How to make Niacinamide serum at home?

How to Make Niacinamide Serum?

It’s time to reveal the magic and here I am going to describe three methods by which you can make your own niacinamide serum at home very easily and very effectively. For that you guys have to search out some websites which are providing these ingredients. According to your country you can search and get the website very easily.

After finding it you guys have to take some basic ingredients which are very important in every type of serum, moisturizer or sunblock. We can say it is a basic requirement of our skin care products. 

Required Ingredients:

So these are distilled water, we can’t use tap water or other water because they are filled with impurities or ions. So, it is crucial to use distilled water in every product because it is free of any impurities, microbes or ions.

Germs, ions and minerals in the water can unstable our product and their result will be different so we will make serum at home with a professional method. I am providing you with a list with basic ingredients then in every method I will add some more ingredients which will increase the ability of serum but if you want to make a basic serum then you can also choose that side. It’s all up to you.

It’s your choice and is also budget friendly. You can easily choose these methods or you can add other things of your own choice also. On these things I will also make some other articles so that you can get more knowledge about it. So let’s start the game. 

Method#1

This method is very simple and you don’t need many ingredients to make a serum. With simple and basic ingredients I will make a serum which will change your skin but remember you have to apply moisturizer, sunblock and a good cleanser. 

Because if you compromise on these things then the serum will not work well. The simple method is  free of any humactants or moisturizing ingredients. So for that take distilled water, preservative, PH adjusters, pH metre and clean equipment and a clean glass bottle in which we will fill the serum.

Ingredients

Procedure

Making serum is fun and for me it is very satisfying to make our own skin care things at home. To start making serum we will place all the ingredients equipment on the table and wear gloves because some ingredients are harmful to our skin when directly contacted.  so first of all take a beaker and water in it. After water add 5% or 10% powder according to your choice with which concentration you are going to make this serum.

I am going to make a 10% serum so for that I will take 10% niacinamide powder and mix it in the water well. After that add one percent of preservatives.  It will help to increase the shelf life of serum. After all the mixing we have to check the pH. If the pH is below 6 and above 4.5 then it’s great. The pH is above then 6 and low then 4.5 then we have to adjust it.

So there are basically two ingredients which are used to higher the pH and lower the pH and universally they are used mostly. These are solutions of sodium hydroxide. It is very very alkaline in nature, on the other side we use citric acid which is very acidic. If the pH is low then we use some drops of sodium hydroxide it will increase the pH to our requirement and if the serum is alkaline then we will use citric acid to lower it till our required PH. For pH measuring we will prefer pH meter but you can also use pH strips. 

Method#2

Method two is not so advanced but we will add some humectants like glycerine, propylene glycol, butylene glycol or  some other. I will prefer to use glycerine because it suits everybody. It is very cheap but very very hydrating as you can say it is the alternative of hyaluronic acid. I have give below list, check it out at make your serum by taking a glimpse on procedure 

Ingredients

Procedure:

It is the same as the method one but in addition we will add glycerin after water. Means, first of all make water in a beaker, add glycerin. 5% is enough near me. After that add 10% of powder. mixed well, check the pH and then adjust it.

keeping in mind to never skip up preservatives if you wanted to use it above then weeks. I mean if you are only making for one week then you can skip preservative. But if you wanted to preserve it for 1 to 6 month then always use a preservative. Because the point is that if you will not use the preservative then germs will increase.

Water is a place in which bacteria will grow very fast. When you apply this contaminated serum or your skin then it will create a lot of mess on your skin. As you will get breakouts, pimples and other problems. 

Method#3

Method 3 is somehow advanced but not very wow you can easily add more ingredients if you like. I will list out these ingredients too. So the new ingredients are panthenol and xanthan gum. The first one is hydrating, plumping the skin and protecting the skin barrier. The other one will thicken the serum. It will increase the shelf life of serum.

But you can also add some more ingredients like vitamin E, sodium PCA, witch hazel extract. You can search out some more ingredients and can add. I am telling you my experience and these things did wonders to my skin.

So,  I am just advising you these ingredients. But you can also make the serum according to your choices. So for method 3 I will tell you the ingredients and procedures.

Ingredients

Procedure

This procedure is a little different because we will take glycerin in the beaker first and take 0.5% of xanthan gum and will mix them together till there are no clumps. After that we will add water. I know your mind is now confused that why we mix this glycerin and xanthan gum first and water after them,  so the reason is that xanthan gum takes a lot of time to dissolve in water but if we mix it with glycerin first then it can easily absorbed in water and make a thick solution .

I mean we can directly add in water but it will take a lot of time so for our ease first incorporate glycerin and xanthan gum with each other. Now we will add water and other ingredients and Mix them well.  Here I am going to tell you a thing that we never incorporate all the things in water collectively.

We have to add one ingredient, mix well then add other ingredients and mix well. So now the next procedure is the same as above, using a preservative to adjust the pH. After the serum has been made we will transfer it into a glass bottle. 

Conclusion

Everybody wanted to know how to make my niacinamide serum at home and here this article makes it easy to understand the method and ways to make it at home with some tips. For its preparation we should have some ingredients which I have listed above like distilled water glycerin, sodium PCA, xanthan gum, niacinamide powder, preservatives, panthenol, pH adjusters.

After their Mixing procedure we have to add preservative and adjective PH above then 4.5 and lower them then 6. This 10% serum will make our skin very soft, plumpy, smooth, radiant, shiny and texture free. All the methods are good but I will suggest method 3 as you guys will get more results of incredible ingredients and the output will be that you can enjoy your juicy skin. I am here and thanks me later for these informative methods and tips.

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