Stirring Up The Mix

MorningLover · ‎10-04-2015

When using beauty products such as lotions and creams, do you

mix the product before use? Could some ingredients be sinking to

the bottom? I often wonder about this.

How would you even mix something in a pump bottle? I wouldn't

want to expose it to the air each time. It's too thick to shake.

When using beauty creams in jars, do you mix it up before using?

Do you use it from the top? Does it make any difference ?

What are your thoughts on this ?

HappyDaze · ‎06-13-2012

The only thing I may mix is my moisturizer with oils, like Paula's choice moisture boost oil. But if I do, I will mix it in my hand as I use it, not in a container. I always keep my products separate and would not consider mixing them together in a container as I would have no idea how doing so may affect the pH, consistency, efficacy, etc of the product. For example, some products will become ineffective if their pH changes and mixing it with another product could do so. Too risky, imo.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

This isn't a concern of mine. I'm pretty sure that during the manufacturing process the ingredients are mixed at a high rate of speed so that all the components are infused together and they stay that way. For lack of a better example, they're not like natural peanut where the oil separates or like a piece of a cookie that falls through the glass of milk and lands on the bottom of the glass.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@HappyDaze wrote:
The only thing I may mix is my moisturizer with oils, like Paula's choice moisture boost oil. But if I do, I will mix it in my hand as I use it, not in a container. I always keep my products separate and would not consider mixing them together in a container as I would have no idea how doing so may affect the pH, consistency, efficacy, etc of the product. For example, some products will become ineffective if their pH changes and mixing it with another product could do so. Too risky, imo.

@HappyDaze I don't think the OP is talking about cocktailing, but rather product separation.

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

I shake products like moisturizers and some treatments products in bottles and tubes. I don't use any jar products except Vaseline. I think jars get contaminated quickly.