Was Warning: Now Suprapein

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Now concerning preservatives for water based, and lipid emulsions. The

only truly natural perservative I have found that is broad spectrum

(mold and bacterial) is an herbal extract called Suprapien, it's main

component is oregano and imparts a very strong herbal scent. It has been

tested and it works. I have not been able to over come the issue of the

strong scent, but you may try ho leaf (not ho bark) which is %75

linalool to create a lavender scent. I have not tried it yet as the

thought of using it is recent.

Hi Debra,

I have tried Suprapien in my lotions as I wanted a natural preservative.

Apart from the strong scent, I would use it only in my unscented lotions

because of the fact it would morph my essential oil blends. In testing

the shelf life of my lotions I found it would only be a max of 6 months.

After that, the preservative would no longer work. They would start to

mold. I quit using Suprapein as my preservative because I would not feel

safe selling my lotions with this preservative. I went back to using my

normal paraben/formaldyhyde free preservatives that I could trust

better. Z. can toss in her 2 cents about her hair conditioner

preservative experiment with the piens!

Nikie Brown

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