Cold Cream- Brands and advice!

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Can any one suggest a good organic cold cream? I'd love to try adding cold cream to my daily routine, but I've sworn off any skin care products with petroleum by-products in them, and I can't seem to find cold cream that doesn't have mineral oil in it. Thanks!

ETA: would love to try making my own, but my time is extremely limited! Maybe this summer, but in the mean time, suggestions are welcome!

Not sure about it being organic but have lots of good stuff about cataphracts on etsy http://www.etsy.com/listing/56772488/naturally-unscented-cold-cream-4-ounces

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

I'll be happy to translate them.

I found rose water without alkohol in a store for oriental food.

Thanks for suggestion will try that next.

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

@ Land-O-LakesGal : Thank you, I am going to make this!
@ Isis: can't wait for your recipes!

Oh just thought I would mention the batch I made had some issues with separation but I was told that if I had used a stick blender I wouldn't have had a problem with it but I have not tried a second batch yet. but thought I would let you know.

 

[Isis]

The recipes are now translated, but it got a bit lengthy so perhaps I could trouble you to hop over to my blog to read it? The first one is very similar to the one Land-O-LakesGal posted, but hopefully the othe rones are new to you. I also added an oil against wrinkles.

http://fortieswardrobe.blogspot.com/2011/03/five-cold-cream-recipes.html

 

[Stray Cat]

My mom always uses Nivea cream. Standard one. "Water in oil emulsion".

But, I prefer Nivea Sotf. It has more water in it's structure, and it's good to remove makeup from oily skin.

 

[Romy Overdorp]

Oh just thought I would mention the batch I made had some issues with separation but I was told that if I had used a stick blender I wouldn't have had a problem with it but I have not tried a second batch yet. but thought I would let you know.

Thank you, I will keep it in mind

 

[Miss 1929]

Hello ladies - sharing a discovery here!
we all hate how hard it is to get cold cream and makeup out of our washcloths...try this: http://www.wondercloth.com/content/default.asp
It's amazing! Everything rinses right out of it! And it exfoliates very gently, I can use it on my eyelids with no trouble (and they generally do give me trouble). My skin is VASTLY smoother since I started using it. It's a wonder, indeed!

 

[dmoran227]

This is a recipe from one of my Nana's "Ladies Household books". It was printed in the late 19th century and has a lot of useful information(cosmetics, medicines, cleansers, cloth dye). I actually use quite a bit of it.

Melt 3 ounces spermaceti(jojoba), 2 ounces white wax, and 12 ounces fresh oil of almonds, in a water-bath(double boiler); pour it into a marble mortar, and stir briskly to prevent granulation; when of the consistence of butter, triturate(mix) until the mixture has a white, creamy appearance; then, during continued trituration, add by degrees a mixture of 1 ounce double water of roses and 1 ounce odorless glycerine; incorporate for 20 minutes, and add 10 drops essence of roses; beat for about half an hour, put into pots or jars, and close air tight.

Like Rosebud salve? Make your own! Rosebud Lip Salve

No. 1. Oil of almonds, three ounces; alkanet, half an ounce. Let them stand together in a warm place until the oil is coloured, then strain. Melt one ounce and a half of white-wax(I use beeswax), and half an ounce of spermaceti(jojoba) with the oil, stir till it begins to thicken, and add twelve drops of otto of roses. No. 2. White wax, one ounce; almond oil, two ounces; alkanet, one drachm. Digest in a warm place till sufficiently coloured, strain, and stir in six drops of otto of roses

The most lovely perfume: (I love the cost estimate)

Handkerchief Perfume. Grate to fine powder half a nutmeg; crush one quarter of an ounce of cloves; put these together into half a pint of the best pale rum, brandy, or spirits of wine. After three or four days' maceration, add two drachms of oil of lavender, two drachms of essential oil of bergamot, one drachm of essential oil of lemons, half a drachm of otto of roses ; then strain through a small piece of wadding placed in a funnel, or through blotting-paper folded to fit the funnel, and the mixture is ready for use. This "bouquet" will cost about four shillings, but is equal to any purchased from the perfumers at three times the price

 

[dmoran227]

