I´ve been quite happy using a facial serum after washing my face at night but sometimes it gets too messy when working around the eyes. My face serum had so many different oils because I couldn´t decide which to keep and which to leave out; it turned out to be a mixture of argan, neem, avocado, wheat germ, almond, apricot kernel, coconut, rosehip, lavender and vitamin E.
Lately, I´ve been using the serum on most of my face but I tend to go for the lotions to dab around the eyes. I think it´s time for me to try and whip up an eye cream. This might be the precursor to an even better eye cream down the road and the journey starts here for me.
DIY Recipe:
2 gr. Argan oil
2 gr. Rosehip oil
2 gr. Tamanu oil
2 gr. Coconut oil
2 gr. Avocado oil
2 gr. Apricot Kernel oil
3 gr. Emulsifying wax Cetearyl Alcohol/PEG-20 Stearate
16 gr. Rose water
8 gr. Glycerin
2 gr. Vitamin E
2 gr. Hyaluronic Acid (1% concentration)
1/2 gr. Coenzyme Q10
1/2 gr. Collagen
2 gr. Bulgarian Rose essential oil (0.3% concentration)
0.50 gr. Germall Plus
Everything seemed to go well except it stayed too wet. So I decided to reheat the mixture in order to incorporate 5 gr. of melted beeswax in order to get a salve-like texture.
I´ll try this for a month or so to see what adjusting I would need to make to this recipe. I did try some on the back of my hand; the cream needs massaging in but once it´s absorbed, the skin looks beautiful and healthy with a slight sheen. There is a slight tacky sensation and it could be either the hyaluronic acid because it was viscous or it was the coenzyme Q10 because when I felt the yellow powder between my fingers, it felt a bit sticky.
Update: In hindsight, I shouldn´t have added the beeswax; it´s too stiff to use around the eyes and I notice the granules of beeswax (I think). What I´ve been doing is combining this with some oil serum on my palm before applying onto my face. My skin feels nice after applying; just the form it´s in now isn´t up to par. I´ll continue to play with the recipe once I finish this batch.
Lately, I´ve been using the serum on most of my face but I tend to go for the lotions to dab around the eyes. I think it´s time for me to try and whip up an eye cream. This might be the precursor to an even better eye cream down the road and the journey starts here for me.
DIY Recipe:
2 gr. Argan oil
2 gr. Rosehip oil
2 gr. Tamanu oil
2 gr. Coconut oil
2 gr. Avocado oil
2 gr. Apricot Kernel oil
3 gr. Emulsifying wax Cetearyl Alcohol/PEG-20 Stearate
16 gr. Rose water
8 gr. Glycerin
2 gr. Vitamin E
2 gr. Hyaluronic Acid (1% concentration)
1/2 gr. Coenzyme Q10
1/2 gr. Collagen
2 gr. Bulgarian Rose essential oil (0.3% concentration)
0.50 gr. Germall Plus
Everything seemed to go well except it stayed too wet. So I decided to reheat the mixture in order to incorporate 5 gr. of melted beeswax in order to get a salve-like texture.
I´ll try this for a month or so to see what adjusting I would need to make to this recipe. I did try some on the back of my hand; the cream needs massaging in but once it´s absorbed, the skin looks beautiful and healthy with a slight sheen. There is a slight tacky sensation and it could be either the hyaluronic acid because it was viscous or it was the coenzyme Q10 because when I felt the yellow powder between my fingers, it felt a bit sticky.
Update: In hindsight, I shouldn´t have added the beeswax; it´s too stiff to use around the eyes and I notice the granules of beeswax (I think). What I´ve been doing is combining this with some oil serum on my palm before applying onto my face. My skin feels nice after applying; just the form it´s in now isn´t up to par. I´ll continue to play with the recipe once I finish this batch.
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