Eye masques and treatments that don’t rely on the kitchen cupboard take time to master. Decisions must be made regarding storage, essential oils, vitamins or nutrients, and form. Gels tend to be easier than creams, but once the general process is understood, creams can be more satisfying.

If you remember making certain cakes, cookies, or candies, there are instances where all dried ingredients are blended – dry phase, then all wet ingredients – wet phase, then wet and dry mixtures are blended together. The whole thing is placed in either oven or refrigerator to “cure or cook”, then served.

With creams there are also phases. Oil phase – essential oils and base or carrier oils like grape seed or lavender essential oils are blended and butters are melted, water phase – where emulsifying wax is melted in water, and nutrient phase – Where vitamins are added. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Once you understand these three phases you can add or subtract as finances, experience, and / or goal dictates. Complete the phases, then blend those mixtures together.

Eye creams will required a lighter weight than those made for the rest of the face, just as face creams will require less weight than body butters. Some common ingredients like those found in the article “How to Find the Right Ingredients for Dark Circles Eye Creams?” , sheds light on the possibilities.

Luckily, there are recipes online that have the weight aspects figured into the measurements of the ingredients.

Snowdrift Farm features an eye cream recipe that relies on essential oils. Take a look!