r/DIYBeauty

Hello there, I want to make my own lip balm using lanolin, shea butter, and a bit of glycerin. I currently use just lanolin, which is good, but it doesnt hydrate my lips at all so they stay in the same condition as they were before I put it on. I have been reading about shea butter and have seen that there is both refined and unrefined versions and I have a few questions;

1. How noticeable is the taste of unrefined shea butter and what does it taste like?

2. How mixable is unrefined compared to the refined version?

3. Is there much reason to use the unrefined compared to the refined?

4. I see that Amazon has quite a few different products and I was wondering what I should look out for and which brands are typically better?

So I don’t DIY the rest of my skincare but I have rose water for other things and I want to start spraying it on my face before moisturizing. I have store bought (culinary grade, just roses and water) I don’t want to have to walk to the fridge every time so I want to preserve it. Google says I can use vodka (1 teaspoon to 2 cups water) but I can’t find anything on here about using alcohol.. is it a suitable preservative or will it dry my skin out? I don’t rly see myself buying another fancier preservative or anything. Maybe if it’s cheap.. but yeah any help is much appreciated x

I want to make a sun tanning dry oil without spf and would like to have feedbacks about this formula:

Coconut oil 33%

Sunflower oil 20%

Carrot oil (carrier) 20%

IPM 10%

Sweet almond oil 7%

Dimethicone 5%

Lanolin oil 3%

Shea butter 1%

Jojoba oil 1%

Aloe vera extract 0.1%

BHT 0.1%

Wanting to start making my own whipped body butter and looking for essential oils that are skin safe. Pretty simple recipe, just shea butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, and arrowroot powder to combat greasiness. I know to stay away from highly citric oils like lemon and lime, but I'm still worried about the safety of using other essential oils because most warn against direct skin contact. Is the dilution enough to deem most other oils skin safe? Anything I should completely steer clear of? I'd also love any fragrance combo suggestions. Found a few that I wanna try but I'm completely new to this so any advice is appreciated!

If I were to make my own skin cream, how can I make sure that I get the pH right? I read that skin cream should be pH 5.5.

I'm addressing sagging, enlarged poors, dullness, texture and fine lines.

THE BLEND — 4oz batch

• Frankincense-infused Jojoba — 25% (30ml)
• Squalane — 34% (41ml)
• Rosehip Seed Oil — 25% (30ml)
• Pomegranate Seed Oil — 10% (12ml)
• Sea Buckthorn Berry Oil — 12 drops
• Bakuchiol 99% — 24 drops
• Vitamin E — 12 drops

MORNING

1. Plain jojoba on terry cloth — cleanse
2. Rosewater mist
3. Aloe + glycerin on damp skin
4. Oil blend — 2-3 drops
5. Zinc oxide sunscreen

NIGHT

1. Plain jojoba on terry cloth — cleanse
2. Rosewater mist
3. Aloe + glycerin on damp skin
4. Oil blend — 3-4 drops

Hey guyss

I’ve developed dark circles over the past few years (I didn’t have them as a kid), and I’m trying to improve them naturally.

I’m only looking for DIY/home remedies—no chemical peels or store-bought products please.

If you’ve personally tried any DIY methods that actually helped (like things you can do at home with simple ingredients), I’d love to hear what worked for you and how long it took to see results.

Also open to lifestyle tips (sleep, diet, etc.) if they made a difference for your under-eyes. Thank you!

Theres this asian store that sells these sea salt scrubs that smell like strawberries or berries they also have a coffee scrub but i love the sea salt one specifically it foams up very nicely and exfoliates perfectly but I am no where near that asian store and i so badly want a sea scrub rn lol

I am looking for diy ideas to make one i have coconut oil and regular corse sea salt anyone have any ideas

Hi,

I've been doing a bunch of research, reading, etc and am starting out on this hobby very simply - body butter bars. The thing is, I don't want to make bars; I really dislike anything on my hands and discovering that balms, other than lip balms, can come in roll up tubes like deodorant has been life changing.

My question is - I made 3 ingredient body butter bar:

cocoa butter

coconut oil

beewax

ratio of 1: 1.5: 1

I quite like it but as a bar it's already too soft when kept above 65F. I'm hesitant to add more beewax for stiffening. More cocoa butter made it harder but too greasy. What ingredients are usually included to these roll up balms that make them hard enough to be effective without becoming greasy or too tacky? I'm leaning toward cetayl alcohol...

