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Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:21 am  |
I heard licorice root is a good skin lightener. So can I open some licorice root capsules & add the contents to my nightly Vitamin C serum? Would that work to lighten my skin? Or would I need to get a certain formulation or concentration of the licorice root?
According to the bottle, it's pure. The only other ingredient was the capsules themselves. |
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Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:54 am |
Maybe?
I actually read and know that ingesting licorice root in a too large quantity can raise your blood pressure!
What do you use licorice root for?
I have a drink mix here sweetened with licorice root and it even says on the bottle if you consume more than 4 litres of this product it can affect blood pressure.
But back to your question I have a face mask made with licorice root and kojic acid and it does work for me anyways,
but I do not know how the capsules would melt into a serum.
maybe for a face mask it could work... |
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Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:56 am |
| TooInvolved wrote: |
I heard licorice root is a good skin lightener. So can I open some licorice root capsules & add the contents to my nightly Vitamin C serum? Would that work to lighten my skin? Or would I need to get a certain formulation or concentration of the licorice root?
According to the bottle, it's pure. The only other ingredient was the capsules themselves. |
You are talking about pricking the gelcap with a pin and using the contents like with Vitamin E (liquid) or are they powdered?  |
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Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:03 pm |
| Ottawa Shopper wrote: |
What do you use licorice root for?
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I'd just use it for the lightening. But the bottle says it's many times sweeter than sugar. So I guess it could be added to drinks and such too.
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| u are talking about pricking the gelcap with a pin and using the contents like with Vitamin E (liquid) or are they powdered? |
I'm thinking they're powdered, but I didn't look really close. I haven't bought them yet...just wanted to see what you guys here thought about it first. |
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Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:16 pm |
| The DIY sites sell Licorice Root Extract to be used at a 2% concentration. I am not sure how that translates to a powder form really? Sorry! |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:03 am |
| ^^^ Reall? Where? I looked but couldn't find it. |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:54 pm |
| Great, thanks!! |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:07 pm |
Thanks for the links, I'm always mixing up a batch something  |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:07 pm |
| TooInvolved wrote: |
| Great, thanks!! |
Always glad to be of service.  |
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:10 pm |
| Angelfire wrote: |
| Thanks for the links, I'm always mixing up a batch something |
LOL Another made scientist in the crew! |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:04 pm |
I found some licorice root extract! Yeah!
Um, so now how do I use it?  Can I just add a drop to my Vit C serum? |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:49 pm |
| TooInvolved wrote: |
I found some licorice root extract! Yeah!
Um, so now how do I use it? Can I just add a drop to my Vit C serum? |
Yes just keep it at a concentration of 2% of the total and it's just fine. |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:00 pm |
| Thanks! So sorry for the dumb questions...but how do I measure that (to know it's a 2% concentration)? |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:48 pm |
| TooInvolved wrote: |
| Thanks! So sorry for the dumb questions...but how do I measure that (to know it's a 2% concentration)? |
It is about .63 ml/cc to each ounce according to my calculations so 1 small drop per oz. is about as close as we can get without lab equipment. |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:16 pm |
| Lovely! Thanks, again! |
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Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:21 pm |
| TooInvolved wrote: |
| Lovely! Thanks, again! |
Glad to help, I have a wonderful app on the iPhone that calculates so that really helps! I hate math!  |
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:13 am |
Can you add licorice extract (in liquid form) to cosmetics?
Or is it better to use it in powdered form? |
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:11 pm |
I have used licorice root extract as a skin lightener along with other actives, it's ok, nothing special, pls don't expect any miracles! 
btw,IMO, the best LR extract is sold by skinactives.com. |
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:15 pm |
daler,
What concentration did you use, and what lotion/facial moisturizer did you you add it to?
Also, what other lighteners have you used? |
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Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:32 pm |
| VeronicaM wrote: |
daler,
What concentration did you use, and what lotion/facial moisturizer did you you add it to?
Also, what other lighteners have you used? |
I added a teaspoon of powdered LR extract from skinactives to 4 oz. I have used arbutin, kojic acid dipalmitate as well... skinactives sells all... |
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Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:18 pm |
| sorry , I was in a hurry yesterday.. so my goal was to make my face the same skin tone as my body and I think I have achieved it pretty much with the help of these lighteners... however if u are trying to lighten some dark spots, I don know how effective it ll be for that purpose... |
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Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:11 pm |
| well, i think i still need something stronger as some days I dont think my face skin tone matches my neck/body skin tone ;( |
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Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:53 pm |
| daler wrote: |
| well, i think i still need something stronger as some days I dont think my face skin tone matches my neck/body skin tone ;( |
Perhaps, you can try doing more exfoliation? |
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