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What are your favorite actives that are oil-soluble?
Looking for ideas for actives to try in oil.
Some ideas I have are vitamin E, retinyl palmitate, oil soluble vitamin C, and maybe squalene (squalane?).
Any recommendation or idea on further candidates would be appreciated, especially one you’ve used and liked.
Also, does zinc oxide dissolve in oil, or merely dispersible? Or you have to buy a particular form of zn oxide to make it solvable?
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Hey,
A few more - Coenzyme Q10, Ceramides, oil soluble Hyaluronic acid. 🙂
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Salicylic acid, of course. Many people think it’s water soluble but no, it’s only soluble in oil/ethanol/some glycols. I kind of like bisabolol, too.
Squalane and Squalene are different, the latter being cheaper and oxidized easily. Squalane is the superior one. It’s weird to say it’s oil soluble because it’s the oil itself, it’s a liquid.
Zinc oxide isn’t dissolved in oil, it’s dispersed only.
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