I'm a newbie to the DIY skincare world...Until recently I've just bought products, but it's fun and not very time-consuming to make them (at least the stuff I've made; I'm pretty lazy), and it also seems nice - especially with TTC/pregnancy/small kids - to know exactly what's in your products, though I have no idea if the chemicals typically found in skincare products are as bad as they are sometimes made out to be.

Do you make any products? Do you like them as well as the stuff you can buy?

So far I've been using a face serum with a meadowfoam base and a bit of carrot seed, lavender, and geranium oils (diluted in total to 2%); a spot acne treatment with diluted tea tree and clay sage oil; and jojoba or almond oil for body, with a bit of lavender and neroli (expensive but divine) mixed in to fade scars. I'm tempted to try making a cocoa based body butter soon. I think these work as well as say buying origins face creams, which are much more expensive, but they don't work great if you want to put on makeup afterwards since the oil dissolves makeup.