Vitamin C Serum--homemade
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Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:52 pm

Okay, I went through all the recipes, but I was wondering if someone can give it to me straight--I keep going off on different tangents while reading all the different posts and it sounds kind of complicated. How do you all make up yours? Also, how long does it last? I mean does it lose shelf life after a few days?

Thanks all.

Mary Surprised

free skin care · Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:14 am

Does this help?

carekate wrote:

Homemade Vitamin C Serum:

• 1/4 teaspoon of Lysorbic Acid (Vit-C) powder or crysals
• 5 ml distilled water
• 5 ml of propylene glycol (glycerin can be used instead, but I'd only recommend it for those with dry skin!)
• small amber or dark blue glass bottle

Put all of the ingredients in the little blue or amber bottle (need to wash it out thoroughly each time before mixing a new batch), replace cap/lid, and shake vigorously then let sit for a couple of hours, coming back to shake the bottle again every hour or so because it can take a little while for the Vit-C to solubulize.

If you really want to make your Vit-C serum with glycerin, you can usually find small bottles of it in the first-aid section of most pharmacies or supermarkets. Personally, I prefer using the propylene glycol – the consistency of my serum turned out even *better* than the CSRx version!!! When I made the serum using glycerin instead of PG, I found it to be too “greasy” for my liking (remember, I have hyper-oily skin!) and it caused me to have to blot my face even more often than usual, but this new batch has left me having to blot LESS often that usual, so I definitely think I’ve got a winner here!!

FYI - I ordered my propylene glycol from this website: http://www.thepersonalformulator.com/ and this is the link to the brand of Vit-C crystals that I bought at my local Whole Foods: http://amos.shop.com/cc.amos?main=catalog&prd=18010344&_x_=SouthNatural-NUTRICOLOGY-PURE-VITAMIN-C-ASCORBIC-POWDER-120-GM&ccsyn=260&pcd=11927518&ccsid=372971285-18619&_ccn_test=1.

Please note: You have to be careful when buying Vit-C though, because there's a 100 different types: unbuffered, Vit-C crystals with additional additives, Vit-C crystals that are sugared and flavored that you mix with water into a drink...basically you just need to read the label to be sure it's 100% pure lysorbic acid with no additional ingredients. They also have the Vit-C in powdered form, but apparently the crystals are more "soluable."

When you begin noticing the serum has turned yellow-y or orange-ish, that’s when it’s time to make a fresh batch, or every 4-6 weeks, whichever comes first.

free skin care · Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:43 am

Carekate - My vit c crystals never fully dissolve. I bought the ones from thepersonalformlator.com. I just make sure to shake it well before I use any. Do you have this same issue?

free skin care · Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:49 am

TAMgirl99 wrote:

Carekate - My vit c crystals never fully dissolve. I bought the ones from thepersonalformlator.com. I just make sure to shake it well before I use any. Do you have this same issue?

I’ve noticed, and so have many of the others who make their own serum, that none of the Vit-C brands that I’ve used don’t dissolve *immediately* but eventually they completely dissolve within 24 hours. You just have to shake the bottle vigorously every hour or two until you notice that they’re dissolved. I know that some have said that they’ll nuke the water in the microwave for a few seconds to heat it enough so that the crystals dissolve easily, but others have said that this destroys the Vit-C....

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