Homemade Vitamin C serum!

Good morning world.  A few weeks ago, I found a homemade recipe for Vitamin C serum. Store bought serum costs up to hundreds of dollars.  I looked at various recipes and found them to be basically the same.

Powered vitamin C, water, and vegetable glycerin.  That's it.  And some did not even use t he vegetable glycerin, just water.  Some used a couple of different oils.

I bought the vegetable glycerin and amber glass bottles and started making it.  Small amounts are made at a time as the effectiveness dissipates quickly due to light and other factors.

There are small changes at first.  The big benefits come after using the serum for about 6 months.  Vitamin C helps with the production of collagen.  As we age, that production decreases.  This serum is found to help with making our skin look younger.  I have found another great use for it!  I have had a bad patch of eczema on a finger.  The usual, traditional over the counter creams have not cleared it up.

I drop 3 or 4 drops in my hand to rub on my face.  Then a drop on a finger to rub around my eye.  The serum had got on the eczema and was so much better the next morning.  So I started putting it on daily, a couple of times a day.  After a few days my finger is almost cleared up!

Anyone who has had eczema knows how exciting this can be.   I have had it on and off my entire life.

Here is the recipe I used:

 Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Vitamin C powder
• 1 teaspoon distilled water
• 1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin
• ⅛ teaspoon Vitamin E (optional) 
• small amber or dark glass bottle

Instructions

1. Mix ingredients in a small bowl until the granules are dissolved.
2. If you omit glycerin and vitamin E add an extra teaspoon of water so that your serum isn't too strong.
3. Transfer to a dark glass bottle.
4. Apply to the skin at night after cleansing and toning.
5. Let the serum soak in and then apply your moisturizer as usual.

An easy way to make sure your Vitamin C is in the perfect form to get the most benefits you can use a pH test strip. Your serum should be right around 3.5.When you apply it, a small amount of tingling is normal. If it is burning, remove it immediately. You can add more water or glycerin to the mixture to better suit your skin.

This recipe came from Primallyinspired.com.   I have made several batches now and am very happy with it!  I have made it with and without the glycerin.  I liked them both.  

Have a great day in the Lord!

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Just some of my thoughts and actions,

Elizabeth