Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark areas on skin. 

I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to make a cream or lotion.





    Ms. Cleo Allen  

      





 



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Here are some that I use -



Wildberry Extract

Kojic Acid (from mushrooms)

Licorice Root Extract

Bearberry Leaf Extract

Mulberry Extract



You can also combine some of these extracts in the same formula.  Be

careful with the Kojic acid though.



--- In Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com, Mom23Girls <blackbusinessmom@...>

wrote:

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> Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark areas

on skin.  I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to make a

cream or lotion.

>

>

>     Ms. Cleo Allen  

 

Hi

Lemon I understand is good for lightening the skin.  I have made a lotion with

lemon essential oil in and been using it on my face and it has made a

difference.  My dark spots have not disappeared but faded a bit.  I think if

you add vit C, this increases the affect apparently.

Just a word of caution, lemon is photosensitive so dont apply before sunbathing,

although there is not much chance of that where I am.

 

Regards,

Gill

 

Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark areas on skin. 

I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to make a cream or lotion.



    Ms. Cleo Allen  











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lemon & mandarin are good as well as tea tree.  i would use a rose hip

base.  spots are really hard to diminsh though so you will have to be

diligent.  you can add half again as much of the eo's as it will be a

localized application.  stay out of the sun w/this blend!





--- In Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com, Mom23Girls <blackbusinessmom@...>

wrote:

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> Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark areas

on skin.  I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to make a

cream or lotion.

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>

>     Ms. Cleo Allen  

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Cleo,



I know you said you'd prefer a lotion or cream, and have you also

heard that papaya is known as a skin lightening agent? O make a

papaya soap and there are many other natural papaya soaps out there

as well. Many,. many popular papaya soaps in the phillipines toted as

skin lightening.



In adition to some of the ingredients people are suggesting, you may

also want to include a papaya base in the lotion or creme.  a few

more natural skin lighteners are:

Bearberry Extract

Kojic Acid

Licorice Extract

Mulberry Extract

Glycolic Acid

Lactic Acid (better suited for sensitive skins)

Lemon Juice Extract (very effective is skin lightening, but can also

be irritating to some)



I do believe that if you search for these ingredients, you'll find

them to include in a lotion or cream of your own. Carrot extract and

carrot EO are always good in skin complexes no matter what the

ailment.



Hope that helps,

Diane

http;//www.indulgentbodybath.com











--- In Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com, Mom23Girls

<blackbusinessmom@...> wrote:

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> Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark

areas on skin.  I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to

make a cream or lotion.

>

>

>     Ms. Cleo Allen  

>       

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You are right about papaya...I have heard of using papaya and

pineapple as a facial mask to help lighten spots on the skin.  As a

matter of fact, I've used it and I can't believe I didn't think if

saying something sooner!  It was your papaya comment that reminded

me.  I will say that the mask does smell a bit like puke...and it

does drip - but it does work, too. HTH

Blessings,

Beveg



--- In Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com, "Diane"

<indulgent_body_bath@...> wrote:

>

> Cleo,

>

> I know you said you'd prefer a lotion or cream, and have you also

> heard that papaya is known as a skin lightening agent? O make a

> papaya soap and there are many other natural papaya soaps out there

> as well. Many,. many popular papaya soaps in the phillipines toted

as

> skin lightening.

>

> In adition to some of the ingredients people are suggesting, you

may

> also want to include a papaya base in the lotion or creme.  a few

> more natural skin lighteners are:

> Bearberry Extract

> Kojic Acid

> Licorice Extract

> Mulberry Extract

> Glycolic Acid

> Lactic Acid (better suited for sensitive skins)

> Lemon Juice Extract (very effective is skin lightening, but can

also

> be irritating to some)

>

> I do believe that if you search for these ingredients, you'll find

> them to include in a lotion or cream of your own. Carrot extract

and

> carrot EO are always good in skin complexes no matter what the

> ailment.

>

> Hope that helps,

> Diane

> http;//www.indulgentbodybath.com

>

>

>

>

>

> --- In Bath_and_Body@yahoogroups.com, Mom23Girls

> <blackbusinessmom@> wrote:

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> > Can anyone recommend an ingredient that will help deminish dark

> areas on skin.  I'm looking for something natural.  I would like to

> make a cream or lotion.

> >

> >

> >     Ms. Cleo Allen  

> >       

> >

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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Cleo, my granny used to swear by lemon juice mixed witha bit of sugar

to make a scrub. As a teenager, I had a rough dark spot on my ankle

from where a wart was burned off and she had me do that every day for

couple of weeks. It never completely dissapeared, but it did fade

considerably. You'd have to be very gentle with it if it's for your

face, and you may not want to do it every day, but it's worth giving it

a try, since you probably already have lemon and some sugar in the

kitchen. Hoep that helps!



Alison Chappell

<http://www.chappellfarms.net>

<http://www.soap-lotion-recipes.com>