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SallySloan
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Joined: 06 Aug 2010
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Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:10 am  |
I made the vitamin C serum: 1 tsp L-Ascorbic Acid
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) Vitamin E (equals 1%)
- .5% of Ferulic Acid (1 good pinch)
- 2 tsp SKB (Sea Kelp Bioferment)
- 3 + 1/2 tsp of distilled water
- 1/2 tsp of vodka
I put it on and it dried into a tight mask - very stiff. Help!! what did I do wrong?
Also, it never quite mixed into that milky texture - when I mixed the dissolved L-Ascorbic Acid into the mixture of other stuff - it won't fully mix - it kind of stays separate. Thanks for your help!!! |
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Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:11 am |
Hi SallySloan,
Is this your own recipe or are you following one that's posted here, if so which one? It may be easier to get help if we knew?  |
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Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:25 am |
Ferulic acid is nearly impossible to dissolve. Learn to live with grains if you use it.
Sea kelp bioferment stays on the surface of your skin like a film.
I'm curious about the vitamin E. Usually you mix that with lecithin to make liposomes (because Vitamin E molecules are too big to get into skin). Then you beat in the other stuff. Liposomes are little beads that hold ingredients and deliver them where they have to go.
You should be using ascorbyl palmitate (Vitamin C Ester) rather than L-ascorbic acid for the Vitamin C content of a product you will have around for more than week. Ascorbic acid starts oxidizing (degrading) the minute it gets moist.
You might want to ask Hannah about using Vodka to thin the Vitamin E. To me, it sounds like a bad idea: bad for the skin and ineffective delivery for the vitamin E. I'm not positive about that, though. |
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Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:02 pm |
| It stays seperate because you have oil and water in the same product without an emulsifier. Alcohol does not emulsify oil and water. |
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40, fine porcelain skin, tendency to pigmentation no other issues. Rosehip oil is the cornerstone of my skin care. |
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