Beauty

[BellaCarro]

On 1/27/2015 HappyDaze said:

Bella, just curious but are you still using Isomers pro lipid (I think that is the name?)?

Yes, I am. Still believe it is what has made a huge difference in alleviating the dryness. After learning more about the ingredient(s) - there are several ceramides - I believe it more. I have a small bit of ceramides but haven't formulated with it yet. I've had much better result than with HA.

[HappyDaze]

On 1/27/2015 BellaCarro said:

On 1/27/2015 HappyDaze said:

One thing I've been interested in is being able to add particular ingredients into skincare I already use rather than completely starting from scratch, at least for now. For example, Niacinamide comes in a powder that you can add to a moisturizer you already use and you can mix it to get the % you want in your concoction. I notice that I always have had a hard time finding a product that contains all the ingredients I want within reason (I know some ingredients can't be combined) so the solution to me is adding in the ingredients I want into products I already love (again, when reasonable). Eventually I may want to concoct my own complete product. Funny thing is, it seems the ingredients are pretty cost effective which makes me wonder why so many things are soooo expensive that contain the same ingredients. I know alot of it has to do with fancy packaging, marketing costs, large scale manufacturing costs, etc. Well, I don't really want to pay for all that!

LotionCrafter, then. I have some niaminicide from them just begging to be added to something. You may also want to look at Formulator Sample Shop or makingcosmetics.com. LotionCrafter has a really nice looking C Serum kit I've been considering (SkinCeuticals dupe). Many sites have kits. It's a nice way to get familiar with the process.

I have found SkinActives to be insanely high.

Edited to add: HD, you need to be extremely careful about adding raw ingredients into an existing product. All the ingredients have to be compatible (some are cationic, anionic, non-ionic), the percentages are going to be incredibly difficult to get correct, the ph level can go off, some ingredients may just completely negate the benefits of the one be added or worse. Sorry bud.

Yep, I understand. I am quite familiar with chemistry.

That site you mentioned looks interesting, thanks! They don't have all the ingredients I am interested in but I will check out the others you mentioned. I can't wait to hear what you've concocted over time!