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- Annie B. Bond
- March 31, 1999
- 6:51 am
- 10 comments
It is important to preserve homemade beauty products, such as creams for your face and hands, so that the products last more than a couple of weeks, and bacteria doesn’t grow.
I think that the easiest way to preserve kitchen cosmetics is to use grapefruit seed extract, found in health food stores, and used by some personal care product manufacturers such as Aubrey Organics. This choice would be expensive for producing gallons of creams and lotions, but for small batches it is by far the most convenient. Use 6 drops per ounce of cream of oil, or 1/3 teaspoon per cup. You can also use antiseptic essential oils such as rose, clove, rosemary or lavender. Only use small amounts. Per ounce of cream or oil, use 3 drops or less (eye area), 5 drops or less (face), or 25 drops or less (body).
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Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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Actually I've heard some pretty scary things about grapefruit seed extract! It is extracted and processed using petrochemicals and in the process becomes a quaternary ammonium compound, not such a nice ingredient! A few other natural preservatives are Tea Tree Essential Oil, Thyme Essential Oil, Bitter Orange Extract, Honeysuckle Flower Extract, Rosemary essential oil and vitamin E. And a cool new blend called Suprapein contains Extracts of Oregano leaf extract, Thyme extract, Cinnamon bark extract, rosemary leaf extract, Lavender Flower extract, Lemon peel extract, peppermint leaf extract, Golden Seal Root extract and Olive leaf extract. For anyone truely interested in natural preservatives, I suggest some quick googling or even browsing though natural soapmakers forums!
MAY I PLEASE ADD ALSO BENZOIN IS A VERY GOOD PRESERVATIVE AND SMELLS GOOD TOO, LIKE VANILLA.
A FEW DROPS PER JAR OR BOTTLE OF LOTION, WORKS WONDERS. CHEROKEE NOVAK CNHP
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