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Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:20 am  |
All the blogs I visit are obsessed with Vitamin C serums again, after a long sabbatical involving korean skincare products. It gave me the idea to start making a very cheap C serum for my body because I wasn't happy with my niacinamide-based body serum. I've been using it for a few days and it seems to be doing a good job for such a simple spray. The sun spots on my shoulders are already fading nicely and everything looks more even toned.
Anyways, I was just wondering what the other DIYers were using on their bodies? I'm stuck in a rut and I'd appreciate outside opinions! I picked vitamin C because it's a good swiss army active that is VERY cost effective. |
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Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:32 pm |
| I doubt I'll get any hits but I'm bumping my own thread just in case. :P |
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:47 pm |
| vitamin c serum or niacinamide serum (alternate) and rosehip seed oil (on top of serum). |
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Sat May 27, 2017 2:46 am |
Im taking Pures Ligament Restore (has definitely made my skin softer) which I found when looking for something to help cellulite, & Great Lakes gelatin powder in coffee/smoothies. The jury is still out on the gelatin Ive not been doing it long enough to really notice a difference.
Years & years & years ago I used Neutrogena Visibly Firm Body Lotion, Active Copper and it DID firm my skin up. The one with the blue lid. Whether its still available (if it works it usually gets discontinued) &/or I can get it to the UK I dont know, but while I was using it it helped. So other copper peptides perhaps?
I will also buy Retin A from thailand & use it all over. It smooths but I havent seen tightening. Perhaps Im just not religious enough with it, & we are coming in to summer.
Its also possible to do full body TCA peels. I did one on my legs & quite a few small marks have gone. I used those sock things you use on feet (split open & held on with clingfilm). Takes AGES to finish though. 2 weeks at least!
Can I ask how you made your Vitamin C serum? I would love to try it! The skin on my body is my current mission (its too saggy) |
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Sat Jun 03, 2017 7:01 am |
Sure! It's just 15% ascorbic acid and a 10% solvent mix (at the moment, my solvent mix is mostly glycerin and ethanol. I think there's still some ethoxydiglycol in there, but not much) I mix this with 75% of a premixed lactic acid/glycolic acid/distilled water blend. My math skills are horrible right now due to exhaustion, but the acids are 5-10% of the total liquid mass.
If you're using it in the mornings, it goes without saying to leave AHAs out of the equation! LOL.Over that I'll usually spray on some rice bran oil w/beta carotene or rub in a thick body butter.
I totally forgot I made this thread, btw! I literally just got done mixing a fresh batch of this spray right before I hopped online. It's still working pretty good, but I think the results have reached a plateau. |
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Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:43 am |
I use either a niacinamide and NAG blend or Vit C DIY...and a lactic acid DIY in cooler months. Then I follow that with virgin coconut or olive oil. Store bought body lotions are pretty good but just don't seem to last very long.
For firming I follow with a infrared body massager.
This is excellent for loose skin, skin smoothing and circulation and far exceeds lotions and dry brushing. And it feels great. |
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Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:52 am |
tigerlily: have you seen the stuff about infrared being bad for skin?* I'm so confused...
londonista: what are the sock things you mentioned? Do you have a link to the product?
*for example:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609472 |
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Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:12 pm |
"tigerlily: have you seen the stuff about infrared being bad for skin?* I'm so confused... "
You do know that infrared is used in all the anti aging devices and also for healing and chronic pain management...there are lots of studies on how it works and how it's beneficial.
As far as the body massager; one can always opt out of the infrared and just go for the massage. I believe that's the most beneficial part for increasing circulation and thickening skin. |
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Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:52 am |
I use a laser hair comb (it works) that I think is around the same frequency as the red lights used for rejuvenation and LLLT (low-level laser therapy), ~ 650 nm.
Infrared, though, has wavelengths of 740 nm and up (you can't see infrared radiation, it's perceived as heat).
Here's an article that makes the argument that near infrared is good [IR-A (760–1400 nm)], but far infrared [above 1400 nm] is bad:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745411/
I'm looking for a massager that runs at 75 Hz or 4500 rpm based on this study:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172624
If anyone knows of a device that has the right specs, please let me know. |
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Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:11 am |
I'd love to know too what the sock things you mention are?
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| londonista: what are the sock things you mentioned? Do you have a link to the product? |
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:21 am |
| I quick question to those who use ascorbic acid on body skin - what about the stains? I gave up because of them - no matter how long I waited, the serum stained my clothes. |
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Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:36 am |
Wait, you've had vitamin c serums leave stains on your clothes? I've never had this problem, ever.  You must have been putting it on a lot thicker than I do or something. |
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