Weekday Wonderings: How do you combine preservatives?

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Weekday Wonderings: Using potassium sorbate alone isn’t a good idea! How to add things to the cool down phase? Can you fully replace the water in a lotion with something else?

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I’ve noticed a lot of people using potassium sorbate and sorbic acid as the only preservatives in a product. Neither of these are what we call broad spectrum preservatives, ones that will take care of bacteria, fungus, yeast, and mold, so you have to pair them with another one. Neither of these are good with...

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Weekday Wonderings: How to use preservatives in our products?

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Thanks for continuing to comment on all kinds of posts on the blog! The spam is abating, but it’s still there, so I need to moderate comments for a while longer. Please keep the comments coming for your suggestions for the one ingredient, five products posts! I let Raymond choose the next next ingredient, which will...

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Weekend Wonderings: Crazy yellow lotions and digital scales!

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Thank you all so much for your lovely support of the blog through Patreon. If you’d like to learn more about how to subscribe to the blog to keep it free and get some exclusive Patreon stuff, please click here! Check out the products we made in the first ever advanced lotion making class at...

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Have an idea for a one ingredient, five products series?

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Do you have an idea for a one ingredient, five products series? It has to be something versatile and easily available at most suppliers’ stores. It has to be something I can play with in my workshop and something I can get relatively inexpensively with my new part-time wages. It could be an emulsifier, but...

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