[ondine]

Hi again! I've got compounding fever (blame Goddess & Ninasky!)

Out of curiosity, I wondered what would happen if I remelted my bottle of 20% HQ % added sufficient lotion to make a 10% concentration. Verdict: if you reheat the blend, it turns brown! It looked like melted milk chocolate

Sooo...I pitched it, cleaned my tools, got all dolled up in my mask, gloves & goggles & made a fresh 10% batch WOWOWOW! It is as smooth as silk. The HQ melted right in. The cream is almost white (HQ powder isn't quite white) & my skin drank it in beautifully. No residue of any kind. Now...to see how well it lightens...

 

[LightenNLift]

so for the 10% you used 9 tablespoons of EUcerin adn one tablespoon of HQ?m what if you wants to make an even less concentration just for the face and neck Ondine, can you tell me how to make it with less tablespoons of each?



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[ondine]

Decide first on the total volume of cream you want to make. How much does your pump bottle hold? 250 mls is a good amt. It'll make a good week's worth of cream. Much more than that & it'll go brown on you.

10% of 250 mls = 25 mls. So, you need 225 mls of Eucerin & 25 mls of HQ.

Put 125 mls of Eucerin, add your 25 mls of HQ then top off with 100 mls of Eucerin.

10% makes a really nice smoothly textured & easily absorbed & spreadable cream. So much faster than the HQ in the tubes (good stuff too, but this is better!)

 

[LightenNLift]

the 20 percent I made is great but I can stil see some tiny oily dots coming out after a while



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[ondine]

I only saw oily dots when mine was melted in the pot. When I stirred it all together, there weren't any oily dots. The 10% came out perfect.

 

[GoddessOfEarth]

Oooo!!!!!!!!!! Well, you know I like the stronger stuff, but I'll be watching your findings with this, too!

Maybe this 10% will be for my face. I will not put the strong one for my body on my face.......um......AGAIN! My face kept getting lighter when I wasn't putting my strong mixture on it.

 

[LightenNLift]

you are saying that the strong stuff works systematically? even when u used it but then stopped for a bit? thats interesting



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[GoddessOfEarth]

When it happened, I googled "hydroquinone in the bloodstream" and a lot of stuff popped up. I haven't researched it any further, yet. HQ's been around for over 30 years or something.

 

[LightenNLift]

you know what the weird thing is, when teh strong HQ is on my skin it looks kinda like a tan but when its washed off all of a sudden its like 3 shades lighter and very even/smooth and you can tell it lightened.



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[GoddessOfEarth]

Didn't you just start?

 

[LightenNLift]

yeah its been 4 times already



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[ondine]

Goddess, HQ has been around for much longer than that! The same chemical HQ we use was patented in the 1830's (in the west) & known to lighten at that time. B4 that, the ancient Persian elite used a strong HQ concentration (I forget how they made their preparation, though...I'll see what I can dig up...) to make their otherwise tan complexions white.

I was so surprised to see my lighter thigh after only 1 week. There was no mistaking it for a 'trick of the lighting' or wishful thinking as I'd used the blend over a large area, not a small spot. Now that I've switched to the 10% (yesterday evening) it'll be interesting to see what happens.

 

[LightenNLift]

I heard that too, well according to wikipedia, the persians used "Pure hydroquinone" to keep their face smooth and white



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[ondine]

...the ancient Persians were also known for their exceptional health & longevity. So much for all the cancer stories!

 

[LightenNLift]

I wonder how they kept their HQ lightened them evenly and flawlessly according to sources, because they use didnt use sunblock or any type of outdoor protection and im sure they got sun here and there.



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[ondine]

They DID have sunblocking creams but this was a practice of the elite so they seldom had to expose themselves to the sun anyways. Would be interesting to know the details about how, exactly, their process worked. The info must be out there somewhere...

 

[LightenNLift]

they had sunblock cream all the way back in the 15th or even less thatn that century? I wonder what they used.



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[GoddessOfEarth]

Goddess, HQ has been around for much longer than that! The same chemical HQ we use was patented in the 1830's (in the west) & known to lighten at that time. B4 that, the ancient Persian elite used a strong HQ concentration (I forget how they made their preparation, though...I'll see what I can dig up...) to make their otherwise tan complexions white.

^^^Ahh, I see. I see.


>>>>>>>>I was so surprised to see my lighter thigh after only 1 week.<<<<<<