Preserving Homemade Skincare Products (Part 2)

Emulsions it is very possible to use it in emotions

Emulsions it is very possible to use it in emotions but don't be surprised if it breaks the emulsion other than that it's a pretty easy preservative to work with i can't personally use it in products that i put on my face though for some reason it burns my face but i can use it in body care products like body washes shampoos body lotions stuff like that I’ve actually talked to a lot of other people who've had this same issue but I’ve also talked with a lot of people who don't have this issue so i definitely wouldn't count it out until you give it a try and definitely let me know down in the comments if it burns your skin or if it doesn't burn your skin opt fine opt fine is parable free and formaldehyde-free and is globally approved its inky is phoenix ethanol and carpel glycol it claims to be water-soluble and oil soluble but in my experience it doesn't solve lies and products that don't contain a solubility or emulsifier so i don't recommend.

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It to be used in products like serums and toners that don't involve an emulsifier or saw blazer it's most effective in oh levels between four to eight and is recommended to be used at point five percent to one point five percent i personally only use this preservative and anhydrous body scrubs and unlike optimum plus this preservative actually doesn't burn my skin when i use it in facial products Eco cert preservatives safeguard ultra also goes by the name defended and micro guard it has a wide range of global regulatory acceptance it's also cozier and cosmos accepted and here's its inky i'm not going to try to pronounce that first word it's soluble up to four percent in ambient water it can be easily dispersed in glycol and alkyd sulfates it's recommended to be used at 0.75 to 2 it is most effective in a oh between 5.4 to 5.5 to maximize the oh stability of the final formulation it may be necessary to employ use of a sodium nitrate buffer and oh adjustment as described in the formulating guidelines please click the link in my description box of this preservative to learn more about stabilizing it because i highly recommend doing so because this preservative is pretty tricky to work with in my experience this preservative is really hard to work with a while back i actually did do a video over on patron reviewing.                                                                  

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This preservative and i actually had really good luck with it but ever since then i just i don't know it hasn't really worked out for me but then again i didn't really try that hard those other times because i have so many other preservatives to use that are way easier to use that i just prefer over this one overall i really do not recommend this preservative for beginners rearguard act rearguard eat also goes by preservative Eco it's approved for use in the us Europe and Japan it meets the cosmos and concert standards its inky is dental alcohol cyclical acid glycerin and sorbet acid it's not completely water soluble especially in toner formulations and it's recommended to be used at point six to one percent and a oh between three to eight so i actually don't have any personal opinions on this preservative since I’ve never used it myself suicidal so completes its rosin and cosmos approved its inky is Lactobacillus ferment lactose bacillus and coco's nuclear fruit extract it's basically coconut fruit extract it's water-soluble recommended to be used at two to four percent and is active in ph levels between three to eight it claims to combine multiple anti-microbial to create broad spectrum protection from bacteria yeast and mold so here are my personal thoughts if you're not new here you may remember. 

That so complete used to be my go-to preservative for mainly everything but i have definitely changed my mind on this i don't like to use it as my main broad spectrum preservative because i really don't feel like there's been enough testing done on natural antimicrobial for me to feel completely comfortable using it as my main broad spectrum preservative in my skin care products although i do like to pair it with my broad spectrum preservatives for the antimicrobial benefits and also for the wonderful skin moisturizing benefits that suicidal so complete offers and i also don't recommend using it in products like toners things that are very thin and liquid because it does cause the product to look cloudy which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it could become an aesthetic issue for you and also I’ve noticed sometimes it causes clumps and toners i actually have a whole video about this I’ll link that video down below if you want to learn more about it i can't say that I’m 100 comfortable using any of these Eco strip preservatives.    

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That i mentioned as my sole preservative and the products that i sell now i do feel comfortable using them in products that i just use on myself the reason I’m not fully comfortable using them in products that i sell is because they're there's not enough research done on them they can be a bit finicky they can destabilize pretty easily and overall just aren't as effective as the other preservatives I’ve mentioned yes they are more favored by consumers nowadays but as someone whose main priority is safety for their customers i can't comfortably use them now you may be wondering why larger companies are able to get away with this it's because that larger companies have a bigger budget so they can afford doing proper testing to make sure their products are stable and properly preserved and have accurately determined shelf life’s with these Eco cert preservatives and they are also making their products in actual labs so their products are made in cleaner environments as opposed to us who make our products from our home even though we do practice very good sanitation there's no way that our environment is cleaner than in actual labs but of course you do what you want to do this is just my own personal opinion there are tons of other preservatives out there these are just a few that I’ve had experience with and a few that I’m familiar with if you have preservatives that you recommend link them down below I’ll also be linking to all the preservatives i mentioned in this video down in the description box so if you want to learn more about these preservatives click those links because the links will take you to their listings.

Where you can purchase them where there is also a lot of information about how to formulate with them and everything you really need to know about them and now with all that said let's move on to the q a portion of this video because i actually posted a story letting you guys know i was working on this video and i just asked if any of you guys had any questions over preservatives and a lot of those questions you asked I’ve actually already addressed in these videos so i won't be answering all of them just the ones that maybe need a little bit more explanation or things i didn't touch on so somebody asked please about ph of each preservative and also the shelf life of products with each preservative so i already answered the thing about ph each preservative is active and only specific ph levels but in regards to the shelf life of products with each preservative just because you're using liquid journal plus and like a toner and a face wash that doesn't mean both of those products will have the same shelf life the shelf life isn't determined from.            

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The preservative it's determined from the overall formulation of the product you can't really get a definite shelf life just from yourself at home you actually have to have it sent out to a lab and have them lab test it to get an accurate shelf life but i do have a method of determining an estimated shelf life I’ll link that video down below i talk all about it in that video why are people against preservatives is there harm in preservatives i slightly talked about this in the video but overall people have issues with preservatives because of a lot of false information out there it isn't the ingredient that is technically the poison or the toxin it's the concentration of the ingredient that makes it the toxin too much of anything can be harmful and that that's the same thing.