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@Pharma so looking for a good Antioxidant to use with my cream to powder blush. Which one do you recommend?

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Okay. Thank you so much @Pharma. I will give that a try!!! 

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Thank u. So I should be okay to use? @Perry

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@EVchem it can be but I never even used it and it’s been in a tight place. So I was wondering what they were. Is that a bacteria? Can I still use the blush?

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@Belassi @Chemistrygirl @Bill_Toge @EVchem thank you all for ur honest opinions and ur advice! 

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@Timothy no it is mica with shimmer. Looks like a strawberry color 

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Oo yes I have seen all that. Okay I’ll look into that thank you so much! @ChemicalPyros

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That’s what I was thinking. What type of wax would u recommend so I don’t use water and a perservative?

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But if I was using emulsifier Which is a good one to use to mix everything together and make it creamy like powder form blush @Gunther

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No emulsifier @Gunther 

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@arachne013 yeah I was also reading that but it’s so mixed opinions on line on that ethyl alcohol but if it’s safe to use then I can’t fight it. I don’t want to confused myself anymore because I need to start selling my product. I don’t want to use Phenoxyethanol anymore because it’s a slippery slope with that ingredient and I want all natural ingredients but then I want something in the formula to be a preservative to have a long shelf life 

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@Gunther I want more of a cream like powder as the finish of the blush so that’s y I wanted to use jojoba oil and coconut oil. 

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@Gunther you mean regular rubbinh alcohol? Is that safe for the face . WontWothat eventually dry the skin out even though it evaporates ?  And what do u mean body splash? What if I mix the oils and ethyl alcohol together first before I mix in the dry ingredients? Would that make it a lil more soluble?

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And I can use ethyl alcohol and still sell the product. They are blushes so I want to make sure I can use on skin. 

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@arachne013 thank you so much for your suggestion. I’m going to try that because it keeps doing it again. When this has never happened and I actually stopped using glycerin because I was making colors for myself and I started to notice rust so changed it to jojoba oil and fractionated coconut oil. Which has been good. But I’ll try that. Thanks again! 

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@Dirtnap1 from what I know I mixed everything but I’ll try to figure it out. Thank u so much for ur time 

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@Sibech@Microformulation so how would I know and prevent the iron in the ingredients? I purchased in bulk so what do I have to do if there is iron in the ingredients? Does that mean I have to get rid of all ingredients?

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Ooo okay then I have to think about what I want to do then. But thank u so much for explaining that to me. @Sibech

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@Sibech I just researched that EDTA. I just want to use very natural products I know thattPhenoxyethanol isn’t natural but I want to use and keep the ingredients at a minimum and keep the ingredient list simple. 

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@Sibech oh got it. So could I use that Ethylenediaminetetraacetic instead of Phenoxyethanol or use both so it can cancel out the iron in the micas? This hasn’t happened to me before so I’m just trying to figure out why now and how I can prevent it in the future. 

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@Dirtnap1its okay your definitely helping. The top layer of the blush looks great once I press it but once it starts to dry it starts to change . See even on the batch its turning. When this has never happened to me before. I’m doing everything the same. I’m just wondering if it changed do to the heat. My house isn’t has hot but maybe the heat of the home these last come of weeks it was to warm so I feel that that could be it. But see look at the batch. 
 
You can see on top of the batch that it’s red but the middle isn’t. So I got a bit of where it wasn’t red and I pressed it and the blush Turned slightly red so that was good but still did it. I’m cracking my head to figure this out. 

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@mikethair as far as a QC system and the manufacturers they have not changed anything from buying somewhere else. They r all FDA approved ingredients but I don’t know y this happened when everything was coming out great. I even did a mold test and came out fine. 

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Sorry @drcatherinepratt what does EDTA mean? 

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@Dirtnap1i use water, jojoba oil, and coconut oil and phenoxethanol. And how would I know that this won’t happen in each batch. I haven’t changed suppliers because all the other batches are good. 

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Okay so how can I get rid of that in the batch? Do I have to start over or is there something that I can put in it to even it out? Like more water? I don’t want to throw the batch away but if I have to I will.