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Best source of Caffeine for eye creams
Hi all,
I am doing some formulation on an eye cream and I am having trouble with the Caffeine source, I don’t know what is the best or cleanest source, coffee, tea, synthetic, etc. I can’t find much data and most ingredients just list “caffeine”.
Also not sure on a proper dosage. I don’t want to over or under dose it.
I have tried some of the coffee extract from one of the online ingredient sources but it is pretty brown and tinted the cream a little too much.
Thanks for any advice.
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Curious to know this as well. Can someone help?
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You can source pure caffeine. Myskinrecipes have some encapsulated. I source it here in NZ in normal form.
I use it at 2% around the eyes. But if I remember correctly TheOrdinary have 5% serum?
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Loads of sites in Europe carry it, such as Skinchakra.
Caffeine is known for being an antioxidant, but I don’t know what evidence there is in published literature re: cosmetic effects around the eye area.
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There is very little, if any, peer reviewed evidence for the cosmetic effects of caffeine around the eye area.
However, having said that, I have formulated some Private Label products for the eye using caffeine. It’s a sexy product, and sold very well.
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ok, but what about the circulation- anti dark circles and puffiness?
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What do you think is caffeine’s impact on those conditions?
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This? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300604/
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Thanks. Pretty casual “science” published in a second rate journal. I’d not put too much significance to normal product use/benefit. They tested a product with 30% EMU oil, not the ingredients or vitamins; control/placebo was not defined; 11 subjects split between test and placebo in unidentified numbers; product application via pad was uncontrolled; technical benefits reported vs visual expression,; questionable interpretation (Fig 3 - claimed benefit when errors bars clearly overlapped).
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Sorry - 10% Emu oil.
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