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Natural antioxidants
Thought I’d share this - several very good points here: -
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“…just adding a drop or two of Vitamin E (natural) or Rosemary doesn’t cut
it in a high risk formula, especially these days when everyone wants
formulations containing a thousand different herbs, speciality vegetable
and essential oils and also because many brand owners frown on BHA/
BHT antioxidants (not natural). Chelating agents do help but again many
brands want to avoid EDTA – the cheapest and most effective of this
class – which means we have to push more natural options to their limits.”This is also exactly why I don’t mess around with extracts very often and go straight for the active ingredient(s) whenever possible. If I want my product to have allantoin, for example, a go for the ingredient itself, and not comfrey root. Way too many potential impurities and skin sensitizers to deal with. I’d prefer to not mess around with vegetable or fruit butters either, but right now I can’t get my hands on specific crosspolymers when I’m just starting out.
Excellent article nonetheless. More people should bookmark it or better yet, link it on their desktops for reference.
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I use a lot of extracts and oils/butters and have never really had any problems. Generally I use 0.5% vitamin E.
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@Belassi I prefer to have standardized products, and some of the butters and blends I’ve used had inconsistent emolliency. Could’ve been the suppliers or their storage issues.
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True. Organic shea for instance can vary a lot.
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