Best Vitamin-C Serum?
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free skin care · Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:07 am

Just a word about my experience with Obagi's Vit C to anyone who is considering it...bought this about a yr ago @15%.

Bottom line, my normally very tolerant skin started to dry out & itch after about 4 days' use. Couldn't figure out the cause. Went online to reseach every ingredient & discovered Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) was the culprit.

This stuff is basically a detergent & used industrially to clean oil (if my memory serves me). It is used in many skin care products & have since my experience with Obagi's VitC, banned all such products from my face/body, as many on this forum have.

So beware, yes some really like Obagi's stuff, but it does contain SLS and is therefore quite harsh on the skin, even mine!!

free skin care · Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:08 pm

mountaingirl wrote:

You know what Gailbaby?...that link I posted will not teach you how to make a C serum...it will tell you everything else you need to know though! Maybe someone else can post a link to some recipes!??

I copied this from a post from the DIY forum. It was posted in 4/05 from carekate:

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."

free skin care · Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:07 pm

Fab50...you are da bomb! I needed that recipe too!

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