Preservatives

Q&A: What’s up with this preservative, AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract)?

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In the monthly Q&A, Chyrsslyn asked, Susan! I was just browsing MakingCosmetics’ preserivatives section and found this. I’m dying to know what you think/can find out about its efficacy. It claims to be broad spectrum. Product: AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract) CAS: 7732-18-5, 89957-82-4 Description: 100% plant derived preservative made of parts of...

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Preservatives: A few terms to know like -static vs. -cidal, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and minimum lethal concentration (MLC)

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Before we take a look at a new preservative, AntiMicro Banana (INCI: Musa Sapientum (Banana) Leaf/Trunk Extract), I thought we’d take a moment to look at a few terms we might want to know about these types of ingredients… Before we start You might want to take a look at this post – What are...

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Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair (part three): Product protecting ingredients! 

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Six plastic bottles containing preservatives sit atop a metal plate on a digital scale

Welcome back to this four part series in which we’re making a shampoo filled with a veritable botanical bounty of fantastic ingredients for normal to oily hair! In part one, Creating a blueberry, carob, yucca & cornsilk conditioning shampoo for oily hair (part one): Overview and choosing surfactants!, we looked at what it meant to...

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Let’s talk about making substitutions for preservatives in my formulas! (Very long post!)

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This is a long post that didn’t have a logical place to make cuts, so rather than spend time re-writing it, here’s a few days of posts in one!  For a while now, I’ve shared charts with you so you can make substitutions for the preservatives that you have in your workshop if you can’t...

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Let’s talk about potential restrictions on preservatives!

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There may be restrictions on certain preservatives in your part of the world, something to keep in mind when you’re following formulas or creating new ones. I do my best to keep up to date on these things, but I can’t possibly know every single restriction outside of Canada or the USA because I only...

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