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  What natural preservatives ?

  Posted by Anonymous on June 14, 2017 at 4:59 pm

  What natural preservatives can you suggest to be used in cosmetics?

  johnb replied 7 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

  • natural
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  belassi

  Member

  June 14, 2017 at 7:47 pm

  Parabens. Found in fruit… such as blueberries.

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  MarkBroussard

  Member

  June 14, 2017 at 8:00 pm

  The type of preservative will depend on the final pH of your formulation.  Some will only be effective up to pH 6.0, others up to pH 8.0 or so.  But, they may be ineffective if you do not use hurdle technology and preservative boosters.

  I am personally always skeptical of “natural” preservatives in the vein of Lucidal Liquid, Grapefruit Seed Extract and such things … they’re generally junk.

  Go with a proven preservative from a reputable preservative manufacturer such as Linatural Ultra-1 or Ultra-2 for Lincoln Fine Ingredients.

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  johnb

  Member

  June 15, 2017 at 7:58 am

  How are you defining “natural” here? Is it a material(s) derived from a natural source or one that occurs in nature but which is a synthetic version? It could make a difference of many 10’s of currency units ($, £, €, whatever) whether you choose natural or nature identical.

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