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In this post and this post, sfs asks: Could Optiphen be used in an anhydrous product? Both Lotioncrafter and the Herbarie list it as a preservative for all types of products. In this post, Sciarretta Farms said: Are you sure that all the preservatives in the Optiphen family are only for water soluble products? A lot of people...
In this post, Always Looking 4 1 More writes:In regards to your comment, “If you see something like aloe vera, odds are really good that it’s aloe vera liquid or extract, not the gel, because the gel doesn’t get used all that often.” I’ve come to the conclusion that not much of what we find in...
From the whipped butter post I wrote about yesterday, Roxine asked in August 2011: If I wanted to add preservatives to this, do I add the recommended usage amount based on the total product weight. So say, .05% of the butter made with the oils and FO? Or is the percentage of preservative I use...
I love reading your comments and e-mails, but there have been times when I’ve missed some really interesting stuff because I’ve had too much going on in my life. (To give you an idea of what life is like right now – I have 171 unread e-mails, and 88 flagged so I can remember to...
I thought I’d spend a couple of days answering this awesome question. We’ll return to the experiments later in two days! Always Looking 4 1 More commented in this post: Your recipes are interesting, for sure. I bet you’ve already answered this question, and I probably didn’t do a good enough search for it, but...