Skin Nerd: D-I-WHY? Homemade skincare and the pitfalls

There’s something irrefutably satisfying about doing it yourself, especially when Ikea makes it so bloody easy to be a successful handyperson. With the movement towards clean living, which often appears closer to anti-chemical living, homemade or DIY skincare is back on the rise.

In Bella Thorne’s recent video for Harper Bazaar’s Go To Bed With Me series, the former Disney actress details her skincare routine, including a homemade scrub and no SPF. The routine itself includes a homemade sugar, lemon juice and olive oil scrub applied to dry skin that Bella states she takes everywhere, a coconut oil, honey and cherry mask and all-natural products created by a woman named Jenny.