Ingredients In Skin Care To Suit Different Skin Types

There are a tonnes of benefits to making your own DIY body butters, creams, and soaps. Its not only means you know exactly what's going into your products, it also means you can choose to eleminate unwanted chemicals and fragrances. 

The key to making your own skin care product is knowing the right  ingredients to use, or at least similar ingredients that will have the same texture in different temperatures and the same effect on the skin. For example, using the wrong kind of oil in a lip balm could turn it into a lip gloss.

Here’s your quick reference guide to ingredients and things to note.

CONSISTENCY

You shouldn’t substitute soft consistencies for hard consistencies unless you want your final product to be a different consistency. But you can swap out ingredients in the same categories.

SOFT BUTTERS

• Mango Butter
• Shea Butter

HARD BUTTERS

• Kokum Butter
• Cocoa Butter
• Cupuacu Butter

ABSORPTION RATE

If you want to make a recipe denser, you can swap to an ingredient that takes longer to absorb. Additionally, if you want a lighter recipe, you can swap a denser ingredient for a lighter one. Otherwise, stick to an ingredient with the same absorption rate to keep your recipe close to the original.

QUICK ABSORPTION

• Apricot Kernel
• Argan
• Baobab
• Camelina
• Camelia
• Cranberry
• Fractionated Coconut MCT
• Macadamia
• Marula Moringa
• Safflower
• Sunflower

MEDIUM ABSORPTION

• Almond
• Babassu
• Black Cumin Seed
• Chia Coconut
• Grapeseed
• Hemp Seed
• Jojoba
• Kokum
• Kukui
• Mango Butter
• Moringa
• Olive
• Pomegranate
• Pumpkin Seed
• Sea Buckthorn
• Sesame
• Shea Nut Oil
• Soybean
• Tamanu

SLOW ABSORPTION

• Avocado
• Borage
• Castor
• Cocoa Butter
• Evening Primrose
• Neem
• Shea Butter

SUBSTITUTING OILS BY SKIN TYPE

You might also want to substitute an ingredient based on your skin type. Here is what you need to know:

NON-COMEDOGENIC

• Argan
• Hemp
• Safflower
• Castor
• Camellia
• Hazelnut
• Pomegranate
• Rosehip
• Grapeseed
• Apricot Kernel
• Black Cumin Seed
• Borage
• Jojoba
• Pumpkin
• Tamanu
• Olive

FOR SENSITIVE OR MATURE SKIN

• Argan
• Camellia
• Sesame
• Sunflower
• Safflower
• Jojoba
• Sea buckthorn

FOR DRY SKIN

• Argan
• Jojoba
• Hemp
• Almond
• Avocado
• Cranberry
• Macadamia
• Marula
• Neem
• Shea Oil

FOR OILY SKIN

• Castor
• Argan
• Rosehip
• Jojoba
• Evening Primrose
• Borage

We hope you found this helpful. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions! :)