DIY Skincare Ingredients Serum Starter Pack

DIY Skincare Ingredients Serum Starter Pack

• Brand: ShaRique Skin

• Product Type: All-in-One Professional Formulation Starter Bundle

• Purpose: Comprehensive foundation for DIY water-based active serum creation

• Components Included: Distilled Water, pH Lowerer (Citric Acid), pH Increaser (Sodium Hydroxide), Liquid Germall Plus, Vegetable Glycerin, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, 70% Alcohol

• Target Audience: Indie beauty creators and professional skincare hobbyists

• Expert Resource: Includes the Professional DIY Serums for Pigmentation & Brightening guide

• Safety Profile: Professional-grade essentials; pre-diluted pH adjusters ensure safe, controlled formulation

What Can You Actually Make with DIY Skincare Ingredients?

Don’t let the small sizes fool you, cosmetic formulation relies on precision and small usage percentages. Because ingredients like Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, and Liquid Germall Plus are used at low concentrations (typically 0.5% to 2% per batch), a little goes a very long way.

By simply adding your chosen water-soluble active ingredients, our Complete Lab Starter Pack provides enough foundational material to formulate:

• Up to 6 separate 30ml high-performance active serums OR

• Up to 4 professional 50ml treatment batches

Instead of paying hundreds of Rands for a single retail product, you can formulate an entire collection of high-performance serums for the price of one.

Benefits of Our DIY Skincare Ingredients

By choosing our curated, small-batch quantities, you eliminate the expense and waste of buying bulk wholesale drums. We provide 100% distilled water, ensuring a sterile liquid phase for your serums, whereas standard retail deionised or spring water often contains contaminants that compromise shelf-life.

We also prioritize your safety by offering pre-mixed 10% pH adjusters; this removes the hazards of handling raw lye flakes at home and allows for precise, drop-by-drop formula balancing. Because essential cosmetic thickeners, stabilizers, and preservatives are required at tiny percentages (0.5% to 2%), these small packs provide maximum value and go incredibly far.

Technical Specifications & Available Variants of DIY Skincare Ingredients

Use the dropdown menus above to select your required DIY skincare ingredients and preferred small-batch quantities:

1. Distilled Water (Aqua)

• Function: Ultra-pure, steam-distilled, mineral-free solvent. It forms the pristine liquid phase for all water-based DIY skincare ingredients.

• Available Sizes: 100ml- R50 | 200ml- R75

2. pH Lowerer (10% Citric Acid Solution)

• Function: Pre-diluted, safe liquid solution for precise downward pH adjustments. Critical for maintaining your skin’s natural acid mantle and locking in preservative stability.

• Available Sizes: 30ml- R40

3. pH Increaser (10% Sodium Hydroxide Solution)

• Function: Pre-mixed solution for safe, reliable upward pH adjustments. Eliminates the hazard of handling raw lye flakes, allowing safe, drop-by-drop batch corrections.

• Available Sizes: 30ml- R40

4. Liquid Germall Plus

• Function: Highly reliable, broad-spectrum liquid preservative system. An absolute necessity when working with water-soluble DIY skincare ingredients to completely inhibit bacteria, yeast, and mold. Water-containing cosmetic formulations require effective preservation systems to maintain product safety and stability, as discussed in this peer-reviewed study on cosmetic preservation: Optimization of Cosmetic Preservation (PubMed)

• Available Sizes:  10ml – R50 | 50ml- R110

5. Vegetable Glycerin (USP Grade)

• Function: Deeply hydrating, plant-derived humectant used to trap moisture, add professional formula slip, and ease the smooth dispersion of powder thickeners.

• Available Sizes: 50g- R50

6. Disodium EDTA (Chelating Agent)

• Function: Essential lab stabilizer that binds trace metal ions. Prevents product discoloration, rancidity, and scent breakdown while actively boosting your preservative efficacy.

• Available Sizes: 10g- R30

7. Xanthan Gum (Clear Grade)

• Function: Premium, cosmetic-grade polymer used to seamlessly thicken water-based systems. Delivers a crystal-clear gel structure and professional skin feel without stringiness.

• Available Sizes: 10g -R30 | 20g- R40 | 50 g- R50

8. 70% Alcohol (Isopropyl Alcohol)

Function: A professional-grade sanitizing essential for disinfecting your workspace, tools, and packaging to ensure a sterile environment for your DIY skincare formulations.
Available Sizes: 100ml – R75 | 200ml – R99

9. Complete DIY Skincare Ingredients Lab Starter Pack (All-in-One Essentials Bundle)

• Function: The ultimate convenience bundle for creators starting their lab journey; includes the smallest sample size of all core DIY skincare ingredients and the Professional DIY Serums for Pigmentation & Brightening guide (R99) to help you craft your first few 30ml or 50ml batches perfectly.

• Includes: 100ml Distilled Water, 130ml pH Lowerer, 30ml pH Increaser, 10ml Liquid Germall Plus, 50g Vegetable Glycerin, 10g Disodium EDTA, 10g Xanthan Gum and Professional DIY Serums for Pigmentation & Brightening guide R99.

• Starter Bundle- R339

If you want to read about the best DIY brightening serums for pigmentation before you begin, you can explore our full analysis here: Best DIY Brightening Ingredients for pigmentation.