I've decided to make my own skin cream, as I have very sensitive, acne prone, dry and wrinkly skin AND I have rosacea and avoid things like parabens and silicones. Green tea extract is known to be good for rosacea based on a study, and so far it's been quite good for me - and I can't find any creams that exist, without yucky ingredients, that have the appropriately high % of green tea extract (ECGC in particular).
I've been using a goop containing glycerin, extra virgin coconut oil, rose and tangerine essential oils, green tea extract, pycnogenol, vitamin c ester, honey, and vitamin e oil. It's been pretty good, but I'd like to add some things to it.
What I definitely want to add:
-shea butter
-helichrysum/immortelle essential oil
-lavender essential oil
-rose hip oil
-squalane
Considering:
-baobab oil
-tamanu oil
But I'd love other suggestions - what else would your dream face cream to combat all the problems I have, and just for general good skin, contain? My skin reacts badly to tea tree oil, beeswax, castor oil and olive oil. I don't mind using animal products, or extracts or peptides.
And lastly, where can I best buy these ingredients, at a good price, preferably all at the same store? I'm thinking online is going to be cheapest.
Thanks!
I've been using a goop containing glycerin, extra virgin coconut oil, rose and tangerine essential oils, green tea extract, pycnogenol, vitamin c ester, honey, and vitamin e oil. It's been pretty good, but I'd like to add some things to it.
What I definitely want to add:
-shea butter
-helichrysum/immortelle essential oil
-lavender essential oil
-rose hip oil
-squalane
Considering:
-baobab oil
-tamanu oil
But I'd love other suggestions - what else would your dream face cream to combat all the problems I have, and just for general good skin, contain? My skin reacts badly to tea tree oil, beeswax, castor oil and olive oil. I don't mind using animal products, or extracts or peptides.
And lastly, where can I best buy these ingredients, at a good price, preferably all at the same store? I'm thinking online is going to be cheapest.
Thanks!
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Also, I'll put in a good vote for tamanu oil. Since I started using it with my jojoba as a "moisturizer" at night, my face is always nice and soft and even-looking when I wake up.
Oh and I find the glycerin useful as both an emulsifier and moisturizer.
Edited at 2008-03-01 04:51 am (UTC)
I have not ever tried rose hip oil but I've heard many good things about it. My plan is to add each new ingredient (and I have a long list so this will take forever!) at a time, mix into a small portion of my base, and then use for up to 2 weeks to assess. If something clogs my pores or irritates my skin, I usually can tell within 1-2 days.
I really want to visit Oregon as I've heard so many great things. I think it is a place I'd like to live. Don't you have that amazing organic coconut milk based ice cream there that I desperately want to try? *tries to think of name*
Also frankincense and sandalwood is good for dry mature skin.
Rose water is nice too before the cream!
Thanks for the ideas. :)
My "holy trinity" ingredients of skin care are sea buckthorn, tamanu, and helichrysum, anyway.
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