Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Howdy Jessica, > Thanks Butch! > Welcome U B fer'shur. > That saved me hours of research. Like all of your emails, it was > incredibly informative. > Happy I am that it was of some value to you. > >As far as I know alcohol is not the best preservative .. the amount > needed > >to be an effective preservative is too much .. and besides that alcohol > >dries the skin .. so unless you are looking to produce a cosmetic that > dries > >the skin I would think alcohol is not a good choice. I sell Witch Hazel > >Hydrosol and feel good in saying that it contains no alcohol. > > Good to hear because my customers don't want alcohol in their products > regardless of percentage. They look for alcohol-free toners so I'd be happy > to take this ingredient off of my label. > I think you will do well to remove it. > >*Note that I have avoided use of the term " Rose Water " because it is > not > >always what it appears to be .. I have always and will always use the term > >Hydrosol or Hydrolat because it makes it more difficult for the con > artists > >to bamboozle us.* > > I prefer 'hydrosol' as well but people don't seem to know what it is yet. > It is hard to know when to educate your customers or when to dumb things > down. > Not sure about you folks in Canada but here in America folks have been dumbed down a bit too much these past few years and its worse now .. and in the AT industry its not about being dumbed down .. its about being misinformed due to the disinformation and marketing hype that has (unfortunately) become a foundation for the industry. I think we will all do well to tell folks like it is rather than how they would like to hear it. I have always tried to do this and it does lose me some customers .. especially when they write and ask for a product to use for a purpose I know it should not be used for .. but overall I think it gains the trust of those who are more professional. And the truth is .. most of the customer base I've had for close to 14 years still comes to us and I don't care all that much if them who are offended by truth go to some other source. ;-) > *Finally .. I reckon that adding 10% Witch Hazel Hydrosol to 90% Rose > >Hydrosol might look good on the label but I wonder what it will really do > >that could not be accomplished by 100% uncontaminated Rose Hydrosol.* > > Witch Hazel seems to work very well on acne so I added it for the > additional astrigent properties. Besides, the 3 gallons have already been > shipped - I have to use them now:) > Understood .. and agree. ;-) > >Not sure if you will appreciate my input or not .. cause like I said > above > >.. I doubt if it answered your question .. but I hope it created some more > >questions. ;-) > > Your imput is golden. > I wouldn't go that far but I thank you ma'am for the kind words. ;-) > Jessica Burman > http://www.cocoonapothecary.com > Y'all have a good one .. and keep smiling. :-) Butch ... http://www.AV-AT.com <http://www.av-at.com/> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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