Here I am presenting you with a very nourishing mask with a delicious smell of sweet spices for dry to very dry skin. This formulation has been prepared for my Formula Botanica assignment for a certificate in Facial Masque Therapy.
INCI: Mangifera Indica Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Persea gratissima Oil, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Prunus persica Kernel Oil, Passiflora edulis Oil, Rubus idaeus seed Oil, Vaccinium macrocarpon Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Trigonella foenum-graecum seed powder, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Euterpe oleracea Oil, Oleum Babassu, DL-alpha-Tocopherol, Rosa Canina Seed Extract and Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Parfum
| Stage | Ingredient | % | Amount in batch (g) |
| A | Avocado oil | 5.00% | 2.50 |
| A | Grape seed oil | 4.00% | 2.00 |
| A | Peach kernel oil | 5.00% | 2.50 |
| A | Passion fruit oil | 5.00% | 2.50 |
| A | Red raspberry seed oil | 5.00% | 2.50 |
| A | Cranberry seed oil | 5.00% | 2.50 |
| A | Rosehip seed oil | 2.00% | 1.00 |
| A | Sea buckthorn oil | 2.00% | 1.00 |
| A | Açaí palm fruit oil | 1.00% | 0.50 |
| A | Babassu oil | 1.00% | 0.50 |
| A | Tocopherol | 1.00% | 0.50 |
| B | Cocoa butter | 6.00% | 3.00 |
| B | Mango butter | 26.00% | 13.00 |
| B | Shea butter | 26.00% | 13.00 |
| C | Passion fruit extract | 1.00% | 0.50 |
| D | Fenugreek seed powder | 4.00% | 2,00 |
| E | Rosehip seed CO2-extrakt | 1.00% | 0.50 |
| TOTAL | 100.00% | 50.00 |
Formulation procedure:
Heat the cocoa butter in a bain marie. Once the butter starts to cool slightly, add all ingredients of Stages A, B and C and blend together.
Disperse the powder through the blend.
Add the CO2 extract and blend thoroughly.
Properties of the mask:
Very nourishing but could also feel quite greasy for many types of skin. However, the mask works well on my neck skin and on the dry skin of my hands.
Can be removed after 20-30 min. with a warm cleansing wipe.
I love its delicious smell of sweet spices!
Other benefits:
As this is an anhydrous product, the mask is preservative free and its shelf-life depends on the expiry date of its components. However, it should be preserved if you intend to take it with your fingers directly from the container and not with a disinfected spatula.