Susan Barclay-Nichols

Much maligned ingredients: Mineral oil (part 2)

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A lot of the concerns about mineral oil relate to occlusion. (One quote is that it “coats the skin like plastic, clogging the pores”.) If you’ve read any tiny bit of this blog, you know that occlusion is a good thing that helps reduce transepidermal water loss, and that mineral oil isn’t the only thing that causes occlusion. Great...

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Preservatives: Mikrokill COS

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madpiano asks in this post: I do have a question though, as we are in Europe, we have slightly different preservatives available. I mainly use one called Microkill, it’s INCI is: Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Chlorphenesin. Is there anything I need to watch out for? I know there is a similar US one, but that contians...

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Much maligned ingredients: Mineral oil (part 1)

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Mineral oil. This is probably one of the most maligned ingredients out there. If you read just a sampling of what shows up in a google search, you’ll start to think it’s a greasy demon just waiting to damage your skin, give you cancer, cover your skin like plastic wrap, and generally kill you well...

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National Gaming Day at your local library!

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Although we’ve participated every year without knowing about it, this Saturday, November 13th, is National Gaming Day at your local library! From the ilovelibraries.org website: “On November 13, 2010, libraries across the country will participate in the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held! Kids will be able to compete against players at other...

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Humectants: Dipropylene glycol & butylene glycol

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Dipropylene glycol shares many of the characteristics of propylene glycol, but it has a higher boiling point (232.2˚C vs. 188˚C for propylene glycol) and a higher molecular weight. It’s used more as a fragrance fixative than a humectant, although it can behave as a hygroscopic ingredient. It will reduce the freezing point of your products...

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