Happy Face- Geranium facial tonic

Always wanted to prepare your own facial tonic? We have simple instructions for you..

Here is a simple instruction for preparing a mild and moisturizing tonic. This tonic is alcohol free and we've applied a PEG-free solubilizer to incorporate the essential oils into water. We've applied Geranium floral water, Geranium and Ylang-Ylang essential oils for their excellent mildness and skin caring functions. Silk protein is applied as a moisturizing and skin conditioning agent and Hyaluron as an excellent moisturizing and anti-aging agent.

Are you ready?

Before starting please review our older post about general hygienic manufacturing practice in a cosmetic lab and basic equipments for a cosmetic lab.

For this project (100 gr Geranium facial tonic) you need: 

0,05% Hyaluron, high MW [sodium salt of hyaluronic acid with a high molecular weight] (0,05 gr)

5,0% Glycerin or organic glycerin (5,0 gr)

0,5% Panthenol (0,5 gr) 

20,0% Geranium hydrosol (20,0 gr) 

1,0% Silk Protein (1,0 gr) 

5,0% PEG-free solubilizer, Symbio® solv XC (5,0 gr)

0,3% Essential oil of Geranium (0,2 gr)

0,2% Essential oil of Ylang-Ylang (0,1 gr)

1,0 % Euxyl® K903 (broad spectrum preservative) (1,0 gr) 

Probably (1-2 drops) Lactic acid to adjust pH

 boiled distilled water (to balance 100%, ca 67 gr) 

additionally you may need:

2 glass beakers (50 and 250 ml) or other suitable containers for mixing

pH indicator paper or a pH electrode for reading pH

disposable pipettes 

Glass rods or other suitable instruments for mixing

a suitable bottle for filling, we recommend our pump spray bottle 

Instruction:

One: Weight about 50 gr water in a 250 ml glass beaker, start stirring under high shear and slowly add hyaluron. It may take a little time till hyaluron disperses.

Two: After hyaluron is completely dissolved, add glycerin, panthenol, geranium floral water, silk protein and the remaining water. Stir to a homogeneous liquid.This is phase A

Three: Meanwhile prepare phase B:Mix the solubilizer Symbio® Solv XC, and essential oils of Geranium and Ylang-Ylang together with the preservative in a small beaker. The mixture has a yellow color because of Symbio® Solv XC.

Four: Add phase B to A and continue stirring until the mixture is homogeneous.  

Five: Control the pH with indicator paper or an electrode. In our case the original pH was aroung 5,5 without any adjustment. You may adjust the pH if necessary around 5,0-5,5 with a few drops of lactic acid. 

Six: Fill the tonic in a suitable bottle. You are free to select any bottle, however we recommend using a pump spray for an economical and more effective application of the tonic.

You can purchase all the ingredients for this project @ SkinChakra® Online Shop. 

Happy Mixing and have fun