Hi everyone, I have a container of pure hydroquinone powder and wanted to know if anyone knows how to dissolve this substance? Can i simply add it to a cream of my choice, or does it have to be dissolved in pure alcohol? Thanks in advance
To dissolve the powder, but it in the cream or lotion that you want to mix it with, if the cream/lotion isn't already in a plastic or glass container/jar, put it in one, then boil some water and hold the container/jar in the boiling water. the hydroquinone will dissolve in minutes.
So, how do I kno this? I also have the powder and thats how I always dissolve it. My mother, who's a pharmacist, told me this method.
this makes sense! How do you like your HQ creams? are you lightening significantly? are you still using it? Thanks
Hey! i was wondering where did u get the hydroquinone powder? i want to get it but i'm afraid to but it online from random websites. Please let me know.
I got the powder from my mother who is a pharmacist. But I also found that you can buy it online from photography stores. Hydroquinone is also used in developing photos. Its is exactly the same as the skin hydroquinone. You can even buy it on ebay.
I just started using the cream yesterday, but I'll let you kno how it goes. I mixed moisturizing cream (eucerin about 7oz), about 20g of hydroquinone powder, 5g alpha arbutin powder and 4oz of crusader cream (a bleaching cream that my mother used and contains 2% hydroquinone). I mixed them all together then held the cream in boiling water for 8-10 mins until I could no longer feel the hydroquinone in it. It became watery like lotion, but hardened back to a cream in several hours. Hydroquinone is light and air sensitive so to stop it from turning brown you have to make sure the powder is fully dissolved, kept in an air tight container and kept in a container that is not clear. The container that I have is clear so i keep it in a brown paper bag.
My mother has used hydroquinone for years (about 15 yrs) and has never had any medical problems, not even thining skin, so I'm not sure what all the fuss about it is. She used her cream everyday. She lightened like 6 shade or even more. She went from like Naomi Cambell's color to like Beyonce's color. From brown to very yellow. I will make a post about this later.
I got the powder from my mother who is a pharmacist. But I also found that you can buy it online from photography stores. Hydroquinone is also used in developing photos. Its is exactly the same as the skin hydroquinone. You can even buy it on ebay.
I just started using the cream yesterday, but I'll let you kno how it goes. I mixed moisturizing cream (eucerin about 7oz), about 20g of hydroquinone powder, 5g alpha arbutin powder and 4oz of crusader cream (a bleaching cream that my mother used and contains 2% hydroquinone). I mixed them all together then held the cream in boiling water for 8-10 mins until I could no longer feel the hydroquinone in it. It became watery like lotion, but hardened back to a cream in several hours. Hydroquinone is light and air sensitive so to stop it from turning brown you have to make sure the powder is fully dissolved, kept in an air tight container and kept in a container that is not clear. The container that I have is clear so i keep it in a brown paper bag.
My mother has used hydroquinone for years (about 15 yrs) and has never had any medical problems, not even thining skin, so I'm not sure what all the fuss about it is. She used her cream everyday. She lightened like 6 shade or even more. She went from like Naomi Cambell's color to like Beyonce's color. From brown to very yellow. I will make a post about this later.
Thank you for the info, MissC88! I purchased mine from a photography company online as well! The bottle was very big and its still untouched, but now that i know what to do, i will do it! please keep us informed
Ok, so i finally got my HQ powder, mixed it w/ lotion, added some Retinol cream, put it in the plastic jar in the boiling water, mixed it up very well. A day later my HQ started crystallizing. anyone knows why? does that reduce effectiveness of the cream?
Yea, it was completely dissolved. I was reading in the other post that a few people ordered mono cream and it also had crystals in it...
Btw, my hydroquinone powder doesn't look like powder. It’s more like little crystals. I got it from some photo site, it's pure photo grade hydroquinone.
the same thing happened for me, i did the whole thing just the way its listed and a day later it was crystalized again. I still ended up applying it to my face, and my whole face was red, and felt super hot... i hope i get this right, cuz i really wanna lighten up!
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