I just ordered some 55h+ cristalline glycerin and some hot movate gel and neoprposone gel. i plan to mix all the ingredients together and use on my body 2x daily. on my face, i will use clearqucik gel mixed with the exclusive fair and white whitenizer gel creme and the serum and some black soap on my face and kojic acid soap on my body. i will keep u guys updated on my results. i am currently a shade lighter than kelly rowland i think... i lightened alot with the hot movate gel and neoprosone gel o my body but stopped so i am back to my original skin color.

Boricua1

LOL... aww thanks...well I fell off a bit... I have been using as always the DS papya soaps and the black licorice arbutin soaps but the black soaps are too harsh for the face... only the body. I use the papaya soap on my face.. and I just started again making my own arbutin cream... I had been using a 7% cream.. I made but it didn't really lighten too much... just brightened me and kept me with a glow... I guess.. now I upped the percentage to about 10 maybe 12% but i can't use that on my face cause it breaks me out like mad... but it's ok for the body... only been a couple of weeks... maybe a month of using it, and call me crazy but I feel like it fluctuates where on certain days I am lighter maybe even a little pale and I think... hey it's working.. but then other days I feel like I'm even darker than before... or maybe just dull..... I don't know... I exfoliate alot ... and I know my arbutin source is legit... maybe I need something stronger to boost it... but I can' t figure out what... I'm trying to figure out a good percentage kojic lotion to make myself that will not irritate but be effective..

I'm dedeucing that if arbutin is supposed to be anything like Hydroquinone it needs a bit of a helping agent like retin a... but I think retin A actually makes arbutin ineffective not sure... so since I know kojic acid works with arbutin I'm trying to figure out how to make a good strong kojic lotion to use with the arbutin... . most on the market are between 2-5% but it seems things on the market are not effective really for my skin tone which is about Gabrielle Union's (which although I guess isn't dark.. it seems to be a super stable and even resistant tone... cause I don't ever really change too much... just brightening a bit... or I get a glow... but I'm trying for Beyonce... (Beyonce.. now... not when she was a bit browner..) ....

So anyways if it works well I'm gonna definitely keep you all up to date..... but I ordered the 55H+ cristaline and lotion too ... so maybe I'm messing with my experiment results.. lol.. either way.... I'll keep you all up to date..

Golden_Girl

Yeah I remember last yeah seeing maharani, and nikkicute, and you up here and I was like cool, lightening celebs...lol. where do you get your arbutin from? and did you use the DS black soap? if so, most likely best to get the natual black soap made in west africa that looks like this...should be much more gentle without added ingredients.



but if it's this then it has black dye in it, can be harsh on some skin

sagluva

oh i ordre from there too. still waiting for my orser to come. i made a mistake and order 0.1% of retin a. scared it will be too strong and peel my face off.

Golden_Girl

well, let me know how t works out and if it feels too strong within a week or 2. I thought of trying the 0.025%, but perfer trying the 0.05% instead since I have used milder exfoliators like the papaya kojic soap and 10% glycolic

Golden_Girl

*cough*...no thank you, I'll pass

jojo9090

Golden girl, where did you get your 55H+ from? Hows it goin so far?

Golden_Girl

I got mine from bhb trading. So far ok, I'm just applying it to my neck right now and the hq to my face so that I can equally judge both.