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Preservatives in skincare. What are they?

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Cosmetic products need to be be preserved in order to prevent microbial spoilage that would make the product unsafe for consumers.  Preservatives play a very important function in products containing water: they kill microorganisms and prevent the growth of bacteria, mold and yeast. If a product contains water (including hydrosols, floral water and aloe vera juice, all of which contain water), a preservative is essential to help prevent microbes growing.  Anhydrous (water-free) products generally don’t require preservatives as they are not prone to microbial contamination. This includes products like lip balms and anhydrous whipped body butters. The exception here is an anhydrous product that might come into contact with water (eg a body scrub or a cleansing balm applied with wet fingers). With these types of products you either need to be very careful not to introduce water to the product during use, or you should include an oil based preservative.  You will need to use ...
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How to make emulsified body butters

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What’s the rave about Emulsified body butters? Emulsified body butters are designed to replicate the best parts of whipped body butters, but provide extra hydration when it comes to application. The water is at an extremely low concentration when compared to traditional creams and lotions.  If  you’re a fan of the simplicity of natural whipped body butters , then you might consider water, gums, preservatives, fatty alcohols and emulsifiers as an unwelcome additions to a body butter. In addition to emulsified body butters providing hydration, its primary purpose is to act as a vehicle to help the skin better absorb all the nutrients in the body butter.  Even in their whipped state, body butters will also take a little time to sink into the  skin.  However, with emulsified body butters, the faster absorption cuts down on the “greasy” feeling you get with anhydrous products.  Rather than melting into an oil, it’s application is closer to a cream that’s much mo...
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Introduction to Skincare Formulation

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Hi Intending formulator,  If you are reading the first line of this blog, I want to say congratulations because your formulation journey just got started and even better if you are an existing formulator too.  A brief info about me My name is Semy Ekong and I am based in Nigeria 🇳🇬 I have been working as a skincare formulator for 4 years + I have a retail brand where I focus on selling corrective skincare products. I am also an esthetician in training This particular blog post is created for skincare enthusiast who’d like to start a skincare brand but would like to understand the basics of it and what it’s all about before actually taking a full fledged course like our Diploma Skincare Course This blog post would give you an insight on what skincare business is all about and the basic things you need to know in order for you to decide if you are ready to fully go in and develop your skill, creativity as well as knowledge. Let’s get right into it shall we! Introduction Al...
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