Miss 1929 I use something like that( I think). It's called a Japanese nylon polishing cloth. It's about 2 feet long 6 in high so it makes solo back washing a breeze. Exfoliation is FABULOUS. I use it only on my body about once a week with a foaming pumice scrub.It really helps with the turkish style scrub I prefer. In fact some of you ladies may find this gross but I only wash my body once a week. I do shower and scrub with soap the important areas and bits including my face every day.One day a week is a bath epsom salts( I think everyone should enjoy a soak at least once a week) The other days I simply scrub (the areas not washed with soap)and rinse with a wet washcloth.I don't need a body lotion or oil beyond scrub day except hands and feet which get washed a lot. When I was a teenager I read this was best for skin.I did the same for all of my children and it's always worked fine for us. No eczema, psorias, breakouts, or dry flaky tight skin. I also believe in less frequent shampooing. I just don't think the human body is designed to be stripped and scrubbed then coated with various chemical waxy, fatty alcohol emulsions daily.

My husband who insists on a daily or even twice daily lather and scrub, is the only one in our family with skin problems.

 

[LittleMissToniJo]

I have just started trying Pond's cold cream the past two days... once at night before bed, removed with a warm damp facecloth. So far I am pretty shocked at how different my skin looks and feels. It is much less irritated and dry/red. I still have many acne scars healing up at the moment from the last breakout that I had so I will reserve complete judgement, but I have to say this is pretty incredible.

I wear a lot of sunscreen during the day (have a bit of sun phobia, I am a pale redhead covered in freckles as it is) and this does a great job of clearing out my pores.

 

[Clabbergirl]

So do the majority of those hear use cold cream to remove make up only? I guess I'm not that clear on what its true use is. Makeup removal and/or moisturizing? Does a cold cream have benefits over, say, pure coconut or jojoba oil in the oil-cleansing method?

 

[zombi]

^ My face reacts better to being cleaned with cold cream than it did to OCM. YMMV, but that's the difference for me -- my face just tolerates cold cream better. I use it to wash my face before I go to bed at night, and to remove makeup if I am wearing any.

 

[Antje]

I only use it as a face cleanser, not as a moisturizer

 

[Clabbergirl]

I bought some of the Boots Rose water cold cream yesterday and used it last night for the first time. It does a great job of removing makeup, but I can't tell how it will benefit my skin yet, of course. My first impression is that it left a residue. I use Retin-A gel at night before bed and I wondered if the cold cream would act like a barrier to the gel doing its job. Anyone had experience with cold creams, night creams, and using Retin-A?

 

[MirandaFern]

My 96 year old grandmother swore by Ponds. She also religiously wore her sun hat when she worked in the yard or garden. Her skin looked better than the other younger ladies in the family.

 

[Tuesday_Next]

I love the Boot Original Rose Cold Cream (moldy rose smell and all). I am going to have to go on a mad dash to find every jar left so that I don't have to switch brands!

 

[Odalisque]

After years of using Ponds almost exclusively for cleansing, I decided I wanted to try using a cold cream without mineral oil. I found an esty seller, Cataphract that used sweet almond oil in her creams and I really like the product. It's much thicker then Ponds so I find I use less. A definite recommendation for anyone looking for a mineral oil free cold cream.

 

[LittleMissToniJo]

After years of using Ponds almost exclusively for cleansing, I decided I wanted to try using a cold cream without mineral oil. I found an esty seller, Cataphract that used sweet almond oil in her creams and I really like the product. It's much thicker then Ponds so I find I use less. A definite recommendation for anyone looking for a mineral oil free cold cream.

I am going to try this!!! I bought Ponds in the plastic-type jar and I don't think my skin really loves it... I have been doing my best to get most of it off afterwards, and I'm finding my pores are getting clogged :-\ Though my skin is much softer!!

 

[Odalisque]

I am going to try this!!! I bought Ponds in the plastic-type jar and I don't think my skin really loves it... I have been doing my best to get most of it off afterwards, and I'm finding my pores are getting clogged :-\ Though my skin is much softer!!

I've had issues with residue left over, too. I used to just use a tissue to wipe it off but my skin always felt a little filmy. Ladies over in the OCM thread recommended using a washcloth and very warm to hot water. Soak the cloth, wipe off the cold cream, rinse the cloth and wipe again. It works for me to get rid of any filmy feeling.

 

[lillesel]

Has anyone tried Vaseline's Day Cream? It seems to be the only cold cream available in Norway, that or Lush's Ultrabland (which I've never used either.) Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a witch hazel substitute? I remember seeing it all over the place in the US but no stores carry it here. I might try the Vaseline cream and Lush's tea tree water toner together but I'd like some input first.