Vitamin E is not a preservative – and other cosmetic preservation misconceptions
Somehow there developed this idea on the Internet that Vitamin E is a cosmetic preservative. It’s not. Vitamin E is not a preservative! If you…
Proper Preservation for your Cosmetic Formulation
There have been a few stories in the news recently about product recalls due to bacterial or microbial contamination of cosmetic products. This one about…
Discontinuing a Preservative
Guest author: Deepa Sinha Methylisothiazolinone (MIT) is a commonly used cosmetic preservative in cosmetics and personal care products has been recommended by Cosmetic Europe to…
Badger Sunscreen recall demonstrates risk of small brands
This was bound to happen. A mid-sized but growing brand who positions themselves as “natural” and “safer” than conventional products doesn’t put a proper preservative…
Cosmetic preservative choice tool
Suppliers for most cosmetic chemicals have websites and some are certainly better than others. Overall, the quality of the websites that are available is not…