organic!). And a small jar of tea tree oil should last forever since you will only need to use drops at a time.
