Justice S.
WISRD Member
Journal 2024-2025
Introduction
This is my first year participating in WISRD. I hope to be able to create a product that will be useful and effective for people who have struggled with their skin. I would love to get support and more insight on something I would like to focus on in the future. I first started by focusing on researching about my product, and then once I had a plan laid out, I began to create the product. In WISRD, I would like to first create a makeup foundation that will improve face acne. I would like to research and find ways to create a makeup product like foundation that can also be an acne treatment. Then, once my product is created, if given the chance, I would like to take WIE in my senior year to learn how to start and run my own business for my upcoming company. My future goal is to start my own brand of makeup products that benefit the skin.
This is a part of my research to get a basic understanding of facial skin
Research
This is my research on acne, finding what exactly it is and the cause, and how I can treat this problem
This is my research to find foundation ingredients that will be able to treat acne in the process of being a beauty product
(Face Swabbing)
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Iron Oxide to add pigment to foundation
Ingredients
Xanthan Gum to thicken the foundation
Glycerin to help moisturize deeper layers in the skin
Phytic Acid reduces the appearance of pores
Adapalene helps treat acne
Benzoyl Peroxide unclogs pores
Panthenol helps moisturize the skin and soothe irritations and acne
Hyaluronic Acid hydrates the face without clogging pores and duce inflammation and associated with acne
Salicylic Acid prevents and clears acne by reducing redness and unclogging pores
Argan Oil can help treat acne by regulating the oil on your skin
Arrowroot powder replaces talc provides relief to skin irritations and helps acne
Emollient cream for dry skin smooths the foundation, which hydrates and softens the skin and helps the application process
Aloe vera helps hydrate the foundation and skin in order for a smooth base
Liquid Hyaluronic Acid hydrates foundations and thickens foundations
The Process of mixing and breaking down the Iron Oxides to get a pigment color to my liking
Production
The process of heating water and adding the iron oxide pigment into the heated water
The next step I took was adding glycerin, arrowroot powder, and xanthan gum into the heated water with pigments
After adding the rest of the ingredients, I split half of my product into a testing tube, placing one test tube in the fridge, and the other half stayed in a test tube that would be placed out in the classroom to be room tempter to see how the different tempters affect how the product settles.
These are different trails in making my product, none being my ideal liking, so I have recently requested extra ingredients to fix the texture to my perfect texture for my foundation
An image of me adding iron oxide to the hot water
I have recently tried to create a product with a better texture. In doing that I changed up some measurements and ingredients. I first added less water making a smaller amount then adding a lesser amount of the main ingredients I normally would add into the water. Those ingredients (in order) are Liquid Hyaluronic Acid, Glycerin, Arrowroot Powder, Benzoyl Peroxide, Panthenol, Iron Oxide, Argan Oil and Emollient Cream.
This is the current tester I am working with, it is not super thick like the other ones but it is too watery now. I need to figure out how to make the product into a more creamy texture and have coverage on the skin to cover any blemishes on the face.
Yesterday February 5, I added more iron oxide to have more pigment in the product for coverage. I also added more Glycerin in the hope of a more thicker texture. The product’s texture result by the end of class had double the amount of pigment than before and was a little less watery. My ideal texture for this product is to have a cream texture type, so with hopes of that today I will be adding in more arrowroot powder and maybe Xanthan gum to thicken out the product’s texture.
Image of the product after adding two more spoon fulls of Iron Oxide (pigment)
Image of the product after adding Arrowroot Powder, Glycerin, and Hyaluronic Acid
The product that only Glycerin was added to
The Product Glycerin, Iron Oxide, and Arrowroot Powder was added to.
Yesterday February 10, I decided to separate the product into only adding glycerin in one half of the product and the other product adding not only glycerin but also more iron oxide for more coverage and arrowroot powder to thicken it. The finishing product had a way better texture, similar to the foundations I use from current makeup brands. The foundation needs to have more coverage and a good texture once it has dried while sitting on the skin. Today, I will add more iron oxide, some emollient cream, and argan oil for a creamy finish to the product.