A few months ago I stumbled onto HA serum. Yeah, I know I'm late to the party and it's been discussed before and is used by lots of other forum members. But it's fairly new to me. Anyway I got really quick and obvious results with it and as I was passing the halfway point of my 2oz bottle I was about to order a second bottle. And decided to try a little experiment after lots of Google searches and reading as much as I could understand about the stuff.
So there are lots of products that have Sodium Hyaluronate in it and in varying amounts. The labels are often misleading/deceiving/confusing about what you are actually getting. The "serum" I bought said "100% pure" - misleading - it's actually about 1-2% hyaluronic acid and the rest is distilled water and a little benzayalcohol-DHA (whatever that is - preservative I think). And 2oz bottle was about $13
So instead of buying the serum again, this time I bought 100 grams of pure Sodium Hyaluronate powder (I got the small and medium size molecule that is supposed to be best for absorbing into skin tissue). This stuff absorbs 1000 times its weight in water so just a tiny bit of the powder (like 1/8 teaspoon) will make a lot of serum. I didn't bother with the "benzayalchohol-DHA" and simply mixed distilled water and a small amount of the powder. The 100 grams of powder cost about $25 so it's a lot cheaper than buying the serum.
It's amazing and a bit scary -- a tiny bit of powder can turn a whole lot of water into jelly. It doesn't mix easily but I found that you don't really have to worry about trying to mix it up - just be patient and it'll absorb all the water if you wait an hour or two. I found the easiest way to deal with it was to use an empty vitamin bottle with a good sealing cap. Then I can just shake it up every once in a while. I make up a very small amount at a time since I'm not adding anything to preserve it. I've had absolutely no trouble with it going bad.
It is so inexpensive to make it this way that I can just rub it into my skin whenever I think about it and I keep a little spray bottle of Aloe Vera juice so as the HA serum is soaking into the skin I can spray on a little Aloe Vera every now and then to keep it hydrated. My face has never felt better and my shaves are so much more comfortable too.
So there are lots of products that have Sodium Hyaluronate in it and in varying amounts. The labels are often misleading/deceiving/confusing about what you are actually getting. The "serum" I bought said "100% pure" - misleading - it's actually about 1-2% hyaluronic acid and the rest is distilled water and a little benzayalcohol-DHA (whatever that is - preservative I think). And 2oz bottle was about $13
So instead of buying the serum again, this time I bought 100 grams of pure Sodium Hyaluronate powder (I got the small and medium size molecule that is supposed to be best for absorbing into skin tissue). This stuff absorbs 1000 times its weight in water so just a tiny bit of the powder (like 1/8 teaspoon) will make a lot of serum. I didn't bother with the "benzayalchohol-DHA" and simply mixed distilled water and a small amount of the powder. The 100 grams of powder cost about $25 so it's a lot cheaper than buying the serum.
It's amazing and a bit scary -- a tiny bit of powder can turn a whole lot of water into jelly. It doesn't mix easily but I found that you don't really have to worry about trying to mix it up - just be patient and it'll absorb all the water if you wait an hour or two. I found the easiest way to deal with it was to use an empty vitamin bottle with a good sealing cap. Then I can just shake it up every once in a while. I make up a very small amount at a time since I'm not adding anything to preserve it. I've had absolutely no trouble with it going bad.
It is so inexpensive to make it this way that I can just rub it into my skin whenever I think about it and I keep a little spray bottle of Aloe Vera juice so as the HA serum is soaking into the skin I can spray on a little Aloe Vera every now and then to keep it hydrated. My face has never felt better and my shaves are so much more comfortable too.
