Preservatives

What do you want to know? Is this a broad spectrum preservative?

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In this Weekend Wonderings post, Elise asks: Would a combination of Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben & Propylparaben be a ‘broad spectrum preservative’?  If you look at the preservative quick reference chart, you’ll see this is likely Phenonip or Liquipar Optima, which are both broad spectrum preservatives! What is a broad spectrum preservative? It means it it kills...

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Weekend Wonderings: Preserving difficult to preserve products. Adding beeswax to any lotion recipe.

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Is it really November 30th? It really is starting to smell and look at a lot like Christmas, eh? Michael’s smells like a Christmas cake bomb just went off in the middle of the store, and it gives me such a headache! (Which is saying a lot because I’m not scent sensitive and I love...

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This is why you want to use preservatives in your products…

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You’ll notice there are actually two areas of contamination in the product. The first is the great big green spot on the left side, but did you notice the brown-y orange streak to the right hand side of that on the side of the jug? Yep, there’s a little more contamination for you! I made...

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Weekend Wonderings: Do we need preservatives in anhydrous products? How do we use glycerin as a silicone substitute? And how to do I add water soluble things to anti-frizz sprays?

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DO WE NEED PRESERVATIVES IN ANHYDROUS PRODUCTS?In this Newbie Tuesday post on lotion bars, AZ asks: Do we need to add any preservative to them? Or all oil only creations do not need preservatives? No, we don’t need to add preservatives to oil only products. We add preservatives to water containing products because the beasties...

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Weekend Wonderings: When should you use a preservative? How to avoid dirty heels with lotion bars? How to tell if something’s gone rancid?

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I love Saturday mornings. I see comments come in all week, but this is the morning I get to write about what I was thinking. It’s great fun, and I love to see how you respond. I’m sick. I have the September back-to-school cold and I’m grumpy and annoyed about it. I spent yesterday in...

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