http://www.skincaretalk.com/diy-skin...-seed-oil.html

 

Awesome! Thanks for the list and links ladies.

 

Oops! Gents in this case!

 

I tried red raspberry seed oil.... disaster! Just goes to show how we each react differently to oils. Burned and made my skin itch like mad!

 

erg's posting makes a very valid point -

OP - you really need to test each of these oils, to see how YOUR skin reacts to it. Oils are very much YMMV things. I think it is worth testing them independently with your skin first, before developing your final product.

 

Periwinkle..... Thank you for the link. But, a roach, and now a spider.....Your profile animate gif give me creeps (LOL)!

 

She is creepier than the actual movie. (The Shinning)

 

I still need the zinc for UV-A protection tho. SPF from oils (and that is debatable, depending on who/how the spf value was measured) is only protection from UV-B rays dont forget!

More oils = more stickiness in products for me. I think there are some new alternative sun protection chemicals out there!

 

That's very true, Fawnie.

 

Something else to consider is the sun stability of oils. Thnks to PlantLady I believe who gave us this chart:

.: Jodzahl, HLB-Wert, Typ, Sonnenlicht-Stabilität und Spreitverhalten von Pflanzenölen | olionatura.de :.<--- yes its in German but you can click at the top to translate.

Not that I know all there is to know, but trying to put together pieces of the puzzle ...

 

Which German word on top is "translate"?

JP

 

Sorry about that. Maybe its just my computer that translates it (yay Apple!!) there is a gray bar at the very top of the screen that asks me if I want to translate and I click on "translate" and it does it for me.

.: Jodzahl, HLB-Wert, Typ, Sonnenlicht-Stabilität und Spreitverhalten von Pflanzenölen | olionatura.de :. <--try now.

 

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More oils = more stickiness in products for me. I think there are some new alternative sun protection chemicals out there!


There are many....so so many, it's the great race to find something that will do the job. Unfortunately, all of what I have come across is after the fact "protection. " i.e. speeds up the rate at which the skin fights the effects of UV assault. I am more for the block approach, rather not have it hit in the first place.

Have been using Chrysin in my SS, so far so good.
Chrysin protects epidermal keratinocytes from UVA- and UVB-induced damage.

Wu NL, Fang JY, Chen M, Wu CJ, Huang CC, Hung CF.
Source

Department of Dermatology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Abstract

Chrysin (5,7-dihydroxyflavone), a natural flavonoid occurring in various plants and foods such as propolis and honey, reportedly opposes inflammation and carcinogenesis, but has rarely been applied in skin care. This study, therefore, aimed to explore the roles of chrysin in protection against UV-induced damage in HaCaT keratinocytes. Results showed that chrysin can attenuate apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression induced by UVB and UVA. Chrysin predominantly reversed the down-regulation of aquaporin 3 (AQP-3) by UVB. It predominantly reversed JNK activation and also mildly inhibited p38 activation triggered by UVA and UVB. Animal studies revealed that chrysin's topical application demonstrated efficient percutaneous absorption and no skin irritation. Overall, results demonstrated significant benefits of chrysin on the protection of keratinocytes against UVA- and UVB-induced injuries and suggested its potential use in skin photoprotection.

Chrysin protects epidermal keratinocytes f... [J Agric Food Chem. 2011] - PubMed - NCBI

Then there is also green tea extract, grape seed extract....etc, etc, and some flower extract of whatever I forgot...and several algae species. All after the fact....but I am more interested in before the fact. ZnO and the rest are a nice bonus.

 

I cannot agree with you more, DragoN. Primary prevention is the most important concept in medicine, after all. I actually didn't know chrysin has this kind of property. I will defintiely add it to my DIY recipe (which I've been working on lately). Red algae species seem to be a very promising thing as well.

JP

 

Wow carrot oil also lightens and gives the skin a nice golden, orange undertone Kinda does everything

 

Wow, thanks for that, I didn't know that about carrot oil! I think this would be great to add a few drops to your daily moisturizer or even to your body moisturizer. I find that not all sunscreens are truly non comedogenic and land up blocking your pores, this might be a great way to be able to choose your non comedogenic cream, add carrot seed oil instead of having to buy an expensive non comedogenic sunscreen

 

Carrot seed oil is not a replacement for any SS.