Preserving a Cucumber Toner - How?

[Guest guest]

Apologizing now for this being cross posted. I personally use a toner

that uses cucumber juice and I absolutely love it. After talking

about it with a customer, she wants to buy some. I make it in small

doses for myself because of the fresh juice. It's basically a

combination of cucumber juice, witch hazel, distilled water, and

alcohol (vodka - which is actually optional). Is there anything I can

add to be able to sell this?

Also, stuff with honey, or oatmeal that's been moistened in

something, are there preservatives that can be added to these as

well?

[Guest guest]

Hi Lindsey:

Cucumber is very perishable! You need to preserve the juice before you add

it to your products. Puree the fruit and then strain the juice off. Bring

the juice to a boil in a covered sauce pan, cool and measure the juice. Add

grain alcohol: 1 part alcohol to 2 parts juice. Let it settle for several

hours and decant the clear portion for use in cosmetics.

Hope this helps!

Cat

> Apologizing now for this being cross posted. I personally use a toner

> that uses cucumber juice and I absolutely love it. After talking

> about it with a customer, she wants to buy some. I make it in small

> doses for myself because of the fresh juice. It's basically a

> combination of cucumber juice, witch hazel, distilled water, and

> alcohol (vodka - which is actually optional). Is there anything I can

> add to be able to sell this?

[Guest guest]

How about phenonip ? hugs, .

Preserving a Cucumber Toner - How?

> Apologizing now for this being cross posted. I personally use a toner

> that uses cucumber juice and I absolutely love it. After talking

> about it with a customer, she wants to buy some. I make it in small

> doses for myself because of the fresh juice. It's basically a

> combination of cucumber juice, witch hazel, distilled water, and

> alcohol (vodka - which is actually optional). Is there anything I can

> add to be able to sell this?

>

> Also, stuff with honey, or oatmeal that's been moistened in

> something, are there preservatives that can be added to these as

> well?

>

>

[Guest guest]

WELL,

IF UR PRODUCTS CONTAINS 25% ALCOHOL OR MORE, IT BECOMES SELF

PRESERVATING.

ACTUALLY ETHYL ALCOHOL IS USED AS PRESERVATIVE FOR MANY THGS....

NATASHA

> Apologizing now for this being cross posted. I personally use a

toner

> that uses cucumber juice and I absolutely love it. After talking

> about it with a customer, she wants to buy some. I make it in small

> doses for myself because of the fresh juice. It's basically a

> combination of cucumber juice, witch hazel, distilled water, and

> alcohol (vodka - which is actually optional). Is there anything I

can

> add to be able to sell this?

>

> Also, stuff with honey, or oatmeal that's been moistened in

> something, are there preservatives that can be added to these as

> well?

>

>

[Guest guest]

You can not sell a product with Vodka in it, it must be Denatured

Alcohol [sD} and there is a lot of info on the FDA site about rules

and regulations and also the Dept of Firearms and Alcohol requires

you to purchase a licence to use SD alcohol in a retail product, so

it becomes quite involved to sell anything with alcohol retail.

And I beleive it is 50 % alcohol level that makes it self preserving.

hth

Sherry

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