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You can make your own olive oil at home by blending a cup of raw almonds with 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of olive oil. Store it in your fridge for 2 weeks then filter it into a storage container!

Vitamin E oil that comes in a bottle will be easier to measure out, but you can use the capsule kind–just pierce the capsules first.

Acne or oily skin: lavender, lemongrass, palmarosa, peppermint, rosemary Dry or aging skin: lavender, palmarosa, rose, rose geranium Normal skin: rose, rose geranium Any skin type: chamomile, palmarosa

Hold off on the aloe vera and essential oil for now.

If you don’t have a blender, you can use a food processor instead.

Use a natural aloe vera gel. Don’t use aloe vera juice or homemade gel.

You can keep the tea in the bag, or you can cut the bag open and pour the loose leaves into the mixture.

If you added loose-leaf tea into the mixture, strain it through a fine, mesh sieve first.