Suggested Ready-to-Use Formulation for Sensitive, Combination, Acne-Prone Skin

Hello! I understand your skin concerns, including combination, sensitive, unbalanced skin with early wrinkles, acne scars, redness, dark spots, and recent breakouts from a reaction to face wash. Your proposed Ready-to-Use formula is interesting, and the staff's advice is very helpful.

Here is a suggested adjustment to your formula based on your skin issues and the recommendations:

Base:

• Pure Aloe Vera Gel (Heavy): This is a good base for sensitive skin. This base already contains suitable amounts of Vitamin B5 and Allantoin.

Recommended Active Ingredients:

• Ectoin 2%: Helps strengthen the skin barrier, reduces irritation, suitable for sensitive and unbalanced skin.
• Green tea EGCG 2%: Helps control oiliness, reduces inflammation, suitable for acne-prone and oily areas.
• Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide) 5%: Helps reduce acne redness/dark spots, reduces inflammation, strengthens the skin barrier, and can help with wrinkles.
• Natural Moisturizing Amino acids 3-5%: As recommended by the staff, this significantly helps increase moisture and reduce skin flaking.

Ingredients Adjusted or Considered for Omission:

• Vitamin B5 5%: The Pure Aloe Vera Gel (Heavy) base already contains 3% Vitamin B5. Adding another 5% might make the product feel sticky. The amount in the base should be sufficient.
• Sea Kelp Bioferment 10%: As advised by the staff, it should be omitted if used during the day under makeup as it might interfere. Given your sensitive skin and recent reaction, omitting it might be best for now to simplify the formula and reduce potential irritation.
• Resveratrol 5%: Trans-Resveratrol powder at 5% is higher than the generally recommended rate (0.5-3%) and is not water-soluble, requiring a special solvent for proper incorporation into a gel base. It would be difficult to mix effectively and might not be stable. It's recommended to omit this for now or consider alternative ingredients for anti-aging that are easier to use in a gel base.
• Allantoin 0.2-0.5%: The Pure Aloe Vera Gel (Heavy) base already contains 0.4% Allantoin. Adding more might exceed its solubility limit in water at room temperature, potentially resulting in undissolved powder.

Summary of Suggested Formula:

• Pure Aloe Vera Gel (Heavy) as base
• Ectoin 2%
• Green tea EGCG 2%
• Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide) 5%
• Natural Moisturizing Amino acids 3-5%

This formula focuses on soothing irritated skin, strengthening the skin barrier, reducing inflammation and acne marks, controlling oiliness, and providing essential moisture for dry/flaky skin. It addresses the key concerns you mentioned while simplifying the formulation based on ingredient properties and compatibility with the gel base.

Always patch test on a small area before applying to the entire face.