Description

When it comes to cosmetics, lecithins from a soy lecithin basis are used primarily as emulsifiers but also have moisturizing properties. They also stabilize the barrier layer of the skin and restructure the skin’s natural properties. Soy lecithins are ideally suited for non-greasy, mattifying emulsions with a high protective nature and water repellency, for example,  hand creams. They are also often used as a skin softener in foot creams to make rough skin luxuriously soft.

A very light cream with lecithin cannot be made unless you use other emulsifiers. You can also combine beeswax or vegetable butter with lecithin. This naturally gives you more product stability without using any potentially toxic chemicals.

• Lecithin emulsion cream is a good night cream because it protects and moisturizes the skin very effectively.
• Lecithin can be used in hair products to treat dry and damaged hair.
• Lecithin products have been used to treat skin problems such as acne and eczema
• Lecithin creams are very suitable for baby care as they are natural and well-tolerated.
• Lecithin may be added to skin serums. Lecithin helps to deliver active ingredients deeper into the skin

You can add small amounts of lecithin to the facial lotions. It helps the facial lotions to soften the skin and create a matte, non-shiny finish on the skin. Please bear in mind that lecithin colours the facial water grey.

Homemade Face Moisturizer

Ingredients
4 tsp orange blossom hydrosol
8 tsp organic jojoba oil
1/2 tsp Liquid soy Lecithin
5 drops lavender essential oil
5 drops Rose Geranium Essential Oil
5 drops Frankincense essential oil

Instructions
Mix the jojoba oil, and lecithin in a steralised glass dish until they are well combined. Add the orange blossom hydrosol. Use a hand immersion blender to mix the ingredients for 2-3 minutes until it turns white like a lotion. Add the essential oils and mix well. Decant into a steralised glass bottle.
Use this DIY face moisturizer within 1 month.