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Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:20 am  |
Hey everyone,
I placed an order from SAS and received all my ingredients for my 'potion'. I am striving to attack my aging, wrinkled skin and increase firmness.
I ordered the canvas cream, Matrixyl (peptide), natural peptides, seakelp Bioferment. I mixed them together (just 1ounce) and all was fine EXCEPT it was not nearly emmoilient enough for me. So I added a little olive and apricot seed oil (mountain rose herbs). Still not emmoilient enough. So then I added a tad of unrefined Shea Butter. First off I couldn't get it to really mix. Before I put it in my concoction I tried to melt it in the microwave. Just got oily and seperated, so I threw that little bit out and stuck with adding it straight from the jar. Anyway, so now the shea butter is in my mix-though a little grainy. Now the cream balls up when I put in on  .
How do you add Shea butter to your creams? Do I need an emulsifier and which kind should I use?
Also has anyone used their own cream from WalMart or such to mix in their actives? I always seem to go back to Nivea Visage Q10 night cream and thought about just mixing the actives (minus the shea butter & oils) into it.
I just received CoQ10 & ALA from SAS and will be adding that as well as the peptides and SKB. BTW, I am trying to mimic Stivectin (I know, I know-but that stuff has worked for me) without spending the dough.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. |
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etrusca
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:43 am |
Cetearyl alchool 2 ( emulsifier oil )
cetearyl glucosid 3 ( emulsifier water )
Sorry I not speek english |
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etrusca
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:44 am |
Cetearyl alchool 2 ( emulsifier oil )
cetearyl glucosid 3 ( emulsifier water )
Sorry I not speek english |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:11 pm |
Oouu, I like this. I can pick this up at CVS which is right down the street and the cream is inexpensive. Thanks for the recommendation. |
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:32 pm |
Molly,
CeraVe is the bomb!
Thank you so much for a great recommendation. It's wonderful for mixing in the actives and is truly emmoiliant enough for my thirsty skin. |
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:37 pm |
| You're welcome - I am jealous mind been lemming it over here for sometime. |
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