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Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:13 am  |
Hi there
I have been reading so many positive posts on the DIY Vit C that I wanted to make some up myself
I live in Australia, and told went to my local health food store, but all they had was Ascorbic Acid and not Lactic Ascorbic Acid.
Is this just as good as the LAA or not???
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:31 pm |
| LAA is ascorbic acid, Lactic acid its a different thing. Try to get a superfine powder, so your serum dont get gritty. |
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:55 am |
| The L is not an abbreviation for lactic, it refers to the structural layout of the molecule. Purchase cosmetic quality L-ascorbic acid from a supplier such as Lotioncrafters rather than food quality from a health store. |
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:09 am |
| Firefox, I have always advised people to use cosmetic grade and not food grade Vitamin C. But is there an actual difference? |
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:59 pm |
| I have made a simple vitamin c serum with l-ascorbic powder, water and ... Otherwise neither vit E, not ferulic acid will work, one will swim on top other .... you can substitute Lecithin softgel supplement from the drug store. ... |
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:21 am |
It will work, but must not have any fillers. You may need to grind it down in order to get more into solution. Or this kit is a nice place to start C serum kit
Or you can go the silicon route at bulkactives. |
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Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:57 pm |
thanks so much
I also noticed that owndoc sells Vit C LAA.
Can you buy the cosmetic form of LAA from health food store?? |
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Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:30 pm |
| Keliu wrote: |
| Firefox, I have always advised people to use cosmetic grade and not food grade Vitamin C. But is there an actual difference? |
There may be concerns about texture/ solubility and packaging quality - I've seen food grade vitamin C in a plastic bag in a cardboard box, tho there may be better products out there. Although food grade should be clean, it *may* not be sterile enough to be made into a solution which is then stored as that is not the intended use. I freely accept I could be over-cautious but L-AA is not that expensive.
As an aside I would baulk at walking into a pharmacy and asking for L-AA because in my day most purchasers were junkies ...  |
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:31 am |
| you could use something like this that has only L-AA, distilled water and base gel, and make it fresh every day. Thanks,, |
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