Preservatives

In this post, Preservatives: Liquid Germall Plus, zignorp asks: I went to Lotioncrafter to order more liquid germall plus, and I notice that in the EU it’s restricted from being used in body lotion or body cream. Do you have any idea why that is?  I contacted Jen at Lotioncrafter, and she sent me so...

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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...

I can no longer in good conscience recommend Leucidal liquid as a preservative. It is failing challenge testing all over the place, and it appears from this study that the only preserving power it has is thanks to the preservatives put into it. (Please read this study to see more about this…) I am sure...

“It’s only for me, so I didn’t use preservatives.” I see this all the time, and I wonder why you wouldn’t want to create the best product possible for yourself? Aren’t you worth it? The best way to keep your products safe and healthy is to use a good broad spectrum preservative at the correct...