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Cream Turning Pink with Aspen bark and honeysuckle extract
Hi everyone,
I have been using natapres in a facial cream but I can no longer find it anywhere.
I’ve been experimenting with different variations of the ingredients in natapres: Glycerin, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment
Filtrate, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract, Gluconolactone
but both the aspen bark and the honeysuckle extract react with citral and turn it pink (it was scented with different eo’s one of them being litsea cubeba oil). The color change is definitely more pronounced with lower ph versions, but it is apparent regardless of the ph of the sample formulas. Some turn pink immediately (really pink) and others mellow into a peachy color after a couple of days.I was wondering if adding a chelating agent might decrease the color change. I can’t figure out why I never had this issue with the natapres. In my searching, I found that earlier literature on Natapres mentioned the possibility of a color change, while later they state that it will not change colors.
Any insights are appreciated.
Thanks!
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