Looking for feedback on my first syndet shower gel formula

Hi everyone,

I’m starting a small business, and for my first product I formulated a syndet shower gel using the following ingredients:

Distilled water: 54.97%
Benzoate: 0.38%
Polyquaternium: 1.52%
Sorbate: 0.23%
Glycerin: 5.00%
Xanthan gum: 0.40%
Decyl glucoside: 20.00%
Coco betaine: 15.00%
Menthol: 0.50%
Mandarin essential oil: 0.50%
Mandarin fragrance: 1.50%

My goal is to create a shower gel with a pH between 5.0 and 5.5, which I adjust using a 20% citric acid solution. I also want the product to feel refreshing and moisturizing on the skin.

After testing it, I noticed a few things I would like to improve. Since it is a shower gel, the menthol feels too strong on sensitive areas of the body. The sensation goes away quickly, but while showering it feels quite intense. I’m also not fully happy with the consistency/texture of the gel.

On the positive side, the skin feels moisturized and soft after use. It does not feel tight or dry. The fragrance lasts fairly well, the bathroom smells nice after showering, and the cooling sensation is noticeable over the whole body.

I would really appreciate any advice or recommendations. Are there any percentages you would suggest adjusting? Are there other ingredients I could consider to improve the texture, skin feel, mildness, or overall performance of the product?

I want to create a genuinely good product, not just make something for the sake of making it, so any feedback would be very helpful.

I made 100g hand cream out of which 96.7g of ingredients was subjected to heat and the rest added during the cool down phase. In order to see how much water I lost for evaporation I calculated the total ingredient weight before heating and after the batch cooled down, and the difference between the former and the latter was 14.35g. Is that normal? 14.35 is around 15% of 96.7...

Hi all. A few days ago I came across a website someone made to calculate and mix colors for cosmetics. I can no longer find it. I found lots of others but this one in particular you could choose dyes instead of hex/rgb colors. You could select between iron oxides, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, etc and put how much of each to create an image of a color. Does anyone know of something like this?

Guys which mix is better for skincare Hibiscus Oil+coconut oil or Hibiscus Oil+rosehip oil

Hi guys, I want to get some opinions. I have PIE and acne, and I'm looking for an azelaic acid serum/product.

I've been reading about AzA and how difficult it is to solubilize in water, and also how hard it is to get a meaningful amount of AzA to actually penetrate the skin (stratum corneum) in the first place. I know this isn't 100% accurate, but can I compare different AzA products and estimate how effective they'd be based on their penetration enhancer ingredients?

I found a few:

1. Cos de BAHA 15% AzA – has MSM at 1% Ingredients: Water/Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Azelaic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 20, Dimethyl Sulfone, Propanediol, Betaine, Panthenol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Allantoin, Ceramide NP, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Centella Asiatica Extract, Madecassoside, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Polyacrylate, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Momordica Charantia Fruit Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Extract

2. Kisocare 15% Serum Ingredients: Water, Azelaic Acid, DPG, Propanediol, Sodium Hydroxide, Tromethamine, Pentylene Glycol, PEG-6, PEG-32, Panthenol, Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, Madecassoside, Asiaticoside, Gluconolactone, Succinic Acid, Citric Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid Crosspolymer-2-Sodium, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Centella Asiatica Extract, BG, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose

3. Isispharma Metroruboril A.Z. Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Azelaic Acid, Betaine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Lauryl Glucoside, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Niacinamide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Panthenol, Sclerotium Gum, Chlorphenesin, Escin, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract, Ammonium Glycyrrhizate, Citric Acid, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Sodium Citrate

My questions are:

1. Looking at these INCIs, can we rank them by efficacy given they're all 15%?

2. In serums like Cos de BAHA (and I'm guessing this isn't specific to them — most AzA serums seem to use PG as the second ingredient after water) — what's the typical percentage range of PG used? I'm asking because I've been reading about how long-term PG use could potentially cause skin barrier issues. I get that there's no definitive yes or no on this, and I also understand it's going to be very person-specific — someone might not tolerate AHA at 10% while someone else uses it daily with no barrier damage. And yes, I know the mechanism of penetration with AHA is completely different, just bringing it up as a comparison.

3. Which of these would be the most barrier-friendly while still performing well for hormonal acne, PIE, etc.?