making my own anti-aging skin serum?

[Guest guest]

A question to all you great wise lotion and cream

makers.

 

If I were a rich woman I would just buy this product,

which gave me a wonderful glow and actually started

to even out the mottled old look.

I don't mind getting some wrinkles but I hate looking

spotty.

Since this is not Thursday it shall remain anonymous .

 

But quite frankly I don't want to smear $55 a month

on my face.

 

How hard would it be to create one's own vitamin

C serum? I was thinking of using Marge's Helichrysum

in Rose hip oil as part of it, infuse powdered Camu,

and add some Sangre de Drago, which is a big part

of the magic.

 

The question is: how do you end up with a product

that you can actually put on your skin, instead of

just an oily mess?

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com

 

 

[Guest guest]

I made a facial balm....all good oils and then added candelilla wax to make

it semi hard. It works.

Zo

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" Ieneke van Houten " <ienvan

 

Friday, April 13, 2007 1:25 PM

making my own anti-aging skin serum?

 

 

>A question to all you great wise lotion and cream

> makers.

>

> If I were a rich woman I would just buy this product,

> which gave me a wonderful glow and actually started

> to even out the mottled old look.

> I don't mind getting some wrinkles but I hate looking

> spotty.

> Since this is not Thursday it shall remain anonymous .

>

> But quite frankly I don't want to smear $55 a month

> on my face.

>

> How hard would it be to create one's own vitamin

> C serum? I was thinking of using Marge's Helichrysum

> in Rose hip oil as part of it, infuse powdered Camu,

> and add some Sangre de Drago, which is a big part

> of the magic.

>

> The question is: how do you end up with a product

> that you can actually put on your skin, instead of

> just an oily mess?

>

> Ien in the Kootenays

> http://freegreenliving.com

>

[Guest guest]

I made a facial balm....all good oils and then added candelilla wax to

make

it semi hard. It works.

Zo

-

" Ieneke van Houten " <ienvan

Friday, April 13, 2007 1:25 PM

making my own anti-aging skin serum?

 

<snip>

>

> The question is: how do you end up with a product

> that you can actually put on your skin, instead of

> just an oily mess?

>

> Ien in the Kootenays

> http://freegreenliving.com

>

 

 

Try using some of Butch's Rose wax and make a balm. Start with about 10%

wax and go up if needed. That way you get the benifit of some rose as well.

Anita

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ien what were the ingredients of the serum you are trying to reproduce?

 

My thought for a vitamin c serum is really simple.. and you make in small

batches..

 

Distilled water.. lascorbic acid (between 5-15% usually starting off at

about 10%) and a touch of glycerin or sorbitol for moisture.. and you can

add a hydrosol to this, or just keep it simple with the distilled water and

ascorbic. Only make enough to keep in the fridge for one week because it

will oxidize quickly. TO keep it from oxidizing it’s a much more complex

formula :-)

 

If you have questions email me ok?

 

 

 

Jen

 

 

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[Guest guest]

>anti-aging skin serum?

No such thing. If it did exist some drug company would have snapped

it up and would be making Billions. You can prevent dehydration and

sun damage if you want to call that anti-aging, but otherwise only

your diet, skin and general health, and genetic makeup can have any

positive effects. All most of these creams do is plaster the skin

with a layer of junk.

 

Martin Watt

 

, " Jen Flanagan "

<jenflanagan wrote:

>

> Ien what were the ingredients of the serum you are trying to reproduce?

>

> My thought for a vitamin c serum is really simple.. and you make in

small

> batches..

>

> Distilled water.. lascorbic acid (between 5-15% usually starting off at

> about 10%) and a touch of glycerin or sorbitol for moisture.. and

you can

> add a hydrosol to this, or just keep it simple with the distilled

water and

> ascorbic. Only make enough to keep in the fridge for one week because it

> will oxidize quickly. TO keep it from oxidizing it's a much more complex

> formula :-)

>

> If you have questions email me ok?

>

>

>

> Jen

>

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