Recommended Ingredients for Sensitive Skin

Based on your experience and the previous discussion, it seems shifting from a gel base to a cream base is a good step to address the dryness and roughness on your cheeks, while still being mindful of the oily T-zone. A cream base, particularly one using a Light Cream Maker with a suitable oil like Shea Butter, can provide the necessary moisture and barrier support for sensitive and dry areas.

Here are the ingredients recommended for your sensitive skin formula, focusing on strengthening the skin barrier, hydration, and soothing, excluding the two ingredients you mentioned:

• Ceramide: A key component of the skin barrier, it helps repair dry and damaged skin, strengthens the skin, reduces water loss, and makes the skin more resistant to external irritants.
• Beta Glucan: Known for its soothing properties, it reduces irritation and helps strengthen the skin's immune system, making the skin more resilient and less prone to allergies. It also helps improve skin elasticity.
• Allantoin: Helps reduce irritation, itching, and promotes the formation of new tissue, aiding in wound healing and skin recovery.
• Vitamin B12: Possesses anti-inflammatory and soothing properties, moisturizes the skin, and stimulates skin cell regeneration. It is suitable for sensitive and itchy skin.
• MOIST72: A moisturizer with a structure similar to the skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), providing high, long-lasting hydration. It helps reduce dryness, peeling, and irritation.
• Vitamin B5 (Panthenol): Helps increase moisture, reduces inflammation, and strengthens the skin barrier, resulting in stronger and smoother skin.
• Calendula Extract: An extract from marigold flowers, known for its anti-inflammatory properties, reducing redness from acne, aiding in wound healing, increasing moisture, reducing irritation, and strengthening the skin. It is suitable for delicate, sensitive skin.

Ingredients not recommended in this case:

• Rice Vitamin
• Green Tea EGCG
• Amino silk
• Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate (Pitera)
• Repair Activator

Additional Suggestions:

• Using a Light Cream Maker as the cream base will help create a light, smooth texture that absorbs easily and is not overly sticky, even with the inclusion of a moisturizing oil like Shea Butter.
• Start by incorporating the main recommended ingredients first and gradually adjust by adding other ingredients or modifying concentrations based on your skin's response and the desired texture. This helps avoid issues like an overly heavy product or allergic reactions to multiple ingredients at once.
• The perception of stickiness is subjective. Testing a small batch first is the best way to evaluate.

Hope this information is helpful in refining your formula!