A good friend of mine has been using hemp seed oil to moisturize his face for as long as I’ve known him. He has excellent and clear skin so I’ve always wondered if the hemp seed oil had something to do with his great complexion. What stopped me from trying it myself was my fear of using straight oils on my face, and the fact that his pores were enlarged (even though you had to look really close to see them).
It reminded me of a time years ago (before I had acne) when I used to make my own skin care products with waxes and essential oils. They’d always make my pores look visibly a lot larger so my creations always ended up in the bin.
However (and this is the really, really good bit), recently he started adding aloe vera into the hemp seed oil with amazing results!
Aloe vera naturally tightens the skin, especially fresh aloe. You’ll be able to feel it if you squeeze some of the aloe gel out of a leaf and apply it to skin on any part of your body. The skin will almost immediately begin to feel tighter.
So aloe vera is a perfect mix for the hemp seed oil. After a few moments the “oily sheen” that is often left after using straight hemp seed oil will have left completely. It’s as if the aloe vera helps the hemp seed oil to be absorbed into the skin. The aloe also prevents the pores from looking enlarged. As it tightens the skin, it tightens the pores too.
It’s also important to note here that I’ve now finally discovered a resource that lists the comedogenic rating for hemp seed oil. And it was awesome to find that hemp seed oil has a rating of 0. This means it’s super safe to use on the skin, will not clog your pores and will not give you acne. Check out the resource by clicking here.
How to make your own hemp seed & aloe facial moisturizer
One application of this moisturizer requires around 5 drops of hemp seed oil mixed with 1-2 teaspoons of aloe vera gel. Use organic ingredients if you can. I was too excited to pass on this recipe so I haven’t experimented yet with quantities for making more of a bulk product.
You can use aloe vera gel bought from a store, but of course it’s always best to use fresh aloe directly from a plant. If using fresh aloe vera gel and making up bulk quantities of this moisturizer, you will need to preserve the gel in some way. To make your own aloe vera gel, follow the recipe in this article – How To Harvest Aloe Vera & How To Make Your Own Gel
I’ve possibly been a little too obsessed with aloe vera lately but this magical plant deserves a lot of attention! The last newsletter I sent out included a recipe for an aloe & msm gel. I’d love to use this post to extend on that recipe to add healing essential oils. These oils will make the gel more powerful and lengthen its shelf life. More in my video:
For the best way to harvest your aloe leaves, check out this beautiful and very instructive slide show from Natural News – How to Harvest Fresh Aloe Vera Gel
And here is the extended recipe:
Soothing Aloe & MSM Gel
100ml of fresh aloe vera gel
15g of MSM powder/flakes
1 drop of grapefruit seed extract
5 drops of Vitamin E oil
1/2 tsp of lavender essential oil
Combine aloe & MSM and leave to sit until the MSM has dissolved (this will take at least 30 minutes). Add the remaining ingredients then store in a glass airtight container. This gel is best kept in the fridge.
It’s always awesome to hear a success story which is why I love this interview. Veronika is just like you and me – she battled with a persistent acne condition for a good part of her early adult life. The good news is, at age 24 Veronika has now reached a point where acne is no longer a problem for her. She was able to completely clear her skin using a natural, holistic approach.
When I get emotional acne I get big large, painful spots that sit on the surface of my skin. They really do look like a ball of emotional toxins that are just busting to get out! Problem is, these big spots leave big scars that can take a long time to heal.
Recently I’ve had one of these big scars on my right cheek that’s been annoying me terribly. However, the treatment option I’ve been using over the last few days has had excellent results – much better than what I imagined. Check out my video to find out more…
It’s no secret that my acne is mostly emotional. Just the fact that my skin was relatively clear (mild acne at its worst) until a difficult event occurred in my life at the age of 27. This rather significant event led me to, well writing this blog, but also to a long road of self learning, self discovery and self improvement. Which mind you I’m still journey through and I’m sure I will be journeying through (on and off) for most of my life.
This is going to be a very significant article for those of you who’s acne is linked to your emotional state or to stress. And for those of you who’ve experienced a breakout after a significantly stressful moment – such as a relationship breakup, the loss of a loved one, moving to a new city or a complete life change like a shift in career.
I hold all of my “stuff” in. I’m not particularly good at releasing it. So when the shock or the trauma have passed from an incredibly stressful moment, the emotions I’m feeling need to come out in some way. A healthy person would feel and deal with these emotions when they come up. They’d allow themselves to grieve, to feel angry or to get panicked and frustrated with everything – whatever their emotional body wants to feel at the time.
When we don’t let the “stuff” out, it’s stored in our body. I’ve heard some people say that this storage place can be inside the cells of our body, and some others say that it sits in our energetic being. I personally feel that my bottled up emotions fester in my cells because I know they release themselves out as acne. If they were purely energetic I’m not sure the outcome would be quite as obvious.
When I first learned about the direct connection between my emotions and my acne I was incredibly frustrated with it. I was convinced that healing my emotional state and releasing all of those emotions sounded like too much hard work and there was no way I could possibly release all the stored up and stuck stuff and stop putting it all in there in the first place. I sat with this depressed and negative way of thinking for a good two years until I finally discovered tools for releasing emotions and a way to transform how I “deal with stuff” that felt like it fit right and like it was working.
A good friend of mine has been using hemp seed oil to moisturize his face for as long as I’ve known him. He has excellent and clear skin so I’ve always wondered if the hemp seed oil had something to do with his great complexion. What stopped me from trying it myself was my fear of using straight oils on my face, and the fact that his pores were enlarged (even though you had to look really close to see them). 
