Gelled Oils?

[karen]

So I got this really cool gelling agent- it's safe, doesn't clog pores- and just a little bit makes very very thick gels. The really cool part about it is that if I make a gel that's thick enough it will actually suspend oils.

I have a love/hate thing about using oil moisturizers- mainly because they're drippy, and leaky, and if I don't apply them just right they kind of pool in places. But the gel is cool! It goes on like a lotion, and it's thick so it doesn't drip,and the bottles don't leak.

I'm pretty sure I'll release a raspberry oil gel...but are you into the idea of others, and if so, which ones?

[egerandi]

Sounds like a great idea! My skin seems to like rice bran and camellia and grapeseed oils so far, but I use red raspberry a lot too, so I'm ok with that one. Would I be able to mix in a bit of your zinc powder if I just wanna slap something on before taking my morning walk?

[Cupcake]

Sounds fantastic I'd vote for a jojoba oil gel please as it's closest to skin sebum and seems to be very well tolerated.

Although it's not recommended for oily skin types like mine, Rosehip Oil is excellent for healing and restorative properties, especially used on older skins. There's several brands already dedicated to Rosehip Oil (Trilogy comes to mind). That might be a popular option, too.

[zeebs]

I'd want to try it first, but I think it sounds cool! I don't use a lot of oils but I think I'd use jojoba or coconut.

[kitten1711]

Would I be able to mix in a bit of your zinc powder if I just wanna slap something on before taking my morning walk?

I think mixing zinc powder with the oil sounds like a great idea ..........***should*** be ok as zinc disperses better with oils than water based products. Particularly fond of the idea of raspberry seed oil, due to it's reputed sun protective properties.

Txx

[karen]

Cool! Yes- you should be able to mix the zinc right in with it....the gel is kind of like the gloopy green aloe gel they sell at the drugstore, or hand sanitizer- sota. It's the same thickener (carbomer), but if I use more than you'd normally find in an aloe gel it will suspend oils. It's really neat stuff to play with.

[pinkpomelo]

I'm not sure if its the same thing, but the other day I was at my spa (brazilian, woohoo!) and they were selling this upmarket range of mineral make up. Its branded as some lady's name. Anyway, they had a liquid foundation, tiny balls of foundation powder, suspended in this gel.

I squeeze some out and it was a little gross at first. It looked like gloopy gel with bits of powder mushed into it. But after 45 seconds of smooshing around, it became this really high coverage layer of foundation. It smelt a LOT like the ale vera serum Karen makes. But only, it had a bit of sourish note too.

[egerandi]

That reminds me, I've been mixing my foundation with a couple drops of aloe liquid, smear it on, then buff it out with the flat top kabuki. I heard using aloe like that from someone else on this forum a while back, and I like how my skin looks with it. Now that you mentioned Karen's serum, I'm wondering if I could just skip a step and use the oatmeal or aloe serums when applying foundation. What would be the cons? I'm also looking forward the gelled oils, and using that instead of aloe, we'll see

[Kahani]

Hi Egerandi,

I'm no Karen, but I believe that the serums perform best when applied alone and directly onto bare skin. I think the delicate ingredients may get affected by the foundation, or have their ability to sink into the skin compromised if you mix it. Also I like to think of my skin greedily lapping up the serum!

Mixing it into your foundation will probably be great, but if you skip applying it directly as well, you're missing out on all it can do. Having said that, I'm about to try adding a few drops of Aloe & Green Tea to my Revlon Colorstay.... =D Thanks for the idea!

[freesilk]

I would really love a raspberry seed oil suspended in gel form. I think that the thickness of the serums makes them so much easier to apply than if they were more liquidy, and as someone who has used oil as a moisturizer in the past, it can definitely be frustrating applying oil-especially to try to apply it evenly.