Homemade skincare
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All of these are already very common ingredients in skin care products- (acetyl)salicylic acid, niacinamide, sulphur- but I make it with supplements I already have at hand, making it super cheap. It is extremely effective against acne:
The main ingredients are these three:-
the base is niacinamide powder. lots of it. mine has some taurine in it for no reason, don't think that it is doing much. no additives of course. the reason I add A LOT is for it to be used a bit as a face mask.
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Flowers of sulphur. had the idea after seeing how common sulphur soaps were in southern countries, and someone told me he got rid of all his acne with it.
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some aspirin pills (only additives are corn starch)
Adding water will make it into a thick paste. use a little tupperware so it doesn't dry out (if not it will dry out in half an hour, add water to rehydrate)
These are extra things I add for texture and preservation:-
little bit baking soda
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little bit of coconut oil
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little bit of progest-e -
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tiny bit of aleppo soap (gonna leave this out next time, so I can still eat the mixture)
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old coffee
I wanna try using coffee for the base next time instead of water. Caffeine also has great effects on the skin.
Mine is a thick paste and I used to put on a thick mask, but found that just spreading it out to where it's barely visible works even better. It turns white after a while. It instantly tightens the skin, and will speed up the 'ripening' process of existing zits while preventing the new ones. -
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Could you maybe provide us fixed ratios/numbers for the recipe? Thank you
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Commercial products are pure poison. It's a shame zinc leaves a white cast.
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@Insomniac, you can add some cocoa powder to tint it. I buy a mineral sunscreen from Suntribe and they offer it in original white and a tinted version called mud tint that contains cocoa powder.
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Creatine monohydrate works extremely well for my skin when I apply it topically.
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@Jennifer said in Homemade skincare:
@Insomniac, you can add some cocoa powder to tint it. I buy a mineral sunscreen from Suntribe and they offer it in original white and a tinted version called mud tint that contains cocoa powder.
Thanks for the tip
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@Insomniac, you’re welcome.
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ive heard topical creatine is good and ive also heard topical methylene blue can be too . wouldn't mind trying a cream of either. the creatine one might go well with niacinamide and vitamin c. some shizo Korean sun avoider has a nice blogpost about how niacinamide and vitamin c combine to make some sort of complex