DIY Hyaluronic Acid

 Hyaluronic acid serums have become so popular thanks to its hydrating nature and hydration equals dewy, plump skin. What I dislike about HA serums is often the cost for such a low cost ingredient. What's more is just.

                 how.

                       easy.

                                 it. is.

                                          to. make.


So here I am today to show you how to do it. Of course you can tweak it how you want and add ingredients such as glycerine for more slip, but I just wanted the simplest formula which consists of hyaluronic acid and water. Yep, that is it.

Ingredients

1/8 tsp hyaluronic acid

2 TB filtered water

Method

Mix ingredients together and mix mix mix. 

The ha takes a long time to dissolve, it took around an hour and I just intermittently gave the mixture a stir with a skewer from time to time until the ha had disappeared into the mixture.

Being my first time I went ham and mixed up double the ingredients than what I really needed, so instead of 1/8 tsp HA and 2 TB water, I went with 1/4 tsp HA and 4 TB water. I don't need that much at once, so will stick with the recipe next time.

I would like to credit 2 ladies I follow on Youtube for this recipe 

Jessica 10 and Aging Disgracefully

Too easy to not do yourself, right?





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