Guest guest Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 Hi Helen, > Butch, > So your opinion of GSE is that it does not serve as a " natural > preservative? " No .. I don't do soaps or cosmetics so I don't get too concerned with preservatives and antioxidants .. I don't even use preservatives in my Hydrosols for obvious reasons. But that's the opinion of the majority of the folks who are smarter than me .. without much arguement on their part .. and I do believe them. :-P Plus .. I have a file of junk mail I keep as a sort of reference for this and that and there are many such posts in there .. on the issue of natural preservatives. I expect there are lotsa folks on this list who can deal with this better than I can. > I do not use it as a preservative ALONE but have added it along with > commercial preservatives. My understanding of GSE is that it is a good preservative when a good commercial preservative has been added to it ... but then, its not a natural preservative any more. > What I have found interesting, however, is that I have read many > Burt's Bees products and GSE is listed and no other preservative type > ingredient. -Helen I monitor three soaping lists .. and Burt's Bees comes up a lot on the lists. I usually zap those posts .. but not before I see that there are lots of folks around who think Burt's Bees is for the birds. I can't comment on it with authority .. but lots of folks have strong feelings on this subject. Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<, > And another bit of trivia .. sometimes on soap or cosmetics lists we see > someone talking about their natural preservatives .. then someone with > more experience comes along and tells them there is no such thing as a > natural preservative. Well .. the experienced person is right .. sorta. > Within the framework of the discussion .. which is cosmetics in most > cases, they are right. But there are some natural preservatives - they > are just not SAFE or compatible for use in cosmetics. Oregano is one of > those .. a powerful preservative. Though this is trivia its also a part > of the logic needed to really understand EO. Once we understand what > they can and can't do we can dispense with laundry lists. But Oregano > is not an acceptable natural preservative because it isn't a compatible > ingredient in cosmetics, so we can fall back on that statement that for > cosmetics .. there are no natural preservatives. ;-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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