Lush Cucumber Face Cream
Need a 16 oz container
Cucumber Toner - ½ cup (see Toner Talk TikToks)
Hyaluronic Acid ½ tsp into ⅓ cup cucumber juice creates HA Gel
Vitamin C Powder ½ tsp into the HA Gel
Kojic Acid 1 teaspoon into 2 tablespoons of cucumber water and blend
Aloe Vera Powder 1 teaspoon into 2 tablespoons of cucumber juice and blend well
(Can substitute 2 tbsp Aloe Vera Gel instead of powder in juice)
Shea Butter ½ cup - double boiler
Base Lotion (Ginger Lily Farms Butter Lotion) ½ cup
Vegetable Glycerin 3 tablespoons
Geranium Essential Oil -10 drops
Frankincense Essential Oil -10 drops
Ginger Essential Oil -10 drops
Turmeric Essential Oil -10 drops
Coffee Bean Essential Oil -5 drops
CARRIER OIL: Coffee Bean Oil - 2 pipettes
CARRIER OIL: Carrot Seed Oil - 2 pipettes
CARRIER OIL: Pumpkin Seed Oil - 2 pipettes
CARRIER OIL: Prickly Pear Cactus Seed Oil - 2 pipettes
HOW TO MAKE LUSH CUCUMBER FACE CREAM:
Make Cucumber Toner (set aside)
Soak Hyaluronic Acid in cucumber juice and make a gel (allow to soak about 1 hour 1st) mixing as you go.
Add VIT C Powder to the Hyaluronic Acid Gel just made, and allow to sit another 10 mins
Add Kojic Acid to 2 tbsp cucumber water and blend, then add to hyaluronic gel and blend. SET THIS ASIDE.
Add 1 tsp of Aloe Vera Powder to 2 tablespoons of cucumber juice OR simply use 2 tablespoons Aloe Vera Gel. SET THIS ALOE MIX ASIDE.
At this time put 1/2 cup Shea Butter in a double boiler on the stove and allow to melt. MICROWAVE NOT RECOMMENDED
Add all the oils (essential oils and carrier oils to your warm Shea Butter) mix and keep warm. (if you have a serum you want to use instead of Essential Oils you can add 5 pipettes(5ml) of serum)
Add the glycerin to the shea butter oil blend.
Add the base lotion to the warm shea butter and mix with spatula or hand blender (immerser may not work here the stiffer it gets.)
Add the aloe vera to the HA-Vit C- Kojic Acid blend, then add this to the lotion/shea butter blend and mix well.
Extra Tips:
Mix each addition to another ingredient as you go along, don't add and let sit. You must blend to incorporate each oil each time.
Keep the shea butter warm, start it early otherwise it gets too hot and the properties will be diminished.
This recipe will take about an hour, give yourself time to do it, don't rush. Being off a little in the recipe won't hurt except do not use too much shea butter otherwise your moisturizer will harden. Do not add any additional water, each time you use cucumber juice and not water.
Do not buy store bought cucumber juice or non clinical oils. The links to the proper ingredients are linked in this recipe above. Just click on the ingredient name.