Preservatives

Q&A: Can or should any other preservative be used along side Jeecide CAP-7? Or is Jeecide CAP-7 strong enough on its own?

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In the monthly Q&A, Ivy asked, Can or should any other preservative (as in Leucidal Complete / SF MAX) be used along side Jeecide® CAP-7? Or is Jeecide® CAP-7 strong enough on its own? Jeecide® CAP-7 (INCI: Caprylyl Glycol (and) Glyceryl Laurate (and) Glyceryl Undecylenate) is a naturally compliant, non-ionic, natural, clear colourless liquid broad...

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Creating products: Packaging and preservation (updated 2024)

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I’ve written a lot about packaging in the past, but I’d like to share with you a great study on the impact of packaging on preservation of our products – Type of Closure Prevents Microbial Contamination of Cosmetics during Consumer Use Before we start… I’ve written two e-books on preservatives… The big book of preservatives,...

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Q&A: Do we need to add extra preservative to an exfoliating scrub to cover the extra exfoliants?

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In the monthly Q&A, JimmieTF asked, Hi Susan, I’ve made 2 sugar scrub bases, one with sodium cocoyl isethionate or SCI (it’s thick like syrup, so it does not separate) and one with SCS (sodium coco sulfate), and both of course have a preservative in them. Optiphen Plus (INCI: Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Sorbic...

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Q&A: What’s up with this preservative, AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract)?

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In the monthly Q&A, Chyrsslyn asked, Susan! I was just browsing MakingCosmetics’ preserivatives section and found this. I’m dying to know what you think/can find out about its efficacy. It claims to be broad spectrum. Product: AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract) CAS: 7732-18-5, 89957-82-4 Description: 100% plant derived preservative made of parts of...

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Preservatives: A few terms to know like -static vs. -cidal, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and minimum lethal concentration (MLC)

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Before we take a look at a new preservative, AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract), I thought we’d take a moment to look at a few terms we might want to know about these types of ingredients… Before we start You might want to take a look at this post – What are...

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