Vitamin C Skin Freshening Cleanser
Vitamin C is great for skin care and a favorite in skin care products for skin lightening, brightening, and products that help maintain an even skin tone.
I'm actually quite a fan of all the fabulous things vitamin C has to offer. But there's a bit of a hitch.
Ok, it's a rather huge hitch.
Fresh vitamin C looses power, so in order for it to be beneficial for topical application, it needs to be stabilized.
I've used stabilized vitamin C (INCI: Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, L-Acscorbic Acid) in several products and despite the positive results I've gotten with my (few, modest) case studies (links below) vitamin C is gosh darn tricky to work with. The pH is a problem, air exposure is a problem, incorporation into any kind of emulsion wreaks all kinds of havoc with the viscosity, and I could go on (and on), but I think you get the picture.
Keep it Simple
Let's get back to basics and put together a bucket-of-worms-free mix of vitamin-C rich ingredients that will cleanse and freshen the skin.For this refreshing face wash, you'll need
- 5 gr Powdered Amla
- 7 gr Powdered Orange
- 7 gr Powdered Rose Hips
- 20 gr White (Illite) Clay (kaolin)
- 3 gr Yellow Illite Clay
Method
Weigh out the ingredientsTransfer to bowl
Mix ingredients
Transfer to final container
I recommend using a PET bottle for your mixture. The not too wide opening of a bottle allows for easy dosage and less chance of water getting into your mixture.
The Water Thing
As there is no preservative in this mixture, it is vital that you keep it dry and that absolutely NO MOISTURE is introduced to it. (I know I don't need to keep reminding you regular readers about this, but anyone who just popped in may not be aware and might appreciate the heads up).Let's Use it!
This face cleanser work with water, or you can mix it with the mallow gel we made not long ago. Here are a couple of links:How to use this cleanser with water
How to use this cleanser with your own cleansing gel
How to make your own cleansing gel
Enjoy!
A bit more about What Vitamin C has to Offer - both Internally and Topically
On this blog - skin lightening with vitaminWikipedia on Vitamin C
National Institutes of Health on Vitamin C
Oregon State University - questions about vitamin C answered
Double Blind Study Using Topical Vitamin C to repair Photodamage on skin
Vitamin C in Dermatology
Comments
Love the blend and like MarÃa I think the weekend is the time to try - my skin could use a little TLC.
God weeekend!
-and e-mailing you in on my weekend list too :-)
It smells lovely.
Thank you