Argan & Blackcurrant Anti-aging Cream
Formula: 5161 Difficulty level: medium Shelf life: min 3 months pH optimal: 5.5-6.0

Phase Ingredients Dosage % Total 50 gr
A Argan oil 8 4 gr
A Blackcurrant seed oil 7 3,5 gr
A Acmella In-Tense extract 2 1 gr
A Emulsifier Olliva 6 3 gr
B Rose water 73,2 36,6 gr
C Niacinamide 2 1 gr
C Hyaluronic acid HMW 0,4 0,2 gr
C Vitamin E 0,4 0,2 gr (5 drop)
C Carrot seed essential oil 0,2 0,1 gr (3 drop)
C Cistus essential oil 0,2 0,1 gr (3 drop)
C Cosgard 0,6 0,3 gr

1. Heat the ingredients of phases A and B separately to 70°C in a heat-resistant beaker on a water bath. When both phases have reached the right temperature, remove from heat.

2. Add the contents of phase A to phase B with mixing, continue mixing until smooth.

3. Place the beaker in a bowl of cold water and blend until a smooth, glossy, homogeneous emulsion forms.

4. When the mixture has cooled to below 40°C, add the Phase C ingredients and mix thoroughly until smooth.

5. Transfer the mixture to the dedicated container. The consistency will be final the next day.

A day cream formulated with moisturising, anti-ageing and emollient ingredients that promote skin firmness and elasticity and promote a more even appearance. Suitable for mature, slightly dry skin.

Reviews

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Ellemental
09 Aug 2024
Hello Gabriella, Your formula, with one modification, seems to be fine. Natural Chelator we recommend you add to the aqueous phase instead of phase C. We recommend vefication, i.e. pH adjustment at the end if needed.
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Gabriella B.
08 Aug 2024
Hello! Can Softdermo eco preservative be used in this formula instead of Cosgard? I thought of this formula: A Organic Argan Oil 9.00% A Blackcurrant Oil 4.00% A Carrot Oil 2.00% A Acmella In-Tense Extract 2.00% A Olliva Emulsifier 6.00% B Damask Rose Water 30.00% B Distilled Water 40.40% B Glyceryl caprylate 0.30% B. Softdermo 3% C Niacinamide 2.00% C Hyaluronic Acid HMW 0.40% C Vitamin E 0.40% C C Cistus Essential Oil 0.40% C Natural Chelator 0.10% Please let me know if the recipe is ok, if it requires other. modifications or if this preservative cannot be integrated at all in this formula. Thank you very much!
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bianca b.
19 Jun 2024
Hello, I made this cream and it worked, I think so. I added a few drops of lavender essential oil for scent. I used a blender with a blending cup, probably a small blender should be pointed there under utensils (and kitchen thermometer) Also you need a ffooartely fine digital weighing scale, mine is from lidl and I can't say I got the ingredients right, but I did. But mi se parece ca ha o textura fina, care nu incarca pielea, foarte usorara. I'm waiting to try it. I understand that you can keep it at room temperature even if it's hot and 35 degrees outside if I put the preservative? Thanks!
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Ellemental
12 Apr 2024
Hi Bianca, Cosgard, the only preservative in this recipe, is a key ingredient and cannot be removed, just replaced with another preservative such as Fragard preservative. Cosgard provides broad spectrum protection in a variety of cosmetics, without it or another preservative, the shelf life of the cream is drastically reduced to just a few days, even if it will be refrigerated.
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bianca b.
11 Apr 2024
Hello. Can the Cosgard preservative ingredient be removed without changing the texture of the cream? Thank you!
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Gabriella B.
26 Mar 2024
Shouldn't Niacinamide be added in the B-phase - the aqueous one, as written in the product's recommendations for use?
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Ellemental
22 Mar 2024
Hello Gabriella, Carrot seed essential oil you can replace with u.e blue tansy in the same proportion.
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Gabriella B.
20 Mar 2024
Hello! With what oil can I replace Carrot Seed essential oil?
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Ellemental
19 Apr 2021
Hello, Geta! The proposed changes are fine, no incompatibilities or risk of destabilization. Good luck!
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Geta
17 Apr 2021
Hello, In order to make a night cream for dry, sensitive and mature skin, are the following modifications possible: replacing acmella extract with vitamin C ascorbyl palmitate, replacing 3% of rose water with urea and replacing the oils in the C-phase with vitamin A, dermo-filler and city-guard? Thanks in advance!
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Ellemental
11 Dec 2019
Hello! Yes, the proposed modification can be done and the cream can be used in pregnancy.
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A.M.
10 Dec 2019
Hello. If I remove the essential oils from the formula and replace them with peptides, can it be used in pregnancy? Thanks!
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Ellemental
28 Oct 2019
Hello! The answer is yes to both questions.
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Sgindar D.
27 Oct 2019
I also have 2 questions: 1. Can I replace hyaluronic acid hmw with lmw? 2. Is it ok to remove the black currant oil and add peptide coll and city guard? Thank you. All the best,
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Ellemental
20 May 2019
Hello! In this recipe we cannot recommend another emulsifier instead of Olliva. You can rethink using Bella plus Stabila, but it would require testing to confirm that it results in a stable emulsion. Using Bella as the base emulsifier, the pH of the aqueous phase should be higher than 6.5 and so the rose water should be removed or replaced.
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Sorina
20 May 2019
Hello, Please help me with the following I ran out of the olive emulsifier and would like to know if I can replace it with another emulsifier until I order this one.
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Ellemental
07 Mar 2019
We are delighted, Elvira! May you continue to benefit from our products and recipes. Have a lovely day!
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elvira
06 Mar 2019
Good evening I made this cream, it is superb, I adapted it for oily skin, replacing the argan oil with jojoba.thank you.Slowly and surely give up cosmetics in the trade since I discovered you.
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Ellemental
28 Feb 2019
Dear Timea, if the cream is dilute and not homogeneous, it means that the emulsification has failed. This may be due to incorrect dosing of ingredients, the temperature of the phases not being correct or incorrect mixing.
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Timea G.
27 Feb 2019
Dear Elemental team, I made the cream according to the recipe, but I don't think the end result is good, it's watery and the hardened olives emulsifier is floating on top, what did I do wrong?I've been waiting for this for a long time to make it...