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  Body lotion

  Posted by regipa on June 2, 2017 at 7:00 am

  Hi, I am planning to make a body lotion with coconut, rice bran and palm oil,KOH, 3% glycerin,2 % NaCl 0.5% citric acid, herbal extracts and essential oils. Do I need to  additional preservatives?

  belassi replied 7 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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  johnb

  Member

  June 2, 2017 at 8:45 am

  Yes

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  DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

  Member

  June 2, 2017 at 1:36 pm

  you bet-what is your Ph?

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  regipa

  Member

  June 2, 2017 at 2:04 pm

  ph is around 7. can you please suggest some preservative if necessary

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  Doreen

  Member

  June 2, 2017 at 3:13 pm

  http://www.makingskincare.com/preservatives/

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  DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

  Member

  June 2, 2017 at 4:37 pm

  You can use either 1% phenoxyethanol or % Germaben 11 which I recommend as we have samples of cream that are still good after four year shelf life.

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  regipa

  Member

  June 3, 2017 at 4:47 am

  phenoxyethanol is very expensive. can you suggest anything from the list below with percentage
  

  Propyl parabbin,Methyl parabbin ,Sodium benzoate ,Potsssium sorbate

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  johnb

  Member

  June 3, 2017 at 7:35 am

  Phenoxyethanol is normally very cheap.

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  belassi

  Member

  June 3, 2017 at 12:37 pm

  0.2% methyl + 0.1% propyl paraben. At pH 7 the other two don’t function.

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