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Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:18 am  |
Okay, not quite perfect but really really good, and I got your attention right?
I became seriously interested in DIY skincare in December of last year after developing an allergy to chemical sunscreens, which resulted in an increase in age spots, broken capillaries, and the skin on my neck and backs of hands going very crepey and dry. I experimented and posted various results, and now after just over six months I can report that the age spots have faded by at least 50%, the broken thread veins are 90% gone and the dry crepey skin on my neck is back to normal and much improved on the back of my hands. I am posting below my day and evening routine. I am not giving exact recipes because I am slack. I tend to put in as much of the active ingredients as feels right to me at the time. All actives are from Bulk Actives.
AM - wash face with Pears soap (yes I know soap is supposed to be bad but it works for me). Apply a serum made from the following: DMAE, yeast beta glucans, milk thistle, msm, niacinamide and glucosamine which are dissolved in glycerin and then added to Fruit of the Earth aloe vera gel. The dmae turns the mixture runny, but that's fine by me. I use however much glycerin is necessary to dissolve the actives I am using. Although I am not giving exact amounts I use roughly 1/4 tsp of each active dissolved in about a desertspoon of glycerin and added to 50 mls of the aloe vera gel. After this I apply Ambre Solaire sunscreen which is free of cinnimates. I have discovered I am okay with other chemical sunscreens and because I have large pores the mineral sunscreens tend to give me blackheads in hot weather. Lastly Innoxa firming eye cream.
PM - wash face with pears soap or use sorbolene if I wore makeup. Apply my own homemade acv toner. This consists of apple cider vinegar in which I have soaked a chopped onion for a week. I then dilute this 50/50 with rose water. Yes I know it sounds disgusting but onion juice is supposed to help fade age spots. The result is something that smells like pickle juice but the smell fades really fast (and the age spots have too). Apply a small amount of the same serum I used AM, wait a minute until absorbed and then top with a mixture of oils instead of moisturiser. I use a mixture of emu oil, olive oil, sesame oil, a couple of drops of essential oil of lavender and rosemary plus the contents of several vitamin e capsules squeezed into it. I don't bother with eye cream at night as I feel the serum with all the actives in it is enough, and the oil will migrate up towards the eyes anyway.
Once a week I use bicarb mixed with sorbolene as a very gentle scrub, however the toner I use at night would also be acting as an exfoliant due to the acid content (that's why I only use it at night).
During the six months I didn't change my diet or exercise routine. The only other thing I have done differently is the acupressure face massage, but that has only been in the last month. My skin now looks better than it did before I had the bad reaction to the chemical sunscreens.
For reference I am 43 with normal/combination skin, largeish pores and have had broken thread veins since I was a teenager and a couple of small age spots for nearly 10 years. Apart from the reaction to chemical sunscreens, my skin doesn't react to any products. The combination of niacinamide and rosemary oil (night only) has brought my slightly oily skin under control so I no longer look like a grease slick in summer, and my pores are not as noticable. |
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:17 am |
I can confirm that Luckylouise's recipe really works. I've been following her advice for about a couple of weeks now and my spider veins are much, MUCH lighter. I use Gow's scar cream as a base, and these are the %:
20 gr cream
3 gr MSM dissolved in 2.5 gr water (work fast, as these re-crystallize in such a little water)
3.5 gr silymarin in a little glycerine
I've recently added 4 drops helichrysum EO and 4 drops cypress EO.
I think she's a very nice lady and I really appreciate her sharing her experience/recipes. I'll follow her posts religiously… |
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Fri May 08, 2009 9:11 am |
| fat_swan wrote: |
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| As I understand from the initial post the onion helps fade age spots... didn't have a clue about this! I've only been using it in my shampoo |
Thanks Anne! I totally missed that one line  ITA, this forum is an amazing place!!
So now you've got me even more curious-- what do onions do to your hair, and how are you doing it? Thanks! |
Hi, well I use half a bottle of shampoo into which a put in half a cut up onion, let it stand for about a week, strain the onion out... and use the shampoo... It has a very, very weird smell... but the smell goes completely once the hair is dry I can assure you!! My hair was a mess a couple of years back (very thin, no shine, fell out a lot), and I scoured the forums... discovered about this onion stuff for the hair, and about adding a few drops of Rosemary Essential Oil to the shampoo... and it worked for me!!
I now only make up the onion shampoo thing every six months or so,and use it up, but I still keep adding the Rosemary EO always...
I was so used to the smell of the onion shampoo thing that I once took it to the gym,... as soon as I started to wash my hair in the shower I suddenly heard comments of others... What on earth is that smell??? Never again!
It's supposed to be the sulphur and other minerals in the onion that enriches the shampoo and is good for the hair growth.
HIH! |
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