Preservatives

Preservatives: NataPres (Ecocert)

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NataPres is an Ecocert preservative I found at Lotioncrafter. I purchased it, but haven’t used it, and that’s primarily because of the need for a secondary preservative. Click here to see the data sheet.  NataPres INCI: Glycerin (and) Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate (and) Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract (and) Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Extract (and) Populus...

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Preservatives: Liquid Leucidal (Ecocert)

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Please read this post I wrote on this preservative as there are some concerns that it might not work well or at all. I know the appeal of natural can be very strong, but if it’s on par with using no preservatives, we are putting ourselves and our loved ones at risk for all kinds of...

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Preservatives: Leucidal Liquid Advanced Aloe (ECOCERT)

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In this post, Katie posed this question: I also read that you do not consider there to be any natural preservative. Your post was from a little while ago, so maybe you have changed your thoughts on this?  I should clarify that sentence – there are “natural”* preservatives, but I have yet to find one comparable...

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Question: Adding preservatives to anhydrous products

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In this post about making whipped avocado butter, Katie writes: I am just wondering why you did not use a preservative in this product? I just made a whipped shea butter for the first time using sweet almond butter, shea, vitamin e, and essential oils. It sounds like its consistency is similar to yours and it...

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Questions: Preserving scrubs

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Just so you know, this scrub uses melt & pour soap and is from this challenge (click for the post to find the recipes) as Petra and I tried to duplicate a Lush product. I used this mold from Voyageur – click here – one I use for a lot of things! In this post,...

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